2019 SF Yavuz Gultekin -> Texas A&M

[hhcmatt]

 

Originally from Turkey, has been in the US (Maryland) since last summer https://www.prephoops.com/2017/08/recruiting-report-yavuz-gultekin-2019/

6'7"

Has offers from Minnesota and TCU

Nickname is "Yeezy"

 

[AuroranHusker]

He ought to like the adidas Yeezy's at NU.

 

[Huskerpapa]

Interesting. That prep school sounds very familiar.

[Fullbacksympathy]

I think this kid will be a point guard wherever he lands.  He would be a great asset for us moving forward.  I would actually compare his game to Amir but taller and less athletic.  Very good passer.  

[B-town hoopsfan]

Made his final 4 along with TCU, Georgetown, and Northwestern 

[Chuck Taylor]

I just looked at Georgetown's roster to see how many scholarships they're working on, and it's kind of interesting. Patrick Ewing already has a Turkish kid on the roster, a 3-point specialist grad transfer from William and Mary and this freshman point guard:

https://theundefeated.com/features/georgetown-freshman-mac-mcclung-is-electrifying-dynamic-and-white/

 

I always think of bully ball with Georgetown, kind of ironic that it would be Ewing who moved them away from that. He's a smart guy, paid his dues as an assistant NBA coach, looks like he's seen where the game is going with rough play deemphasized.

[AuroranHusker]

4 hours ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

Made his final 4 along with TCU, Georgetown, and Northwestern 

 

Here's a tweet about it:

 

 

[hhcmatt]

His name is an anagram for Naive Klutz Guy

Otherwise almost all of his talk in the above article centers around complimenting coaches and Gates is the one he mentions for Nebraska as opposed to Miles. FWIW Jamie Dixon is also not mentioned by name.

[hhcmatt]

https://247sports.com/college/saint-josephs/Article/From-Turkey-to-a-High-Major-recruit-Yeezys-best-days-are-ahead-120790382/

 

 

[Norm Peterson]

His film reminds me a lot of Jack McVeigh.

 

 

[Huskerpapa]

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

His film reminds me a lot of Jack McVeigh.

 

 

Are you talking body wise or quickness wise???

[Norm Peterson]

17 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Are you talking body wise or quickness wise???

 

His size, body type, appearance of athleticism, and he has a very Euro-Aussie hoops style.

[B-town hoopsfan]

He will have had two years of ball playing state side and looks pretty ball dominate to go w his euro style

[jason2486]

I think he looks more athletic, but there are some similarities to Jack.

[Swan88]

 

[49r]

On 8/20/2018 at 10:59 AM, Norm Peterson said:

His film reminds me a lot of Jack McVeigh.

 

 

 

How much is 1.98 m in American?

[Huskerpapa]

20 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

How much is 1.98 m in American?

Appoximately 6'5" 

[trickey]

On 8/24/2018 at 4:52 PM, Huskerpapa said:

Appoximately 6'5" 

 

It is pretty close to that in the rest of the universe as well!

[Handy Johnson]

Sounds like Yeezy and Arop are Miles primo targets for those last two scholarships. Let's hope Old 'Mo keeps wearing a Red jersey, shaping up to be another solid class.

 

[nustudent]

I hope we are targeting more than these two.   Going to be more than 2 spots available.

[Huskerpapa]

1 hour ago, nustudent said:

I hope we are targeting more than these two.   Going to be more than 2 spots available.

Agree, and to me there is no doubt that they are looking at two additional players and possibly three.  I also believe there is sound reasons for looking at a couple Juco players.

[cjbowbros]

1 hour ago, Huskerpapa said:

Agree, and to me there is no doubt that they are looking at two additional players and possibly three.  I also believe there is sound reasons for looking at a couple Juco players.

Totally forgot about this guy feels like we are on fire right now. Good to see he's coming in and it will be after the season starts which means the hype around the program will be crazy. Seems to have good offers I'd be nice to fill up our spots before we get more opening up for the wrong reasons.

[hhcmatt]

4 hours ago, nustudent said:

I hope we are targeting more than these two.   Going to be more than 2 spots available.

 

FWIW we currently have 10 other pending offers.

[nustudent]

2 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

 

FWIW we currently have 10 other pending offers.

 

Pending offers and actively involved prospects are not one and the same.

 

Openly admit I dont know much about how close we are on guys other than Arop and the Turk.    My point is that I hope we don't stay conservative like we've typically been.   Especially when we stand to lose as much as we do this year.   Fire your shots.   Don't go into things with less than a full load.   Especially because we are in a position for a change to actually build on something or create some positivity that is more than a flash in the pan 

[Norm Peterson]

Need need need to get a couple of bigs.  If Roby leaves early, that'll leave us with just Chan and Heiman on the roster for next year.