2024 Recruiting: Jalil Bethea Offered

[Skies17]

6'4" G out of Philly

Plays with Team Final. EYBL Stats so far:
18.5 PPG shooting 42% from 3 and 87% from the FT line

 

[UCTitleTown]

6'4" G out of Philly

Plays with Team Final. EYBL Stats so far:
18.5 PPG shooting 42% from 3 and 87% from the FT line

Ranking and stars?

 

[REB1094]

Ranking and stars?

4 star, ranked #51 in 247's composite
#30 in ON3's ranking

 

[AdamaNation]

Sign him.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Bethea has been a major priority for Cuse for a long time. Took an official there last fall. If he signed with the good guys, SyracuseFan would riot. Athletic, with a seriously quick release. Reminds me a lot of Hawkins, but more solidly built. Has a bucketload of offers, including Kansas, who offered a few weeks ago. Wouldn’t be an easy get, but I’d love to snag him.

 

[aburks41]

Same high school as Rahsool Diggins. Not sure if that helps our case or not…

 

[husky429]

Plays with Nowell so we've seen plenty of his games.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

From his twitter he has a ton of offers from big schools no dook ky or nc. Hopefully he saved the best for last.

 

[RipCity]

Same high school as Rahsool Diggins. Not sure if that helps our case or not…

Kid can barely crack the rotation at UMass and Hurley just won a natty. I think anyone with a brain can give us the BOTD

 

[Sick Puppy]

Smell a huge upside on this kid. 42 from 3? That's insane.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Shout of to @Storrs South for this nugget:

 

[husky429]

Shout of to @Storrs South for this nugget:

High volume, and fairly consistent too. Had one 0/7 game to start the season and shot 49% from deep in the next 7 games. High volume too--just over 6 attempts per game.

Over 4 FT attempts per game too, so he's not one dimensional. About half bis shots are from 2.

Ya'll know how much I like shooters. Sign me tf up

 

[HuskyHawk]

Seems like exactly what we will need. Hopefully he becomes a Husky. Any word on who's leading with him?

 

[UCfor3]

High volume, and fairly consistent too. Had one 0/7 game to start the season and shot 49% from deep in the next 7 games. High volume too--just over 6 attempts per game.

Over 4 FT attempts per game too, so he's not one dimensional. About half bis shots are from 2.

Ya'll know how much I like shooters. Sign me tf up

Feel the same about shooters. It made so much of a difference this year. The modern game requires it for consistent success.

 

[husky429]

My superrrr preliminary thoughts... if this kid is a reasonable target for us, we need to go all-in on him like we have Ahmad Nowell. Bring home the Team Final boys. He's an absolute BALLER.

First up this absolutely bananas finish at the rim. Looks like he's playing 2k.

I'll try to watch some full-games if we pursue him more in the coming months. Archbishop Wood always has tons of game film available.

What I see:

• Pretty good size and frame. Very skinny now, but with another year of HS and some college S&C I think he'll be fine. Looks like Hawkins in HS right now. Definitely needs to bulk up to survive a college season, but he's gotten noticeably bigger in the last 6 months.
• Shooting form is very wonky... inconsistent funky scissors with his feet and it's a push. But if the thing is dropping, who cares. I think he'll probably work on slowly raising his release point.
• Handles aren't bad. Not elite, but servicable as far as I can tell in highlights. Better than Hawkins at the same stage.
• Shoots moving, left, right and off the dribble. Very good thing for college. I expect he'll want to work on speeding up his shot (same as Karaban).
• Shooting # in high school and EYBL are legitimately elite. Seems to shoot from corners, wing, top... anywhere.
• Not much of a left hand. Basically not going left at all.
• Not sure about passing #s, but plenty of high-level passes in his HS highlights. Potential is there to be a cog in the offense.
• Good active off-hand when he's driving. Looks like he has a rip over and a running back tuck in his bag.
• I'm impressed with his body control when he pulls up.

Definitely want to see his defense, rebounding, etc. this weekend at EYBL. I'll update y'all.

Pangos Highlights



JALIL BETHEA "BLACKED OUT" in his season opener and SHOT THE LIGHTS OUT!!! 27 Pts

Jalil Bethea Two Game Highlights

 

[Storrs South]

Shout of to @Storrs South for this nugget:

Think you meant @UConnStats

 

[kansashusky]

Was hoping we would offer. Kid plays with a huge chip on his shoulder. Hoping with the new offers he re-evaluates his recruitment.

 

[HooperScooper]

"I feel I am an underdog," Bethea said on his performance. "Nobody knew who I was a year ago. That is why I am playing on the level that I am. I am trying to get my name out there."

EYBL Dallas: Four-star guard Jalil Bethea has a big Friday night

Four-star shooting guard Jalil Bethea scores 32 points in a big time matchup that included five other highly-ranked national guard prospects.

247sports.com

 

[kansashusky]

"I feel I am an underdog," Bethea said on his performance. "Nobody knew who I was a year ago. That is why I am playing on the level that I am. I am trying to get my name out there."

EYBL Dallas: Four-star guard Jalil Bethea has a big Friday night

Four-star shooting guard Jalil Bethea scores 32 points in a big time matchup that included five other highly-ranked national guard prospects.

247sports.com

Like I said, chip on shoulder. Kid is a DOG.

 

[McLovin]

My superrrr preliminary thoughts... if this kid is a reasonable target for us, we need to go all-in on him like we have Ahmad Nowell. Bring home the Team Final boys. He's an absolute BALLER.

First up this absolutely bananas finish at the rim. Looks like he's playing 2k.

I'll try to watch some full-games if we pursue him more in the coming months. Archbishop Wood always has tons of game film available.

What I see:

• Pretty good size and frame. Very skinny now, but with another year of HS and some college S&C I think he'll be fine. Looks like Hawkins in HS right now. Definitely needs to bulk up to survive a college season, but he's gotten noticeably bigger in the last 6 months.
• Shooting form is very wonky... inconsistent funky scissors with his feet and it's a push. But if the thing is dropping, who cares. I think he'll probably work on slowly raising his release point.
• Handles aren't bad. Not elite, but servicable as far as I can tell in highlights. Better than Hawkins at the same stage.
• Shoots moving, left, right and off the dribble. Very good thing for college. I expect he'll want to work on speeding up his shot (same as Karaban).
• Shooting # in high school and EYBL are legitimately elite. Seems to shoot from corners, wing, top... anywhere.
• Not much of a left hand. Basically not going left at all.
• Not sure about passing #s, but plenty of high-level passes in his HS highlights. Potential is there to be a cog in the offense.
• Good active off-hand when he's driving. Looks like he has a rip over and a running back tuck in his bag.
• I'm impressed with his body control when he pulls up.

Definitely want to see his defense, rebounding, etc. this weekend at EYBL. I'll update y'all.

Pangos Highlights



JALIL BETHEA "BLACKED OUT" in his season opener and SHOT THE LIGHTS OUT!!! 27 Pts

Jalil Bethea Two Game Highlights

That 360 finish at the rim reminded me of the grace Bouk had in the air. Can you imagine a guy with the finishing ability of Bouk with a legit 3 point shot?