The Next Lebron James?

[Cooley]

November 1, 2007

Troy Miller

AggieYell.com

Sunday, Texas A&M welcomed in a contingent of players from the Dallas Mustangs AAU club including class of 2009 five-star guard Nolan Dennis and class of 2011 point guard Kyan Anderson. Also joining the trip was Dallas Lincoln wing/forward LeBryan Nash. Nash isn't your usual freshman in high school. Despite not playing a high school game yet, the class of 2011 blue chip recruit is already well known in recruiting circles. The 6-foot-7, 212-pound Nash drew raves at the Rbk U camp this summer (formerly ABCD camp) as one of only two players invited to the camp in the class of 2011.

Nash has already visited Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas previously to visited Texas A&M, and he is also being recruited by Georgetown and Colorado. Even with all the early attention, Nash said that he's taking things easy and not getting heavily involved in college recruiting yet. Nevertheless, Nash was impressed by what he saw Sunday at A&M. "It was good. It was real good. I liked the way they practiced. They practiced real hard," Nash said. "It's very fast when you're on the court. When you're off the court it's kind of slow, but when you're on the court it looks real fast."

It was the first time for Nash to get to know the A&M coaching staff and players. "They have good coaches that really love their players and want to put them into a good position," Nash said. "They seem like they're going to be good this year." Nash isn't your typical freshman. At 6-foot-7, most coaches would just throw Nash into the post and let him go to work on smaller players in the paint. But Nash has much more to his game than dunks and rebounds. He can also step outside and nail the three-pointer, and has can put the ball on the floor well.

At Lincoln, Nash is going to be able to do both. "It's way faster than middle school," Nash said. "They have me play the post and out on the wing." Nash will be thrown into the fire quickly as he and his Lincoln teammates start the season off with the three-time defending class 4A state champions, and Nash will most likely see a lot of class of 2008 five-star center J'Mison Morgan.

"We've got our first game on Nov. 14," Nash said. "It'll be a big one. We're playing against South Oak Cliff."