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Tyler Smithpeters

First Off, Delaney for me is the number 1 guy! After that why not this kid, Tough! Does what it takes to get the W, Potential shooter! Walt and this Kid plus Pickett....and you can kiss the "Bradley is soft" goodbye.
 
runninfiend said:
Agree. Or someone who actually understands the game and can, I don't know, hit a mid-range jump shot? Give me a basketball player over an "athlete" any day. This type of recruiting mentality has made BU unwatchable the last few years.
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seriously....athletes flourish in high school when they are the most athletic...but in college they flourish when they have "basketball" players on the floor running the show assisting them.
 
runninfiend said:
You're completely wrong about being slow and un-athletic. He was getting by the SA guards regularly. Good multi-tool player who can score and defend. I agree with the cheap play, they were dirty, but that doesn't mean the kid isn't good. Frankly, I'd take him over any of the four you mentioned.
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I don't think so. Again, I have only seen him play twice but what I saw says this kid is not the answer. He was slow and is skinny (weak). I know he has decent height and may fill out but lacks quickness and does not appear to be a point guard. Against man to man pressure he was routinely pressured into poor passes and made to pick up his dribble in the back court or to early in Harrisburgs offense. The 4 Peoria area guards I mentioned (as walk ons not recruits) deal with this kind of pressure every weekend around here and handle it much better.

Smithpeters could not come close to guarding kids this weekend which is why he had numerous hold, pushes, or hand check fouls called on him. It didn't matter if they played man or zone. He got away with more fouls and elbows than were called including at least one flagrent takedown. Maybe a foot injury was bothering him and he was frustrated?



saluki762 said:
For what it's worth, he played the entire weekend on a broken foot suffered in Tuesday's super sectional.
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That may help explain a few things missing. But not what was in his head. :eek:
 
Bradleyfan1 said:
First Off, Delaney for me is the number 1 guy! After that why not this kid, Tough! Does what it takes to get the W, Potential shooter! Walt and this Kid plus Pickett....and you can kiss the "Bradley is soft" goodbye.
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This kid did not come off as a "tough" this weekend. Dirty? Yes. Looked like a intimadated skinny kid who looked to refs for calls on offense. It worked vs. Seton Academy in one of the worst officiated games I have seen. On defense he held, pushed, and checked players who were going by him. Fouled out once but still got away with a lot. It did frustrate the other team. Now.... playing with a possible foot injury and not being afraid to draw several charges does show some toughness but Smithpeters lacks the physical presence or attitude that tough players like Walt and Pickett have.

I would need to see more games before I would call him a shooter. But he only made 1 shot all weekend longer than a lay up and was 1 for 8 on 3's.
 
He also led his team to a number 1 ranking in 2A and was the best player on the court in the championship he won while injured...in a game with Alex Foster (an apparent Big Ten recruit who doesn't stand a chance)
 
I don't have a vote but if I did I say not no Hell no. Not impressed with his attitude and various things I've heard about him. let me just say we don't recruit kids like him .
 
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