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Dino611 wrote: ↑1 year ago

If he commits I guess it probably closes the door on Pride coming

I would naturally prefer Pride, but would settle for Always.
He is a shooter with 3-years left and plenty of upside.

Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year ago

Dino611 wrote: ↑1 year ago

If he commits I guess it probably closes the door on Pride coming

I would naturally prefer Pride, but would settle for Always.
He is a shooter with 3-years left and plenty of upside.

Indeed would take Pride in a heartbeat

Also another thing I realized with a tweet is that Always is part of the top 50 freshman in JUCO on this list

Link to the fab 50 list-> https://www.jucorecruiting.com/fab-50-juco-freshmen

Buru isn’t a part of it due to him sitting out his first year because of Australia’s Covid restrictions leaving the country so he’s a R-Fr

Buru appears on the National Junior College Athletic Association webpage because he is an actual JUCO All American, awarded last week, 2nd team:

https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2022- ... cans/index

Most people do not actually categorize by 1st team, 2nd team, 3rd team for this. They just refer to them as "JUCO All American". As you said, as a freshman, pretty fantastic.

Tyson Brown's teammate, Jadrian Tracey, who we were in the mix for but declared for Oregon, is honorable mention, still qualifies as a "JUCO All American" however.

On that jucorecruiting.com website, Buru is listed 5 spots below Tyson Brown, at #29 for their Top-100 JUCO list:

https://www.jucorecruiting.com/2023-juco-top-100

Tracey is #42.

Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year ago

Dino611 wrote: ↑1 year ago

If he commits I guess it probably closes the door on Pride coming

I would naturally prefer Pride, but would settle for Always.
He is a shooter with 3-years left and plenty of upside.

14.7 pts and 6.5 ast
85% from the line
43% from 3
3 years left

I like all of that...

Jersey77 wrote: ↑1 year ago

Dino611 wrote: ↑1 year ago

If he commits I guess it probably closes the door on Pride coming

I would naturally prefer Pride, but would settle for Always.

I always want Pride, but I'd take pride in landing Always.

I we get Pride, I'll have Pride. But if we get Always Wright, that doesn't mean I'll be always right.

Oh no Dan Yorke is going to have a field day with this guy.

Would you guys be happy with Buru and Wright if we can't get Pride?

rhodyram22 wrote: ↑1 year ago Would you guys be happy with Buru and Wright if we can't get Pride?

I would be

As long as it’s not that kid from dodge city I’ll be satisfied

More worried about Buru coming

Dino611 wrote: ↑1 year ago

rhodyram22 wrote: ↑1 year ago Would you guys be happy with Buru and Wright if we can't get Pride?

I would be

As long as it’s not that kid from dodge city I’ll be satisfied

More worried about Buru coming

Yeah dude, I really hope we can get Buru.

Ok sounds promising, I like those stats Stevey referenced

If he hasn’t announced yet I start to think he won’t.

I think he has good stats. The only problem I see with him, is it seems like he is always looking for that next "step". That next place to go to. Like I conquered NEO, so now it's time for me to go Div 1. After I conquer that school, time for me to go to the next level, etc, etc. So, if he comes here, he doesn't see this place as his final destination, he already has eyes on his next destination.

Why would we take him w Luis and Cam?

CamsRams wrote: ↑1 year ago Why would we take him w Luis and Cam?

More depth and competition, plus he can shoot.

Is it still between:
Rhode Island
Oakland
Chattanooga

Any other schools involved?

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago I think he has good stats. The only problem I see with him, is it seems like he is always looking for that next "step". That next place to go to. Like I conquered NEO, so now it's time for me to go Div 1. After I conquer that school, time for me to go to the next level, etc, etc. So, if he comes here, he doesn't see this place as his final destination, he already has eyes on his next destination.

No different than any other player with high aspirations.

ramster wrote: ↑1 year ago Is it still between:
Rhode Island
Oakland
Chattanooga

Any other schools involved?

He does have a relationship with new coach Mark Madsen from Cal.

ramster wrote: ↑1 year ago Is it still between:
Rhode Island
Oakland
Chattanooga

Any other schools involved?

I think Cal was involved

The article jcru posted from April 4 mentions that Cal is still on him, after hiring Madsen from Utah State. But according to Rhody Vault as of April 11, and RT by Wright, his Top 3 seems to be URI, Oakland and Chattanooga.

