2010 Commit Kendall William Opts Out, New Recruiting Options Emerge For Coach Howland
by Nestor on Jul 28, 2009 7:33 PM PDT
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PrintWWL broke the news about UCLA's 2010 commit Kendal Williams opening up his recruitment:
According to sources close to the situation, Kendall Williams, a 6-3 senior out of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., decided to explore other options after being a UCLA recruit for over two years.
Williams indicated that he felt UCLA wasn't a good fit anymore for various reasons which he declined to discuss.
As Dohn noted on this blog this wasn't much of a surprise for anyone who follows Ben Ball recruiting very closely:
It comes as little surprise as Williams didn't develop as much as UCLA hoped he would. It means the Bruins are in the hunt for a point guard for the 2010 class.
I saw Williams play during UCLA's camp last month, and his level of play came into question, Also, his on-court antics were wearing thin with folks at the camp.
More on Kendall after jump.
WWL notes he will have other options:
"Kendall is a solid mid-to-high major prospect who can swing between both guard positions with equal aplomb," he said. "His jump shot is consistent out to the stripe and he is quite bouncy when elevating in the paint area.
"He has a done a much better job of manning the point guard position this spring and summer, but he can still improve his decision making and fundamentals as he sometimes leaves his feet while passing."
Williams has a new list of schools he will be working from.
"Although he's just been put back on the recruiting market, a number of schools have shown interest including San Francisco, Washington State, Washington, Stanford, and Cal-Berkeley," Francisco noted. "If Williams doesn't sign in November, look for him to be one of the more heavily pursued prospects in the west coast during his senior campaign."
So good luck to him.
As for UCLA, it also means Coach Howland is going to be able to scout other recruits (in addition to locked up Tyler Lamb and Josh Smith who UCLA is in the hunt for) for one or two more spots (depending on roster moves this coming season) in our basketball program such as Ray McCallum (Beverly Hills, Mich./Detroit Country), Trey Zigler (Mount Pleasant, Mich./Mt. Pleasant Sr. HS) and Trevor Releford (Kansas City, Mo./Bishop).
Either way I am not all that worried about it. We are in good hands with Coach Howland.
GO BRUINS.
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I actually think this is
good news, for reasons N mentions above, there are better players with less baggage. BRO posted an overview of a recent summer league where Williams was T’d up twice to get ejected. From a summer league game….
Agree
It seems like this is a mutually beneficial split. I’m hoping for Trey Zeigler because of his dad, but McCallum would also be a very solid prospect for the Bruins.
I really like
McCallum from the video I’ve seen of him. Tall, smooth point guard, gets in passing lanes well and has a slightly more impressive offer sheet than Zeigler (Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, ND, Kansas vs. Michigan, Michigan State, ASU, Arizona, Central Michigan, and Miami, FL). CBH hasn’t offered either but it seems we were a little late on the scene, but are still very good contenders. My money is on Zeigler FWIW (and I wouldn’t be too unhappy about. Word is the kid can defend! Surprise, surprise) MSU message boards are worried about him coming to UCLA, which can be taken with some skepticism given that it might as well be a rumor mill, but it might just have some validity to it.
Kendall Williams
Good luck buddy…If UCLA pulls off your radar, u may go to San Fran State but we wish you well….
I can respect his commitment from an early age to play at UCLA
but obviously things change alot in your couple years of highschool, so best of luck, and here’s to CBH pulling in someone that really fits the mold of Ben Ball Warrior
O.A.
Wary of 15 year-old recruits
It’s hard enough as a 17/18 year-old to have maturity to grasp the gravity of such a life-changing decision. It’s sad that in this day and age programs have to start recruiting younger and younger prospects to stay ahead of the curve. It’s been the case with Williams now and Taylor King before him. It just seems as though coaches are forced into this premature recruiting game only to keep up with the Joneses.
When I was 15, I had a hard enough time deciding which outfit to wear to school or which girl to have a crush on for that week.
from someone i know close to the situation
washington and coach romar have been recruiting him pretty hard and IIRC he was looking at Arizona and duke before he committed to us.
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