[gregoden08Participant]

According to some of you people, John Wall is the one of the most talented players ever. To me, this is such a joke. First off, half of you people haven’t even seen John Wall play. You just see nbadraft.net’s terrible player profile and think “omg 10/10 potential the next big thing.” Just to let you guys know, I think John Wall is INCREDIBLY talented, but the guy hasn’t even played in a college game yet. I saw someone posting on a thread that John Wall was the most talented player in quite some time (next to LeBron). Ummm…have you even heard of Derrick Rose, Greg Oden, Kevin Durant? I mean, I haven’t even heard that much buzz from this kid compared to other great prospects in the past. Like I said, the dudes talented and he obviously has a bright future, but lets not call him a sure fire franchise player yet…He’s still got to add some muscle and learn to play at different paces. Also, how tall is John Wall? Nbadraft.net says he is 6,4, but when I went to go see him play it said he was 6,1…

[Michael.S.Participant]

just many people are soo amazed by his talent like me and yea heis about 6″1

[gregoden08Participant]

I will say, that John Wall displays some very nice court vision!

[Michael.S.Participant]

means being very hyped and not being able to live up to the hype or not when people are overrating your talent (and thats not john wall)

[butidonthavemoney]

I am pretty sure he is only 6’1″ with long arms. His skills are mediocre but he is faster and more athletic than anybody in in a long time.

[Knicksboy34Participant]

let him play a college game first…

[Michael.S.Participant]

how the hell u got a negativ4000

[gregoden08Participant]

was wondering the same thing bro!

[butidonthavemoney]

Trying to upstage me, eh?

I’ll show you.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

I like what I see. I would not say he is the second coming, but I am confident enough in the skills I see to say this kid is 1st or 2nd off the board next year.

[Michael.S.Participant]

i no the trick ok

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

Personally I’ve seen both play…& I think Derrick Rose is much better, Wall misses a bunch of layups, if its not a dunk, its not a sure thing with Wall, his jumpshot is awful Rose’s is about a 7.5-8, Wall’s is a 6!!!

He has no control, as he wants to go super fast all the time, which leads to a lot of TO’s…sure he has a lot of potential, but he’ll never be as good as D. Rose!!!

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

Rose is the same size and a legit point guard who passes 1st. I don’t compare Wall to other players, and he has not played NCAA ball yet to be compared to D Rose. From what I have seen of Rose to what I have seen of Wall I would take Rose 1st. That still does not mean Wall will not be a top 2 talent next year. Different draft so why compare?

[quincey hodges]

im sure many people come on here and other sites talking about how good there son or cousin is..well im yet another except my nephew is really gonna blow up this year..so remember the name..
JOSH HUESTIS…chances are he will play at word of god next year (joh walls former school)

he is a 6’8 215 pound pf/sf upcomming sr out of greatfalls montana(cmr hs)..he lead his team to a state title with only 2 loses for the season..he made first team all state mvp of the state tournament and won the gatorade player of the year award… josh has gotten many write ups in the montana paper about being one of the best players to ever come out of montana as well as projecting to be the best to ever come out after his senior year he also just went to the oklahoma state elite basketball camp where he was one of (if not the best) player at the camp and after wards was offered a scholarship and is now being heavily pursued by them( you can contact the coach for confirmation)..he is also working with a couple of nba players as well as his father( derrell”poncho”hodges) who is also a former probasketball player and a couple european players (ewbekwi) while out in california..on top of his personal trainers hes been running at ucla with these pros and every last one of them (kevin love, stephon maurbury) says he has nba potenial with the comparisions being a combination off the late eddie griffin and shane battier except alot more athletiand has better handles. his next stop inbetween training is the washington elite basketball camp and then aau. The reason i am writing this is because it takes alot more politicing when a player is playing in a place like montana then in cali,nyc,dc and other cities where the prep websites travel too. there are also a couple of highly ranked prepschools in vegas,northcarolina,conneticut,and california who would like for him to come to there school to play next season just from there former alumni seeing him play against the pro players in cali….he is also a very good person and recived a 31 on his act as well as being a 4.0 student

he also just got offers from maryland and gonzaga and sonny vaccaro just gain alot of interest in him and is getting him into a couple tournaments this summer hes alreayd playing in the double pump tourney in cali next month

