Kyle Anderson PG (UCLA)
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http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/08/14/anderson-calhoun-lead-team-nyc-over-team-usa/
NEW YORK -- After his unofficial visit to UCLA last week, Kyle Anderson studied tape of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and is now working on perfecting his sky hook.
The 6-foot-8 Anderson busted out a 6-foot sky hook as he and UConn-bound Omar Calhoun combined for 62 points to lead Team New York to a 146-138 victory over Team USA in the inaugural Franchise Classic at the South Bronx Job Corps.
“It’s something I’ve been working on,” Anderson, who finished with 28 points, told SNY.tv. “Being at UCLA, watching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I watched the highlights of him.”
The 6-3 Calhoun scored 26 of his team-high 34 points in the second half, when Team New York stormed back from a 73-64 halftime deficit.
Asked what his strategy was in helping to take the game over in the second half, Anderson said: “Honestly, get Omar the ball. He was hot so you had to get Omar the ball somehow.”
Uncommitted senior guard Archie Goodwin, who recently trimmed his list to eight schools, led all scorers with 46 points for Team USA and did a little verbal sparring with Lincoln rising sophomore Isaiah Whitehead (16 points).
Shaq Goodwin, an uncommitted 6-8 big man who wants to play football and hoops in college, added 31 points for Team USA, 6-9 junior Chris Walker scored 18 and Ole Miss commit Martavious Newby tallied 17.
Villanova-bound Savon Goodman added 26 pointers for the winners.
Team USA had just seven players, while Team New York had 11, including two Philly-based players in Goodman and guard Daiquan Walker.
“New York players are tough,” Anderson said. “A lot of people think that we can’t compete with the rest of the country, but we just showed it right now.”
Calhoun struggled to score just eight points before the break but Anderson found a rhythm with Calhoun and Goodman in the second half.
“I think Kyle took over,” Calhoun said. “He’s 6-8, real smart point guard. Kyle kind of took over with his court vision. Him and Savon, they were doing it.”
Anderson is due to announce Sept. 20 for Seton Hall, St. John’s, Georgetown, Florida or UCLA.
If this performance was any indication, he certainly enjoys playing under the spotlight in the Big Apple.
“Yeah, I love it,” he said.
Anderson took an unofficial to UCLA last week along with Shaq Goodwin, Shabazz Muhammad, the consensus No. 1 player in the Class of 2012, and UCLA pledge Jordan Adams.
“I’ve been there two times before,” Anderson said. “It wasn’t really nothing new that I saw. We just watched film and spoke to Coach [Ben] Howland, went to go see everybody again. It was cool.”
Asked if he and Muhammad talked about potentially teaming up at UCLA, Anderson said, “Yeah, we do, but that’s pretty much everybody in the country. Everybody talks about playing together at all these different camps and stuff.”
Anderson ended his summer by winning the Desert Duel in Arizona and the End of Summer Classic with the Playaz Basketball Club.
“Just winning in July is something I’ve been used to,” he said.
Now he plans to relax in August and play some streetball events.
He will likely take unofficials to St. John’s, Seton Hall and Georgetown before the Florida visit Sept. 16.
“I’m not sure,” he said. “I have to talk about that with my family, when we’re going to do that.”
Asked if was looking forward to the process coming to end, he said, “Yeah, I am. I can’t wait for it to be finished with.”
NEW YORK -- After his unofficial visit to UCLA last week, Kyle Anderson studied tape of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and is now working on perfecting his sky hook.
The 6-foot-8 Anderson busted out a 6-foot sky hook as he and UConn-bound Omar Calhoun combined for 62 points to lead Team New York to a 146-138 victory over Team USA in the inaugural Franchise Classic at the South Bronx Job Corps.
“It’s something I’ve been working on,” Anderson, who finished with 28 points, told SNY.tv. “Being at UCLA, watching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I watched the highlights of him.”
The 6-3 Calhoun scored 26 of his team-high 34 points in the second half, when Team New York stormed back from a 73-64 halftime deficit.
Asked what his strategy was in helping to take the game over in the second half, Anderson said: “Honestly, get Omar the ball. He was hot so you had to get Omar the ball somehow.”
Uncommitted senior guard Archie Goodwin, who recently trimmed his list to eight schools, led all scorers with 46 points for Team USA and did a little verbal sparring with Lincoln rising sophomore Isaiah Whitehead (16 points).
Shaq Goodwin, an uncommitted 6-8 big man who wants to play football and hoops in college, added 31 points for Team USA, 6-9 junior Chris Walker scored 18 and Ole Miss commit Martavious Newby tallied 17.
Villanova-bound Savon Goodman added 26 pointers for the winners.
Team USA had just seven players, while Team New York had 11, including two Philly-based players in Goodman and guard Daiquan Walker.
“New York players are tough,” Anderson said. “A lot of people think that we can’t compete with the rest of the country, but we just showed it right now.”
Calhoun struggled to score just eight points before the break but Anderson found a rhythm with Calhoun and Goodman in the second half.
“I think Kyle took over,” Calhoun said. “He’s 6-8, real smart point guard. Kyle kind of took over with his court vision. Him and Savon, they were doing it.”
Anderson is due to announce Sept. 20 for Seton Hall, St. John’s, Georgetown, Florida or UCLA.
If this performance was any indication, he certainly enjoys playing under the spotlight in the Big Apple.
“Yeah, I love it,” he said.
Anderson took an unofficial to UCLA last week along with Shaq Goodwin, Shabazz Muhammad, the consensus No. 1 player in the Class of 2012, and UCLA pledge Jordan Adams.
