[PrinceLightfoot]

Major addition for Stanford men's hoops: Rivals100 wing Marcus Sheffield [made his commitment today]

https://twitter.com/StanfordRivals/statu...2316028928

[PrinceLightfoot]

Major addition for Stanford men's hoops: Rivals100 wing Marcus Sheffield [made his commitment today]

https://twitter.com/StanfordRivals/statu...2316028928

[burger]

Scout gives Sheffield 4 stars and has him as the #14 SF in his class.

The Dawkins recruiting juggernaut continues.

[burger]

Scout gives Sheffield 4 stars and has him as the #14 SF in his class.

The Dawkins recruiting juggernaut continues.

[CowboyIndian]

He's 6'5" and weighs......175!!! I hope a strong wind doesn't come up before he enrolls.

[CowboyIndian]

He's 6'5" and weighs......175!!! I hope a strong wind doesn't come up before he enrolls.

[81alum]

Major addition for Stanford men's hoops: Rivals100 wing Marcus Sheffield [made his commitment today]

https://twitter.com/StanfordRivals/statu...2316028928

I see that BobK beat you to the post by 1 minute and 37 seconds.  Don't feel bad.  He usually beats me by weeks if not months!

[81alum]

Major addition for Stanford men's hoops: Rivals100 wing Marcus Sheffield [made his commitment today]

https://twitter.com/StanfordRivals/statu...2316028928

I see that BobK beat you to the post by 1 minute and 37 seconds.  Don't feel bad.  He usually beats me by weeks if not months!

[Papa John]

He's 6'5" and weighs......175!!! I hope a strong wind doesn't come up before he enrolls.

Anthony Brown was listed by Scout as 6' 6'' and 185 when he committed. Fast forward five years, and gostanford.com has Brown all the way up to 215.

[Papa John]

He's 6'5" and weighs......175!!! I hope a strong wind doesn't come up before he enrolls.

Anthony Brown was listed by Scout as 6' 6'' and 185 when he committed. Fast forward five years, and gostanford.com has Brown all the way up to 215.

[BobK]

We're talking agility and quickness here CI not beef.  :) :P

[BobK]

We're talking agility and quickness here CI not beef.  :) :P

[scorecard]

After watching some highlights, I am pretty excited about this commitment.  I wonder if he is friends with Nick Wilson since they both come from Alpharetta, Georgia (different high schools though) and committed within a week of each other.  One thing I love about Sheffield is that he could potentially be something that we have been lacking for some time, namely a slasher who can put the ball on the floor.  To my memory, we have not had a player over 6'5" who could reliably handle the ball and get to the rim since Casey Jacobsen or Josh Childress.  Sheffield doesn't appear to have the long range capability and quick trigger of Jacobsen or quite the same hops as Childress had.  I'd say that his game reminds me most of a taller Chasson Randle, with a herky-jerky style, an array of floaters, and some mid-range game where he draws contact for fouls.

I actually like how the roster is filling out for the future, particularly if Cartwright ends up being good.  We will lose Randle, Brown, and Nastic after this year.  But we will continue to be long (with Rosco Allen, Verheoeven, Humphreys, and Rimmer all 6'9" and taller).  And if Reid Travis fills our rebounding need, we will be all right.  Could use a superstar center, but who couldn't? I don't know if we will ever truly be title contenders in this era of the one-and-done, but we should be pretty good.

G: Allen, Allen, Sanders, Cartwright
SF: Pickens, Sheffield
PF: Rosco Allen, Reid Travis, Humphreys
C: Verhoeven, Rimmer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh1KkG_gHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt8NJPmwClc

[scorecard]

After watching some highlights, I am pretty excited about this commitment.  I wonder if he is friends with Nick Wilson since they both come from Alpharetta, Georgia (different high schools though) and committed within a week of each other.  One thing I love about Sheffield is that he could potentially be something that we have been lacking for some time, namely a slasher who can put the ball on the floor.  To my memory, we have not had a player over 6'5" who could reliably handle the ball and get to the rim since Casey Jacobsen or Josh Childress.  Sheffield doesn't appear to have the long range capability and quick trigger of Jacobsen or quite the same hops as Childress had.  I'd say that his game reminds me most of a taller Chasson Randle, with a herky-jerky style, an array of floaters, and some mid-range game where he draws contact for fouls.

