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Written by Maurice Wingate NYCHoops.net Publisher
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 18:01 |
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Angel Nunez is seemingly picking up offers wherever he goes. The 6-7 small forward, who has risen to No. 44 in the class of 2011, Nunez is picking up is academics by switching schools.
According to Nunez' mentor, Eric Martinez, the sophomore will be enrolled in the Winchendon School (Mass.) starting on Wednesday. Nunez originally attended Cardinal Hayes H.S. in the Bronx for his freshman and sophomore year but has transferred to the new school to finish his education.
Nunez shares the same mentor as former UofL great Francisco Garcia.
"Winchendon is a better fit for Angel academically, said Martinez. "The classroom size is smaller and he can get the one-on-one attention he needs. I am dropping him off there Wednesday."
NYCHoops.net caught up with Nunez at the Rutgers Elite Camp on Tuesday which was held at the New Jersey Nets practice facility in East Rutherford, N.J. Nunez, as well as other elite players, got the chance to work on various drills under the tutelage of NBA assistant coaches.
According to Martinez, Rutgers head coach Fred Hill made an offer to Nunez. When asked about how Nunez enjoyed the workout, Martinez responded saying: "Angel was very excited about the (Rutgers) workout and enjoyed working out with the NBA guys."
Martinez says that Nunez comes from a single parent household and is the oldest of three children. "I've been a mentor/father figure to Angel for about five years," said Martinez.
Martinez is not new to mentoring student-athletes. "I used to mentor Francisco Garcia (Louisville/Sacramento Kings) who had a similar upbringing to Angel," Martinez mentioned.
According to Martinez, Nunez will not be playing AAU basketball during the summer but will be focused on summer school. As far as recruiting, Martinez said: "Angel went to the Virginia Tech Elite camp during the Fathers Day weekend and will take two unofficial visits during the summer. He will be visiting Kentucky and Louisville sometime in August."
Martinez says that in addition to the most recent offer from Rutgers, Nunez also has offers from Arizona and Louisville. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 July 2009 18:02 |
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Written by Stacey Davis NYCHoops.net Staff Writer
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Friday, 26 June 2009 21:48 |
Who doesn't want to say they play for the NY Gauchos? The name Gaucho bears a great weight on a player's shoulders no matter where he goes.
Other teams across the country expect a certain level of skill and playmaking ability from a player that comes out of this Bronx, New York program.
Returning back home from his South Dade Florida High School to play with his Gauchos team at Rumble in the Bronx is 6-foot-1 point guard Adrian Brown.
Brown was an efficient background addition for the Gauchos team with his speed and athletic ability up and down the floor. The Choz would battle up against the aggressive Team Florida who would take an early lead leaving the NY team burnt by their heat. However, Brown's quickness on the floor while distributing the ball help his teammates score big.
Brown would not only return to his hometown of New York but he came home with new interest, "I have LaSalle, George Washington, and Saint Louis," said Brown.
The Gauchos team is coached by Keith & Kevin Smith "The Twins." The Smith's described Brown's game saying, "Adrian is the quickest point guard we got for the Gauchos team. So when he is on the floor he's good at moving the ball and distributing to his teammates."
After Brown's AAU summer season ends he will continue to work on his game at the Mississippi Elite Christian Academy, in Jackson MS. The very same school Melvyn Oliver attended before he made his formal commitment to Seton Hall. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2009 21:48 |
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Five-star guard visiting Lexington |
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Written by Jeff Drummond CatsPause.com
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Friday, 26 June 2009 21:46 |
Kentucky is expected to play host to one of its top targets in the basketball Class of 2010 on Wednesday for an unofficial visit.
Five-star Oak Hill Academy shooting guard Doron Lamb says he'll be heading to Lexington in the morning to meet with the new UK staff and familiarize himself with the campus.
"It's a real busy summer for me, so this just happened to be a good opportunity for me to go and check things out," Lamb said of the timing. "We've been trying to set something up for a while, so I'm looking forward to it."
The 6-foot-4 Lamb, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is currently rated the No. 24 prospect in the Class of 2010 by Rivals.com. He's coming off an appearance in the NBA Players Top 100 Camp at Charlottesville, Va., where Rivals.com national basketball analyst Jerry Meyer wrote: "There might not be a craftier scorer in the 2010 class. Lamb is a high-level ballhandler for a shooting guard and has an exceptional mid-range game."
