Daniel West

[tornado]

In the final Michigan rankings of players, by the premium site
michiganpreps.com

Daniel West is in the Top 20 Division-I prospects statewide:

They are listed alphabetically, so I will list the players and then the comments only on the ones from Saginaw and the kid who was Michigan Mr. Basketball.
If they are already committed to a school, that school is in parentheses:

Justin Anyijong (Sr.), East Grand Rapids - 6-9 center (Toledo)

Darnell Brown (Jr.), Detroit Country Day - 6-1 guard

Anthony Crater (Jr.), Flint Southwestern - 6-2 guard (Ohio State)

Demarcus Grady (Sr.), East Grand Rapids - 6-2 guard (No. Illinois - football)

Kelvin Grady (Sr.), East Grand Rapids - 5-10 guard (Michigan)

Draymond Green (Jr.), Saginaw - 6-7 forward (Kentucky??)
He doesn't have great foot speed and he doesn't play consistently above the rim, but his basketball IQ and the skills and toughness he brings to the table are excellent! Wildcat nation will embrace him if he ends up there???‚¬?¦

Mike Green (Soph.), Saginaw - 5-11 guard
Didn't have big numbers in East Lansing, but ask Saginaw Arthur Hill how good he was in the district championship. Shoots it as well as any sophomore in the state.

Corperryale Harris (Sr.), Detroit Redford - 6-4 guard (Michigan)
Mr. Basketball was Mr. Quiet in the semis and then came on to score big in the title game with 31 points. America will be buzzing a year from now and thereafter over the Manny legacy.

Colin Horn (Jr.), Detroit Redford - 6-7 center

Matt Johnson (Jr.), Ann Arbor Pioneer - 6-4 guard.

Kevin McCarthy (Soph.), Warren DeLaSalle - 6-9 center

Troy Peter (Jr.), Stevensville Lakeshore - 6-4 forward

Dan Possehl (Jr.), Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian - 6-8 center

Demario Prince (Soph.), Detroit Redford - 5-10 guard

Eli Redman (Jr.), Bath - 6-7 forward

Dashonte Riley (Soph.), Detroit Country Day - 6-10 center

Joshua Southern (Sr.), Saginaw - 6-9 center (Boston College)
Please come to Boston in the springtime! The BC faithful will want him there full time for the entirety of four years. He's a warrior and a competitor and he epitomizes what being a Saginaw Trojan is all about.

Tyrone Ward (Jr.), Flint Southwestern - 6-4 forward

Joey Welch (Sr.), Stevensville Lakeshore - 6-8 center (Bethel)

Daniel West (Jr.), Saginaw - 6-2 guard (Bradley)
Jim Les and his coaching staff robbed the cradle and stole from the state for Daniel, Jr. If he'll get in the weight room and do something about that skinny body of his, he'll be better than his old man who was pretty good at Central.

[tornado]

PS if you want to see some video...go to this site, and look along the right hand column for a long list of high school games on video, and select one or more of the Saginaw games.
You can view as much as you want -- it's free, and Daniel West plays a bunch for Saginaw, he is #12.

http://www.mustseegames.com/free-videos.php

http://www.mustseegames.com/free-videos.php?videoid=24

and of course Saginaw, after winning the state title, was #1 in the final statewide team rankings, and is a heavy favorite to start the season next fall ranked #1 also with the return of Draymond Green and Daniel West.

One other interesting story out of the Michigan State Finals.

A kid named Dan Possehl, who is home schooled, but under Michigan rules can play for a local school team, played for one of the small schools in a smaller class.
The kid was a complete unknown to almost everyone in attendance, and he was widely acclaimed as
"The MVP of the entire weekend" with averages of 32 points 15 rebounds.
"Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian - 6-8 center
Perhaps the MVP of the weekend. We knew nothing about the 'homeschooled boy' coming in. Long legs, long curly hair, and long on potential! Very good high post D-1 skills"


Here's more on Possehl:

"WyomingTri-Unity Christian had a terrific season in Class D
...Dan Possehl is 6-8 and coming off a 49-point, two-game performance at the Breslin Center.....ready to make the next move up the recruiting charts of college coaches.

Possehl is a unique story. When you meet him and speak with him, its' easy to understand why homeschooling has cramping his style a little. This is an extreme extrovert - a kid who needs and craves the social atmosphere that the regular school setting provides for any 16-year old kid. When head coach Mark Keeler saw Possehl walk into his physical education class on the first day of class at Tri Unity Christian, a big smile covered his face. He knew he had a player on his hands who would impact his program.

But he couldn't have known that Big Dan would be so dominant so quickly. To get 49 points and 25 rebounds in the state championships in his first official season of organized basketball is just a little surreal. Possehl heads into his first official AAU season with Jason Martin and the Grand Rapids Storm. His 17-under team looks loaded from the west side of the state."

Hope JL is reading...

[audacious_aficionado]

thanks for the videos of daniel west. he looks pretty good. very quick. he definitely needs to hit the weights though. it seems like he'd be a lot more effective on offense if he was bigger. i'm excited for this guy though.

[chitownBUB]

Tons of great video, but be sure you aren't trying it on a dial up, since each video takes 30-60 seconds to load on high speed, but they are essentially the whole games for viewing free!
I sure wish Illinois hoops had such a site.

[BradleyBrave]

thanks for the videos of daniel west. he looks pretty good. very quick. he definitely needs to hit the weights though. it seems like he'd be a lot more effective on offense if he was bigger. i'm excited for this guy though.

I hope we make it to signing day with him still on board.

[audacious_aficionado]

yeah, signing him will still be a challenge. assuming we get him though, i think he needs to work on controlling the game better. the game i'm watching now is chaotic and the guy with the most control is his teammate draymond green. i think he's got ruffin speed but i want to watch his growth in leadership during his senior year.