NorCal HS & College BB Central: Potpourri, Oct 21

News Bits

Brandon Jenkins: "𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: Winters Grady, the No. 74 overall recruit in the senior class, tells 247Sports he has committed to Michigan."

The key? "... Coach May and Justin Joyner did a great job recruiting me," Grady said on his commitment. "Coach Joyner was with me on Mondays of every single week recruiting me. We had 30-minute conversations. We had a prior relationship when he was at Saint Mary's..."

Joyner's hire away from St. Mary's by May has already paid off as so much for Grady being from Oregon and just having visited Eugene. Dana Altman has to be asking himself 'what more could I have done?' Having also miscalled his choice, the prognostication power wires here certainly need rewiring. Prolific Prep turns out yet another major talent.

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"Spurs Sign Jamaree Bouyea To Exhibit 10 Deal"

The former Palma High and USF star is still in the NBA mix but will be starting at the point in the G League. Still thinking that overseas is his best bet -- how many years can he play on the cusp?

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Out of Castro Valley High and Marquette, Juan Toscano-Anderson is back with the Mexico City Capitanes.

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"Nuggets Unwilling To Offer Aaron Gordon A 4-Year, $150 Million Max Contract"

While Gordon is a good but not a great player, he has clearly helped the Nuggets win crucial NBA playoff games -- so does he accept less $$$, leave, and do the Nuggets have a replacement for him?

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Transfer Portal for Playing Time: "Latest: Starting in 2025-26, NCAA D1 men’s basketball teams will have a roster limit of 15 total players, allowing for 15 scholarships instead of the current 13. This adds 724 more scholarships annually with the increase of 13 to 15 available."

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Jonathan Feigen: "Rockets announce the signing of 6-4 free agent guard Matt Bradley, a former San Diego State and Rostock Seawolves (Germany) player. Rockets have not made many Vipers moves this preseason, but Bradley was a 39.1% 3-point shooter for two All-Conference seasons in the Mountain West."

Bradley also played at California for three years.

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Basketball Recruitment: "2025 7'1 C Jackson McVey will make his college decision on Tuesday, per his IG page.

Finalists:

Georgia
Florida
Georgia Tech
Stanford
Florida State"

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Draymond Green on Jonathan Kuminga: "Warriors forward Draymond Green has high expectations for teammate Jonathan Kuminga as the 22-year-old enters his fourth NBA season, per Joaquin Ruiz of NBC Sports Bay Area. Asked by NBC Sports Bay Area’s Kerith Burke what would make the season an individual success for Kuminga, Green replied, “All-Star.”

What, specifically, does Kuminga have to do to earn his first All-Star berth?

“Score the basketball,” Green said. “(He) has to be a great scorer. He needs to be above 20 points per game, six (or) seven rebounds a night, and we need to win. Especially if you want to become a first-time All-Star. We know what he’s capable of and we believe in him. … Anything less than an All-Star is a failure for him.”

Kuminga remains eligible to sign a rookie scale extension up until Monday at 5:00 pm Central time, but a Friday report indicated that he and the Warriors are still “far apart” in negotiations and that the former No. 7 overall pick is comfortable with the idea of betting on himself in 2024/25. If Kuminga ends up not getting an extension in the coming days, an All-Star season would certainly go a long way toward securing him a significant payday as a restricted free agent next summer..."

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