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Steal of the Year: Leonard gives Solid Verbal!
Kawhi Leonard, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound versatile wing from Riverside (Calif.) Martin Luther King gives SDSU the A-Okay with a Solid verbal. This might very well be the steal of teh year in NCAA recruiting class of 2009. Memphis, UCLA, not even Arizona could get to him. Its all about the weather and the beaches my Aztec cronies. Reports have him as a high-major prospect with NBA skill-set. His high school play gives every indication that he will be a solid 3-point shooter; averaging a whopping 45% from the arc. Averaging 17.2 ppg, he will be a challenge to stop. This player not only adds depth to an already potent class of recruits, he adds perimeter scoring power too. See Video below of his play.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_yrgzfFofI
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He is not a shooter like mentioned that is his weakness, Tapley I feel will be better but he will be a little like Wade, though probably won’t score as much, his best area is his defense.
His performance in High school suggests that he may exceed Lo-Wades performance. We shall see.
I was looking at Max Preps’ site and his 3pt% is 35%, not 45%. Perhaps he’s a Kyle Spain clone? The high school numbers seem similar and he’ll probably fill out the same.
http://www.maxpreps.com/california/basketball/king-(riverside)/kawhi-leonard/stats.aspx?athleteid=868142e7-e2c0-467b-814c-83f739c50d2f&ssid=2e9fa1c8-b65d-439e-a076-feeeb92dac17&urpath=,local,player