Purdue Lands 2011 Target 6'8" Jacob Lawson
by Purdue_Pete on Sep 6, 2010 2:37 PM EDT
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PrintAfter what seemed like a an eternity since Purdue's last commitment, 6'8" 220 lb Jacob Lawson (Oak Ridge, North Carolina) became the first member of the 2011 class (joining Donnie Hale).
ESPN describes their take on Lawson's game:
"Lawson is a big active player who seems to glide down the floor and is a freak in transition usually finishing with a dunking flourish. Defensively this active youngster blocks numerous shots and goes after every attempt causing many alterations and bad misses. He rebounds like a fiend and offensively converts many of those into crowd pleasing dunks of sheer aggressiveness. Lawson has a massive upside and once he learns to avoid foul trouble willbe even more effective on the offensive side of the ball."
But you don't have to take ESPN's word for it, check out his athleticism yourself:
And if that didn't convince you of his abilities, check out this posterization:
Seeing that Lawson wasn't heavily recruited by Purdue until Dawson committed to MSU, we still have a lot to learn about him. We'll have more on Lawson's commitment and what it means to Purdue's future outlook later.
Lawson's commitment also means that there is only one(ish) scholarships remaining in the 2011 class. However, it's likely that Painter would only accept guard Chasson Randle for that final spot. Seeing that Purdue would be over-signed by one scholarship in the 2012 season if they bring in another recruit, Painter has a good reason to bank the scholarship if needed.
But the door will likely always be open for Randle, regardless of the scholarship situation.
Randle plans to visit his top three (Illinois, Purdue, and Stanford) this fall and make a decision shortly thereafter.
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Beat me to the punch
we can only assume right now…we’ll see how this turns out in a year….glad we got an athletic small forward…. maybe we can be able to push the tempo in the next couple of years…
IF we had this kid for the upcoming year....
….I’d bet a thousand bucks right now we’d be in the Final Four. We have ZERO inside scoring presence, let along a hungry/aggressive scorer down by the blocks. Daaaayum.
Imagine him, JJ and Robbie, along with 3Twaun on the outside and LewJack setting it up. Shit would be over, quick.
Great “get” Matt. Let’s schedule the Tar Heels for a non-conference game in 2013, okay?
Of course……video only perceptions can be deceiving. :)
I'd say it's likely
We play the Tar Heels in the ACC Challenge sometime during Lawson’s career at Purdue.
This could potentially be better...
than Branden Dawson. One thing that I see in these highlights with Lawson is pure athleticism, you can not teach size, and you can not teach athleticism. I know i cringed when i first said this, but it may be better than Dawson for the program. Both are combo forwards who can play the 3 or the 4. The difference, Lawson has Dawson by 2 inches, which would make him a prototypical 4, or a very big mismatch at 3(like Hummel and Hayward). Dawson probably would have left after 1 or 2 years, Lawson will probably stay 3 or 4. Neither really has an outside shot, but both are working on one. He kind of reminds me of a young Evan Turner, oh one could only imagine. What helps the most is that Painter is hurting for SOLID big men. Lawson can come in next year and be an instant replacement for Hummel. I see him, Hale, and hopefully Randle coming in next year and the young guys will once again compete for a national championship, but the way Painter is reloading in 2011, 12, and hopefully 13, by the time the 13 class gets in, we should be in contention for another natl championship with T & A Johnson, Carroll being seniors, Hale, Lawson and Randle being jr,s and a strong sophomore class with Davis, Molock and Simpson, and hopefully a nationally rated 13 class, these boilers could be in the top 15 for years to come…
I am a glas half full guy and this glass went from half empty with Dawson to half full with lawson,,now lets go get Randle..
BTFU!!
Carroll, Bade, Marcius and Hale
all have the potential to be solid big men. While they all have work to do I don’t think you can say that Lawson will come in and instantly be in front of them talent wise.
Can he shoot at all?
The entire video seems to be of him dunking.
I believe it said,,
that his jumper was a work in progress but he was trying to extend his game beyond the 3 pt line, but even B Dawson didnt really have a long range game. If Lawson is any kind of a free throw shooter, he could be dangerous with how mean he gets to the hole.. Also, I have never seen a guy get down the court so fast for a big man.
"He rebounds like a fiend"
Yes! Finally we get someone who is going to attack the boards! We’ve been an average rebounding team for too long.
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