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'14 CO PG Jeremiah Paige (Verbal to CSU)

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Rangeview H.S. (Aurora, CO)

AAU Team:

Ht: 6-foot-3
Wt: 160 lbs.

Rivals rating: 3*; unranked PG
Scout rating: NR; unranked SG
ESPN rating: N/A
247sports rating: N/A

Reported Offers: Colorado, Colorado State, Wyoming
 
Great profile picture. It will be fun to see his progress next season. Great statline for a small Sophomore.
 
Going off of that sick profile pic, his vertical has to be well over 40 inches, right?
 
what is going on in Colorado all of the sudden, we are finally getting some legit basketball players at the high school level.
 
what is going on in Colorado all of the sudden, we are finally getting some legit basketball players at the high school level.

Not to be a dick, but I realize I will come off as a dick; Colorado talent has always been here, but the new stuff isn't really much better than the old stuff. Be cautious.
 
Not to be a dick, but I realize I will come off as a dick; Colorado talent has always been here, but the new stuff isn't really much better than the old stuff. Be cautious.

In the past, one of the big problems is that CU has recruited the wrong in-state players.
 
In the past, one of the big problems is that CU has recruited the wrong in-state players.


True. And there have been some successful players from Colorado recently. I hope the trend continues and the three we have coming in next year are among them.
 

Only an issue if he is done growing. If not add a couple inches and you have a 6'3" kid which is fine.

Tad seems to have an eye for guys who aren't finished developing yet physically or in their games.
 
He is a sophmore, so he is what, maybe 15? I would say there is some growing to do.

From Adam's article from last Friday:

Paige currently stands 6-foot-3, 160-pounds. His coach believes he will likely be a big guard at the next level.

"I think when all is said and done, he is going to be about 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-6," Palmer said. "He has got a couple of family members that were drafted in the NBA. His grandfather Larry Paige played at CSU and was drafted by the Lakers. And his uncle Floyd Kerr is in the Indiana high school sports Hall of Fame and CSU sports Hall of Fame. After playing at CSU, he was drafted in the NFL by the Cowboys, in the NBA by the Suns and in the ABA by Utah. So Jeremiah has some good bloodlines."
 
Paige is a really intriguing prospect to me. He's completely overshadowed by Collier and Perkins, but whether it's this summer or next season, he just seems like the type of kid who could absolutley blow up. Assuming we don't land both Collier and Perkins, I wouldn't be upset at all about taking a commitment from Paige over a bigger-name player.
 
Not to be a dick, but I realize I will come off as a dick; Colorado talent has always been here, but the new stuff isn't really much better than the old stuff. Be cautious.

Some talent has always been here, but in real short supply and relatively inexperienced, since the talent was spread so thinly and across not only the state, geographically (different leagues) but across HS classifications (4A, 3A etc.) A very good Col HS player may never have met an equal on the court, but once or twice during his HS career, especially bigs (who remain rare in Colo). Now with the advent of AAU yr.-round ball, kids play more games against much better competition and with greater exposure.

In the past, one of the big problems is that CU has failed or refused to recruit in-state players.

fify......Who in your opinion was "wrong"? RP stated openly there was little or no D1 talent in Colorado and came in real late on guys like Fazekas or didn't even bother with guys like Jason Smith or Sean Oguirri.
 
I think in-state recruiting is getting better. In the past decade, the only 2 guys CU didn't sign that I think would have impacted the program were Matt Bouldin and Reggie Jackson. Every year isn't great, but 2014 looks like it might be as good or better than the 2012 group that was so good for the Buffs.
 
Will (Rivals) located some highlights. I can see why Tad has offered.

[video=youtube;3J5KTdrDEw4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J5KTdrDEw4&sns=tw[/video]
 
Dude can dunk. what else can he do? Looks like a good handle. Might finish well in traffic. hard to tell from that tape.
 
Dude can dunk. what else can he do? Looks like a good handle. Might finish well in traffic. hard to tell from that tape.
I think Paige can turn into a petty good shooter. From everything I've seen/read, he's pretty active defensively too. He's raw, but that's actually not all that bad. We're at a point where all of the freshmen aren't going to see the floor anyway. I wouldn't mind seeing him sit for a year and develop, then turn into a pretty good player in time.
 
Dude can dunk. what else can he do? Looks like a good handle. Might finish well in traffic. hard to tell from that tape.


He doesn't miss lay-ups and can hit the mid-range jumper. Lefties usually have an advantage in BB, because not only do they do things "backwards", but having been forced to live in a right-handed world, are more adaptively ambidexterous. (Want an easy example of that advantage? Try brushing you teeth with your left hand!)
 
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