Coach’s Take: Iowa Cornsharks (Part I)
Tony Roe, Travis Hines and I certainly provided our fair share of player evaluations this spring and summer, but we thought we’d give the guys who know the kids best a chance to be vocal: the coaches. Dave Morris — Iowa…
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Continue ReadingTony Roe, Travis Hines and I certainly provided our fair share of player evaluations this spring and summer, but we thought we’d give the guys who know the kids best a chance to be vocal: the coaches.
Dave Morris — Iowa Cornsharks Program Director
Cameron Cramer, 5’10 G, Des Moines East
“Cameron played probably two-thirds of the year with us. He’s small but very athletic — I’d say he’s 5’9 or 5’10 but he’s very explosive. When he came to tryouts the first thing I noticed was he had pretty decent hops. Offensively he has great handles, he can take guys one-on-one, he can shoot the ball when you leave him a little bit of space. Something that he really needs to work on is continually getting after it over and over defensively.”
Trevor Miller, 6’6 SF, Urbandale
“Trevor I’ve known for probably 10 years. He’s a good basketball player and better yet, he’s a smart basketball player. He moves well and he’s always in the right position, and he battles for everything and rebounds really well. He can shoot the ball really well, if you give him a little bit of space and he gets it up, it’s probably going to go in. I think between everyone in the program, he and Kyle Nevitt have gotten the most interest from coaches all over the Midwest.”
Solomon Clayton, 6’4 SF, Fort Dodge
“Solomon probably played in half of our tournaments with us but I consider him part of our group, even though he played with AFES and Kingdom Hoops a little bit. He just made us so much better because he’s such a threat from all over the place. And he’s so unselfish, there were times where I wished he would be a little more aggressive, but he wanted to get other guys the ball. Defensively he did a lot for us. He can do everything on the floor. And one weakness is he needs to work a little bit on his off-hand. But other than that I don’t see any flaws in his game.”
Janier Puente, 6’5 C, Perry
“Janier can be a spark-plug for you, he can get after it. But he plays with so much emotion, so with Janier you have to coach him consistently because he hasn’t been around basketball for a long time. So what you see from him is purely raw stuff, so if you could get him to work on some stuff like footwork — I mean it’s pretty decent already — and understanding more, he could be hard to handle. He has a huge body, at least 6’5 for sure, and he has this knack for finding the board, and if he could get the english on the ball just right he could have ton of 3-point plays. And he’s got to have the confidence, if he has confidence he’s really good.”
Kyle Nevitt, 6’4 SF, Perry
“As an athlete he’s the best athlete on the floor when he steps on it most of the time. He’s a Division I athlete, I’ll give him that. He played about half the season with us, and he then baseball started and he focused in on that. He’s had numerous colleges contact me as well. For Kyle, if he wants to really play at a high level he’s going to have to focus in on it. But he has so many different things that he could be good at — he’s just a good athlete. But as a basketball player he can play on the outside and he can play in the inside. He’s just a match up nightmare if you’ll let him be one.