Keala King Commits to ASU

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ASU received a huge verbal commitment from SF/SG Keala King this evening during an in-home visit. This is huge. Rivals rates him as a Top 25 Recruit. Herb continues to get the job done. I believe that there could be another big time commitment within the next couple of weeks. Good things are happening with Herb at the helm.
 

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outFREAKINstanding!!

Sendek is the best thing to happend to ASU hoops.. ever I think...
 

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A couple thigns about King, for those who are not familiar:

He is currently the #1 Overall player in the state of California, he is listed as a PG, but can play a SG/SF...

Rivals has him as the 8th best PG prospect, and 25th overall for 2010..

ESPN describes him as a player with elite Athleticism, that can get his shot at will, and is a VERY good passer to boot.. The thing they say he needs to work on is staying focused and composed during games, something Sendek THRIVES on teaching and coaching...

Sounds like a great marriage and is a HUUUGE get for ASU!!

I am beyond estactic!
 

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ASU received a huge verbal commitment from SF/SG Keala King this evening during an in-home visit. This is huge. Rivals rates him as a Top 25 Recruit. Herb continues to get the job done. I believe that there could be another big time commitment within the next couple of weeks. Good things are happening with Herb at the helm.

PG Gary Franklin, there was some talk about them being a package deal, we'll see. Also Carson Desrosiers will be visiting next month, #8 ranked C could be a nice next couple of months.
 
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He's not really a PG, not sure why he's listed as such. Very good player though, as I said earlier he's a poor man's James Harden.
 

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Wow- great pick up! Nice to get another athletic, versatile player than can play 2 or 3 positions.

Hopefully his buddy Gary Franklin will commit as well, ASU could use a PG since Josiah Turner de-committed. If this class ends up being King-Hawkins-Franklin-Desrosiers which certainly seems somewhat possible at this point that would be a terrific class for the Devils. They'd still be a bit thin up front, but Kuksiks & Rudd can play the 4 in Herbs system of course.

Also I know this is super corny but I had a dream last night of running into Herb on Mill Ave, shaking his hand, asking him how recruiting was going and him wryly saying "great." I'm like some sort of low level Nostrodamus! :p
 
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Really good player will definitely be a nice get for ASU. That said, where does the top rated player in CA come from Rivals? Scout has his new teammate Tyler Lamb rated the top 2 in California, James Johnson is their top rated CA guy at 31 nationally. Brown is 41, Lamb is 60, Bryce Jones 67, Franklin 85, Solomon 89, Crabbe 97.

They have King as a SF, 13th SF nationally not in the top 100.

Personally I think they have him underrated and miscast I think he's a 2 and I think he's better than Crabbe(Cal) and I like him better than Bryce Jones and Franklin too. I haven't seen enough of Brown to compare them. I actually think he and Lamb are very comparable players both can play a little PG.

Nice get for ASU just curious if that ranking comes from Rivals it always surprises me how much Scout and Rivals differ on their rankings.
 

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I read the #1 player here:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Keala-King-98223

I hand tended to lean towards rivals more than any other recruiting/rating site personally..

I tend to prefer Scout for one reason, they have a fulltime West Coast scout(Greg Hicks) whereas Rivals doesn't. Jerry Meyer does their West Coast scouting but he's their Chief overall scout and he's not based in California he's actually from Georgia or Tennessee or something like that.

I actually posted a question on BRO this morning because I suspect the reason King is unrated and Lamb is 60 is because the ratings haven't been updated. Turns out it's my bad, the "find on this page" command apparently doesn't work on Scout's rankings because King is ranked #65.
 

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Yes Russ Rivals has King as their #1 CA Prospect.

Rivals: #25 overall, 5 star, #1 in CA. PG

Scout: #13 SF, #65 overall, 4 star, #3 in CA (behind Lamb and Brown)

ESPN: 95 rating, # 17 shooting guard, overall #53, #2 in CA (after Lamb)

So of course (and as we all know) recruiting and recruiting rankings aren't an exact science. He's not as highly rated across the board as Harden but he's still a very nice prospect.

