This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone given Tyreke Evans close ties to William “Worldwide” Wesley and Wes’s close relationship with Memphis Coach John Calipari. People have been speculating about this decision for months and now it’s official. Evans a three-time Pennsylvania AP player of the year and MVP of the McDonald All-American game has selected the Memphis Tigers, to play his collegiate ball.
Evans averaged 29 pts, 8 rebs and 6 assists this past season as a Sr. guard at American Christian in Pennsylvania. Tyreke was also mulling offers from Villanova and Texas before selecting the Tigers. "It wasn't an easy decision," Evans said. "It's time for me to be a man. I need a little time away from my family and I wanted to get away. I like Memphis' system. I like what Coach Call does and I think he will help me get to the next level."
Make no mistake about it… Tyreke is not going to Memphis to further his education. His goal is to be one and done. But for anyone that is expecting the next coming of Derrick Rose, understand now that Tyreke is not even close to the athlete or point guard of the electric D. Rose. In fact, if it wasn’t for this year’s Senior class being a down year, Tyreke wouldn’t have garnered all the accolades that came his way. He is a tremendous scorer and a superb talent, but Tyreke has a long way to go before he can even contemplate a jump to the pro-level.
His brother Reggie, has somewhat of a different view as to the type of player Memphis is getting, "CDR and Derrick put together a hell of a tandem, but I think 'Reke is both of them in one," Reggie Evans said. "He's Derrick handling the ball, and he's CDR with his scoring ability. All he needs is a little help around him. They could make another run at it."
Not quite, but we’ll see…
Make no mistake about it… Tyreke is not going to Memphis to further his education. His goal is to be one and done. But for anyone that is expecting the next coming of Derrick Rose, understand now that Tyreke is not even close to the athlete or point guard of the electric D. Rose. In fact, if it wasn’t for this year’s Senior class being a down year, Tyreke wouldn’t have garnered all the accolades that came his way. He is a tremendous scorer and a superb talent, but Tyreke has a long way to go before he can even contemplate a jump to the pro-level.
His brother Reggie, has somewhat of a different view as to the type of player Memphis is getting, "CDR and Derrick put together a hell of a tandem, but I think 'Reke is both of them in one," Reggie Evans said. "He's Derrick handling the ball, and he's CDR with his scoring ability. All he needs is a little help around him. They could make another run at it."
Not quite, but we’ll see…
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2 comments:
You got to feel bad for Jay Wright of Villanova. I heard that if it wasnt for Tyreke being in the car of a recent shooting he would have stayed home and become a Wildcat.
I guess Wright put it best, "you win some, and you dont win others."
Corey Fisher the time is now!
Tyreke Evans reminds be of OJ Mayo, a prolific scorer with loads of potential. I just wonder if his style will fit in with Memphis. Tyreke is more of a half-court break down the defense player, while Memphis is a team that thrives in a faced pace, transition game.
It will be interesting to see but we now one thing already: Tyreke will be amongst the leaders in the NCAA in ppg.
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