‘20 NC SG Jaden Springer (UT commit 10/23/19)

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gorockytop98 said:
Having a list of 11 schools six months before an optional signing day doesn't seem ridiculous.
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Teasing an announcement of an announcement that you’ll be “trimming” your list to 11 schools seems a little dramatic, to me. It doesn’t make Springer a bad kid, or even much different than other kids his age.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
I thought he was more of a combo guard?
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That’s probably what he should be listed as, but he’s a ball dominant guard as well and an absolute star defensively...obviously not on the same level but think D Wade, probably a little better off the ball, but also going to be handling the ball a ton.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Supposedly that’s what Tennessee is recruiting him as...can’t speak on the other schools but at the very least he’s a 1/2, so UNC offering any guards imo is at least somewhat a reflection.
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Okay. I may be confusing you with someone else, but I thought you were adamant, at one point, that he was not a PG.

I once believed we were recruiting him as a SG, Johnson as a SF, and Walker as a PF (point forward in the mood of a Tyler Smith). At that time, I believed Jalen Cone would be our PG for this class. Obviously a lot has changed. Cone reclassed, Johnson has improved his skills as a SG which will allow him to play SG and SF, similar to Bowden, and Springer has seemed to shift more towards our PG target, which I’m fine with. He plays a lot of PG in AAU.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Okay. I may be confusing you with someone else, but I thought you were adamant, at one point, that he was not a PG.

I once believed we were recruiting him as a SG, Johnson as a SF, and Walker as a PF (point forward in the mood of a Tyler Smith). At that time, I believed Jalen Cone would be our PG for this class. Obviously a lot has changed. Cone reclassed, Johnson has improved his skills as a SG which will allow him to play SG and SF, similar to Bowden, and Springer has seemed to shift more towards our PG target, which I’m fine with. He plays a lot of PG in AAU.
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I don’t remember being adamant that he couldn’t play PG, I know I’ve said that about Johnson but don’t recall that on Springer, but maybe at one point I did.

I think landing Bailey who they are trying to mold into a PG has a little effect there, and then from a sheer numbers standpoint if you land Walker, Johnson and Springer you’ve got to go big at that point I would think. I’m sure if they miss on Springer you’ll see them go a more traditional PG option, but you can’t turn away Springer, and at the same time our best PG options probably aren’t deciding until next spring anyhow.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Okay. I may be confusing you with someone else, but I thought you were adamant, at one point, that he was not a PG.

I once believed we were recruiting him as a SG, Johnson as a SF, and Walker as a PF (point forward in the mood of a Tyler Smith). At that time, I believed Jalen Cone would be our PG for this class. Obviously a lot has changed. Cone reclassed, Johnson has improved his skills as a SG which will allow him to play SG and SF, similar to Bowden, and Springer has seemed to shift more towards our PG target, which I’m fine with. He plays a lot of PG in AAU.
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Yea he argued that he wasn’t being recruited as a Pg with me
 
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BruinVol said:
Yea he argued that he wasn’t being recruited as a Pg with me
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That’s what I vaguely remember. I thought I remembered it being a conversation between the two of you.

At the time, I think it was likely we weren’t necessarily recruiting him as a PG, exclusively, but as time has passed and Cone reclassified and chose VT, I think we may have reshuffled the deck and began selling him on the idea of running point. Johnson’s improved shooting has likely aided in that idea.
 
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Hell, he can play 1, 2, or 3. Don't care as long as we get him. Then again...fantasy.
 
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CAVPUT said:
Fantasy:
imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.
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He named a Top 5 which included Tennessee, and he took 2 OV’s as a junior, 1 to Tennessee and the other to Auburn who didn’t make his list. He’s played for Bobby Maze’s AAU team the last 3-4 years and has been on Tennessee’s campus multiple times...not saying he’s coming here but definitely wouldn’t consider it a fantasy.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
He named a Top 5 which included Tennessee, and he took 2 OV’s as a junior, 1 to Tennessee and the other to Auburn who didn’t make his list. He’s played for Bobby Maze’s AAU team the last 3-4 years and has been on Tennessee’s campus multiple times...not saying he’s coming here but definitely wouldn’t consider it a fantasy.
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I've tried. You'll not convince him. Some people simply believe it's easier to handle disappointment if you never expected success.
 
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cncchris33 said:
I've tried. You'll not convince him. Some people simply believe it's easier to handle disappointment if you never expected success.
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And I get that, but just not sure how it applies here...that’s like saying Kevon Looney or Austin Nichols were fantasy guys, or for that matter Corey Walker or Josiah James? I get being hesitant, but I don’t think anyone can deny that at the very least we are in contention.
 
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