Offers, Interest Pouring in For Dominic Magee

Dominic MaGee at LeBron James Skills Academy
Photo Courtesy of 247Sports

Written by Bobby Sibley @CoachB_Sibley on twitter

As many of you know, March through July are huge months for a kids recruiting, one kid taking advantage of that is New Orleans, LA (Helen Cox) PG Dominic MaGee. The 6'4" athletic lead guard has had a huge spring that is transferring into a huge summer. Playing his travel ball with Baton Rouge based Louisiana Future, MaGee has raised his stock a ton. Coming into the summer as a virtual unknown nationally, the rising 2014 PG has definitely seen his stock rise. After a 1st round exit of the playoffs during his junior year, MaGee has since been working on his game and traveling the country against the top players nationally. A strong, physical PG that is explosive and can score, MaGee is a high major player that when he limits his turnovers, will be one of the top players in the country next season. With fellow New Orleans player Craig Victor departing St. Augustine HS, MaGee is considered the #1 player in Louisiana now. With that target on his back, he will be out to prove that he deserves this title. Below is a Q&A that Dominic and Louisiana Basketball Report had yesterday.

LBR: What schools have officially offered?
DM: LSU, UCLA, Alabama, Oklahoma, Houston, Memphis, Louisville, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, Tulsa, Minnesota, Auburn, Oral Roberts, Arizona and Texas A&M

LBR: If you have a top 10 list of schools, who are they and why?
DM: I don't have a top 10. I want to enjoy the process.

LBR: When will you make a decision?
DM: I am not sure, just weighing all of my options.

LBR: What schools are recruiting you that haven't offered, but you would like to get an offer from?
DM: Kansas, Kansas State and Texas

LBR: Who are the best players you have faced?
DM: Rashad Vaughn(Top 15 Recruit Nationally), Josh Perkins(Top 30 Recruit Nationally) and Jaylin Lindsay(Top 50 Recruit nationally and new Providence Commit)

LBR: What is your current GPA and ACT?
DM: GPA is 2.8 and my ACT is 17 but I will be taking it again in September.

LBR: How big of an influence is your mom and who will be helping with your decision?
DM: My mom is my #1 fan, she is my heart. With my decision, my family will be helping me.

LBR: What are some things that people don't know about Dominic Magee that you want them to know?
DM: I am a fun loving kid, who loves to have fun, I am coach able, I want to learn more about the game, I want to get better and I don't want to learn from a coach that wants to put me down or hates on me.

LBR: What do you want to accomplish this season at Helen Cox?
DM: I want to take my team past the 1st round and win state.

LBR: What camps have you been to this summer?
DM: I have been to the Reebok Breakout Camp, LeBron James Skills Academy and the Deron Williams/Kyrie Irving Skills Academy.

LBR: What did you learn from these events?
DM: I learned to be a smarter PG, how to play more smoothly and that I need to be more patient on the pick and roll as well as being a more vocal leader/floor general.

We would like to personally thank Dominic for his time and we look forward to seeing how he does the rest of the month with Louisiana Future.

Also, follow Dominic on Twitter @YounginDnic and follow us on twitter at @LA_BBALLREPORT and @CoachB_Sibley

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Spring Showdown I

 

 



Who: 12U & 13U Boys

What: 3 games guaranteed. Top team from each pool advance.

Price: $150 per team

Where: Baton Rouge Community College.

201 Community College Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806

When: April 19-21, 2013

 

Scouting Services will be in attendance taking pictures

 

 

Age Group

12-Under 13-Under

Spring Showdown 1

1st Annual Workout with the Stars



Garrett Temple(left) Tyrus Thomas(center) Glen "Big Baby" Davis (Right)



Written by Bobby Sibley @CoachB_Sibley on twitter

 

On July 5th Elevated Heights will be hosting its 1st annual Workouts with the Stars program. This is the opportunity to give kids around Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas, an inside look on what it takes to play on the highest levels of basketball in the world. The workouts will feature some of Baton Rouge’s best athletes that are on display every year to the entire world. Some athlete’s that will be attending these workout are 2008 NBA Champion Glen Davis, the Charlotte Bobcats Tyrus Thomas and Garrett Temple and many many more. This will give the kids an opportunity of a lifetime to learn from professional athletes that love the game of basketball with a passion. Workouts will start at 9am until 12pm. Then the players will break for lunch and come back to play some pick up games from 4pm to 7pm. The places these workout will be held will vary. Don’t mess this opportunity that many of us never got a chance to be a part of!

For more information email Shawn Bridgewater at coachbridge@gmail.com or call (225)733-8240.

March 23, 2013 4th Annual Unsigned Senior Showcase at Baton Rouge Community College

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4th Annual Unsigned Senior Showcase

Baton Rouge Community College

BONNE SANTE’ WELLNESS CENTER ARENA

201 Community College Drive

Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Saturday March 23, 2013

8:30 to 9:30 A.M. Registration

DO NOT BE LATE

COST: $50.00 Pre-Registration

$60.00 Cash at the door

JUCO Coaches from all over the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Arkansas will be in attendance. Also, NAIA and NCAA Division 1 and Division 2 Coaches may be in attendance as well!! Come and maximize your opportunity at playing in front of several college coaches and scouts. See you there!

FREE admission for ALL college coaches!

This showcase is open to ALL class of 2013 seniors, high school graduates, as well as JUCO or college transfers from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee and Florida who are interested in an opportunity to be seen by college coaches. If you have yet to sign a scholarship to play collegiate basketball on the Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, NAIA or Junior College levels, this is the showcase for you. This showcase will provide you with the right exposure, to help get you an opportunity to play at the next level.  In the previous 3 Showcases, we have had over 45 kids sign.

