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VJ King (PG Louisville Cardinals)

lord vegas

aka Kasino Royale
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Akron (OH) St. Vincent-St. Mary
AAU: All-Ohio Red

Height: 6'5"
Weight: 185 lbs

Ohio Preps:
Playing up one grade, and sometimes two, on the AAU circuit with the Columbus-based All-Ohio Red outfit, one of Nike's elite teams, King certainly will continue to garner more attention from college coaches as the July evaluation period rolls around. But the close-knit family isn't ready to expose VJ to all of that.

Vincent Sr. says: "Our attitude in the house is that it's really not time to talk about schools right now. We don't involve VJ in that process yet. Letters come to the house, and we're excited and appreciative of them, but we still recognize that he has a long way to go. A lot can change between now and his junior year, when he really would start getting recruited, and we want him just to be able to focus clearly on getting better and enjoying the process.
 
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Ohio State offers 2016 SF VJ King
September, 24, 2012
By Brad Bournival | ESPN.com

He?s a freshman at a high school with a very famous basketball graduate and he?s already picked up an offer from Ohio State without ever playing a second in high school.

His name is VJ King (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) and he?s making waves in the basketball circuit.

An athletic official at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School confirmed the offer Monday for the 6-foot-6, 180-pound small forward out of the class of 2016.

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http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/colleges/osu/post?id=3236
 
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Dave Telep wrote a paragraph on VJ today in a column for ESPN Insider after witnessing his performance at a USA Basketball minicamp for underclassmen. There were about 50 top prospects total there from the 2015 and 2016 classes, and Telep said VJ was the best player he saw there, and could wind up the most talented of them all.
 
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DEBUT OF KING, HUDSON OFFERS ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY BRIGHT FUTURE

He may only be a freshman, but 6-7 guard VJ King is well aware of the implications of donning the same colors LeBron James put on the map in high school.

?It?s just a great honor to play for this school and this tradition,? King said. ?I?m in the locker room and I put on this jersey, and I get chills. It?s just a great honor to play for this team.?

Irish coach Dru Joyce was equally happy King was in a St. V-M jersey, along with 6-6 junior Jalen Hudson who moved from Virginia before this school year, as the duo was instrumental in the 68-65 victory over University (IL) High School.

Hudson scored a team-high 23 points and had 9 rebounds, while King scored 18. King hit a free throw to give the Irish a 67-65 lead with 19.9 seconds left, and after he missed the second, Hudson grabbed the rebound and was fouled. Hudson split a pair of free-throws to give his team a three-point lead with 14.7 left.

Ohio State-bound 6-7 wing Keita Bates-Diop?s game-tying three-point attempt with two seconds left barely got over King?s outstretched arm and bounced off the rim, giving St. Vincent-St. Mary a season-opening victory.

?They?re two great additions to the program,? Joyce said. ?We?re thankful we have them. We graduated four from last year, and when these two guys came five other ones transferred. Nick Wells is really the only guy with varsity experience. We?re pleased with how things went.?

Wells, a 6-6 scrappy forward inside, finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds for the short-handed Irish, who had several players competing in the state football championship Saturday (they won).

While no one is claiming King is the next King, it is obvious he will be heavily recruited as his size, skill and athleticism for a freshman is rare. But he wasn?t as concerned with making a name for himself as one of the country?s premier freshmen in front of thousands of people at the UIC Pavilion as he was with trying to stick 2014 top-50 recruit Bates-Diop.

?It was a great matchup and a lot of fun,? King said. ?He?s a great player and I can see why Ohio State offered him. It was a challenge, but I wanted to take on the challenge of going against him. It was fun to play him.?

Joyce, who?s been plugged into the high school and club basketball scene for decades, wasn?t as coy about the talent and potential King possesses.

?Skill-wise he?s off the charts,? Joyce said. ?He can put it down, he plays with patience and he has a nice rhythm to his game. He doesn?t get rattled. He?s a great passer and he showed today he had a great guy he had to defend and he didn?t back down from the challenge. He?ll get better and better as time goes on.?

http://www.slamonline.com/online/co...one-peak-makes-emphatic-statement-in-chicago/
 
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Free Rivals - Flyin' to the Hoop: Grand finale

King was no slouch for Akron SVSM, scoring 22 points with seven rebounds and three assists in the overtime loss. The freshman has grown to a legitimate 6-foot-6 since the start of the school year and is one of the most versatile prospects in his class. He has the ability to play the point guard, shooting guard or small forward spot. An athletic scoring wing who has great vision as a passer, King can make plays all over the court on the offensive end, and excels at creating space off of the dribble.

The freshman has also improved his shooting stroke, which with his size and length is very tough to defend. Coaches from West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio State were in the gym to watch King, who already claims offers from Michigan State, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State and several others.
 
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