(2024) SF Naas Cunningham

[Stuhoo 75,781]

This seems more than a little odd because the odds of young Mr. Cunningham attending any college are not at that high, but we offered so here's the skinny.

https://247sports.com/player/naas-cunningham-46109988/

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2024/naasir-cunningham-279827

https://www.on3.com/db/naasir-cunningham-90872/

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/247458/naasir-cunningham

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2024-5-star-wing-naas-cunningham/

FWIW, an interesting line from the Daily Hoosier is that Cunningham is believed to be a strong candidate for reclassification to 2023.

 

[BtownStrength 994]

If we were to land Naas in 2023, that would certainly give us the star power that we had in the 2022 class. 

[Stuhoo 75,781]

9 minutes ago, BtownStrength said:

If we were to land Naas in 2023, that would certainly give us the star power that we had in the 2022 class. 

 

For us to land Naas Cunningham we would need Mark Cuban to NIL the kid to the point where Naas could be his co-panelist on Shark Tank.

 

[BtownStrength 994]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

For us to land Naas Cunningham we would need Mark Cuban to NIL the kid to the point where Naas could be his co-panelist on Shark Tank.

 

Sounds simple enough. Cubes, your time is now! 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,154]

He played 17U for The Rens on the EYBL circuit.

	Gms	Pts	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk
22 AAU 17U	24	13.0	38%	25%	65%	4.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.4
HS 21-22		13.8				6.8	2.7		1.1	1.0

[rayl456 393]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

This seems more than a little odd because the odds of young Mr. Cunningham attending any college are not at that high, but we offered so here's the skinny.

https://247sports.com/player/naas-cunningham-46109988/

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2024/naasir-cunningham-279827

https://www.on3.com/db/naasir-cunningham-90872/

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/247458/naasir-cunningham

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2024-5-star-wing-naas-cunningham/

FWIW, an interesting line from the Daily Hoosier is that Cunningham is believed to be a strong candidate for reclassification to 2023.

 

Like the lottery... you can't win if you don't play.   This staff is going to play!  I like it!   

[IU Scott 2,375]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

He played 17U for The Rens on the EYBL circuit.

	Gms	Pts	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk
22 AAU 17U	24	13.0	38%	25%	65%	4.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.4
HS 21-22		13.8				6.8	2.7		1.1	1.0

Not great stats for the #1 player

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,154]

10 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Not great stats for the #1 player

He had several double doubles but also several games where his stat line was pretty neglible.  Minutes played aren't available so don't know if poor outings were due to minimal minutes on the court or a lack of player motivation.

[IU Scott 2,375]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

He had several double doubles but also several games where his stat line was pretty neglible.  Minutes played aren't available so don't know if poor outings were due to minimal minutes on the court or a lack of player motivation.

More concerned about shooting percentage 

[Stuhoo 75,781]

Two nuggets:

1. Hearing that Naas Cunningham is a done deal for IU, unless...
2. They eliminate One-and-Done 

(*checks sports headlines)

never mind.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,154]

Indiana has been in contact a lot recently.

https://www.on3.com/news/5-star-naasir-cunningham-updates-his-recruitment-duke-arkansas-florida-state-texas/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,154]

Eric Bossi's comments following the Overtime Elite Pro Day,

The No. 2 ranked player in the class of 2024, opinions on Cunningham were split as I polled the room. Personally, I felt it was a pretty good day for him. He showed some ability and desire to move his feet defensively that I hadn’t seen before, made a few nice reads as a passer and shot the ball fairly well. He certainly stood out in his group during the shooting drills. Cunningham most recently took an unofficial visit to Missouri and discussed the latest in his recruitment with our Dushawn London just a week ago.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,154]

IMO this one was a bit of a hail Mary offer from the get go.

2024 five-star Naas Cunningham is down to five schools: Duke, Kansas, Memphis, Rutgers, and UCLA.

[Demo 17,502]

10 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

IMO this one was a bit of a hail Mary offer from the get go.

2024 five-star Naas Cunningham is down to five schools: Duke, Kansas, Memphis, Rutgers, and UCLA.

As much as I respect Pikiell, this idea that suddenly every ‘24 5-star on the planet is dying to go play 59-57 games in Piscataway sounds a little….off. And, yeah, Cunningham and Harper are New Jersey kids, but Bailey isn’t.

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,834]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

As much as I respect Pikiell, this idea that suddenly every ‘24 5-star on the planet is dying to go play 59-57 games in Piscataway sounds a little….off. And, yeah, Cunningham and Harper are New Jersey kids, but Bailey isn’t.

Seconded 

[AKHoosier 6,592]

5 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

IMO this one was a bit of a hail Mary offer from the get go.

2024 five-star Naas Cunningham is down to five schools: Duke, Kansas, Memphis, Rutgers, and UCLA.

Wonder how much it cost Rutgers just to get him to put them in his top 5.