Video of Noah Vonleh, who has re-classified to 2014, and PG Cornelius Tyson. However, wanted to focus on Vonleh, who I think is a potential big time prospect. It is a stacked class on the wing in 2014, they already had Theo Pinson, Andrew Wiggins, Wayne Selden and Justin Jackson. ESPN has Vonleh ranked #10 right now, and I have a feeling he might eventually be near the top of the class. He is incredibly long (measured a 7’3 wingspan at LeBron James Skills Academy) and seems to be growing:
2014’s Noah Vonleh keeps growing — literally
Posted on: July 18, 2011 5:02 pm
Edited on: July 20, 2011 10:53 am
By Jeff Borzello
Right now, Noah Vonleh is one of the top-10 prospects in the class of 2014. At 6-foot-7, he is a matchup nightmare due to his versatility and wide-ranging talents.
The scary part? Vonleh isn’t done growing.
“My doctor said I could grow to be 6’10”,” he said.
If the New Hampton (N.H.) product gets taller and keeps his current skill set, his potential is through the roof. Vonleh is very long and rangy, and has the ability to handle, pass and finish at the rim.
“I want to prove that I’m one of the best in my class,” he said. “One of the top five in my class.”
Despite his rapid improvement over the last year, Vonleh is still working on certain things in his game.
“I want to attack the basket better, and not get in too deep. I have to work on my pull up,” he said. “I’m in the gym everyday.”
It’s very early in his recruitment, but Vonleh already has offers from Boston College, Pittsburgh, Providence, Syracuse and Georgia Tech, with interest also from Tennessee, North Carolina, Duke, Connecticut and West Virginia.
At his current size, Vonleh is a five-star prospect. If he gets to 6-foot-10? The sky is the limit.
This is not the first player in this class who we heard might still have some inches left to grow, as Emmanuel Mudiay, the 6’4 PG from Texas, has a 6’10 father and 6’7 brother. Mudiay is currently ranked #8 in the class, but I get the feeling that he and Vonleh may indeed leap frog a few of the incredibly talented players currently ranked in front of them. I would not call either of them "sleepers" per se, they are both incredibly highly regarded as prospects, but I see Vonleh and Mudiay maybe leap frogging a few incredibly talented prospects and moving into the top 5 of the Class of 2014. The current ESPN Top 10 has seemed to really establish themselves as prime time prospects, and it will be very interesting to see how they all grow.
Here are the current rankings, these 10 players have definitely seemed to pull away from the rest:
1. Theo Pinson, 6’5/170/SG (NC)
2. Dakari Johnson, 6’11/263/C (NJ) (7’0 Wingspan measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
3. Andrew Wiggins, 6’7/190/SF (Canada) (6’11 Wingspan measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
4. Jahlil Okafor, 6’10/272/PF/C (IL) (7’3 Wingspan measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
5. Tre Lyles, 6’7/200/PF (IN) (Born in Canada)
6. Justin Jackson, 6’7/168/SF (TX) (6’9 Wingspan measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
7. Wayne Selden, 6’6/223/SG (MA) (6’10 Wingspan measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
8. Emmanuel Mudiay, 6’4.5/187/PG (TX) (6’7 Wingspan measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
9. Tyus Jones, 6’0/170/PG (MN)
10. Noah Vonleh, 6’7/190/SF (NH) (7’3 Wingspan Measured at LeBron James Skills Academy)
following @hooprootz onTWITTER right now….giving play by play of VONLEH game right now…WOW….dude seems to be on fire…every other comment is "Vonleh for another 3"…or…."Vonleh with another windmill dunk"….lol…he’s got 17 at the half.
following @hooprootz onTWITTER right now….giving play by play of VONLEH game right now…WOW….dude seems to be on fire…every other comment is "Vonleh for another 3"…or…."Vonleh with another windmill dunk"….lol…he’s got 17 at the half.
We have a KURAN IVERSON citing…lol….seems like he is never around….anyways, his team just loss to Jabari Parkers squad….Jabari finished with 14 and Kuran had 9…..there’s really not much video of Kuran on the net…I live 2 minutes from his high school of North West Catholic…thinking about taping allot of his upcoming jr season….then again I need a camera first…..well….atleast I tried….lol
We have a KURAN IVERSON citing…lol….seems like he is never around….anyways, his team just loss to Jabari Parkers squad….Jabari finished with 14 and Kuran had 9…..there’s really not much video of Kuran on the net…I live 2 minutes from his high school of North West Catholic…thinking about taping allot of his upcoming jr season….then again I need a camera first…..well….atleast I tried….lol
