Couple of old recruiting tagets are pretty highly thought of:
12. Caleb Love | 6-3 guard | 19 years old, freshman | North Carolina
Another scoring combo/lead guard here with Love. His handle is extremely tight and he can create plays with or without ball-screens. If a defender goes under a ball-screen with him, he has the ability to easily stop and pop from behind the 3-point line. But if you overplay him, he’ll beat you off the bounce with ease and get into the lane with quickness and tremendous footwork. Everything about his pull-up game is on-point right now for a teenage guard. It would be great for him to keep improving as a distributor and playmaker for others. That’s where his upside lies. But he might have enough talent as a scorer to where he just sticks regardless of the passing ability.
17. Josh Christopher | 6-4 guard | 19 years old, freshman | Arizona State
Christopher is a three-level scoring guard who has one of the most polished repertoires of any incoming freshman in the country. His footwork is superb, and he can get to his spots with ease. He’s also very competitive and seems to really care about winning. Having said that, he’s probably not a good enough athlete to be a true creator at the NBA level, so his defensive effort needs to become more consistent. There is a role for him as a 3-and-D 2-guard at the next level, but he has to be willing to embrace that.
12. Caleb Love | 6-3 guard | 19 years old, freshman | North Carolina
Another scoring combo/lead guard here with Love. His handle is extremely tight and he can create plays with or without ball-screens. If a defender goes under a ball-screen with him, he has the ability to easily stop and pop from behind the 3-point line. But if you overplay him, he’ll beat you off the bounce with ease and get into the lane with quickness and tremendous footwork. Everything about his pull-up game is on-point right now for a teenage guard. It would be great for him to keep improving as a distributor and playmaker for others. That’s where his upside lies. But he might have enough talent as a scorer to where he just sticks regardless of the passing ability.
17. Josh Christopher | 6-4 guard | 19 years old, freshman | Arizona State
Christopher is a three-level scoring guard who has one of the most polished repertoires of any incoming freshman in the country. His footwork is superb, and he can get to his spots with ease. He’s also very competitive and seems to really care about winning. Having said that, he’s probably not a good enough athlete to be a true creator at the NBA level, so his defensive effort needs to become more consistent. There is a role for him as a 3-and-D 2-guard at the next level, but he has to be willing to embrace that.
