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When Intern Mason got home yesterday he shouted, “We got Sticks!!!”. “Sticks” refers to the composite 29th ranked player in the 2018 class, Jalen Smith. Depending the how the 2018 recruiting class shakes out (more on that later) Sticks could end up as a starter in the 2018-2019 basketball season. Projected starting center Michal Cekovsky will be a senior in 2017, the other big men on the roster (Rising Junior Ivan Bender, and Freshmen Bruno … Read More »
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Jalen “Sticks” Smith is a consensus top 35 recruit, who, at 5:10pm, committed to be a Maryland Terrapin. Sticks is a 6’10” power forward and a member of the highly anticipated 2018 recruiting class. Originating from Mt. Saint Joseph of Baltimore, Sticks has long been considered a Maryland lean. He will join high school teammate Darryl Morsell (class of 2017) in suiting up for the Terps in 2018. Smith is ranked 42nd by 24/7, 37th … Read More »
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It’s time for Terp fans to start trusting the process. Melo Trimble was, as we knew was a possibility, undrafted last night. Melo will still get his chance though, he was signed last night at 10:48pm in the unofficial “3rd round of the draft”, the frenzied hours immediately following the draft to sign undrafted rookies. Due to his status as an undrafted free agent Melo will have to fight tooth and nail to earn a … Read More »
One thing we learned last night. Melo Trimble was a probable 1st round pick after his Freshman year. Most Terrapin fans believed if he returned to College Park it would enhance his draft position. The result — after a relatively strong Junior season, he was among many superb Collegiate players bypassed in a mainly meaningless 2nd round of the NBA draft. Many of the players drafted will never even come to the US to attempt to play. Alpha Kaba? 16 … Read More »
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The Wizards, at least for now, have fixed their backup point guard problem. The team announced yesterday that the Wizards have dealt their 2nd round pick in exchange for New Orleans Pelicans backup point guard Tim Frazier. This seems like a good value for the Wizards, 2nd round draft picks often take a few years to contribute, that is if they contribute at all. Additionally, the Wizards already have several long-term projects on the roster (Daniel … Read More »
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Hey everybody, longtime no see. Thankfully Intern Mason was working on the football articles over the weekend, so we have that covered. It was a busy weekend for basketball, I would have been posting non-stop, but due to the site-issues I am compressing all of the would be small articles into one round-up.
Damonte Dodd works out for 76ers- Former Terp senior center Damonte Dodd had his first NBA workout on Friday for the … Read More »
I watched 30-30 on Best of Enemies–Celtics Lakers and there was extensive coverage of the impact on the Celtics franchise.
from the Washington Post
Sometimes, it is simply impossible not to close your eyes and wonder what would have been if, 30 years ago Sunday, Len Bias had not died of a cocaine overdose two days after becoming the No. 2 player taken in the NBA draft.
Bias, who had shown so much promise at Maryland, was targeted for … Read More »
Two things are true: Greivis Vasquez is planning an NBA comeback after a lengthy rehab, and the Wizards are in desperate need of a backup point guard who can stretch to play shooting guard. Potential Match??? Somehow no one put these two together until a 106.7 and 105.7 the fan interview recently. When Greivis was asked if he wanted to play for his hometown Wizards, he responded: “That’s the plan. Hopefully they’re interested, obviously they want to see me healthy…” … Read More »
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Maryland Basketball’s 2018 recruiting crop continues to look very promising as 4-star point guard Devon Dotson has the Terps listed is his top eight. Dotson is ranked 38 on Scout, 36 on Rivals, 33 on ESPN, 25 on 24/7 for a composite ranking as the 31st best player in the 2018 class.
Dotson is an AAU teammate of Terps shooting guard verbal commit Aaron Wiggins. Dotson was on campus for an unofficial visit a couple … Read More »
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What is this series? – Terps in the Pros will cover the pro careers of Maryland Basketball players since they left College Park. Not just in the NBA, but any pro league across the globe.
As Terp fans may well know, Maryland doesn’t have an abundance of NBA players, as it stands right now there are only two Maryland players (Jake Layman and Alex Len) that are currently in the NBA. However, there is no … Read More »
