'09 CA PF Renardo Sidney (Miss St Verbal, USC decommit)

[CleveBucks]

Sidney in 09, Thomas in 10. That will definitely work. That would be three #1 overall players in five years for Thad.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Ohio State recently started to make a push for Sidney and their efforts seem to have paid off to this point......there is a long way to go but this is definetly positive when you are the only school mentioned. Watch this one closely for the next few months.........

[crazybuckfan40]

Sidney and Cheek would just be amazing...Then with Thomas and Sullinger to follow...WOW!!!

[Napoleonbuck]

Throw in Howard at the point, and dang!

[wadc45]

Scout $

7/23

Update from Las Vegas...Sidney gets crucified for being out of shape.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Rivals.com (Free)

Summer Championships: Monday..........Sidney named Ohio State his leader and scored 30 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in a loss.

[BuckWrestler141]

Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie

Rivals.com (Free)

Summer Championships: Monday..........Sidney named Ohio State his leader and scored 30 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in a loss.

Not bad at all for being out of shape!

[wadc45]

Free Scout

7/25

After naming OSU his favorite in the Rivals update, this Scout update features this sentence:

Rumor has it UCLA will be tough to beat for his services.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

espn insider

At the Reebok Summer Championships this week, Sidney is described as having all the physical talents but at times lacks the focus and thus is not consistent.

[starBUCKS]

Any reason that he doesn't have an offer yet? The supposed #1 player in that class... and multiple kids the following year have offers. Academics? Work Ethic? Any rhyme or reason?

[Napoleonbuck]

I think the questions about his work ethic are pretty well grounded. He sometimes shows up at tournaments out of shape and doesn't display consistent effort or intensity in all his games.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Coaches can't officially offer a prospect until they reach a certain point in HS, but I can't remember exactly when that is, but rest assured he has a verbal offer......

[starBUCKS]

Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie

Coaches can't officially offer a prospect until they reach a certain point in HS, but I can't remember exactly when that is, but rest assured he has a verbal offer......

So why don't we list him that way as Sullinger, Thomas and others have been.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

So why don't we list him that way as Sullinger, Thomas and others have been.

When we get multiple or credible sources we will....

[Buckskin86]

As a hoops phenom, Sidney growing up fast
Jeff Goodman
FOXSports.com, Updated 4 hours ago

Now 17, Sidney grew up in Mississippi, but his father, Renardo Sr., made the decision to move his family out to Los Angeles a year ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath of his son being forced to sit out his entire freshman season at Piney Woods High because he lived too far from the school.

Ben Howland of UCLA is in pursuit. So is USC's Tim Floyd. Ohio State's Thad Matta has been a fixture at Sidney's games. Texas is also in the mix ? as is Memphis and Florida.

There's virtually nothing this kid is unable to do on the court. He can score in the post or on the perimeter. At his size, he's got some Magic Johnson to his game in terms of his court vision and passing ability. He can dominate on the glass and is also an imposing shot-blocker.

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