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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Parker getting acclimated at UD
Josh Parker, who transferred from Drake, is enrolled during the second summer session at Dayton, which started this week, along with the rest of the Flyers.
The 5-foot-11 guard, who played at a brisk pace while managing to stay under control during pick-up games Monday night, will have to sit out this year under NCAA transfer rules but figures to contribute heavily during his two years of eligibility.
“It’s real exciting being here,” he said. “I’m enjoying just hanging out with the guys. It’s real fun.”
Parker appeared in 33 games for Drake last season, starting in nine, and averaged 10.7 points. He led the team in scoring six times, including a career-high 25 in a home game against Northern Iowa.
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Camp shows Payne not finished product yet
Adreian Payne has scholarship offers from virtually every premier program in the nation, and Jefferson High School coach Art Winston believes his star center will choose a college sometime before the beginning of basketball season.
The 6-foot-10 senior-to-be visited Xavier last week — and you can almost hear a collective “ugh!” among Dayton fans over that news — and still apparently has a strong interest in the hometown Flyers.
“I know Dayton has a good shot at him because I don’t necessarily think he’s looking to go to the biggest school or the highest-ranked school,” said Jerry Meyer, a recruiting analyst for Rivals.com.
Payne just returned from the NBA Players Association Top 100 camp in Charlottesville, Va. After a week at home, he’ll go to the Amare Stoudemire camp for post players in Phoenix and then the LeBron James skills camp.
He’s ranked as the eighth-best prospect nationally by Rivals.com and the 13th-best by Scout.com. And while Winston said he heard good reports about Payne from the NBA camp, Meyer, who attended the event, thought the player didn’t help himself with his showing.
“He’s a good defensive player, but there were times at the camp he just wasn’t strong enough,” Meyer said. “He didn’t have a physical enough presence, and his length (size and wingspan) could only take him so far. … He got pushed around too much and wasn’t able to fight for position. It doesn’t matter how long you are, you have to control space. That’s something he has to work on. He’s got to build his body up.
“Offensively, he’s got to figure out a way to score. He will show you a few things in flashes. … You’ll get glimpses of ‘Wow, he just hit a 3,’ or ‘Wow, that was a nice post move.’ But as far as consistently putting it together, to be a guy counted on to score, that hasn’t happened yet. That’s the next step he has to make. You can’t live off potential forever.”
Another Dayton product, Juwan Staten, had a solid week at the NBA camp. Meyer said the UD recruit is making a push to be ranked among the top-10 point guards in the nation in the 2010 class because of his headiness and quick step.
“He avoids the negative plays,” Meyer said. “Any coach appreciates that. You’ve got to make plays, there’s no doubt about that. But any guy who can make plays, but also limit his negative plays, you’re always looking at that ratio. That’s your assist-turnover ratio, and he always does a good job with that.”
