Mavericks scout Travis, Joyce
Posted December 28th, 2006 by mrasor
Men’s basketball
Although it’s a long shot Romeo Travis or Dru Joyce will hear their names called next June, scouts are paying attention, possibly for a training camp invitation.
Adam Ferrise reports the Dallas Mavericks sent a scout to look at four of Nevada’s starters, as well as Akron’s two seniors. The Portland Trailblazers and Cleveland Cavaliers (Danny Ferry) also had representatives in attendance at Rhodes Arena on Saturday.
This is just my humble opinion, but these guys will get an invitation to camp. Their connection to LeBron James all but assures them of that.
- The ABJ’s Michael Beaven previewed Akron’s next game against Loyola Marymount. He talks about the Lions’ size, even without the injured Matthew Knight, who is out for a month after spraining his knee last week.
I’ll have more on the game tomorrow.
Football
Here’s a breakdown of how other MAC teams are doing this recruiting season according to Rivals.com…
Three-star (or higher) recruits…
- 3 - Akron
- 1 - Miami, Temple, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Toledo, Ball State, Western Michigan
- 0 - Northern Illinois, Ohio, Kent, Central Michigan, Eastern Michgan
Total points…
- Akron - 116
- Miami - 81
- Ball State - 44
- Northern Illinois - 42
- Ohio - 41
- Western Michigan - 37
- Kent - 33
- Temple - 32
- Central Michigan - 30
- Eastern Michigan - 24
- Bowling Green, Buffalo, Toledo - 17
Of course, these are only preliminary numbers. Signing day isn’t until February. We’ll see then if anyone can catch up with Akron.
By the way, Scout.com has Miami in the lead. That site, however, is way behind in updating Akron’s recruits. It only lists 10 of the 16 from Rivals.com. I’m not being biased; Rivals is just much better at analyzing this part of the country.
December 28th, 2006 at 10:11 am
Scouts.com has both DaVon Moore and Gary Pride listed as 3-star recruits whereas Rivals has them both listed as 2-star recruits. If you throw Scout’s rating in there, that would give Akron FIVE 3-star recruits! JD seems to be consistently bringing talent to Akron the likes of which we’ve never seen!
December 28th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Yeah, Rob…now let’s see if he can COACH it. Recruiting is a strong suit; game-plans and adjustments are JD’s weaknesses, which MUST be corrected, even if it means bringing in another offensive mind.
As for Romeo & Dru: Is Travis actually regressing? He didn’t impress me AT ALL during the Nevada game. And when I mentioned to someone that Dru could be another “B.J. Armstrong”-type shooter in the NBA…he correctly pointed out that if Dru can’t find his own open shots in college, he sure can’t do it with taller NBA players. And he’d be a defensive liability. Maybe the boys should look overseas, or just get a degree and join the LeBron gravy-train.
December 28th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Travis is too short to play 4 in the NBA, too slow to play 3. His defense is subpar, too. People said the same about Carlos Boozer, though. If he got in the right situation, he could stick.
Like RC said, Joyce can’t get his shot off in college, which is why he’s taking 3s five feet from the line. His role in the NBA would be a solid game manager who can hit spot up shots, in other words, a poor man’s Andre Miller.