Recruiting the Hawks Elite Trio
April is over. Basketball recruitment is ramped up to “10”. John Carlisle is the head coach and founder of his Hawks Elite 17u team. He runs the Hawks Elite AAU program and though his team is not primarily composed of…
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Continue ReadingApril is over. Basketball recruitment is ramped up to “10”.
John Carlisle is the head coach and founder of his Hawks Elite 17u team. He runs the Hawks Elite AAU program and though his team is not primarily composed of Tennessee-based players, he does feature Tylon Chatman Tylon Chatman 6'0" | PG Haywood | 2023 State TN and Janerus Snipe, two high school stars of the Class of 2023. He added one other Tennessee-based player, a young man from Russia, Max Slavik Max Slavik 6'8" | PF Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (HHCA) | 2024 State FL .
Read about their respective recruitments so far, through the words of Coach John Carlisle.
’23 Tylon Chatman Tylon Chatman 6'0" | PG Haywood | 2023 State TN (Haywood)
“He has talked to UAH. He has talked to Lee University. Tennessee Tech a lot. Tennessee State. North Alabama. UT-Chattanooga. Eastern Kentucky. Georgia State. Those are the main one’s.”
Ceiling?
“Man! He can definitely. He can play. I think he can play Division I easily. From the skills standpoint. He is very, very athletic for his size. I think he can play D1. I think his floor is High-major D2, like Lee or UAH, but maybe his ceiling is like Lipscomb or Wofford. Tennessee Tech. I could definitely see him, if he gains maybe 20 points, he has a really good chance. He is gaining weight as we speak, but the more he gains weight, the higher his ceiling is.”
’24 Max Slavik Max Slavik 6'8" | PF Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (HHCA) | 2024 State FL (Hamilton Heights Christian Academy)
“ Max Slavik Max Slavik 6'8" | PF Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (HHCA) | 2024 State FL Hamilton Heights He plays on my 16u. He is picking up a lot of traction. He had a phone call with Georgia today. He has talked to Tennessee. He has talked to Cornell, Yale, Lipscomb, Loyola (IL).”
“He is a 6’10”, kind of stretch “4”. He is 6’10″.”
“There are not that many guys at his size that does what he does. He can do the Dirk stuff a little bit. He is good and he can play.”
“Georgia are going to come and watch him. They want to bring him on campus.”
“He had 21 and 15 against the Georgia Stars. They have three 7-footers on that team and he was killing them. He was really good that game. I think he had five three’s on them. He is still growing. His dad is like 6-foot-8 and his mom is like 6-foot-3. He is still growing into his body.”
“He is one of those one’s that will here a ton in June, when they open up.”
“He reminds me of Porzingis a little bit, that European game. He comes off a screen and hits a three [sometimes].”