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Username Post: Bison Recruits 2019
Bison137 
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12-19-18 12:25 AM - Post#269440    
    In response to Bison137

Going back in time to May of this year:


  • Bison137 Said:
  • Bison137 Said:

- Seymour , Sloan 6-8 SF/PF (NY) BUCKNELL OFFER Jul-2017 ; Reclassified to 2019; St. Johns, URI, Rutgers, St. Joes, South Florida, UMass, Siena, Iona, Vermont, Hofstra, Marist, etc.






Seymour just committed to Siena and Jamion Christian. Thay have had a number of players transfer out and also a couple decommits, so they definitely need players. Having said that, a number of the Albany-area people who have seen him play have not been impressed. For example:

" In AAU, he was playing with elite talent and wasn’t expected to defend (no one does). All his strengths were accentuated and he was able to be solid as a shooter off the bench — drawing offers (having his dad never hurts). Watch him at Shaker HS and he looks like he might get cut by St Rose. Could he be a useful player for JC? Perhaps, but his motor stinks, he’s virtually useless beyond his 3 point shot, and he didn’t get better from JR to SR year of HS. I would wait on his prep year and see what happens but wouldn’t be the worst gamble you could make in May."

"If he had good committable D1 offers he wouldn’t have prepped. Those P6 schools you named pulled their offers. Don’t know for a fact on the A10’s but I’d guess most were no longer interested too. He was not good this year for Shaker and personally I’m not sold on taking him at Siena. . . Sloan is prepping becasue he isn’t a good basketball player."





  • JDBison2010 Said:
With the strong offer list he had, it definitely made me wonder why he would choose to reclassify. Makes sense now



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This past May there were many questions about Seymour's early high-level offers followed by him not committing and then reclassifying, followed by a last minute decision to go to Siena instead. And also speculation about whether he could have been a decent March pickup by the Bison, so I decided to see how he's been doing. Siena is in full rebuild mode and he has started each game. However his stats are amazing, and I don't mean that in a good way.

- He is a 6-9 PF/SF who has attempted 89 threes and only 7 twos. I don't recall ever seeing that kind of ratio from a big man before. And only very rarely from a SG. Even Bryson Johnson took 1/3 of his shots from inside the arc.
- Seymour is shooting 32.5% on the threes, but only because he had a hot start of the season. He went 11-24 in the first three games, and has been 18-65 (27.7%) since then. Despite the mediocre shooting, he is averaging nine attempted threes per game.
- Despite being 6-9, he has only shot 2 FT's the entire season.
- He is a 6-9 PF who gets less rebounds than the smallest guards. Has 11 rebounds in 11 games/268 minutes. That's 1.0 rpg for a regular starting PF.
- He has 1 steal for the season and 1 block.
- He also has but 3 assists for the season. To his credit, he only has 5 turnovers, but it appears that he isn't at all involved in the offense except to stand beyond the 3-point line and shoot if he gets the ball.
- He also has only 9 fouls in 11 games as a starter. From what I hear, that extraordinarily low number is largely a function of him not staying close enough to his man to foul.
- His minutes have fallen significantly the past three games. Despite Siena having few options, it's hard to believe they can keep starting him with those numbers.


Looking at the above, it's very unlikely he would have seen any playing time this year. And I think both Rhodes and van der Heijden would play ahead of him next year.



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