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I like these posts because someone would rate someone higher because of a player they have not seen play. Pikeville would have been a better team if he had showed up, just the same as they would be a better team if they got a 6'4" solid power forward. He might be a 3 star recruit, but he wasnt the best post player at the transy camp when he played with Pikeville that day. My take after meeting him and the people that was there with him is he wanted to go to a school where he would have been the superstar on the team. That wouldnt have happened at Pikeville. He would have played, and done pretty good, but he wouldnt have been the superstar of the team.

Pikeville has no real "superstar". So why wouldn't this three star recruit be able to come in and be that "superstar"? He would be the only D-1 player on the floor for the majority of the games. He would make them a better and deeper team than they would have had without him. That being said, Pikeville is still going to be a helluva team this year in the 15th region. I expect a lot out of them this year. Everyone alos needs to quit even thinking about this kid and concentrate on what we have right here right now. That is a 6'9" center who is getting better every year and will be a junior. They also have a slew of returning guards that have tons of experience. Tim Honaker, Matt Clevinger, Jordan Bell, Daniel Harmon, and a freshman who saw plenty of game action named Gatlin Clark. You could start any of those five and still have a decent team IMO. Outside of the big man Pikeville doesn't have a lot of size. But that speed could be a dangerous counter strike to the lack of size.