Transfer? JUCO? 5th year senior? Walk on? Player on women's team had sex change and is switching to men's program? Duane Simpkins is becoming player/coach?
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Transfer? JUCO? 5th year senior? Walk on? Player on women's team had sex change and is switching to men's program? Duane Simpkins is becoming player/coach?
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Hoping to hear good news early this week.
Gotta be honest, it's taking me time to get used to this concept of "good news" again after 4 years of mostly unmitigated crap.
A.-Siegfried
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Jaire Grayer (UD) retweeted
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Miles Bridges @MilesBridges01
My bro @JDG_TheGreatest committed to George Mason Congrats brotha!!
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Miles Bridges @MilesBridges01
My bro @JDG_TheGreatest committed to George Mason Congrats brotha!!
Bricker
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Jaire Grayer (UD) retweeted
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Miles Bridges @MilesBridges01
My bro @JDG_TheGreatest committed to George Mason Congrats brotha!!
Basketball smarties: what's the deal with this kid? How did we land him this late?
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http://theprepballreport.com/2015/07/20/michigan-mustang-summer-showdown-recap/
Two former Michigan high school standouts made their return to the state worthwhile, 6’3″ wing Jaire Grayer and big man Al Eichelberger. The two left for prep schools at the conclusion of the 2013-2014 school year. Grayer was the compliment to the scoring of Allen, as he was efficient with his shots, and was a strong perimeter defender. While Eichelberger provided an offense low-post presence needed to allow for spacing Allen and Grayer could operate with.
Two former Michigan high school standouts made their return to the state worthwhile, 6’3″ wing Jaire Grayer and big man Al Eichelberger. The two left for prep schools at the conclusion of the 2013-2014 school year. Grayer was the compliment to the scoring of Allen, as he was efficient with his shots, and was a strong perimeter defender. While Eichelberger provided an offense low-post presence needed to allow for spacing Allen and Grayer could operate with.
Grayer is from Flint, Mich., but like Murrell and Dixon, he played last season for IMG Academy.
Here's his profile from the IMG website:
Grayer is a 6-foot-5, 180-pound point guard who was invited to the NBA Top 100 Camp and earned First Team All-State honors in Michigan following a junior season averaging 16 points, 13 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, 4 assists and 3.3 steals per game.
His dad, Jeff, is the all-time leading scorer at Iowa State. He played in the NBA for 5 teams over 10 seasons.
Good-looking player. Gotta wonder why he was still available at this late date.
Here's his profile from the IMG website:
Grayer is a 6-foot-5, 180-pound point guard who was invited to the NBA Top 100 Camp and earned First Team All-State honors in Michigan following a junior season averaging 16 points, 13 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, 4 assists and 3.3 steals per game.
His dad, Jeff, is the all-time leading scorer at Iowa State. He played in the NBA for 5 teams over 10 seasons.
Good-looking player. Gotta wonder why he was still available at this late date.
I hear it was just a matter of him making a decision whether to start college now or prep for a year. DP and company worked hard and convinced him to start his college experience now. Should be a nice addition on the wing.
While I've never seen him play, Grayer frankly looks to be a pretty incredible pickup for Aug. 15.
Based on the level of elite talent our IMG guys played with, it's entirely possible that all three were overlooked by other schools simply because of a lack of opportunity to show what they could do.
Regardless, the fact that Grayer played in the NBPA Top 100 camp alongside studs like Ben Simmons and Chieck Diallo after his junior season says that he's a pretty elite talent himself. You don't get an invite to that event unless you have some serious game.
Congrats to the staff for convincing him to come to Mason instead of prepping and hoping a "bigger" offer would come along. Jaire could wind up being the gem of the 2015 class.
Based on the level of elite talent our IMG guys played with, it's entirely possible that all three were overlooked by other schools simply because of a lack of opportunity to show what they could do.
Regardless, the fact that Grayer played in the NBPA Top 100 camp alongside studs like Ben Simmons and Chieck Diallo after his junior season says that he's a pretty elite talent himself. You don't get an invite to that event unless you have some serious game.
Congrats to the staff for convincing him to come to Mason instead of prepping and hoping a "bigger" offer would come along. Jaire could wind up being the gem of the 2015 class.
A.-Siegfried
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Hope you are right. Many people didn't think you could any one worthwhile this late.
Hell, he might start by the end of the year. Who else do we even have!??!
Depends on Mayimba's availability. If the NCAA cleared him, we have him, Grayer and Abram at the SF spot. My bet is on Mayimba to start because he has a year of college-level conditioning under his belt and he's a terrific defender.
If Mayimba isn't cleared, it's probably Grayer.
Regardless we're going to be crazy young at that spot. Two true freshmen and a RS freshman.
Guess that's what happens when you lose three wing players in two recruiting classes because of transfers.
p8triotfan4life
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interesting. we added our 12th signee. we still could add one more.
Herndon
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God, he's got more than a little Luke Hancock to him, doesn't he?
Jaire Grayer (UD) retweeted
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Miles Bridges @MilesBridges01
My bro @JDG_TheGreatest committed to George Mason Congrats brotha!!
