New Hoops Offer - 2023 Unranked PG Gabe Cupps
https://twitter.com/CuppsGabe/status/1422686235336790016
https://247sports.com/player/gabe-cupps-46099540/
Cupps is our 3rd offer in the 2023 class and it's definitely an interesting one. Cupps is mostly known from social media and Youtube mixtapes as the skinny white kid who can score
August 3rd, 2021 at 10:08 PM ^
I'm gonna have to defer to Matt here, but I've never really seen him as a high major player. Not to mention we've brought in a lot of guys who can play the lead guard spot recently so I'm not sure why we would pursue one in the 2023 class which is likely to only be a few spots
August 3rd, 2021 at 10:29 PM ^
IMO this kid is offer worthy. I'd like to think it's a shot over Holtmann's bow from JW. "I'm going to come into your state and get whatever the hell I want". Priceless.
Cue the football anecdotes.
August 3rd, 2021 at 11:36 PM ^
Interesting to say the least.
Howard really seems to value experience over athleticism at the PG position. He seems to willing to go after athletic one-and-done types on the wings and at center, but at PG he seems to prefer having experience. Im guessing that's why he likes senior transfer PGs and recruiting guys who are locks to stay in the program for several years and develop.
That would make sense.
Has anybody looked at the PGs that Juwan played with in the NBA? He ended his career playing with Wade in Miami, and of course was an assistant coach to Dwayne.
I wonder if his first hand experience with different types of players informs his priorities.
With the Bullets: Scott Skiles as a rookie, Robert Pack, Rod Strickland for 5-6 years,
Dallas: Steve Nash
Denver: Nick VanExel (with a little Tim Hardaway and Avery Johnson)
Orlando: Ty Lue (with Strickland cameo)
Hourston: Lue/Strickland, Rafer Alston a couple years
Charlotte: Raymond Felton
Portland: Andre Miller
Miami: Mike Bibby/Mario Chalmers/Carlos Arroyo in year one, Chalmers the last two years. Tho, Lebron was functionally more of the playmaker PG on offense than Chalmers
Wade was a two-guard who really only played about 7-10% of his minutes at the point while he and Juwan overlapped.
But, if you look at Skiles, Strickland, Nash, Lue, Miller and Avery Johnson (played together at three stops) if you are generalizing, they are more in the mold of "PG runs the offense and is helping others get their shots first" type of lead guards.
August 3rd, 2021 at 10:25 PM ^
OH recruit who referred Michigan as “Michigan University.” Clearly he’s trolling us. Hard pass.
Kinda like Terrelle Pryor trolled the University of Ohio St?
An AP report on SI.com, yahoo.com, and other sites says Pryor began the conference by saying, "If everyone's here, University of Ohio State."
Pryor was actually trolling Michigan fans, trying to get our hopes up by starting with "University of ..." with the hopes he'd say Michigan, but then instead said Ohio State.
His entire recruitment was trolling Michigan.
August 4th, 2021 at 11:12 AM ^
Watched a kid at one of the all-American games a few years ago commit to "The University of LSU"
August 3rd, 2021 at 11:33 PM ^
Stanford and VA tech offers. Visit to Indiana. Might be blowing up soon?
August 4th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
Joey Tribiani was great playing cupps.
He's a kid to watch. At this time he does not have the quickness to penetrate offensively nor the ability to stop penetration defensively. Juwan likes to be able to push the pace of play-Cupp does not show this. He's young, smart and still growing...but I don't see him as a Michigan PG-maybe a SG.
August 4th, 2021 at 10:07 AM ^
To detail Cupps's profile a bit more, he was on Bronny James's travel team when they were little and rose to prominence at that time, in particular when he challenged LeBron to a shooting contest during shootarounds:
Cupps will have huge NIL potential, as he has 360k Instagram followers (2.5x Nunez and 9.5x Dickinson).
On the court, he has a rep as a "Not Just A Shooter." I think a combo guard is the right fit for the 2023 class, but I too would prefer someone more in the Elmarko Jackson mold.
August 4th, 2021 at 10:50 AM ^
How does Nunez have that many followers??
August 4th, 2021 at 11:06 AM ^
I've heard it may be related to his significant other who is reportedly attractive. Maybe he's super hunky and with funny videos, I dunno. I'm not much for the ticktocks.
August 4th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
Must do cooking videos
August 4th, 2021 at 12:42 PM ^
It's best to think of Nunez as a social media influencer who happens to play basketball. His following isn't really related to his basketball ability at all.
August 4th, 2021 at 12:42 PM ^
We don't want him if he can't beat that loser in a 3 point shooting contest.
Just kidding - I trust in the UM MBB brain trust!
August 4th, 2021 at 10:59 AM ^
Does anybody else see the next Foster Loyer ?
August 4th, 2021 at 11:04 AM ^
Maybe he won’t end up a 4 or 5 star recruit but every team needs 4 year players, role players.
August 4th, 2021 at 12:14 PM ^
seems like a kid that can play...I mean MattEM will have a better idea.
Michigan is fairly deliberate with its offers it seems like (Traore still doesn't have an offer...yet), so this was a move that they feel strongly in...Chances are he picks OSU, as he is an Ohio kid and plays on LeBron's travel team as noted...
So far, there's no reason to doubt Coach Howard et al's ability to scout and identify players (though MattEM has beat them to the punch on a few kids :)