I actually like how the roster is filling out for the future, particularly if Cartwright ends up being good.  We will lose Randle, Brown, and Nastic after this year.  But we will continue to be long (with Rosco Allen, Verheoeven, Humphreys, and Rimmer all 6'9" and taller).  And if Reid Travis fills our rebounding need, we will be all right.  Could use a superstar center, but who couldn't? I don't know if we will ever truly be title contenders in this era of the one-and-done, but we should be pretty good.

G: Allen, Allen, Sanders, Cartwright
SF: Pickens, Sheffield
PF: Rosco Allen, Reid Travis, Humphreys
C: Verhoeven, Rimmer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh1KkG_gHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt8NJPmwClc

[washingtonismoney]

I'm as confident in Rimmer as any Stanford center since Taj Finger.

[washingtonismoney]

I'm as confident in Rimmer as any Stanford center since Taj Finger.

[DC]

Taj Finger was a PF.

[DC]

Taj Finger was a PF.

[StannyBoy]

After watching some highlights, I am pretty excited about this commitment.  I wonder if he is friends with Nick Wilson since they both come from Alpharetta, Georgia (different high schools though) and committed within a week of each other.  One thing I love about Sheffield is that he could potentially be something that we have been lacking for some time, namely a slasher who can put the ball on the floor.  To my memory, we have not had a player over 6'5" who could reliably handle the ball and get to the rim since Casey Jacobsen or Josh Childress.  Sheffield doesn't appear to have the long range capability and quick trigger of Jacobsen or quite the same hops as Childress had.  I'd say that his game reminds me most of a taller Chasson Randle, with a herky-jerky style, an array of floaters, and some mid-range game where he draws contact for fouls.

I actually like how the roster is filling out for the future, particularly if Cartwright ends up being good.  We will lose Randle, Brown, and Nastic after this year.  But we will continue to be long (with Rosco Allen, Verheoeven, Humphreys, and Rimmer all 6'9" and taller).  And if Reid Travis fills our rebounding need, we will be all right.  Could use a superstar center, but who couldn't? I don't know if we will ever truly be title contenders in this era of the one-and-done, but we should be pretty good.

G: Allen, Allen, Sanders, Cartwright
SF: Pickens, Sheffield
PF: Rosco Allen, Reid Travis, Humphreys
C: Verhoeven, Rimmer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh1KkG_gHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt8NJPmwClc

Anthony Brown is over 6 foot 5 and has handles and hops.

And Jacobsen did not have a quick trigger. He had a slow wind-up which caused him to have a short career in the NBA. Jason Kapono was the same year as him and a worse shot/player yet lasted twice as long in the NBA since he didn't have a slow wind-up.

[StannyBoy]

After watching some highlights, I am pretty excited about this commitment.  I wonder if he is friends with Nick Wilson since they both come from Alpharetta, Georgia (different high schools though) and committed within a week of each other.  One thing I love about Sheffield is that he could potentially be something that we have been lacking for some time, namely a slasher who can put the ball on the floor.  To my memory, we have not had a player over 6'5" who could reliably handle the ball and get to the rim since Casey Jacobsen or Josh Childress.  Sheffield doesn't appear to have the long range capability and quick trigger of Jacobsen or quite the same hops as Childress had.  I'd say that his game reminds me most of a taller Chasson Randle, with a herky-jerky style, an array of floaters, and some mid-range game where he draws contact for fouls.

I actually like how the roster is filling out for the future, particularly if Cartwright ends up being good.  We will lose Randle, Brown, and Nastic after this year.  But we will continue to be long (with Rosco Allen, Verheoeven, Humphreys, and Rimmer all 6'9" and taller).  And if Reid Travis fills our rebounding need, we will be all right.  Could use a superstar center, but who couldn't? I don't know if we will ever truly be title contenders in this era of the one-and-done, but we should be pretty good.