“I’ve been there two times before,” Anderson said. “It wasn’t really nothing new that I saw. We just watched film and spoke to Coach [Ben] Howland, went to go see everybody again. It was cool.”
Asked if he and Muhammad talked about potentially teaming up at UCLA, Anderson said, “Yeah, we do, but that’s pretty much everybody in the country. Everybody talks about playing together at all these different camps and stuff.”
Anderson ended his summer by winning the Desert Duel in Arizona and the End of Summer Classic with the Playaz Basketball Club.
“Just winning in July is something I’ve been used to,” he said.
Now he plans to relax in August and play some streetball events.
He will likely take unofficials to St. John’s, Seton Hall and Georgetown before the Florida visit Sept. 16.
“I’m not sure,” he said. “I have to talk about that with my family, when we’re going to do that.”
Asked if was looking forward to the process coming to end, he said, “Yeah, I am. I can’t wait for it to be finished with.”
I get the feeling more and more that this kid will stay here and play for SJU. Just seems like the type who is very close with his family and would love to rep NY and own the Garden again. No doubt in my mind that he can and will be our next PG after Lindsey etc. The kid is quite a piece of clay for coaches like Rico and Dunlap.
Jevon Thomas thinks Kyle Anderson will end up at St. John's:
http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/08/14/jevon-thomas-thinks-kyle-anderson-will-land-at-st-johns/
http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/08/14/jevon-thomas-thinks-kyle-anderson-will-land-at-st-johns/
FWIW, Ishmail Wainright is friends with Kyle Anderson on twitter. Says Anderson was the toughest person he's had to guard all year. Quite a testament considering that Wainright played against Jabari Parker and shut him down. I think we're in good with both Anderson and Wainright.
Just because he lives a few minutes over in NJ doesn't mean he sees it as a dividing line. This is still home. Don't think that because he lives in NJ doesn't mean he needs to stay in that state if it is not the best fit for him. Case in point, here's a quote from Anderson's game this week over team USA:
“New York players are tough,” Anderson said. “A lot of people think that we can’t compete with the rest of the country, but we just showed it right now.”
He did use "we" in reference to Ny players. I'm confident that we have a real good shot because SJU has more in place than SHU. SJU has a better staff, better players by far, and plays at MSG. Lavin is one of the biggest stories in college bball now. Anderson is an excellent player, but in the Big East would struggle surrounded by guys like Haralds Karlis, Freddie Wilson and Sean Grennan. Anderson wants to win, and he has a much better shot at SJU.
“New York players are tough,” Anderson said. “A lot of people think that we can’t compete with the rest of the country, but we just showed it right now.”
He did use "we" in reference to Ny players. I'm confident that we have a real good shot because SJU has more in place than SHU. SJU has a better staff, better players by far, and plays at MSG. Lavin is one of the biggest stories in college bball now. Anderson is an excellent player, but in the Big East would struggle surrounded by guys like Haralds Karlis, Freddie Wilson and Sean Grennan. Anderson wants to win, and he has a much better shot at SJU.
Exactly, MCN! Not to mention, Seton Hall was left out of the top 8 on one of their 2012 targets (Kamari Murphy). IMO, an important recruit going forward for 'em. I hear they may also miss out on another 2012 target (Quenton DeCosey). Some guy on twitter (obviously, a Seton Hall fan or phoney) had gotten a few Hall fans hyped up by calling their class the "tweet class" or something of that nature. Claimed they were gonna land Murphy, DeCosey, Canty and Anderson.
It looks like he's about to be 0 for 2 when it comes to the former two. Let's see how he fares with the latter two.
It's kinda sad that some fool is hyping it up that way. Murphy is a big loss for them. They should have been able to land him. He's a solid tier player, and a kid that is a Big East athlete. Not landing him is a problem. They will have to push hard for Dingle just to land a frontcourt player that might be Big East caliber. Not looking good there.
billthetruth
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Anderson is not going to the Hall. He is not leaving his NBA future in the hands of an unproven coach and staff at the college level (see Norm Roberts days at SJU).
The Thomas decommittment here and the subsequent offer from Seton Hall is very telling.
If Kyle stays home its SJU not SHU. G-Town and UCLA are long shots too.
Florida and Billy D is my only concern.
This is Lavin vs. Billy D.
The Thomas decommittment here and the subsequent offer from Seton Hall is very telling.
If Kyle stays home its SJU not SHU. G-Town and UCLA are long shots too.
Florida and Billy D is my only concern.
This is Lavin vs. Billy D.
MCNPA - "No doubt in my mind that he can and will be our next PG after Lindsey etc."
rivals.com- 5 stars
Kyle Anderson
Point guard
Jersey City, New Jersey
Class: 2012
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 215 lbs
Jason Buchanan (or T. Turner) was the tallest if Im correct.
6'8" Kyle Anderson at the Point Guard .?
rivals.com- 5 stars
Kyle Anderson
Point guard
Jersey City, New Jersey
Class: 2012
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 215 lbs
Jason Buchanan (or T. Turner) was the tallest if Im correct.
6'8" Kyle Anderson at the Point Guard .?
Tarik was tall at 6"4" or 6'5". Lindsey is close at almost 6'4". Anderson would top out by far at 6'8". My point though was that I was skeptical whether he could play PG in college but no longer. He has proven his mettle there. He can also play every other spot. Good player to have on board. Big matchup problem for most teams.
jrhoops1949
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Does he back guys in and kick it?
Kyle does everything well, he is a superior passer with a great bball IQ.