Prime Time Prospects Combine: Agility Test Standouts
The Prime Time Prospects Combine started with a speech, stretching, and moved right into agility testing. With 175 plus kids in attendance I tried my best to notice some of the standouts and here is what caught my eye:
Agility Test Standouts
Jared Bakken (Rochester Century, 2016). Good sized senior for Century that caught my eye doing the agility drills. Century isn’t expected to have a big year but this is a guy that could help them win some games.
Eli Cave (BSM, 2016). His lateral movement in the cone drill was exceptional. A guy this long and agile has the potential to be a great defender and open floor player. He went around laterally and sprint wise even better than I expected.
Mike Coble (Byron, 2018). Mike did the vertical test a little different, he went for hitting his head on the backboard pad which he nearly did. This is another weekend in a row where Coble has caught our fall basketball eye.
Jerome Cunningham (Fridley, 2018). A sophomore that burst off the ground in his vertical drills and then went the other way and threw down some ridiculous finishes. Outstanding explosion during the drills and a guy that we instantly added to the prospect list off the training stuff. Anxious to see how he plays now. Moved around the lateral drills equally as well.
Parker Fox (Mahtomedi, 2018). Had one of the better vertical bounces I saw during the drills. Closest I saw to hitting his head on the rim of any of the participants. His fall of getting noticed (impressive at the Nickle Dickle days) continues.
Tyler Kranz (Sauk Rapids-Rice, 2017). Tyler is a good size forward that should give his high school team even more depth in balance. Definitely has the physical capabilities based on what we saw him do in the physical testing. He and Cody Landwehr will be a nice pair up front.
Tim Leo (Blaine, 2017). Didn’t recognize Tim at first as he’s filled out, looks matured. I originally looked him up because his vertical jump was in the decent range for his frame. It will be fun to see him in the post later in the combine.
Elliott Lyden (Centennial, 2017). A year ago Elliott grabbed my initial attention as lead guard playmaking in the open runs. This year his vertical bounce was easily the thing that caught our eye. His athleticism and physical maturation makes me think he can play a couple positions. Definitely looks like he can give Centennial a lot this year.
Brian Sitzmann (Prior Lake, 2017). His agility test caught my eye and then when I noticed the name with the score it was something of note because this is a scorer. And if he moves like this he could also be a prospect that can guard many guys at his position.
Devin Wade-Henderson (Mpls Roosevelt, 2018). One of the future Teddie talents you will want to know about if his skills match some of the physical abilities he showed in the drills. Long player with good lateral steps and a nice vertical bounce.
Isaiah Wannarka (Triton, 2016). Isaiah’s agility drill with the lateral steps and the short sprints around the lane, it was the best looking one I saw. He was out of his spring and into his explosive lateral steps quicker than anybody. This young man is a definite prospect that I think is scholarship level. Likely wasn’t seen enough this past off-season but schools should go watch him soon.
Shooting Drills
Jake Binley (Simley, 2018). Jake had a great 15U season with WOTN when we saw him. Now he looks a bit taller with the same shooting stroke falling through the net. Binley sprinted into a lot of catch and hits scoring when he was fresh and a minute into the drill. Solid shooter, will take the torch from Jack Stensgard.
Courtney Brown Jr (East Ridge, 2019). Moved as well as any guard on the floor despite being so much bigger. Brown moves into a catch and hit smoothly with good footwork and a nice release. Sprinted hard during the shooting drill too.
Goanar Mar (DeLaSalle, 2017). One of the best Mikan drill guys you will ever see. Good footwork, finishes well on both sides, quick to board and score, board and score.
Josh McGreal (Centennial, 2017). We’ve been talking a lot about Josh in the past several months but that was more for his around the basket efforts. He showed in the shooting drills that he has a decent little mid-range touch as well.
Quinton Siebenahler (Luverne, 2016). Did a great job in the Mikan drill. If you watched him for the first time you wouldn’t have known if he is a lefty or right handed which is big for a strong low post prospect.
The actual agility scores will be listed on Northstar Hoops Report after all the totals are put together and we will see who electronically had the top times for all the drills.