SPTS Finals/Summer Slam: 17U Standouts
The SPTS finals have moved into the final four at the 17U level with Minnesota teams Heat Vang, Comets Lewis, and Fury Zurn joining the OSA Crusaders for the ultimate prize. Weston Baker Magrath (Fury Zurn, 6-7, PF, Marshall). There…
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Continue ReadingThe SPTS finals have moved into the final four at the 17U level with Minnesota teams Heat Vang, Comets Lewis, and Fury Zurn joining the OSA Crusaders for the ultimate prize.
Weston Baker Magrath (Fury Zurn, 6-7, PF, Marshall). There are D1 staffs having conversations about Weston right now wondering if they should offer him. He’s so explosive off his feet to blocks, boards, and scores and now the low post game has taken a nice turn. We feel he is on the cusp of a team or two pulling the trigger. Oh, and he shattered a backboard today dunking like a monster.
Bryce Irsfeld (Comets Lewis, 6-1, PG, Browerville). Point guards. Teams only recruit one two out of three or four years. And they need the right fit. Bryce has several quality D2 options. Based on what I saw in St. Cloud, Milwaukee, and now in Sioux Falls, he’s a guy that teams need to see again, or check out for the first time. Today his pull-up transition three following a Schooler score, his attack to the rim taking contact in transition, his leadership, and again his fight over screens and his lateral defensive ability was high level. And he is a high character kid. I think this is a guy that could play for most D2 schools and I think there are some D1s that would like him if they saw him, or saw him again.
Cooper Kanthak (SW MN Stars, 6-4, PF, Pipestone). As a 6-foot-4 post Cooper isn’t the ideal college recruit but he has the ideal heart and fight. Cooper is a man of leverage and a man of effort and he uses both to compete at a very good level. I can imagine that this is a guy that keeps Pipestone fighting every game and is the person willing to do whatever a coach asks. Made some baskets over players who are much bigger today.
Tyler Kranz (Comets DLR, 6-5, PF, Sauk Rapids-Rice). Tyler is starting to carve out an identity. He’s a really nice face-up four man with a touch that is really improved in form and consistency. Also has the will to fight inside for production and does so with a toughness that has become more apparent. An improved prospect.
Zac Olson (Comets DLR, 6-5, SF, WEM). Olson had an assortment of production against ECI Select that wasn’t his usual norm of deep jumpers and power baskets but more of some active off ball scores, a few paint baskets getting to space and using his strength to finish, and getting to the line for several foul shot attempts. Had a big late game block that secured the win and rebounded as well as usual. U of Mary recently offered and they had four coaches watching him on the baseline.
Brock Schrom (Comets DLR, 6-8, PF/C, Grand Rapids). Brock was a monster today. He opened Saturday by exploding to the rim for a dunk over the top of a guy and later for another two hander. In the late game against ECI Select Brock was too big and it was as simple as that. He blocked one shot standing up and just took the ball. He easily hoarded all the boards. Finished at the rim. Too big for ECI Select and very agile too.
Jake Skelly (Comets DLR, 6-1, PG, Grand Rapids). The high school teammate of Schrom had one of the more telling games that we’ve seen. Skelly has a different gear than we thought and we really liked his combination of speedy attack through pressure and his snapping passes to get through the creative zone press. A bigger and more agile guard than we thought who has definitely become a more consistent player for the Comets as he’s matured and become more comfortable.
Spencer Smith (SW MN Stars, 6-5, SF, TMB). Smith looks like a multi-sport athlete so it’s tough to know what sport will be his college focus but it can certainly be basketball. He’s tough, fairly skilled, has the agility to attack the rim and the strength to take contact and finish. Definitely a kid that would come into a MIAC and have the physical maturity to play early.