2017 F Hunter Thompson (Wyoming Verbal Commit)

[LJay]

For those who think 247 Sports is such a great recruiting site they still don't have Hunter's pledge noted on their website.

http://creighton.247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/Targets

Weak sauce.

[Jet915]

Eric Bossi ‏@ebosshoops
Creighton head coach Greg McDermott on hand watching 2017 commit Hunter Thompson. They will be able to play big w/him and Justin Patton

Brian Snow ‏@BSnowScout
First look at Creighton big man commit Hunter Thompson. Big, mobile, and a good athlete. Not there yet, but big upside

[westojay]

Which event is this that he is playing in?

[Wizard of Westroads]

Adidas tourney in Dallas area. He's playing for a Utah team, here are his stats:

http://adidasuprising.com/2016-gauntlet-series-dallas-gold-division-schedule-stats/

He's among the tournament leaders with 3.5 blocks/game through two games. Also averaging 9 boards. Big guys don't see the ball that much in these events, so don't expect much scoring. His team is 1-1 so far.

[Wizard of Westroads]

Hunter competes in high jump:

http://trib.com/sports/high-school/track-boys/prep-track-results-may/article_d8204348-21e4-571d-a7e4-2746c35a1f6d.html

Cleared 5-11. We don't have to worry about losing him to a track career.

[Chicagojayfan]

Hunter competes in high jump:

http://trib.com/sports/high-school/track-boys/prep-track-results-may/article_d8204348-21e4-571d-a7e4-2746c35a1f6d.html

Cleared 5-11. We don't have to worry about losing him to a track career.

Ha, true, but a look at his track career is pretty interesting:

He cleared 6-6 back in 2015, threw the shot put 45', Discus 132', If you compare that to Class D in Nebraska (about his level) he doesn't look all that bad. 45 ft shot puts him close to top 10, Discuss is the same, the 6-6 High Jump leads class D this year, his best this year of 6-2 is 3rd, and 5-10 ties for top 10, He's not going to blow anyone away and become a D1 track star, but I find those numbers pretty encouraging about what kind of athlete he is at 6-10.

He even ran the 400 meters and 4x400 relay for them, the 75m hurdles, and triple jump. His triple jump wasn't good, but I'm kind of amazed a guy that long could even do the steps in the triple!


http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/A ... 406553#/L0

[Jet915]

2017 Forward Hunter Thompson has been invited to the NBPA Top 100 Camp. Congrats Hunter!

[LJay]

http://trib.com/sports/high-school/track-boys/pine-bluffs-hunter-thompson-aims-high/article_15ea9995-2344-5f95-8896-b15a80e83b3d.html

[Jet915]

Couldn't really find out how Hunter did but his team went 5-0 this weekend to win the Adidas Uprising Tournament in California.

[gtmoBlue]

http://creighton.247sports.com/Season/2 ... ll/Commits
http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Basket ... amRankings

Some recruiting service has bumped Hunter up to a 3 star. As such the Jays have the No. 2 rated class on 247 (for now).