Willden4UNLV Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Interesting bit from Jerry Meyer. Fisher announced he is deciding on Wednesday followed by some crystal ball selections for UNLV. Meyer seems to be under the impression that both Simmons and Fisher could end up at UNLV. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Interesting bit from Jerry Meyer. Fisher announced he is deciding on Wednesday followed by some crystal ball selections for UNLV. Meyer seems to be under the impression that both Simmons and Fisher could end up at UNLV. Interesting. I can't see both coming. That would put us at five commits, and we still need to add a big man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willden4UNLV Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 If there is one thing I never doubt from Rice it is recruiting ability. And if Meyer seems to believe there is a possibility for both to come, then I won't count it out. Last season we had 5 freshmen commits. It could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierRebel Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'd be fairly content with either one, but I really hope they both don't commit. We are going to need at least 1 more big for the 2016 class, so taking commits from both would mean we would need a class of 6 players. That is a lot of new faces, again, for UNLV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willden4UNLV Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yea I understand that. It's as if Rice expects a lot of people to leave the way he recruits sometimes. I think Carlos Johnson was recruited as a big though. Rice has talked about the way Golden State plays and he could be trying to duplicate that idea. Small ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierRebel Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yea I understand that. It's as if Rice expects a lot of people to leave the way he recruits sometimes. I think Carlos Johnson was recruited as a big though. Rice has talked about the way Golden State plays and he could be trying to duplicate that idea. Small ball.From what I have seen of Carlos Johnson, his style of play and his physicality would make him a better fit at the 4 than the 3, it is just that he is undersized. I think he is like 6'4" or 6'5" and that is pretty small for a D-1 power forward. Hopefully he can make up for it by being a beast in the paint. Maybe something like a poor man's Stanley Johnson.I'm also not sure what to expect out of Bellot-Green. I think he is bit taller than Johnson, I want to say something like 6'6", and has a similar build, but from the JC stats I have found on him he didn't appear to rebound all that well and seems to take a very high percentage of his shots from 3. If he is a good shooter, which he appears to be, that may not be a big deal, but I am a little concerned that he might be prone to hanging around the three point line rather than fighting for rebounds. Hopefully I'm wrong and he turns out to be at least a serviceable rebounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebels2k3 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 No way we get both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 No way we get both.Kobi Simmons looks like he will be waiting on De'Aaron Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sig570 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Kobi Simmons looks like he will be waiting on De'Aaron Fox.the kid wants to go to kentuky in the worst way, and i cant blame him. the good news for kobi is he is good enough that schools will wait on him so he can wait out fox's decision. i do believe CDR made the right choice in taking Fisher's commitment now then put all his eggs in kobi's recruitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willden4UNLV Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 From everything I can gather, Fishers commitment was not at the expense of Kobi. Don't be surprised if Kobi Simmons commits in addition to a big. There were 6 newcomers this offseason and we were talking about there finally being "continuity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Baer Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Simmons whirlwind recruitment continues. Father is telling people Arizona is coming to see Simmons tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierRebel Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 @ph90702, you still think Kobi chooses UNLV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 @ph90702, you still think Kobi chooses UNLV?Probably not, but we'll see. Personally, I'd rather see Sedee Keita added. He's similar to Christian Wood except for the fact that he has a strong motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierRebel Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Probably not, but we'll see. Personally, I'd rather see Sedee Keita added. He's similar to Christian Wood except for the fact that he has a strong motor.I'd also take Keita over Simmons. He just fits more of what we need to round out the class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willden4UNLV Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 According to Adam Finkelstein, Kobi Simmons did not meet with Arizona as was planned yesterday. He does, however, meet with UNLV today. It's an intriguing piece of news. IMHO they need to convince him that he would be the point guard and not the combo guard with Jaylen Fisher playing alongside him. I believe he doesn't like the idea of sharing. This development is interesting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierRebel Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 According to Adam Finkelstein, Kobi Simmons did not meet with Arizona as was planned yesterday. He does, however, meet with UNLV today. It's an intriguing piece of news. IMHO they need to convince him that he would be the point guard and not the combo guard with Jaylen Fisher playing alongside him. I believe he doesn't like the idea of sharing. This development is interesting though.Hmmmm. I really hope we are not walking into another Katin/Ernie type situation. Katin's dad spent all season in Rice's ear telling him Katin needed time at PG and Rice ended up giving Katin WAY more leash than he deserved, which in turn ended up being a huge point of contention among the team. Kobi is obviously a talented kid, but if he chooses UNLV I hope he does so hoping to compete for time at whatever spot he can and not thinking something is going to be gift wrapped for him. Also, I hope this would cause Christian Vital to reconsider his commit so that we don't have 3 PG commits in one class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willden4UNLV Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hmmmm. I really hope we are not walking into another Katin/Ernie type situation. Katin's dad spent all season in Rice's ear telling him Katin needed time at PG and Rice ended up giving Katin WAY more leash than he deserved, which in turn ended up being a huge point of contention among the team. Kobi is obviously a talented kid, but if he chooses UNLV I hope he does so hoping to compete for time at whatever spot he can and not thinking something is going to be gift wrapped for him. Also, I hope this would cause Christian Vital to reconsider his commit so that we don't have 3 PG commits in one class.yes or at least redshirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Hmmmm. I really hope we are not walking into another Katin/Ernie type situation. Katin's dad spent all season in Rice's ear telling him Katin needed time at PG and Rice ended up giving Katin WAY more leash than he deserved, which in turn ended up being a huge point of contention among the team. Kobi is obviously a talented kid, but if he chooses UNLV I hope he does so hoping to compete for time at whatever spot he can and not thinking something is going to be gift wrapped for him. Also, I hope this would cause Christian Vital to reconsider his commit so that we don't have 3 PG commits in one class.Based on the what Christian Vital has said, he's got that tough-minded NYC mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Baer Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Seede Keita is off the board to South Carolina. Another big UNLV has recruited, Trevor Stanback (Chace's little brother), is off the board as well to Stanford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierRebel Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 15 minutes ago, Ernie Baer said: Seede Keita is off the board to South Carolina. Another big UNLV has recruited, Trevor Stanback (Chace's little brother), is off the board as well to Stanford. That sucks. I really wanted Keita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
