Bruin Bites: Howland's Early Jump on Recruiting, Possible Football Transfer from BYU, Jet Ski Profile, and Jeff Fleming Update
by Bellerophon on Jul 13, 2011 5:01 AM PDT
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Since we last left off, we reveled in the success of our own Lauren Cheney and her teammates on the U.S. women's national team in their epic, historic defeat of Marta-led Brazil in the Women's World Cup, discussed Kareem's love affair with the Dodgers, broke down some of the pertinent numbers behind UCLA's dismal decade in football, highlighted another edition of AllHailMightyBruins' summer name association series, and officially added a new "initialed" Ben Ball Warrior, LJ.
With that, let's get to the mid-week round-up of your bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse:
- Starting with basketball, Ben Howland got an early jump on his recruiting for the Class of 2014, making a scholarship to standout point guard Parker Cartwright from Loyola. Despite being small at this point in time (he's entering his sophomore year in high school), the scouts widely expect him to fill out and to be a top tier PG prospect.
- Moving on to football, there's chatter that BYU running back/linebacker Collin Keoshian is leaving Provo for good and is considering moving on to play football in Westwood.
- Speaking of football, Jon Gold wrote up a profile of Johnathan Franklin for Lindy's Sports, including some quick quotes from Jet Ski on his goals for this upcoming football season.
- In campus news, UCLA Medical Center has announced the launch of a new program that will focus on reconstructive transplantation. In other words, for people who are severly disfigured, UCLA, again demonstrating its always-innovative and cutting-edge approaches, will provide face, hand and abdominal wall transplants.
- Sticking with campus news, Coldplay will headline a charity concert at the UCLA Tennis Center on August 3. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Grammy Foundation's youth musical education programs. With the dire cuts that public schools all over California are facing, anything that gets dollars to music programs in our schools is a good thing. If you're around campus in early August, check it out.
- In Texas, former UCLA tennis player Jeffrey Fleming took the stand in the aggravated assault trial of
a drunk jackassChancellor Hutcheson who viciously sucker-punched Fleming during a concert two years ago, which caused Fleming to spend four weeks in a medically-induced coma and ending his UCLA tennis career. Although Fleming has made major strides in his recovery, he still has a long way to go, so keep him in your thoughts, especially as he summons the strength to face his assailant in court. - Finally, don't forget that this weekend is Carmageddon. If you're trying to get to UCLA or Westwood this weekend, remember that the 405 will be shut down between the 101 and the 10, so you'll be stuck on surface streets.
And that is your mid-week update. Fire away with your thoughts.
GO BRUINS
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Interesting indeed.
ESPN is reporting the same thing. I’m not sure if I prefer Artis over LJ Rose. I think Artis might stay around longer due to his height, but then again, the height issue isn’t a big deal for JJ Barea and Aaron Brooks.
I think either way we’ll be just fine. I personally think I want Rose, but wouldn’t mind Artis or Smith-Rivera.
Also, Kyle Anderson just dropped a triple-double at the latest EYBL tournament. I’m still not very high on him, as AAU-esque games can showcase his abilities, and really hide his defects. Who knows. It seems Ben really wants him, however, as he was front and center for his games.
"Every day was a good day at UCLA." -Coach John Wooden
by OswegoBruin on Jul 13, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I've heard almost nothing about Kyle Anderson
Except that he’s some sort of point-forward type player.
I don’t know if Rose will stop considering us if Artis selects us. I remember reading several things that Class of 66 said, Rose seems to value our UCLA’s educational benefits and has a father with strong morals (who works in the same office?). Meanwhile, from what I understand, Artis transferred to Findlay Prep, a school I understand to have questionable academic value.
Well, hopefully we won’t miss out on recruiting a PG again.
Anderson is a very unique prospect.
He’s roughly 6’7/6’8, skinny, and long limbed. He’s an average athlete, not very explosive, and not very quick. He’s got an average jumper, below-average for a prospect that is considered elite.
On the positive side, he has an incredible feel for the game, and spectacular court vision. For comparison, in the EYBL games, you would see stat lines of roughly 8/9 assists for Anderson, and LJ Rose would have 5. He is a superior passer and good ballhandler, and can get to the rim using his size and intelligence. He is a good rebounder, though not great considering his size advantage. He creates significant mismatches on offense.
Overall, many like to compare his game to Magic Johnson, and I think the comparison in terms of strengths and weaknesses is apt. He says he wants to play PG, which I consider suspect. I wonder, personally, how he will fare against bigger, stronger guards in D-1 ball, who are significantly quicker and more athletic, though that cuts both ways, as he is taller. In the end, if Ben really wants him, i’m all for it, though I’m not overly impressed with him at this point.
From everything I’ve read about LJ, he’s a smart kid, and has a good support system around him. I know next to nothing about Artis, though he sure has impressed over the last several months, and from watching a lot of his tape, i’m not surprised. Kid can score and lead a team, and make some very pretty assists, and is overall a good decision maker. That said, Findlay players do not have the greatest academic rep, and one wonders if he’ll try to bolt as early as possible to the league.
"Every day was a good day at UCLA." -Coach John Wooden
Is it just me...
Or does this guy sounds like another Honeycutt??
by carlosbruin13 on Jul 13, 2011 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Completely different type of player.
Honeycutt was a more traditional small forward, at least from his profiles on scout. He’s a wing scorer who could pass well and rebound. Anderson is more of a bring the ball up, point guard-esque small forward who can score a bit.
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