Lots of smoke around Elijah Harkless

[WTSooner]

Just my opinion but I’d take a guy that has proven he can play at the higher collegiate level over some JUCO or HS recruit we don’t know anything about.

I don't disagree with you necessarily but I'm not sure I'd call Cal State Northridge of the Big West Conference a "higher collegiate level." That's a pretty bad basketball conference.

Regardless of the fact they had a team knock of KSU in the Dance last year.

Let's call this what it is.....it's a chance/risk. Upside is probably a decent player capable of being the 2nd or 3rd best guard on an NCAA Tourney team. Floor is probably something like what we got from Williams last year.

Kid doesn't shoot it much. Hard to gauge how well he'll be able to get to the rim against more talented players.

 

[mardaddy51]

Please help me understand why we are accepting 2 new guards transfers and no forwards? That is the greater need, IMO.

 

[BanjoCharley]

Needs must when the devil drives.

 

[pnkranger]

Please help me understand why we are accepting 2 new guards transfers and no forwards? That is the greater need, IMO.

We're in the age of small ball. Jalen Hill, Garang, Manek, Iwuakor are all adequate as defensive PFs and can defend centers in some situations. Kur can defend the 5 position with help from Manek.

Manek is our best player and will play the majority of the minutes at the 4 and some at the 5. If Hill, Kur, and

This is guard's game. We've got plenty of forwards.

 

[pnkranger]

Will be a RS Jr in 21-22.

He's got a lot of bounce to his game. Really excited to see how he can grow with a year in the system.

 

[Maverick008]

I don't disagree with you necessarily but I'm not sure I'd call Cal State Northridge of the Big West Conference a "higher collegiate level." That's a pretty bad basketball conference.

I don’t disagree with the conference being lower tier but here is the list of Con/non-con games that are “ok” at worst that he played in the last two years:

2018/2019:

New Mexico
Washington St.
Pepperdine
New mexico St.
Yale
Hawaii

2019/2020:

Oregon St.
New Mexico
Pepperdine
Auburn
Richmond
Fresno St.
Boise St.
Hawaii

Again, not an amazing list but some pretty good competition for him to get seasoned against and way better (overall) than the talent he would have played against in JUCO and HS.

He’s been there done that and improved from 3 to 10 ppg in a season. Averaged almost 6 rebounds a game and seems to have a bulldog mentality with his style of play. Give him two more off seasons and a full season against Major DI players in practice everyday and i think he could be really solid at worst for OU in 2 years. Again, all my opinion.

 

[CMSOONER]

Please help me understand why we are accepting 2 new guards transfers and no forwards? That is the greater need, IMO.

With signing Gibson there are still 2 open scholarships. So there's still the opportunity to sign Harkless and a forward/center

 

[stormspencer]

We're in the age of small ball. Jalen Hill, Garang, Manek, Iwuakor are all adequate as defensive PFs and can defend centers in some situations. Kur can defend the 5 position with help from Manek.

Manek is our best player and will play the majority of the minutes at the 4 and some at the 5. If Hill, Kur, and

This is guard's game. We've got plenty of forwards.

I'm in agreement with this for the most part. It seems like the new model is Villanova, Duke, and Oregon-type teams. Try your best to have at least 4 scorers/shooters on the floor at all times (if possible) with 3 of those 4 having the ability to create off the dribble. In this case, you likely have 3 guards, a guard/forward hybrid, and a forward.

It's not universal as you still have teams like KU, WV, Michigan State, and Purdue who are a little more traditional in playing "inside out", but yet still attempt to have as much offense as possible in their respective schemes.

 

[Abe]

247: Cal State Northridge guard Elijah Harkless transfers to Oklahoma

 

[BoulderSooner]

247: Cal State Northridge guard Elijah Harkless transfers to Oklahoma

Boom

 

[sheepdogs1]

His nickname should be Ghost! (religious connotation).