Prospect Intro: Dylan Pourier (2019)
Six-foot guard Dylan Pourier of Douglas High School gave his team 11.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, two assists, and two steals a game as a sophomore. Impressive.
Dylan had such an impressive winter that he didn’t want to stop playing. So Pourier continued his run of quality basketball joining the South Dakota Heat.
“For me, the highlight of my summer was being able to just play my game,” Dylan told PHD “The South Dakota Heat gave me the freedom to play how I wanted, and with such a talented group of guys around me, it made it that much easier.
“Over the AAU season I feel like I improved a ton. I started to see that all my hours in the gym were finally paying off. Seeing that only made me hungrier to get better and come into the high school season on a different level. I’m looking forward to this season and what opportunities it’s going to bring.”
Dylan shot 46 percent from the field taking 9-10 shots a game. He puts up numbers in many ways so Dylan naturally wants to improve all parts of his game.
“I’m really just perfecting everything individually, and as a team. staying in the gym and weight room has to be the focus for me,” Dylan said.
Douglas had a solid 16-17 season but expectations will be even higher this winter.
“Most of our guys coming back are seniors and I think we all have one goal in mind, and that’s a state championship,” Dylan told PHD. “It’d be the perfect way to send our seniors out, so I think we’re all willing to do whatever it takes to get there.”
Dylan is on the radar of several area schools entering his junior year. Nothing big yet but initial contact has been made.
“I haven’t heard anything serious from a school yet just letters and emails introducing the school. I’m working hard to get some more interest from colleges though.”
Pourier has taken pieces of the games of several different players.
“My favorite players have got to be Frank Mason and Lonzo Ball, and Steve Nash I like they’re ability to play all styles and lead a team,” Pourier explained.
“I watched a ton of hoopers at every level growing up. I wasn’t really looking at anything in particular but if I saw something I liked I tried to implicate it into my game.”