Hearing really good things about Aaron Scott

meangreen11 · June 29, 2021

I spoke to a high school coach that said UNT was very fortunate to land Scott. He was evidently a late bloomer who is every bit now at 6-8 and can run the floor. Scott had a lot of interest from p5s and UNT was able to close on the deal. Keep an eye out as I expect him to help us as a backup to Bell.

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Aaron Scott, who came into Big Shots Prep Nationals with offers from the likes of Texas State, North Texas, McNeese State, and Pacific. After showcasing his full versatility during the week, Scott is walking away from the event hearing from Iowa State and Mississippi State. Scott is a lengthy skilled forward, who is comfortable toggling between each forward positions. He says he is close to wanting to make a decision; however, these Power Five schools are asking him to wait until they know what their roster will look like next season. Don't be surprised to see more programs like Iowa State and Mississippi State start making calls.

read more: https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/shaw-s-takeaways-big-shots-prep-nationals

BillySee58 · June 29, 2021

Yeah he has a skill set that we don’t get here often. He has the most impressive combination of size and shot-making arsenal out of any high schooler we’ve signed since Jordan Williams. Obviously he has to put it together but he has the ability and size to be a legit 3-level scorer and that rarely slips through the High-Major cracks.

GrandGreen · June 29, 2021

10 hours ago, meangreen11 said:

I spoke to a high school coach that said UNT was very fortunate to land Scott. He was evidently a late bloomer who is every bit now at 6-8 and can run the floor. Scott had a lot of interest from p5s and UNT was able to close on the deal. Keep an eye out as I expect him to help us as a backup to Bell.

MOST IMPROVED

Aaron Scott, who came into Big Shots Prep Nationals with offers from the likes of Texas State, North Texas, McNeese State, and Pacific. After showcasing his full versatility during the week, Scott is walking away from the event hearing from Iowa State and Mississippi State. Scott is a lengthy skilled forward, who is comfortable toggling between each forward positions. He says he is close to wanting to make a decision; however, these Power Five schools are asking him to wait until they know what their roster will look like next season. Don't be surprised to see more programs like Iowa State and Mississippi State start making calls.

read more: https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/shaw-s-takeaways-big-shots-prep-nationals

You might tell that high school coach that NT has a pretty good basketball program. McCasland is building something special and Scott made a very good decision to be part of it.

Edited June 29, 2021 by GrandGreen

NorthTexasSportsNetwork · June 29, 2021

13 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Yeah he has a skill set that we don’t get here often. He has the most impressive combination of size and shot-making arsenal out of any high schooler we’ve signed since Jordan Williams. Obviously he has to put it together but he has the ability and size to be a legit 3-level scorer and that rarely slips through the High-Major cracks.

So where do you think he lands on the depth chart?

BillySee58 · June 29, 2021

4 hours ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

So where do you think he lands on the depth chart?

He definitely has the widest range of outcomes, at the risk of sounding like I’m copping out there. He will likely compete for bench minutes as a wing with Matthew Stone.

Scott definitely has more potential as a scorer but who hits their open catch-and-shoot 3s and defends better? That’s what will determine who plays more this season.

Stone is likely going to be similar to Reese in shot selection, where it’s mainly catch and shoots and mid-range pull-ups. Scott has the ability to be more than that, more like a Jordan Williams. He can be an iso scorer who you give the ball and trust him to get a clean look at any level given his height. But again, if Stone is defending and hitting his open shots we won’t see the playbook expand for Scott like that this season. Who can adjust to the speed of the college game more quickly?

Edited June 29, 2021 by BillySee58