Boommmm

Boom!

Step aside Parfait Bitee

Always Wright has now taken your place as he now has the greatest name in the history of Rhode Island Rams basketball

Wait! Is Always Wright better than Dick Hole???

Ok, I do like this pickup. I think the door is officially closed on Pride however.

I hope they pick up Buru.

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago Ok, I do like this pickup. I think the door is officially closed on Pride however.

I hope they pick up Buru.

Obviously Pride closed the door on us. We aren’t closing any doors on Pride if he wanted to come here. He would be the best player on the team.

BTW, his full name is Joseph Always Wright, but he has always been called Always.

Let's goooo. Incredible name too.

CamsRams wrote: ↑1 year ago

That's his brother All in the video with him. I wonder if we're on him? He's a junior in high school. Good prospect.

One good thing is that Buru and always follow each other

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/loca ... 69b6d.html

Wright noted that he’s narrowed down somewhere around 10 D-I offers to a top-5 list. Those schools are Oakland University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the University of Texas-San Antonio, the University of Rhode Island and the University of California at Berkeley.

The interesting part with Cal is that they just announced the hiring of Utah Valley’s head coach, Mark Madsen. Madsen led Utah Valley to the Final Four of the NIT tournament this year and Wright was considering going there. Now that Madsen is at Cal, Wright has put the Golden Bears in his top-5 list of destinations.

“(Madsen)’s been talking to me about having a strong interest in me going there,” Wright said. “So we’ll see how all of that shakes out.”

CamsRams wrote: ↑1 year ago

Also, don't know if it means anything, but Buru liked this video.

That is a positive sign. We get Buru, I think we can be very very selective with the last open scholarship. Some lights out knock down shooter or someone of that ilk. Or just hold it to recruit a frosh.

Billyboy78 wrote: ↑1 year ago Also, don't know if it means anything, but Buru liked this video.

Perhaps they met over the weekend when they were both here on official visits, or at least in passing over the weekend while in Kingston.

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago That is a positive sign. We get Buru, I think we can be very very selective with the last open scholarship. Some lights out knock down shooter or someone of that ilk. Or just hold it to recruit a frosh.

The Stetson wing transfer

This kid is impressive.

The younger brother, All, reminds me of Billy Baron.

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago The younger brother, All, reminds me of Billy Baron.

His brother is All Wright? What

bigappleram wrote: ↑1 year ago Competition in that video is high school. So that is a year old.
Nothing to really form an opinion here.
Count me out on a combo guard playing PG. I’ve seen that show before. We need a true facilitator and playmaker at PG.

Isn't that what he is? A PG facilitator?

6.4 assists per game, 2 turnovers per game = 3.3 A/TO

So is he our starting PG?

Well, better late than never... I've updated the initial post with his offers, information, as well as an article about him being named the Joplin athlete of the year in high school, ha.

No idea.

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago idk, he's a better prospect than the other JUCO and the kid from Quinnipiac, imo, but yet still a bit of an unknown.

Maybe, but, big time difference in levels of competition as well as NY basketball vs Joplin, Mo basketball.

Rhody Vault tweeted that we should expect to hear another commitment announcement today or tomorrow.

I do not follow this like I used to, and JCRU do not think I am being hypocritical here as it might sound like I am, but I was hoping for Pride, you guys got my hopes up there. But Oakland and Chattanooga were the other two finalists. Yes stars do not matter much but who else is recruiting them usually does. Kortright's list out of high school was much better than this list. Let's hope he is underrecruited and turns out to be a good player. Welcome aboard Always and pardon my cynicism above as I have not seen you play for one second.

Matunuck wrote: ↑1 year ago Rhody Vault tweeted that we should expect to hear another commitment announcement today or tomorrow.

Umm you know he was referring to always, Wright ?

jcru wrote: ↑1 year ago On that jucorecruiting.com website, Buru is listed 5 spots below Tyson Brown, at #29 for their Top-100 JUCO list:

https://www.jucorecruiting.com/2023-juco-top-100

Tracey is #42.

Tyson Brown is #24
Buru Naivalurua is #29

Would Always Wright be in this same Top 100 Listing? It includes both Freshmen and Sophomores, correct?
Maybe just not in it because he is a Freshman and Brown and Naivalurua had 2 years to develop statistics?