Found this, but is he eligible to play this season? Sounds like he is a rising senior.
http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/n...ns-to-get-more-known-on-national-hoops-scene/
Jaire Grayer leaves Flint Southwestern intended to become better known on national hoops scene
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Flint native Jaire Grayer is playing AAU basketball with The Family, based out of Detroit, with all of the top players from Michigan this summer. (Photo credit: NIKE EYBL)
Eric Woodyard | ewoodyar@mlive.com
Senior-to-be Jaire Grayer won't return to Flint Southwestern Classical Academy for his last year of high school. Grayer, 17, made the Associated Press First Team All-State for Class B as a junior and was expected to be one of the top players in the Flint-area for his senior season.
By Eric Woodyard | MLive.com
on July 17, 2014 12:03 PM
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Editor's Note: MLive reporters have spent the last month catching up with the top football and basketball recruits in Michigan and we'll have daily stories on them all summer long. See all of the MLive recruiting news.
FLINT – Jaire Grayer isn’t satisfied with just being good among decent high school basketball players in the city of Flint.
Taking on the nation’s elite recruits, night in and night out, is the only way the 6-foot-5 swingman sees himself improving enough to make a serious impact on the next level. For him, that’s college.
He holds offers from Cleveland State, Oakland, University of Detroit Mercy, Eastern Michigan, Buffalo, Texas-Arlington, and Bowling Green State University, but is still relatively an unknown, as far as rankings, on the national recruiting circuit.
He wants that to change -- fast.
That’s why he’s leaving Flint Southwestern Classical Academy to join a prep school. Grayer is targeting Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kan., and IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., as potential schools. He should make his decision by Aug. 1.
“I just want to stay humble and keep competing,” Grayer said. “I’m trying to get more schools looking at me and get my name out there to get highly ranked.”
Grayer made The Associated Press’ All-State First Team as a junior this past season at Southwestern, despite the team’s 10-9 record. He averaged 16 points, 13 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, 4 assists and 3.3 steals per game but Southwestern doesn’t have much to build upon this year.
Even the head coach, Keith Gray, resigned after just two seasons. Southwestern has yet to hire a new coach. With that uncertainty in the program, the state of basketball in Flint and his high school career quickly coming to an end, Grayer and his family think it’s best for him to try his luck at a prep school.
Some basketball fans in the inner city may feel that prep schools are ruining Flint high school hoops, because some of the other top players have made similar moves in recent years, but the competition in today’s era doesn’t compare to the 1980s or 1990s, when Flint schools won numerous state titles in Class A and B and earned a reputation as "Basketball City USA." Sure, there are good players, but those guys are few and far between.
His father, Jeff Grayer, certainly knows better than anyone since he was a major force during the golden era of Flint basketball, leading Flint Northwestern to two Class A state basketball titles in 1984 and 1985.
“There used to be a time where there was no better place than Flint, Michigan, when it comes to training and developing your kids for basketball,” said Jeff Grayer, a 10-year NBA veteran. “But those days are gone and so we’re trying to not only enhance the academic side of things, which is the most important, but to also help him out with his basketball skills.”
Ball is life
To Grayer, basketball is much more than just a game. He was born into a family of ballers.
“Basketball is just a part of my life,” Grayer said. “The game means a lot to me. It’s just my life and what I do.”
His father was a former NBA player and his two older brothers, Jeff Jr. and Kevin Grayer, both played college basketball together at Oakland Community College, then again at Midwestern State University.
His mom Patrice Martin was also a phenomenal basketball star as well.
She earned a college scholarship to the University of Detroit Mercy after graduating from Flint Northwestern in 1989. Martin’s career in Detroit lasted from 1989-1993 and she finished her career seventh on the program’s list for career scoring (1,362 points) and averaged 12.6 points. She is also fifth on the all-time list at UDM for best 3-Point field goal percentage (.377) and 3-point field goals (188).
Jaire Grayer is Jeff Grayer’s youngest son and Martin’s only child and they introduced him to the game at an early age. He started to take the sport seriously at 5 years old.
“As a young kid, Jaire has always been a hard worker and he loves to be in the gym,” said Martin. “Jaire is learning every day to set goals, trust God and focus on the positive and your path will be directed. I’m so proud to see the young man he is becoming.”
Moving on
Grayer attended Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C., this week, which is one of the biggest AAU tournaments of the summer on the Nike EYBL circuit in front of over 300 college coaches. He is motivated to get better by playing alongside the top players in Michigan with The Family on a regular basis, such as Eric Davis and his best friend Miles Bridges.
He has also attended the National Basketball Players Association Top 100 Camp, where he worked with Kevin Durant’s trainer and the Adidas Unrivaled camp July 9-13 in Chicago. The SLAM Magazine evaluated Grayer as being of the top 20 players that stood out from Chi-Town.
“The son of former NBA player Jeff Grayer is a versatile, jack-of-all-trades perimeter operator, who thrives on getting to the basket, whether in half-court situations or in transitions, has the ability to function as a playmaker and secondary ballhandler, is a capable finisher at the rim and can guard multiple positions on the defensive end,”SLAM wrote in a scouting report from Chicago.
All of this experience is helping him further his basketball knowledge and skills. When he’s home in Flint, Grayer is a frequent visitor at the downtown YMCA where he constantly hones his skills.
His next move will be a big one, but Grayer is up for the challenge to get where he needs to be.
“I really enjoy all of the coaches that are interested in me,” Grayer said of recruiting. “Just seeing the different schools is the best part.”
That article is from 2014.
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liem.le.3388
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Reading the player profiles of the incoming class on gomason, the staff has a great group of kids coming in. Looking forward to this season, I just upgraded my seats.
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