Gabriel and Giles Recruitment

[timo0402]

Before we anoint "Tone" as a "role player his whole career," maybe K (not we) should see him play some hoops. And when you compare him to Marshall as being successful, I ask, "Successful at what, exactly?" If he wants to hang around college for five years, and maybe even get an advanced degree, then, fine, I agree, as long as it's paid for.
OFC

Great question- Marshall's success to me is a number of things. One of the things i'd like for Tone to do is match Marshall's work ethic, eagerness to soak in the knowledge, and be the consummate teammate. So yes, getting a degree and possibly an advance degree to me is extremely successful as a career path for him. Granted, he might have different goals than Marshall did and might want to try his hand in the pros. But as of right now- in terms of "seeing him play some hoops" we have. He was rated well outside the Top 100/150 in terms of rankings- he's not the athlete that Marshall was/is (Marshall was a top 50 recruit, although a lot of that was based on him already being committed to Duke/bloodlines). So a great example, currently on the team to mentor him and has been in his shoes, is right there in front of him. You take the same or a similar road and you're going to be successful.

 

[skysdad]

Touche, but as Sky said earlier, let's move past that and keep this thread about Gabriel and Giles.

That's what I meant. I hear we get the last visit coming at the end of Oct. following UK. OFC

 

[Willcampbell]

Great question- Marshall's success to me is a number of things. One of the things i'd like for Tone to do is match Marshall's work ethic, eagerness to soak in the knowledge, and be the consummate teammate. So yes, getting a degree and possibly an advance degree to me is extremely successful as a career path for him. Granted, he might have different goals than Marshall did and might want to try his hand in the pros. But as of right now- in terms of "seeing him play some hoops" we have. He was rated well outside the Top 100/150 in terms of rankings- he's not the athlete that Marshall was/is (Marshall was a top 50 recruit, although a lot of that was based on him already being committed to Duke/bloodlines). So a great example, currently on the team to mentor him and has been in his shoes, is right there in front of him. You take the same or a similar road and you're going to be successful.

Thank you for the thoughtful answer. I expected to get hammered for disrespecting Marshall, which was never my intent. I am now a Timo fan.
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[eastspartan]

I think getting the last visit is huge and plus he'll be at the exhibition vs Florida Southern

 

[Crank_it_loud]

While Tone is not nearly the athlete Marshall is, he appears to be much more polished with his post moves than Marshall was at this stage, particularly in not rushing through his progression. That could change though once we see him play D1 ball.....

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

I think getting the last visit is huge and plus he'll be at the exhibition vs Florida Southern

I agree. I think it could be a really good sign for us that Duke is his last visit, especially with it being scheduled just a few days before it's been said that he's going to announce his college decision

 

[DiehardDukeFan4Life]

Hey guys, let me try to steer this back to the original subject. Just saw @ESPNRNHoops from @Reggie Rankin that Harry Giles official Visit dates are:

Sept. 19 - Wake Forest
Sept. 25 - North Carolina
Oct. 10 - Kansas
Oct. 16 - Kentucky
Oct. 31 - Duke

Let's keep our fingers crossed, hope nothing changes, and give Mr. Giles a big Duke welcome on the 31st.!!!!
Go Duke!!


JC-OFC

I just saw an article from 247 Sports that said his Duke visit is scheduled for Oct 30th