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TITLETOWN - A Decade Long Celebration Of The Greatest Achievement In College Athletics History => Kansas State Basketball is hard => Topic started by: kstatefreak42 on December 19, 2010, 02:26:20 PM
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The future of Kansas State Basketball.
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can he shoot?
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What is his % on wide open layups?
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he doesn't play close enough to the basket to attempt a layup. if he's any good, we'll lose him.
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I made the seven-and-a-half hour trip for my second time earlier this fall. I had only been in the gym for about three minutes when I knew the trip was definitely worth the while.
Anthony Joseph Perez Cortesia is a 6-foot-9 junior who just arrived in the United States from his home country of Venezuela. His size and fluidity immediately caught my attention, but once he started raining 25-footers with a silky smooth stroke I felt a little like Don Nelson must have the first time he laid eyes on Dirk Nowitzki.
The fact that Cortesia then went on to handle the ball in the open floor, make dribble pull-ups, show phenomenal footwork and pass off the dribble was simply icing on the cake. By the time the workout was finished I came away convinced that I had just seen one of the best kept secrets in the country.
That isn't to say that Cortesia doesn't have work to do because he certainly does. He needs to add a significant amount of muscle to his frame, play stronger with the ball, establish a position for himself defensively and adjust to the speed and physicality of the American game.
Having said all that, they don't make many 6-9 kids who can come close to matching his skill set, length and innate feel for the game.
"I think the biggest thing is his versatility," said first-year Lee coach Andrew Papaefthemiou. "He will play one through four for us. He can shoot and pass the basketball and his overall skill set is probably the best the school has ever seen."
Papaefthemiou says Kansas State is the early leader in Cortesia's recruitment, but Providence and Wake Forest are also involved.
My own first impression tells me that Cortesia may ultimately be able to play at any school in the country.
After only two weeks of being in the United States, he dominated a gym that was full of college prospects, including seven others who project as Division I players. Give him two more years and his upside is scary good.
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:love:
Except far too good to be true. Either he's not that good and we get him, or he's that good and we don't. I think it's pretty obvious that these are the only 2 scenarios.
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that is awesome
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he doesn't play close enough to the basket to attempt a layup. if he's any good, we'll lose him.
Can he dunk at least? Would be awesome if we had someone that could dunk.
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he doesn't play close enough to the basket to attempt a layup. if he's any good, we'll lose him.
Can he dunk at least? Would be awesome if we had someone that could dunk.
He looks pretty thin now, so I would say if he was wide open only.
However, he looks like he could have a dece amt of muscle put on him.
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elite seven year amanda arnold attendee right here
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amanda pandas suck, if that wasn't clear. i'm not sure if i even want this panda-infested perez dude, even though he's a proud lee (elite) attendee.
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Another wasted scholarship on a player that will never contribute anything positive to our team. I guarantee we wouldn't have recruited this kid if he weren't hispanic.
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Sounds very Art Alvarezy to me. Didn't he say don't be suprised if Asprilla goes pro after one year?
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Another wasted scholarship on a player that will never contribute anything positive to our team. I guarantee we wouldn't have recruited this kid if he weren't hispanic.
To be fair, Ballplayers said something similar about Freddy.
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can he shoot?
If so definitely do not want. OR% will go to complete crap if the ball actually starts going into the basket. :blank:
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This kid sounds like the opposite of other bigs Frank has recruited.
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Consider me interested.
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I want all 5 of his stars.
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you mean all zero of his stars.
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SYS- AJPC doesn't impress you?
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SYS- AJPC doesn't impress you?
I don't know what this means. Can someone just tell me if this guy is good or not and whether or not he will play basketball for KSU? Also, I don't really care how many stars he has since the many star guys/guy we have now currently suck.
TIA
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SYS- AJPC doesn't impress you?
i'd like more info on him. i think his lack of production on a middle of the road prep team has to at least be cause to postpone the hyperbole.