Lucas Taylor - 2021 Recruit

[spider23]

Thought this guy should have his own thread. As mentioned on the recruiting sticky thread, P6 activity is heating up. Good size and good shooter. Would be a great start to 2021 class, but seems like he will be weighing quite a few offers and guessing not in a hurry for a decision.

 

[SFspidur]

Yeah, Lucas has been picking up a lot of interest...offers from Providence, Wake, South Florida, and Iona in the past week.

And here he is congratulating Dji on committing to us:

 

[spiderman]

they're from the same AAU program, Garner Road.
please tell me they're best friends!

 

[Ferrum Spider]

they're from the same AAU program, Garner Road.
please tell me they're best friends!

Coached by none other than David West.....does this mean he’s an ally now?

 

[spider23]

I could be mistaken, but I thought I remembered at one point that Dwayne West (David's brother) runs Garner Road AAU, and that Dwayne's daughter graduated from UR a few years ago?

 

[spider23]

Hmmm, I like this exchange between Lucas and Dji's dad.

 

[spider23]

Hopefully 05's spidey sense is feeling this one too??

 

[urmite]

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Hmmm, I like this exchange between Lucas and Dji's dad.

Interestingly enough, a spiderdad75 has never posted here but has liked 9 posts in the last 3 hours...

 

[AnnapSpider]

Coached by none other than David West.....does this mean he’s an ally now?

That’s a reach. Lol

 

[spiderman]

Coached by none other than David West.....does this mean he’s an ally now?

he is in my book. whatever it takes. Garner Road looks like a heck of a pipeline.

 

[spider23]

Just re-watched the video on Taylor. Guy is in the gym and he is in range. As S'man notes, need another shooter. Looks like a great replacement for Sherod eventually. Good feel for the game and pace. Those threes he shoots and makes are deeeeeep.

 

[urfan1]

love the video, perfect fit for our offense, now can he play the man?

 

[spider23]

Comes in at 132 in Rivals most up to date '21 rankings.

 

[SFspidur]

JMU offer

 

[SFspidur]

Article on Taylor...he’s up to 20 offers.

https://247sports.com/college/baske...Forest-South-Florida-East-Carolina-148006033/

 

[SFspidur]

Arizona State offer...

 

[spider23]

This guy is a legit shooter. Win this one Mooney and you did something.

 

[SFspidur]

VT offer...

 

[SFspidur]

Looks like a Louisville offer may be forthcoming. Competition getting awfully stiff for us unless there's some special connection we don't know about that would give us some extra credit.

 

[urmite]

Looks like a Louisville offer may be forthcoming. Competition getting awfully stiff for us unless there's some special connection we don't know about that would give us some extra credit.

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How connected is Bailey?

 

[SFspidur]

I don’t get the feeling that being an AAU teammate generally carries much weight.

 

[SFspidur]

Interviewer trying so hard to get him to talk about all the high major offers he's got, but he won't bite. Refuses to talk specifics and he says he's open to high and mid majors as long as it's the right fit. May or may not be lip service, but if genuine, I like the way he's approaching things.

https://phenomhoopreport.com/phenom-hoops-blog-2021-lucas-taylor-heritage/

 

[SFspidur]

UConn offer

 

[SFspidur]

Charlotte offer.

 

[SFspidur]

Offers from Clemson and Miami...

 

[SFspidur]

Davidson offer...

 

[SFspidur]

Creighton offer...

 

[Eight Legger]

Not going to end well for us here.

 

[AnnapSpider]

Not going to end well for us here.

You’re being pessimistic!

 

[Eight Legger]

Just realistic. We aren’t going to beat a bunch of P5s for this kid or any kid, at least not until we make a few consecutive NCAAs or there’s some tie to UR that trumps the other offers.

 

[AnnapSpider]

Just realistic. We aren’t going to beat a bunch of P5s for this kid or any kid, at least not until we make a few consecutive NCAAs or there’s some tie to UR that trumps the other offers.

Gonzaga can do it, Richmond can do it.

 

[MrTbone]

Gonzaga can do it, Richmond can do it.

Gonzaga has made the tournament 21 years straight. So as EL mentions, once we do that (or even 1/5th of that), we’ll have our pick of the litter.

 

[AnnapSpider]

Gonzaga has made the tournament 21 years straight. So as EL mentions, once we do that (or even 1/5th of that), we’ll have our pick of the litter.

Absolutely- but “a long journey starts with the first step.” (I think I heard that before- LOL)

 

[ChoppinBroccoli]

Gonzaga has made the tournament 21 years straight. So as EL mentions, once we do that (or even 1/5th of that), we’ll have our pick of the litter.

Yes, but before they started that streak, Gonzaga had made the tournament once (lost), while we had 6 appearances and 6 wins, including wins over #2, #3, #4, and two #5s.

So perhaps in 1999 they began with "Richmond can do it, Gonzaga can do it."

 

[SFspidur]

Cincinnati offer...

 

[Eight Legger]

Are we waiting for the Lakers and Heat to offer before we shut this one down?

 

[SFspidur]

Are we waiting for the Lakers and Heat to offer before we shut this one down?

How about THE Ohio State University?

 

[SFspidur]

Offers from Ole Miss and Howard. Considering keeping track of which schools HAVEN'T offered at this point.

 

[plydogg]

With the Howard offer have to wonder if he decides to go the HBCU route

 

[MrTbone]

With the Howard offer have to wonder if he decides to go the HBCU route

Well they did get the Makur Maker commit. I’m sure that a lot of guys would enjoy playing with him.