ALL PLAYERS WILL PLAY IN 3 GAMES

Each game will be two 15 Minute Halves (running time)

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS

PLEASE Contact our event coordinators Coach Bobby Sibley or Dave Vespa in our office at 225-216-8043 OR EMAIL brccbasketball@yahoo.com. If the office phone isn’t available, please call Coach Vespa at 732-513-5979 or Coach Sibley at 225-400-5209.

Colleges Committed (Updated 2/28/2013) :

Navarro College

Baton Rouge Community College

Lamar State-Port Arthur

Pearl River Community College

Talladega College

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2013 Jarell Martin from Baton Rouge with big time Dunk

2013 Jarell Martin
Baton Rouge, LA

Madison Prep Academy

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Written by Bobby Sibley @CoachB_Sibley on twitter

It has been an amazing summer for the 2013 stud from Madison Preparatory School in Baton Rouge, LA, Jarell Martin. The 6'7" 210 lb. small forward has really blown up over the past few months. We have been told about this kid for a year now. First by his high school coach, Jeff Jones. Coach Jones told us he had a kid that was very raw(with ability) that could shoot and was very athletic, and coach was right as always. Another person, EJ Avery, one of Martin's first AAU coaches and kind of a close mentor, said Martin was not too strong but talented. He was right as well. So, after several months of wait, we finally got our first peak of the rising star at a tournament in Baton Rouge back in late March.

The first game he played was against La. Tech signee Michael Kayser. Jarell was very impressive, scoring on post moves, mid-range jumpers, 3-pointers, and transition dunks. The next game was the same as they played a highly talented team from Mississippi featuring 6'8" Jamal Hester (C/O 2012 Madison Ridgeland HS) and Twymond Howard (Rivals.com Top 100 player for 2012). Martin continued to do work in his 2nd game of the night as he had close to 30 points and 15 rebounds in a close loss. The 3rd game he played was the one that really caught our attention as he was playing against the Dallas Mustangs-Booker featuring top 10 Keith Frazier in the 2013 class. As the game started, you could see Martin was about to go off. He opened with a 3 deep, followed by some key blocks, rebounds and nice assists. As the 1st half went on, Martin was just amazing, looking at my notes from that day, he had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks in the 1st half to go with 3 steals and assists. In the second half and overtime it was Martin vs. Frazier. The unknown star went even with and more often than not got the best of Frazier. The two traded deep 3's, mid-range pull-ups, dunks, including a Martin dunk on top of the Mustangs 6'6" post Soma Edo. In consecutive possessions, Frazier hit a 3 over Martin, Martin then returned the favor with a corner 3 over Frazier, Frazier followed with a miss and Martin then hit the go ahead triple over Frazier. Martin's team got the win, while Martin got what he wanted, somebody with credibility to get his name on the national radar.

As the game was going on, we tweeted Martin's fantastic game. Tweets were sent to rivals.com analysts Jerry Meyer and Eric Bossi, scout.com's Evan Daniels and Brian Snow, ESPN's Dave Telep and Van Coleman of Top 100 Hoops. All responded in awe and all asked for Martin's summer schedule. After the game, we spoke with Martin and coach EJ Avery. Both told us to do what we had to do to get him known. To say the least, we believe we did. The credit doesn't go to us, but to Jarell, Coach Avery, Coach Jones and to Brandon Bass Elite founder Scooter Owens. Three weeks later, Jarell got invited to the Nike Top 100 camp, had an article on rivals, scout, Top 100 and ESPN. A month later, was nationally ranked by Rivals at 89. With all the accolades coming to Jarell, he was so humble when we asked how he did. He said, "Coach, I just did ok. I was coming off an ankle injury and I kind of struggled. I did show athleticism and my shot off though." Martin is such a humble and hardworking kid. After his performance in Arkansas at the Real Deal in the Rock, Martin's next stop was the Memorial Day Classic in New Orleans where he led the New Orleans Elite to a championship finish with wins over the Houston Defenders(they have 3 top 50 players, Aaron and Andrew Harrison and 6'9" Shaquille Cleare), ATL Celtics and a few others. The team features Javan Felix(2012 PG with tons of high major offers), Craig Victor, one of the top 2014 players nationally and Martin. During that weekend, Martin avg. 17 and 8. Following this event, Martin was featured in a Slam Magazine Online article.

His next stop was his biggest and most important, it was the NIKE top 100 event in St. Louis, MO. The two weeks leading up to the event, we got to watch Martin in summer league action with his HS team. It was a nice change of pace for Martin as he was put on the low block because he was his teams biggest player. He didn't look too comfortable down there but he was still able to score on turnaround jumpers and hook shots. In transition he was amazing as one game he threw down a windmill and on the next possession a dunk on top of a kid. After the last game we saw him play, we spoke with Martin on being aggressive, not taking plays off and being able to dominate no matter the competition. It sometimes seemed like that in HS basketball he was being complacent, instead of being the aggressor. Also, when he got to camp, he had to be the aggressor too, defensively and offensively and not be passive. He must have taken the advice because in the next scout.com 2013 rankings Martin was placed in the top 40 at 37. A major jump for an unranked kid. Since the event and the release of the rankings, Martin has continued to excel. He went up to the Adidas Invitational with Brandon Bass Elite and did well again and on Friday of this past week, he had perhaps the dunk of the summer as he went between the legs in transition. The proof, well it is below, thanks to the website Yay Area's Finest and BallisLife for both capturing this dunk. 

It was simply amazing. The sky is the limit for this kid out of Baton Rouge, LA. He is humble, hungry and a hard worker. He is Jarell Martin!!