Comments on: No more Boogie Nights: D-I contender Damien loses PG Jydon Hall

By: really

really — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 06:59:17 +0000

Who in the world are Kyle Pape and Kenji Price? Never heard of them? And they played D1? Really?

By: JetWavy

JetWavy — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:57:41 +0000

Stacey,

If a coach is gonna make a claim that a D1 school is offering, there should be proof especially if it is going to be in a semi-credible publication like HPW or Star-Advertiser. Remember how Kameron Ng was telling the media for months into his senior season he had D1, D2, etc. offers and then when it came down to brass tax he had to walk-on to UH. That just tells me that these kids are being hyped up by coaches/trainers and are mistaking “interest” with “offers”. In this day and age of up to the minute recruiting news, a school like Georgetown will not have any legit offers go unreported I guarantee you that.

And why is comparing Hawai’i hs kids to out of state kids unfair? They are competing for the same scholarships at the end of the day.

By: No regrets

No regrets — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:40:54 +0000

Smart kid to leave. Hawai’i will not get you far. You want exposure go mainland. That kid Jake Holtz stick to football you get better chance in playing D1 college. Your size your not quick enough to play guard too small to play PF. You be lucky if you get to play D2 b-ball. Basketball coaches giving him bad advice.

By: Opinion

Opinion — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 06:15:18 +0000

Dandi,
Wasn’t aware that Kamehameha had entry tests for students who were already juniors at other schools. Is this testing available to all high school juniors? Thought entry years was kindergarten, 4th, 7th and 9th grade with the possibility of being waitlisted.

By: mhs Spartan fan

mhs Spartan fan — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 01:45:14 +0000

High school and elementary basketball is very popular.. its just that we dont have a lot of tall kids compared to Mainland for d1 offers, boyswise…

By: stacey

stacey — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 01:03:53 +0000

@JetWavy i dont think that all offers always show up on recruiting sites. As to validating there claims what do they have to prove to you?
@animal comparing Hawaii kids to mainland kids in basketball isnt fair. Basketball isnt as popular as baseball or football in Hawaii.

By: Animal

Animal — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:47:12 +0000

i agree 100 percent what @JetWavy is saying!!!!…. I seen Derrick Low, Kyle Pape, Rashaun Brodus, Ramsey Williams, Kenji Price and Eric Marshall play in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. These guys had the size and athleticism to play D-1 and they went on to be successful in their own basketball careers. What all these guys had was a pure jump shot, something that people in Hawaii don’t understand. Something that none of these age of players have. Thats what all the D-1 coaches look for in guards. Go to the Iolani Classic and youll see what D-1 players look like.

By: Dandi

Dandi — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:14:17 +0000

@kparent Yes, he went through the whole process! Nothing in the back room happened! I know for a fact because I had to excuse him from practices/games in order for him to attend testing at kamehameha.

By: JetWavy

JetWavy — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 03:07:43 +0000

I don’t understand all these parents/coaches claiming kids are getting D1 offers (partial or full) when there is zero proof on any of the dozens of recruiting websites to confirm them. I can’t see Patrick Ewing sending a coach across the country and the Pacific Ocean to offer a player who played in the lowest division in a 2A state. How does a Georgetown offer go unpublished? In the class of 2020 alone, G’Town has offered FOUR 4star recruits for the SF position. Same with Geremy Robinson jr. who has been claiming Wichita St. offered him. No proof whatsoever. I’m all for seeing kids from Hawai’i get to the next level, but there needs to be more than hearsay to validate these claims. The last legit class to send actual players to D1 schools on scholarships was the 2017 class who sent FOUR.

By: K parent

K parent — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:38:37 +0000

It’s very questionable the Ng was accepted at Kamehameha. Did he do the standard entry test? The oral test? Highly usually for a senior to be excepted. Some strings pulled in the back room.