Spencer Jones has committed to play basketball at Stanford, per his high school team’s Twitter.
The Shawnee Mission, KS native was lightly recruited until the last few months. His school won the Kansas state championship last year, but he was overshadowed by Villanova commit Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. His star teammate transferred away last summer, leaving Jones the chance to shoulder a greater load. According to his MaxPreps profile, he averaged 17 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game, all significantly up from the year prior.
From his footage on YouTube and Hudl, the 6’7” Jones appears to have a Pac-12 ready frame. He is a capable outside shooter, even if his form is a bit distinct. He has solid athleticism, and can handle the ball as a secondary creator. Overall he seems to be another versatile Haase recruit who likes to get after it on defense.
Stanford offered him this spring, and made haste of getting him on campus. He joins Tyrell Terry and James Keefe in Stanford’s 2019 recruiting class.
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I think this is good, as Stanford needs strength in numbers in the absence of a single star
By worldblee on 05.17.19 10:39am
Overlooked...
Daejon Davis missed key games and some folks lost track of his key role. Injury and illness took Davis out of the lineup enough to make a difference in Stanford’s record. He’s their quarterback, their offensive stability, leader in assists and steals, and the #2 scorer, despite missing 6 games, 5 in conference play. Davis made the all-conference freshmen team. The flu had benched him and Cormack Ryan as conference play began. Davis got hurt in floor scramble pile-up that wasn’t a matter of delicacy, just a freak accident. When healthy, he’s a deceptively effective point guard on both ends. Davis will be the core veteran who’ll make the younger players better. If he stays healthy, Stanford will have at least one star; if Oscar da Silva and Bryce Wills keep developing, Stanford could have at least 3 stars. Someone will need to fill Josh Sharma’s shoes or else those 3 won’t be enough…maybe Trevor Stanback will make the same junior-senior transformation that Sharma made? Okpala was erratic and wasn’t able to compensate for Davis’ absences; he may not be missed as much as Sharma. Okpala led Stanford in turnovers, although barely; Davis was just behind, despite missing 6 games, but Davis was the main distributor, with more than twice as many assists as Okpala. Maybe Okpala was top scorer but he was too erratic for the amount of hype bestowed on him.
By Candid One on 06.01.19 10:30pm