SOME WRITE UPS FROM MONTANA PAPERS AND CLIP

Players of the Week:
Josh Huestis of CMR. Josh Huestis put on offensive and defensive clinic this past weekend. The 6’ 7” Huestis scored 20 points, grabbed 10 boards and blocked 5 shots in leading his team to an overtime victory over second ranked and defending state champion Billings West. The junior added 18 points, 10 rebounds and 6 block shots the following night in a 20 point thumping of Billings Senior. Huestis is averaging 11 boards, 4.5 blocked shots and nearly 16 points per outing.

It was the best in the east versus the best in the west. So naturally I had to check it out when Helena Capital hit the road for the Electric City and a match up with CM-Russell on Saturday. What did I learn? Josh Huestis is the best basketball player in Montana.

14 points, 7 rebounds, 9 blocked shots.
The numbers might not blow you away, but I have never seen a player in Montana dominate a game like Josh did this season. Check out the video at the top of this post. Officially they gave him 9 blocks, but I counted at least 11. Even when he wasn’t blocking shots, just his presence in the middle made any player hesitant to take it to the hole. Matt Miller, one of the top players around, was held to just 33% shooting. Every time I have seen Miller play he has driven to the rim easily, but on Saturday Huestis was there just about every time. He’s like a pogo stick. Even if he gets faked out, he still has the athleticism to recover and swat one.
On the offensive end Capital was triple teaming him almost the entire game and he still got 14. The thing I was most impressed with were his ball distribution skills. Not once did he force up a bad shot. If it wasn’t there he always hit the open man. And when he did get it down low with only single coverage…he was unstoppable. The kid has some serious post moves, and can jump higher than pretty much anyone else in the state. When I saw him last year he could dunk, but he needed to be wide open. This year, it doesn’t matter where he is…..he will throw one down over anyone.
The crazy thing about Huestis? He is only a Junior! Right now he is 6’7″. If he grows another two inches before the end of his senior year…he should get some serious attention from major D-1 college programs. And if Huey and the Rustlers keep playing like they have over the past 2 weeks….I don’t see anyone being able to stop them in Butte.
~Greg
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http://www.abcmontana.com/sports/blog/39762267.html?video=YHI&t=a

BASKETBALL-BOYS 2008 – 2009 BASKETBALL-BOYS 2008 – 2009

Josh Huestis MT Gatorade Player of the Year, MVP at State, All State, All Conference, Academic All State,

State AA All Tourney Team

Ed West: Huestis has place among best big men
By ED WEST
Of The Gazette Staff

When I think of premier big men in Montana high school basketball, those who come quickly to mind include Wayne Estes, Mike Lewis, Jack Gillespie, Brent Wilson, Les Craft and Larry Krystkowiak.

Today, we have another budding great in our midst in Great Falls CMR’s Josh Huestis.

Yes, he’s only halfway through his junior year, but I think Huestis will eventually be remembered as one of the great big men in state history. He can do everything you need from a post: score, rebound, play defense and intimidate shooters.

That much was evident in Friday’s overtime victory over Billings West. The 6-foot-7 Huestis scored 20 points, collected 10 rebounds, blocked five shots and probably altered at least that many more.
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I would imagine that the Bobcats and Grizzlies would like to see him in uniform in a couple of years. Whether they get the chance may depend on how much Huestis progresses.

The slender Huestis has to get stronger for the college game, and he’ll probably have to play away from the basket much more. CMR coach John Cislo said Huestis has been working on his perimeter shooting in practice, although we may not see it much in games because he can score so well inside.

Those guys I mentioned all had pretty good college careers – Estes at Utah State, Lewis at Duke (third team all-America selection), Gillespie at Montana State, Wilson at Montana State and Colorado State, Craft at Kansas State and Krystkowiak at Montana.

Lewis, Gillespie, Wilson and Craft all led their high school teams to state championships.