If he is a package deal with Gary Franklin, from a prospect standpoint you'd have to say thats a better package than Harden+Glasser. Though DG has developed into a nice player he doesn't have the natural talent that Franklin seems to. Franklin and King could be a terrific combo for at least 3 years.
 

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Franklin is likely next, although I would think that getting him would mean you have to run off Hawkins.

I'm not very high on Franklin in Arizona's system but he could work well in Sendek's.
 

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If he is a package deal with Gary Franklin, from a prospect standpoint you'd have to say thats a better package than Harden+Glasser. Though DG has developed into a nice player he doesn't have the natural talent that Franklin seems to. Franklin and King could be a terrific combo for at least 3 years.
Harden by himself is better than King and Franklin combined. That kid was a once in a generation type of player. You have to remember that Harden was probably the second best player in the Pac-10 as a true freshman and by far the best as a sophomore. King and definitely Franklin will never have that type of impact although both should be good players.
 

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Yes Russ Rivals has King as their #1 CA Prospect.

Rivals: #25 overall, 5 star, #1 in CA. PG

Scout: #13 SF, #65 overall, 4 star, #3 in CA (behind Lamb and Brown)

ESPN: 95 rating, # 17 shooting guard, overall #53, #2 in CA (after Lamb)

So of course (and as we all know) recruiting and recruiting rankings aren't an exact science. He's not as highly rated across the board as Harden but he's still a very nice prospect.

If he is a package deal with Gary Franklin, from a prospect standpoint you'd have to say thats a better package than Harden+Glasser. Though DG has developed into a nice player he doesn't have the natural talent that Franklin seems to. Franklin and King could be a terrific combo for at least 3 years.

Yep I missed him on the Scout list I did the find on this page but it didnt' find him.

I really like King, as I've said before I don't like Franklin much. If you see him when he's on, he looks great, great range on his shot, can be very difficult to stop, the problem is he shoots too much even when he's not on. I think he can be a solid player but I think he's a 2 in a 1's body. The nice thing is like Harden, King has a lot of playmaking talent, he's got some definite PG skills so maybe if they play together he allows Franklin to play more 2 on offense?

I like Cal's class too(Solomon and Crabbe and another kid I'm forgetting) it's odd people are saying 2010 isn't a great year on the West Coast but it seems like many of the Pac 10 teams are having good recruiting years, UA, ASU, Cal, I think UCLA ultimately will if they get Smith.
 

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I like Cal's class too(Solomon and Crabbe and another kid I'm forgetting) it's odd people are saying 2010 isn't a great year on the West Coast but it seems like many of the Pac 10 teams are having good recruiting years, UA, ASU, Cal, I think UCLA ultimately will if they get Smith.

People are saying that because 2010 is a weak class in general. At least in compared to 2011 and 2012.
 

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Harden by himself is better than King and Franklin combined. That kid was a once in a generation type of player. You have to remember that Harden was probably the second best player in the Pac-10 as a true freshman and by far the best as a sophomore. King and definitely Franklin will never have that type of impact although both should be good players.

You are incredible at missing the point. ASU got Harden by bringing in Pera and Glasser. Pera was certainly deserving of a Ass't Coaching job given his resume, but Glasser was going to walk on at a Pac 10 school.

As far as packages go last time ASU got an elite player and a average player. This time they may well get two very good players.
 

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Sendek and posse are meeting with Franklin today in his home, I know King is a HUGE tool for ASU, and if he could come along in the visit that would be big...

I realize he may not be a great player, but Franklin would be big for ASU, just as a playmaker and someone familiar with King...

Could be a VERY exciting 24 hours for the Devils!
 

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Sendek and posse are meeting with Franklin today in his home,

Hm was that early this morning? Sendeks twitter said just now:

great day in LA again after a great night last night! heading to vegas today for more visits!

So he must've met with Franklin early this morning if it was in home visit. Unless Franklin is in Vegas for some sort of tourney or something. If its not Franklin in LV that he's visiting I wonder who it would be :/

I know King is a HUGE tool for ASU, and if he could come along in the visit that would be big...

