Kevin Easley

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2018 top 150 kid from LN- saw he committed to VCU yesterday. Did we offer him?

 

[TC4THREE]

Read somewhere on Twitter that he had offers from us, IU and Butler

 

[DG10]

2018 top 150 kid from LN- saw he committed to VCU yesterday. Did we offer him?

Purdue had offered some time ago (as did some others, as TC4Three had mentioned).

I have seen him a handful of times...a nice player with some skills, but more potential than polish at this point.

Despite his offers from the likes of Purdue and IU, he set his first visit to VCU (and I don't know that they had offered at that point)...but he seemingly was pretty set on them, so it was not a huge surprise that he committed there despite having some bigger (and maybe "better") offers.

 

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Purdue had offered some time ago (as did some others, as TC4Three had mentioned).

I have seen him a handful of times...a nice player with some skills, but more potential than polish at this point.

Despite his offers from the likes of Purdue and IU, he set his first visit to VCU (and I don't know that they had offered at that point)...but he seemingly was pretty set on them, so it was not a huge surprise that he committed there despite having some bigger (and maybe "better") offers.

Do you think his IU and Purdue offers were still valid? Crean has offered 478 kids since he offered Easley, so he may have forgotten about him.

 

[DG10]

Do you think his IU and Purdue offers were still valid? Crean has offered 478 kids since he offered Easley, so he may have forgotten about him.

He oversigns by about the same amount though...so not an issue even if he had forgot about him.

I thought Purdue had been to watch him not too long ago...and, I thought Brian had talked about him and Purdue still pursuing him...perhaps not, and again, in my own opinion, he was more potential than polish...maybe Purdue felt the same and had indeed backed off some.

Just seemed odd that he was as interested as he was in VCU...that it was his first visit...and that he committed already...good for him though, as it apparently is where he wanted to go and he was able to do so...and could be a great fit for him.

 

[Title_BU]

I don't think Butler was recruiting him. I haven't heard of him in months and they've been having players in for games. I'd guess all three of those sort of melted away, which would make the commitment understandable

 

[oldboiler52]

He is an excellent player not sure LN moving him to the PG position was a great move for him . We offered him as a freshman power forward . As far as the whole visit thing he has been to Purdue at least a handful of times . He would have been a good get along the lines of Smotherman . I also think having to compete with Aaron Wheeler , Ryan Cline , and Nojel Eastern for minutes at the wing would have been difficult for him . Extremely high character kid I wish him well .

 

[boilerzz]

Rumor is he wanted to be a PG and VCU is willing to give him a shot there. I don't think the state schools see him at the point.

 

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Rumor is he wanted to be a PG and VCU is willing to give him a shot there. I don't think the state schools see him at the point.

Crean told him he could be point guard, or Dwayne Wade, or both.

 

[tjreese]

He is an excellent player not sure LN moving him to the PG position was a great move for him . We offered him as a freshman power forward . As far as the whole visit thing he has been to Purdue at least a handful of times . He would have been a good get along the lines of Smotherman . I also think having to compete with Aaron Wheeler , Ryan Cline , and Nojel Eastern for minutes at the wing would have been difficult for him . Extremely high character kid I wish him well .

Seem to recall a tweet or article of him honoring his mother at her cemetary...