2017 G Thomas Allen - LOI

[Navin R. Johnson]

Thomas Allen (@TGABFY) -- 2017 guard out of Brewster Academy in New Hampshire -- picked up an offer from Tim Miles and Nebraska Friday.

Edited April 18, 2017 by uneblinstu

[Swan88]

Here is information on Thomas Allen from a USA Today article published last Saturday:

 

HAMPTON, Va. – Back in December, we dubbed Thomas Allen “the best junior point guard you’ve never heard of.” That much, at least from a national perspective, hasn’t changed.

Allen still remains unranked by every major national scouting service; good thing for Allen that college coaches could care less about rankings.

“Since the summer season started, Xavier, Ohio State, Butler, Cincinnati have all reached out,” said Allen, who scored 21 points and dished out five assists in Garner Road West’s (N.C.) 67-49 win against National Phenoms Gold (Washington, D.C.) Saturday at the Southern Jam Fest.

 

Allen’s 22-point, five-assist per game averages will be hard to ignore, despite any pause college coaches have in recruiting him.

“I think the biggest thing I’ve heard is about my size (6-foot-1),” Allen said. “That’s not something I can control. I just try to go out and play as hard as I can and do everything I can to get the win. That’s been working so far.”

[Norm Peterson]

I went and looked at a number of his videos.  Reminds me a bit of Tarin Smith.  Game is below the rim.  Good handles.  Appears to be a decent perimeter shooter.  Likes the floater on the drive but isn't long or explosive enough to attack the rim.  Granted, this is from a year ago, but it's pretty representative of what I've seen.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sUMv9uoTUE

[Silverbacked1]

Lewis working on this one.  Says Butler was on him early.

[AuroranHusker]

[AuroranHusker]

[AuroranHusker]

[bigFRED]

Anyone from Brewster is a yes please for me

[Swan88]

Edit: Here is another try.

Next edit: Can someone fix the link?

Final edit:  Thanks.

[Swan88]

Here is a recently-posted video:

 

[Art Vandalay]

Supposed to be a real good shooter / combo guard which we really need. Hope we get him

[49r]

We'll need to wait for Norm's final assessment on the shot tho...

 

Norm???

[colhusker]

Be nice to have a kid like this pick us

[AuroranHusker]

[basketballjones]

Reminds me of a young, skinny Chris Paul. Grounded game, explosive and decisive, but not overly athletic. Always looking to pass but never actually specifically looking at one thing (in other words, he sees everything, but you're not ready for it as a defender). Has the floater, explosive change of speed.

Edit: yep, just watched another video - Chris Paul is what I'll go with.

[AuroranHusker]

[jimmykc]

Unusual mix of schools. I would say we have a shot since I do not note Kentucky, Duke, or Kansas on his list.

[Norm Peterson]

We'll need to wait for Norm's final assessment on the shot tho...

 

Norm???

 

Extremely quick release.  Seems to have good touch.  Shoots well off the dribble.  Has a nice floater.  Appears to have good range.  Should be able to create his own shot at the next level but also looks like a good facilitator.  Doesn't get much jump into the jumper but it's a compact motion on the shot that should be very repeatable.  Sneaky athletic.  Saw a vid of him dunking quite easily multiple times.

[Silverbacked1]

I am reallllllly loving that uni!!!!

 

Oh and him too.

[49r]

 

We'll need to wait for Norm's final assessment on the shot tho...

 

Norm???

 

Extremely quick release.  Seems to have good touch.  Shoots well off the dribble.  Has a nice floater.  Appears to have good range.  Should be able to create his own shot at the next level but also looks like a good facilitator.  Doesn't get much jump into the jumper but it's a compact motion on the shot that should be very repeatable.  Sneaky athletic.  Saw a vid of him dunking quite easily multiple times.

 

 

That's the Normy seal of approval.  Also, it appears that he has relatively hair-free legs, so that's two big checkmarks in the "do want" box.

 

Anybody have any thoughts on the way his knees bend?

 

[hhcmatt]

Unusual mix of schools. I would say we have a shot since I do not note Kentucky, Duke, or Kansas on his list.

 

He prefers schools in the latter part of the alphabet

[Swan88]

Edit: Can anyone make the link open automatically?

[AuroranHusker]

Edit: Can anyone make the link open automatically?

 

Here it is:

[Red Rum]

 

 

We'll need to wait for Norm's final assessment on the shot tho...

 

Norm???

 

Extremely quick release.  Seems to have good touch.  Shoots well off the dribble.  Has a nice floater.  Appears to have good range.  Should be able to create his own shot at the next level but also looks like a good facilitator.  Doesn't get much jump into the jumper but it's a compact motion on the shot that should be very repeatable.  Sneaky athletic.  Saw a vid of him dunking quite easily multiple times.

 

 

That's the Normy seal of approval.  Also, it appears that he has relatively hair-free legs, so that's two big checkmarks in the "do want" box.

 

Anybody have any thoughts on the way his knees bend?

 

 

 

What color is his basement and/or what kind of memorabilia does he have? Too deep off a call back?

[AuroranHusker]

 

 

 

We'll need to wait for Norm's final assessment on the shot tho...

 

Norm???

 

Extremely quick release.  Seems to have good touch.  Shoots well off the dribble.  Has a nice floater.  Appears to have good range.  Should be able to create his own shot at the next level but also looks like a good facilitator.  Doesn't get much jump into the jumper but it's a compact motion on the shot that should be very repeatable.  Sneaky athletic.  Saw a vid of him dunking quite easily multiple times.

 

 

That's the Normy seal of approval.  Also, it appears that he has relatively hair-free legs, so that's two big checkmarks in the "do want" box.

 

Anybody have any thoughts on the way his knees bend?

 

 

 

What color is his basement and/or what kind of memorabilia does he have? Too deep off a call back?

 

 

Ed Chang is visiting Iowa, maybe he can find out what type of accouterments Mike Gesell had in his locker.