Lewis played on what I believe were the most dominant teams in state history, the 1962-63 and 1963-64 Missoula Spartans, who went 49-0 in those seasons. Gillespie led Great Falls to the Big 32 title in 1965, and Wilson scored 51 points points (still a state tourney record) in leading Kalispell Flathead to the 1970 AA championship. Craft helped Bozeman win consecutive AA crowns in 1978 and ’79.

Estes, who was Utah State’s leading scorer until last year, pushed Anaconda to a 25-1 record and third-place finish in his senior season of 1961. Krystkowiak got Missoula Big Sky into the state tournament in just the Eagles’ second year of existence, 1982 and, of course, went on to become a legend for the Grizzlies and later played in the NBA.

Can Huestis lead his team to a state championship or two? It looks quite possible.

Certainly, players of more recent vintage like Matt Garrison (Senior), Dan Sullivan and John Lazosky of West, Matt Kempfert and Ryan Dick of Hellgate and Adam Leachman of Bozeman were all very good. Glendive had a good big man, 6-10 Derek Selvig, who’s now a 7-footer playing with the Grizzlies. Selvig, however, was more of a perimeter player than a post.

There are probably some other names we’re overlooking. Regardless, when comes to future discussions of big men, Huestis should be mentioned

[bluedevils12Participant]

he’s not the next coming. i mean yea he has good highlights on youtube but these days who doesnt? wat i have seen when watching him play is he has virtually no jumpshot watsoever. he even seems scared to attempt a jumper when i saw him play. he is most effective when attacking the basket and he’s a great playmaker and is as quick as they come. I think derrick rose is ahead of him asa far as when he was a senior becuz rose had a decent midrange game. College teams will notice next year that they can play off wall unless he finds that jumper

[knicksfreakParticipant]

Whats up with the Huestis plug? He’d kick my ass but come on. He did all that in Montana. Anyways, a guy that is complaining about Wall being overhyped has the name gregoden08. No need to say more.

[rapidcif]

um wats up with some ppl saying John’s 6’1. Dude ive been close enough to him, his clearly a few inches taller than my friend, who’s 6’0. John’s definitly 6’3 or 6’4, i really can’t see wat happened to Derrick Rose(1’5 inches shorter than expected) happen to John. Unless i hav eyesight problems its not happening.

Hey my school’s in Raleigh, so i’ve seen John quite a bit, both at games and like friday night at the Y. Im no scout, but his raw, and plays 1 pace: fast. But John likes it gets the crowd excited mabye that’s y he does it. His whole team is exciting, CJ and Bishop doing their thang as well(WOG averaged 73.2 ppg, #1 in the state, but then again they weren’t among the top 25 in defense while my school Panther Creek was second in d haha.) But the thing concerning about John is he never proved to be a surefire winner. WOG was great in his junior year, but last year, with his team being by far more talented than alot of teams they were playing in terms of individual talent, lost ALOT. I mean they finished the season 20-8, but started it 5-4, and this is 4 a team who’s goal was to not lose any games this year. It’s 1 thing to lose to Christ School, but to lose by 19 to Los Angelos Westchester? I think John needs to prove his more of a winner. Derrick’s high school team won the state championship all those years, and in college memphis got in the championship.

[a2Participant]

John Wall is not over hyped at all. I totally agree that we have to wait to see him in a college season but come on now when you see the way he plays you have no choice put to expect something like a future franchise player in the future. As of now no matter his height or anything like that i expect a lot from him in the future. He does, like every player, his things to work like his jumper needs to be more effective. It all comes down to the fact that he is not over hyped but in time we will see what kind of player he eventually turns out to be.

[quincey hodges]

yeah thats true but hes now doing all this against nba players while working out in cali..also sonny vaccaro came to watch him play fri and is already saying he will be one of the best player in the nation this year..called him ” a untapped incredible talent” and is now getting him into summer leauge camps and tournaments…still decideding between transferring to word of god and findley prep

[quinceyhodges]

i remeber this as wel…mike do you still think wall is 6’1?..personally i dont know how tall he is but i dont think he’s that short

[Prospect21Participant]

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