In addition to Kentucky, Lamb is being pursued by a long list of schools that includes "Oklahoma, Marquette, UConn, Syracuse, St. John's, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Kansas and a few others. There's a bunch."
Kentucky is expected to be one of the prime contenders for Lamb. Asked why the Wildcats have emerged as a potential leader, he said: "It's a really good school, a great program, a they put a lot of guys in the pros. They have some of the best coaches with coach (John) Calipari and Rod Strickland, an Oak Hill alum. I hear a lot of great things about their program from him.
"I'm looking forward to getting to know coach Calipari a little bettter. I've talked to him a couple of times, and he seems like a cool guy. He's got a lot of energy."
Lamb said he was excited when he heard the news about Calipari coming to UK because "it matches his style of play, which is my style of play, with a great program and great tradition."
Asked to elaborate on the style of play, Lamb said: "Because I'm really good at breaking guys down one-on-one and creating stuff. I like to run the weave."
The trip will mark Lamb's second visit to the Bluegrass State, but his first to Lexington.
"Last year, I went to Louisville for an unofficial visit," he said. "It was alright, but I haven't been keeping up with them much."
Following his trip to Lexington, Lamb will be heading to Boston for the Paul Pierce Skills Camp on Sunday. He also plans to participate in the Peach Jam and the AAU nationals later this summer, among other events. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2009 21:47 |
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Written by Examiner
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Friday, 26 June 2009 21:24 |
 The New York Gauchos' own Taj Gibson gets selected in first round of the 2009 NBA draft to play for the Chicago Bulls. With the 26th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft the Chicago Bulls select reigning Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, Taj Gibson. In Gibson, the Bulls are getting a hard-nosed workhorse who has a defensive presence on the low block as well as off the glass. Taj joins a Bulls cast that already includes the 2008 number one overall draft pick Derrick Rose, guard-forward Luol Deng, as well as the athletic front line of Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah. The Bulls are incredibly stacked at the front-court positions with Thomas, Noah, and Brad Miller getting most of the attention at power-forward and center, so it remains to be seen how much playing time Gibson will get in his first year with the Bulls. That being said, a basketball team can never have too much defense and rebounding, two things that Gibson does very well. Gibson's ability to take a team on his back and lead them to victory was no more evident than it was in the first-round NCAA Tournament match up against Boston College this past season. In that one game alone, Gibson put himself on the map with a performance of the ages, racking up an astonishing 24 points on 10 of 10 shooting while also contributing 3 blocks and half a dozen rebounds enroute to the USC upset. Over his three-year collegiate career, Gibson finished with averages of 12.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg, as well as an impressive 2.4 bpg. His ferocity and knack for defense earned Gibson illustrious honors as not only the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, but also as second team All-Pac-10 and Pac-10 All-Defensive Team. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2009 21:32 |
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Written by Maurice Wingate RedStormReport.com
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 03:45 |
Doron Lamb, a 5-Star Rivals.com shooting guard, recently competed in the Rumble in the Bronx Tournament this past weekend.
The rising senior played well even though his NY Gauchos team was eliminated in the quarterfinals to a skilled Team Florida squad. While in New York City, Lamb took in the sights of the city.
One of those sights included St. John's University in Queens, NY. On Monday, Lamb took an unofficial visit to the Big East school where the 6-foot-5 guard got a chance to meet the staff, play with the Red Storm and see the famous Lou Carneseca Area and surrounding campus.
According to JaySlant.com, winning the Doron Lamb sweepstakes will be no easy task. Currently, he has scholarship offers from Arizona, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John's and Xavier.
The Red Storm has an impressive cast returning this upcoming season that includes a junior-heavy squad (Malik Boothe, Justin Burrell, Paris Horne), senior leadership (Anthony Mason Jr.) and promising recruits (Omari Lawrence, Malik Stith, Justin Brownlee and Dwight Hardy). As a result, St. John's appears to be starting to draw interest from a more elite class of recruits as expectations run high for the upcoming seasons.
In an interview with Rivals.com, Lamb listed the Red Storm as one of the schools he's looking at. "Kansas, Arizona, Kentucky, Marquette, St. John's, and Pittsburgh are some of the schools I am looking at right now," he said. "I've got quite a few schools I am looking at."
While Lamb is originally from New York, he decided to make the move to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, VA., for the final two years of his prep career. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 03:45 |
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