New 2012 Commit: Jordan Dickerson

by **Harry0569** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:49 pm

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball ... son-118700

yeahhhhhhh buddy.

Do we have the new Twin Towers in TX?

by **Roach** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:25 pm

Congratulations, and welcome to SMU!

But why was he still available?

by **Rebel10** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:27 pm

Roach wrote:Congratulations, and welcome to SMU!

But why was he still available?

You just had to ask that question. LOL. We still need Kennedy.

by **ponyscott** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:35 pm

We know he's rough and can get pushed around from some high schoolers but all of that can be corrected with coaching for proper foot work, body positioning and added leg and body strength which can be coached, you just can't coach the size as they say.
He can block shots and Larry B will grill him on defense as LB is working all the kids on defense this summer.....big time. Its great to have TWO friggin 7 Footers on the team and we have great coaches that will add value to the members of this team. This is good stuff. I understand he had qualifying scores in May.

"Dickerson came to Lincoln as a raw junior from Alexandria, Va., with
limited basketball experience. After a solid senior year, he headed down
to IMG this past fall and enjoyed an impressive season there, coach
Loren Jackson said. He averaged 10 points, eight rebounds and four
blocks per game as the team went 28-2.

â€œJordan is a very talented
kid that has a great opportunity ? his upside is tremendous,â€ Jackson
said. â€œSomeone is going to benefit from him and heâ€™s going to benefit
from going to school. He really, really improved. He has a good concept
of how a big guy should play. Heâ€™s a lot more skilled than people think."

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketb all/forward_basketball_recruiting_roundup_4b4fTlAC MgH5bzRcRo1zeI#ixzz20LNvOs4p

http://blog.imgacademies.com/2012/05/16/post-grad- jordan-dickerson-is-one-of-the-nations-top-remaini ng-recruits/

by **The Q** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:13 pm

If Coach Brown is going to be teaching raw players and trying to mold them in to legit college players, big is the way to start.

When does he get to campus?

by **SMU89** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:22 pm

He can catch the plane when they are picking them up at the Airpot.

by **max the wonder dog** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:57 pm

To paraphrase Good Time Charlie Wilson, "You can teach 'em to play basketball but you can't teach 'em to be 6'11", 240."

by **gostangs** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:18 pm

pretty impressive list of schools hanging around this guy. feels like a nice pick up for 2012. being able to put two decent 7 footers on the floor vs CUSA teams might cause some fun match ups - especially if they can run just a bit.

Now with the B.E. could be a different story - but i would guess we have help on the way in 2013.

by **mustangxc** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:23 pm

Awesome news!

by **Charleston Pony** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:32 pm

good news, indeed. Lots of pressure on the two new big men. Hopefully between them they can give us a low post presence we really missed last year

by **ponyscott** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:17 pm

Twin Towers at SMU!

by **PonyKai** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:11 am

by **Digetydog** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:33 am

Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:Uninformed question, but is Dickerson a more developed talent than Bamba was at that stage? By his SR year Bamba was an effective player but he took a long while to develop his game. Thought he might be a good reference point.

Question: If Dickerson developed into Bamba II, would that be so bad?

I would be very happy with that.

by **ponyscott** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:51 am

Totally different body type for the first major difference.... about 50 pounds off.

by **PonyKai** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:27 am

Yeah, you're right.