by Duke1Agn » Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:45 am
DEK, I've been fairly pessimistic regarding this staff and recruiting in the past, but I think most agree that Davion is a really solid pickup.
This is one of those cases where, if we're being honest with ourselves, if he had 4 stars next to his name we'd all be clicking our heels. The bottom line is that nobody here knows any more about these recruits than what the highlight videos show and what the recruiting services say about them. Davion's highlight reel is about as impressive I've seen for a Creighton commit. The "major" recruiting services didn't cover him, and the high major programs didn't see him, because his AAU team didn't play on a "shoe circuit". Maybe these comments from other national recruiting guys, who actually watched Davion play multiple times, will make you feel better:
"There's always a non-major PG/CG that is an outlier/star-in-waiting. Creighton has a good one in Davion Mintz."
"Mintz did work at our spring events. Has good size. Can score, can play point, under-recruited. Trending late. A lot of good check marks."
"Big time pickup for Creighton! Giant ceiling, versatility in backcourt, toughness, intangibles, change of pace guy."
"Feed him 'til he burps" - Doug Gottlieb on Doug McDermott.