Tuesday, March 29, 2011

A Keanu Post update (such as it is)

Earlier this season, the Westwind Prep folks had 6-foot-10 Keanu Post classified as a 2012 prospect but the current roster lists him as a 2011 recruit. Post has been connected to Utah State and New Mexico State in the past and apparently just tripped to Washington State. What's interesting is the latter has two new 'bigs' already coming in -- high schooler Greg Sequele and junior college freshman D.J. Shelton -- and each possesses a better skills set than Post but don't carry his 250 or 260 pounds on their respective frame.

WSU's intentions remain up in the air and it also should be noted that Post is from the British Columbia area (just north of Washington state) and not the part of Canada that Marvin Menzies has previously landed recruits.

Here an ESPN evaluation of Post:

Strengths:

In a year where size is not abundant, he's a natural resource. He's a long term stock and someone will take him on as a project. Does a nice job of corralling rebounds in his area and has the awareness to get it out fast in outlet situations. Offensively he attempts post moves but they are elementary at best.

Weaknesses:

Needs to work on his conditioning overall. Could stand to be a little lighter on the jump and his reactions aren't the best. Must be a threat to score in the low block to justify throwing it in there to him.

Bottom Line:

He's a project with center size. He'll be a kid assigned to his area and a patient program will eventually make him a contributor of front court depth.

PTW will try and find out more on Post's status.

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