Basketball from a fans perspective
His schedule
The number one basketball prospect in 2018 R.J. Barrett has scheduled his NCAA visits. Barrett’s list consists of Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, Oregon and Michigan. The 6-7 shooting guard is enrolled at Montverde Academy in Montverde (FL). It’s been mentioned previously Barrett hails from Metro Toronto Canada. I’d mentioned earlier the list should provide us a clue of the future destination of many of these high profile prospects.
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Zion Williamson the number two prospect in the Class of 2018 has scheduled four of his five visits. The 6-7 230 pound Williamson is scheduled to visit Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA and Duke. He’s yet to reveal his last official choice, as mentioned earlier a prospect can schedule as many “un-official” visits as they desire. Beginning last Thursday the reported likely destinations of the top three prospects is now complete. R.J. Barrett, Williamson and Bol Bol have made no choice however the list of visit might provide us a glimpse of an eventual destination.
15 minutes
You’ve heard the old adage; it goes something like this; “Everybody has 15 minutes of fame.” Those of us who are not celebrities only have fleeting fame thus the 15 minute saying. LaVar Ball’s 15 minutes were up about 6 months ago in my opinion. The amazing part to me the media doesn’t get it; he’s become famous for “doing nothing.” Well that’s not quite true; his son Lonzo is likely to be an outstanding NBA player.
As for the other two offspring the jury is still undecided at this point. Spotted in Adidas rather than his BBB brand LaVar commented; “I always wear these when taking out the trash.” You might also remember the profanity laced tirade regarding the NCAA. The elder Ball had been questioned on possible eligibility issues facing Melo due to a signature shoe. Now LaVar is singing another tune when questioned on eligibility issues he now says; “Maybe Melo will skip college.” This is certainly a change from his earlier profanity response.
Continue to step up his game
Hassan Whiteside has seen his numbers increase each of the last three seasons. It’s all due to hard work and the opportunity to play as a regular. 11.8 ppg and 10 rebounds a game in 32 games as a starter in the 2014-15 season. The following season it was 14.2 ppg and nearly 12 rebounds in 43 games as a starter. In the middle of this season he would become the full-time starter at center.
Last season was a break-out season; Whiteside would lead the NBA in rebounding with 14.13 per game. In addition he managed to increase his scoring to a career high 17.0 ppg while finishing 4th in blocked shots at 2.10. Its likely number 21 will experience an improved season although his numbers might trend slightly downward. The Heat have made improvements and after finishing 41-41 the expectations are for a playoff berth and plus .500 season.
