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Holy Schwarber ... dude's in a groove!

They are good at identifying talent and jumping on them. We need some more OL in the class. Bostad doing good work.

Yeah, this seems like classic Bob Bostad work here.

Woah. Outta nowhere.

247 ON3 HUDL

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Uh, wow.

Per Zagoria IU has offered ‘28 top 40 wing Will Brunson. Plays for Rutgers Prep in Somerset, NJ and travel ball for the New York RENs on the EYBL circuit. https://247sports.com/player/will-brunson-46155924/ https://www.on3.com/rivals/will-brunson-269662/ https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/270160/will-brunson

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7374224/2026/06/21/2026-nba-draft-confidential-cam-boozer-caleb-wilson/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.r1A.fzm0.IVH_nY09AQ-C This is a really good read. Take note of the dude dinging Lendeborg for being too inclined to making the right basketball play over taking over possessions. Yeah, I’ll take my chances with that flaw, thanks.

Assuming the back stuff isn’t a thing Brown is probably my PG-1 because he can facilitate on the move in a way none of these other guys come close to. But he has some of the Caitlin Clark thing where he just doesn’t really value possession and that’s a problem if they’re the one orchestrating everything. You’d have to believe he’s coachable.

It’s probably not out of the question that he watched that same extended video that you were able to find and made some pretty broad conclusions off of those 5 mins. Completely unrelated but I’ve never seen it before: during the intros in 1 of the games they were announcing the kid’s ranking by some state service. “Starting at forward a 6’4” senior and ranked the number 51 player in the state Florida, ………”

Sorry if it’s paywalled. https://www.on3.com/news/top-2028-recruit-kenna-hunt-talks-ohio-state-clemson-and-more/ speaks highly of us.

There’s no SI article that has any real reporting IMO. It’s not the prior era SI—it’s now primarily AI slop from mama’s basement.

Maybe he’s seen more of the kid than the 2 games I watched yesterday, or maybe he has an in with the staff and that’s the feedback he got, in which case cool, but I don’t see a small ball 4 at all. He looks to me like a pretty stereotypical power wing. The 1st name that came to mind was Corey Maggette back in the day. He is crazy explosive and he’s so strong and physical that at his level he was straight line driving and just playing through these kids. He hit 3 3’s in the 2 games and the stroke is pretty nice though it needs to be sped up a fair bit. But what was actually really encouraging, and I imagine this popped for whomever was scouting him, is that he sees the floor and processes at a HM level. He made some high level reads on both ends. That was the thing. He’s not as good laterally as he is downhill but he’d probably be pretty easily switchable 2-4. And he rebounds aggressively and out of area. There’s a lot to like and he’s a fun watch. A lot of skill development needed but I get the appeal.

Visiting ...

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/indiana-pursuing-2027-prospect-anthony-brown

Saw a podcaster talking about how sharp this kid is and the way he just reads the opposing QB. Perfect for Haines system

That is a nice listen.

A trio of Schwarbombs tonight -- two in the same inning. (Poor Bryce Harper. He hit for the cycle tonight, but is gonna get overlooked because of the Schwarmonster).

A day late, but for Juneteenth? A quiet Saturday night and a killer album from Valerie June:

Them boys gonna be hitching up their kilts.

Their 3rd game is in Miami....in June. They all may roast to death.

It has been so cool to see all the these venues packed. We always enjoy watching the World Cup games but having them here and having so muc enthusiasm has been awesome. We are headed down to Miami this week to watch Brazil vs Scotland. I will be wearing yellow behind the goal, should be easy to spot right?

No sport can truly match the intensity of soccers highs and lows. No other sport with 20 minutes left can a single score feel like the clincher or the dagger. Does it always play out like that. Of course not but it often feels like that. A single score yet so many emotions. Even early scores can completely throw out the opponents gameplan. Football is a game of inches but soccer is a game of intense moments.