G: Allen, Allen, Sanders, Cartwright
SF: Pickens, Sheffield
PF: Rosco Allen, Reid Travis, Humphreys
C: Verhoeven, Rimmer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh1KkG_gHo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt8NJPmwClc

Anthony Brown is over 6 foot 5 and has handles and hops.

And Jacobsen did not have a quick trigger. He had a slow wind-up which caused him to have a short career in the NBA. Jason Kapono was the same year as him and a worse shot/player yet lasted twice as long in the NBA since he didn't have a slow wind-up.

[scorecard]

Anthony Brown is over 6 foot 5 and has handles and hops.

And Jacobsen did not have a quick trigger. He had a slow wind-up which caused him to have a short career in the NBA. Jason Kapono was the same year as him and a worse shot/player yet lasted twice as long in the NBA since he didn't have a slow wind-up.

I had, and still have, hopes for Brown, but right now he is more of a shot fake, take a few long steps to the rim (or sidestep for a long pull-up 18 foot jumper) type of player.  He isn't really a face you up, cross you over player at this point (I'm not sure Sheffield is this either yet by the way), but I think we also haven't seen his best due to his hip injury.  I'm hoping that Brown will show a leap like Landry Fields did in his senior year (I suppose I did forget about Fields, now he could do some things), now that he is actually healthy.

Also by "quick trigger", I did not mean Jacobsen's actual release, but more so his confidence and willingness to shoot from anywhere on the court.  I did not realize that ESPN had done a Sportscentury documentary on him (looks like it aired in 2010).  The link is below, it's actually a pretty good watch with some good clips of Stanford when the program was really rolling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh-KSMaaTjA

[scorecard]

Anthony Brown is over 6 foot 5 and has handles and hops.

And Jacobsen did not have a quick trigger. He had a slow wind-up which caused him to have a short career in the NBA. Jason Kapono was the same year as him and a worse shot/player yet lasted twice as long in the NBA since he didn't have a slow wind-up.

I had, and still have, hopes for Brown, but right now he is more of a shot fake, take a few long steps to the rim (or sidestep for a long pull-up 18 foot jumper) type of player.  He isn't really a face you up, cross you over player at this point (I'm not sure Sheffield is this either yet by the way), but I think we also haven't seen his best due to his hip injury.  I'm hoping that Brown will show a leap like Landry Fields did in his senior year (I suppose I did forget about Fields, now he could do some things), now that he is actually healthy.

Also by "quick trigger", I did not mean Jacobsen's actual release, but more so his confidence and willingness to shoot from anywhere on the court.  I did not realize that ESPN had done a Sportscentury documentary on him (looks like it aired in 2010).  The link is below, it's actually a pretty good watch with some good clips of Stanford when the program was really rolling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh-KSMaaTjA

[2 for 2028]

Also by "quick trigger", I did not mean Jacobsen's actual release, but more so his confidence and willingness to shoot from anywhere on the court.  I did not realize that ESPN had done a Sportscentury documentary on him (looks like it aired in 2010).  The link is below, it's actually a pretty good watch with some good clips of Stanford when the program was really rolling.

I'm not sure why, but I did not enjoy watching that. 

[2 for 2028]

Also by "quick trigger", I did not mean Jacobsen's actual release, but more so his confidence and willingness to shoot from anywhere on the court.  I did not realize that ESPN had done a Sportscentury documentary on him (looks like it aired in 2010).  The link is below, it's actually a pretty good watch with some good clips of Stanford when the program was really rolling.

I'm not sure why, but I did not enjoy watching that. 

[fullmetal]

Jacobsen officially retired from professional basketball two months ago, if anyone missed that.  He spent the last four or so seasons with a German team.

[fullmetal]

Jacobsen officially retired from professional basketball two months ago, if anyone missed that.  He spent the last four or so seasons with a German team.

[2 for 2028]

Jacobsen officially retired from professional basketball two months ago, if anyone missed that.  He spent the last four or so seasons with a German team.

So I guess he is free to come watch the potential rematch on Nov. 22.

[2 for 2028]

Jacobsen officially retired from professional basketball two months ago, if anyone missed that.  He spent the last four or so seasons with a German team.

So I guess he is free to come watch the potential rematch on Nov. 22.