Bradley lands a guard- Walter Lemon from Julian HS

[Dubl R 1]

Welcome to BU Walter!!

[BradleyBrave]

Looks like this is CR's replacement. Another 4 year guy, which I like a lot. Sounds like he's a bit of a late bloomer, which I am fine with. It sounds like he's pretty explosive off the dribble, I hope he can shoot. We need more shooters.

Is he any relation to Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters, the 'Clown Prince' of basketball?

[SaintLouBrave22]

Looks like this is CR's replacement. Another 4 year guy, which I like a lot. Sounds like he's a bit of a late bloomer, which I am fine with. It sounds like he's pretty explosive off the dribble, I hope he can shoot. We need more shooters.

Is he any relation to Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters, the 'Clown Prince' of basketball?

As someone else mentioned his name, Josh Young was also a late bloomer and considered small...


See, this right here is what I was talking about in getting an under the radar player...


And yes, now I want my 6'9" 265 player

[Da Coach]

Some additional information- Bradley has been looking at Walter Lemon this past year, as well as a couple other uncommitted guards like Jay Harris of Oswego East who has become a hot commodity with a number of 30+ point games.
But the BU coaches liked Walter Lemon the most. The kid is an explosive athlete, can play either guard spot, and is a big-time scorer.
He was at the Wichita State game and had a great time. He also made an official visit to the campus this past weekend, but though they tried to get a commitment from him, he did not commit until this morning. The coaches are elated to get Walter Lemon.
ChicagoHoops.com has him at #24 in the 2010 class. However, some highly regarded talent evaluators in Chicago rate Lemon among to top 2 or 3 guards in Chicago for the class of 2010. One expert rates him comparable or higher than Mike McCall, who Bradley recruited and who signed with St. Louis.

Here is ChicagoHoops.com list-

http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/2010rankings.html

[BradleyBrave]

Some additional information- Bradley has been looking at Walter Lemon this past year, as well as a couplke other uncommitted guards like Jay Harris of Oswego East who has become a hot commodity with a number of 30+ point games.
But the BU coaches liked Walter Lemon the most. The kid is an explosive athlete, can play either guard spot, and is a big-time scorer.
He was at the Wichita State game and had a great time. He also made an official visit to the campus this past weekend, but though they tried to get a commitment from him, he did not commit until this morning. The coaches are elated to get Walter Lemon.
ChicagoHoops.com has him at #24 in the 2010 class. However, some highly regarded talent evaluators in Chicago rate Lemon among to top 2 or 3 guards in Chicago for the class of 2010. One expert rates him comparable or higher than Mike McCall, who Bradley recruited and who signed with St. Louis.

Here is ChicagoHoops.com list-
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/2010rankings.html

It sounds like he really started to show his stuff towards the end of the AAU season last summer, and continued to get better this past season. I heard SIU was one of the schools who had also offered, do we know of any others?

[Da Coach]

Loyola-Chicago reportedly offered.

One advantage this commit also may give Bradley- Julian has 2 other potential D1 players who will be among the top players in Illinois for 2011, 6'4" wing player Phillip Greene (who visited a BU game recently) and 6'8" power forward Jamari Traylor. You could be hearing a lot about these 2 studs this next year.

[Da Coach]

Another link that mentions Lemon, Greene, and Traylor- scroll down to the section on Fenger-

http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsreport/2009/05/reebok_headliner_tryout_camp_t.html

[SFP]

Sounds like a great kid and will fit in the BU mold like a glove! Welcome aboard.

[audacious_aficionado]

I saw this guy shooting around with dodie and dse at markin yesterday. he seemed to be having a good time with them. his shot is a little strange looking but it went in a lot.

[Buesch N Chips]

6'9" 265....I'm not being too picky am I?

I really think Prosser can be this guy, although I'm not sure he can get to 265.

[shaunguth]

Welcome aboard Walter!

[SFP]

I really think Prosser can be this guy, although I'm not sure he can get to 265.

I would not want to put that pressure on JP. I'd like to think of him as the backup to WE at the 4 spot!

Also with this signing I'm not sure how I would feel about JW right now when I feel what we need is a solid 5. Unless he is the real deal the question is would he be a guy that can get us to the top. As I said before we are one player regardless of JW of being the top dog.

[tornado]

Bradley returns 4 guys who averaged between 10-15 ppg (Warren, Dunson, Maniscalco, TB), plus we should surely get a bit of scoring out of Will Egolf, JP, AT, DSE, JE, and now Walter...
I am anxious to see if we can put up some great offensive numbers...

[SaintLouBrave22]

Bradley returns 4 guys who averaged between 10-15 ppg (Warren, Dunson, Maniscalco, TB), plus we should surely get a bit of scoring out of Will Egolf, JP, AT, DSE, JE, and now Walter...
I am anxious to see if we can put up some great offensive numbers...

Quick ?


What are Walter's A/T numbers AND what are his 3pt and ft %


I fully expect Maniscalco to go out with a bang and DSE to get much better...question is, where is all the time at for all of these guards?!


We all know Les has trouble playing and finding time for more than 7 players...


That being said, I still think we need a legit 5 because of what I have seen so far comparing our players to the rest of the conference...

[tornado]

if he had more than 7 healthy players who can score, it could probably be different ..