Get To Know A 2019 Prospect: Kwane Marble
There is no hesitation when Kwane Marble is asked what his biggest takeaway was from playing his freshman year at Denver East under heralded coach Rudy Carey. “I learned a lot from my freshman year,” he said. “But the biggest…
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Continue ReadingThere is no hesitation when Kwane Marble is asked what his biggest takeaway was from playing his freshman year at Denver East under heralded coach Rudy Carey.
“I learned a lot from my freshman year,” he said. “But the biggest thing was, in my eighth grade year, I had a little bit an attitude, a little bit of a temper. But playing my freshman year, learning from Coach Carey, my attitude went away.”
So what changed for Marble?
“He just didn’t put up with it,” Marble said of his coach. “Every time I would say something, he would make me run or do pushups or something. He just wasn’t having it.”
After seeing the game through a new light, Marble, a 6-2 guard, made a positive impact as a freshman for the program that always plays on a big stage. Marble averaged 4.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and one steal while playing in 23 games.
He stood out the very first time we saw him last season, in East’s season opener against Legend, because of his length and athleticism. He has the tools to be a really strong perimeter defender and has the skills to get to the basket consistently. There were some first-year mistakes common of players seeing big action at the highest prep level that soon, but Marble continued to gain confidence as the year went on.
“I proved that I’m a confident player, that I deserve to be at that level,” he said. “I really learned about work ethic, that hard work pays off.”
Marble took that work ethic into a spring and summer with the Colorado Hawks that saw him make further strides. He worked extensively on his pull-up jump shot, giving him a new weapon offensively.
“I used to try to get to the glass all the time, and I would get blocked or get a lot of charging calls,” Marble said. “Learning how to pull up from midrange, I’ve just been working on that a lot.”
Some Division I schools have already started poking around about Marble, and he’s set a goal for himself of playing at that level. First, he’s excited about using his evolving game to help Denver East chase big goals of its own this upcoming season.
“Honestly, I expect us to be able to win state this year,” he said. “We have all the pieces to win state.”