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    • Andrew Wiggins, Articles

    2013 Jordan Brand Classic

    By ADAM ZAGORIA

    NEW YORK — It’s unfair to compare any young Canadian player to Andrew Wiggins, but  remember the name Jamal Murray.

    The 6-foot-4 2016 point guard from Kitchener (Ontario) Grand River Collegiate Institute went for 24 points and 7 rebounds en route to team MVP honors as the White team lost to the Black team, 76-72, in the Jordan Brand International Game at Barclays Center.

    “I don’t think there will be another Andrew Wiggins,” Murray, who went 3-for-8 from the arc and 7-for-7 from the line, said after the game. “I think everybody is their own person. I don’t feel there’s a next LeBron James. I think well, he’s the next person that’s coming up that’s like LeBron James. He can’t be the same guy. There’s always things that are different in people’s games.”

    Articles, Rutgers

    If he does end up getting hired as the next head coach at Rutgers, Eddie Jordan must begin work immediately to establish strong recruiting ties from New York to Washington, D.C.

    Jordan is a D.C. native who already has strong ties in the nation’s capital, and he must build on that to include the fertile New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia recruiting corridor. Once that is taken care of over the course of time, the next Rutgers coach probably needs to recruit effectively in the Midwest going forward as well.

    “I think people are going to like his background,” Jay Gomes of NJHoops.com told SNY.tv. “The fact that he went to Rutgers, went to the NBA, coached in the NBA, coached a lot of great players in the NBA, so he can help kids get to that level. He’s got to hire a staff that knows the right people who will help him get the right kids.”

    With Rutgers poised to enter the Big Ten in 2014 after one season in the American Athletic Conference, the new coach will have to land players who can compete against the Indianas, Michigans and Michigan States of the world.

    Recruiting has always presented huge obstacles at Rutgers, which hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1991.

    Articles, Kentucky

    By BRIAN FITZSIMMONS

    SPECIAL TO ZAGSBLOG

    NEW YORK – Clearly Andrew Harrison, a five-star point guard who is one of six All-Americans committed to Kentucky, has no shortage of confidence.

    The Travis (Texas) High School point guard believes in his abilities on the basketball court so much, he even told USA Today this week he’d get the best of Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one by an 11-7 margin.

    It was in good fun for a gifted teenager to playfully think about competing against the game’s greatest player in his prime, but would Harrison bring up his prediction if he actually got to meet His Airness before or after Saturday’s Jordan Brand Classic at the Barclays Center?

    “No, definitely not,” Harrison said with a hearty laugh. “I’ve gotten a lot of grief for that already. Hey, I knew I had it coming, though.”

    Articles, Illinois

    Former Seton Hall guard Aaron Cosby is headed to the Big Ten.

    “Committed to Illinois,” he told SNY.tv by text.

    “Coach [John] Groce, the staff and the fans all made me feel at home,” he added. “Coach Groce really put his best foot forward and my family and I felt he was sincere.

    “It’s a great opportunity here and it fit everything I was looking for in my new situation.”

    Cosby began his Illinois visit Thursday and was supposed to visit Missouri beginning today (Saturday). Instead, he pulled the trigger for the Illini.

    Articles

    By DANIEL PONEMAN

    Special to ZAGSBLOG

    CHICAGO — Billy Taylor, a basketball recruiter and beloved figure on the West Side of Chicago, died Thursday morning after being hit and dragged by a car on the 1000 block of West Division street at 4:17 AM.

    Taylor, affectionately known in the basketball community as “West Side Billy,” worked closely with agent Happy Walters of Relativity Sports, a company that represents a long list of stars including Dwight Howard, Amar’e Stoudamire and John Wall.

    “Billy is a well connected guy who truly worked in the best interest of our inner-city youth,” said Tim Anderson, former head coach at Chicago Crane. “He whole heartedly believed in using basketball and not letting it use you.”

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