Is that allowed? I can't keep track of the zillions of NCAA rules.
 

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You are incredible at missing the point. ASU got Harden by bringing in Pera and Glasser. Pera was certainly deserving of a Ass't Coaching job given his resume, but Glasser was going to walk on at a Pac 10 school.
As far as packages go last time ASU got an elite player and a average player. This time they may well get two very good players.
Well, that's where we disagree. I don't think Franklin is going to be that much of a better overall player than the underrated Glasser (he's better than average, I could care less where he was ranked) and obviously King won't be on the same level as Harden.
 

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Hm was that early this morning? Sendeks twitter said just now:

So he must've met with Franklin early this morning if it was in home visit. Unless Franklin is in Vegas for some sort of tourney or something. If its not Franklin in LV that he's visiting I wonder who it would be :/

Is that allowed? I can't keep track of the zillions of NCAA rules.

I don't know then... here is where it talks about the visit: bottom two paragraphs

http://arizonastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=986694

I would be shocked if the visit was already this morning, but who knows, maybe Sendek is trying to thrw us die hards off the scent :D
 

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Franklin is likely next, although I would think that getting him would mean you have to run off Hawkins.

I missed this earlier but I don't think thats necessarily true. From the Rivals articles it sounds like Sendek showed King a lot of video of Harden and told King he could play a similar role in ASUs offense. That means King could be sort of a 2-3 instead of a 1-2. While Harden is naturally a 2 and will play that position for OKC he was mostly a 3 @ ASU with Glasser & Abbott on the court with him most times.

So down the road ASUs wing lineup could be PG Franklin SG Hawkins SF King.

The person who's recruiting Id be most worried about a Franklin signing effecting is Nick Johnson. ASU would be getting pretty crowded at the guard slots but if they think Brandon Thompson is just going to pan out as a guy for depth then Franklin and Johnson could be the PG rotation in 2011-12.
 
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So he must've met with Franklin early this morning if it was in home visit. Unless Franklin is in Vegas for some sort of tourney or something. If its not Franklin in LV that he's visiting I wonder who it would be :/
Nick Johnson or somebody else at Findlay one can assume. Although taking 6 wings in the last two classes would have to hurt ASU's chances with him.


Is that allowed? I can't keep track of the zillions of NCAA rules.
I don't think you can mention recruits by name until they sign but you obviously can hint at it without saying it. For example, Herb can't say "I'm excited for Keala King!" until November. But he can twitter or whatever "there's a transfer kid that's going to a private school in Orange County that we're excited about having on board" or something like that.
 

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I missed this earlier but I don't think thats necessarily true. From the Rivals articles it sounds like Sendek showed King a lot of video of Harden and told King he could play a similar role in ASUs offense. That means King could be sort of a 2-3 instead of a 1-2. While Harden is naturally a 2 and will play that position for OKC he was mostly a 3 @ ASU with Glasser & Abbott on the court with him most times.

So down the road ASUs wing lineup could be PG Franklin SG Hawkins SF King.
You also have to remember the 3 wings in the 2009 class and that Abbott and McMillan (more of a 2) will still be under scholarship in 2010-2011. That's eight wings for a year which is way overkill. Somebody probably has to go if only to replenish the frontcourt.
 

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Sendek and posse are meeting with Franklin today in his home, I know King is a HUGE tool for ASU, and if he could come along in the visit that would be big...

I realize he may not be a great player, but Franklin would be big for ASU, just as a playmaker and someone familiar with King...

Could be a VERY exciting 24 hours for the Devils!

Man the day after the kid commits you're calling him a huge tool?

:D

We will agree to disagree on Franklin, to me he's a shot maker not a playmaker but as I said, King may be enough of a playmaker that they can play together. Let Franklin defend the 1 and play more of a 2, King defend the 2 and play more of a 1 on offense.

Let's put it this way, the reaction on BRO to this news is crap, I was hoping he might end up at UCLA, virtually everyone really likes King including Hicks and Pierson.
 

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