a 5'11 170 lb white PG...of course he is going to be a defensive liability. however, the vision, passing ability and scoring he brings can't be understated. No team has 5 defensive shutdown players on their team.

12/15/2011 8:18:47 PM

When I see a single player in this game attempt some defense, maybe I'll worry.

12/15/2011 8:21:25 PM

I love Oak Hill's mildly racist logo

12/15/2011 8:21:45 PM

he's 5'11"?

seems generous

12/15/2011 8:26:01 PM

Tony Parker is going to be really, really good.

12/15/2011 8:28:27 PM

lol @ the comment about not being picked for a pick-up game

everyone knows he was thinking about how he's small and white but he's like, "he's small and has a bad looking shot."

12/15/2011 8:41:15 PM

^^^ i came in here to post holy shit he's short. looks more like 5'9 to me

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 8:43 PM. Reason : 3]

12/15/2011 8:42:06 PM

haha, yeah. supposedly lewis's coach said that he's the only player's he's coached that wouldn't get picked in a pick-up game.

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 8:43 PM. Reason : i bet he's more like 5' 10.33"]

12/15/2011 8:42:38 PM

Quote :

"Tony Parker is going to be really, really good."

...or end up like Eddie Curry

12/15/2011 8:50:40 PM

So is this kid another frodonnel or is he good?

12/15/2011 8:54:30 PM

only thing bad I've really seen was he missed a transition layup that was fairly uncontested

12/15/2011 9:01:17 PM

He leads the #3 hs team in the country w/ 5 senior starters who will all be playing on D1 teams next year (as does the #2 miller grove, i think they said), and he's playing well. Hopefully he grows a little more, but he's pretty good.

12/15/2011 9:05:34 PM

i think hes gonna piss off a ton of teams over the next 4 years thinking, "how the hell did that lil punk white boy do that to us?"

12/15/2011 9:07:33 PM

Well there's nothing like having a white guy for people to underestimate (yep it's wood).

12/15/2011 9:07:47 PM

whats his stat line. is there a live scoring anywhere? i missed the first half/

12/15/2011 9:08:02 PM

he looks good. some games his freshman year might be rough but he does a lot of small things well to be an asset. one thing that sets him apart from harrow is that he's seems to be a passer first, then scorer

expect announcers to call him a lot of terms to avoid saying he's white like "pesky," "crafty" and "wouldn't get picked in a pick up game"

12/15/2011 9:09:57 PM

i don't expect him to play much his freshman year, but it could happen.

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 9:16 PM. Reason : damn, he's racking up some highlight passes]

12/15/2011 9:13:46 PM

LOL, how do you figure? Alex Johnson is getting plenty of pt this year.

12/15/2011 9:17:34 PM

im not saying Lewis won't get a lot of PT, but Alex Johnson has several years of college experience coming into this year

12/15/2011 9:18:29 PM

yea I guess that depends on how our roster shapes up. zo SHOULD be back and if purvis can play a capable 1 he's probably seeing 5-10 mins max a game

12/15/2011 9:18:34 PM

Quote :

"expect announcers to call him a lot of terms to avoid saying he's white like "pesky," "crafty" and "wouldn't get picked in a pick up game""

Don't forget gym rat.

12/15/2011 9:22:38 PM

johnson is a necessity. and he's a 5th yr player and probably has 20 more pounds of muscle than lewis. and he's only averaging about 12 mins over the last 5 games.

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 9:33 PM. Reason : i remember harrow being called a "water-bug" in hs]

12/15/2011 9:24:09 PM

How will Lewis not be a necessity next year? Meh, semantics. Carry on.

12/15/2011 9:28:37 PM

well yeah, lewis will probably play johnson's roll next year, with purvis in the mix. maybe get 7+ mins a game? i dunno, it's all speculation.

no knock on lewis at all, he's having a great game on national tv, they just showed a sweet game-highlight reel of him, accompanied w/ a ton of praise and name-dropped gottfried

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 9:34 PM. Reason : ]

12/15/2011 9:30:18 PM

as long as he doesn't break both his wrist dunking he will get plenty of playing time next year. dude is a stud.

12/15/2011 9:33:24 PM

If, God forbid, Gottfried doesn't pan out I want this Steve Smith as my next coach. Just sayin'.

12/15/2011 9:33:38 PM

MAKES THE WINGS RUN FASTER

We have our own Tebow!

12/15/2011 9:36:02 PM

No shot-clock is a weird rule.

The announcers love Lewis.

12/15/2011 9:38:10 PM

Steve Smith FTW

Wow how do you turn it over there ::facepalm

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 9:41 PM. Reason : d]

12/15/2011 9:38:56 PM

game just became a game again

12/15/2011 9:40:41 PM

wow home cooking all ball and no foul before that.

12/15/2011 9:43:59 PM

hahahaha at this Morris kid going to Georgia. He imploded before the coach took him out. Went 1-4 at the FT line, hung his head, and then lost a open rebound out of bounds.

12/15/2011 9:48:03 PM

And here I was worried Tyler wouldn't know how to play with a bunch of black guys

12/15/2011 9:48:36 PM

is he the only white guy on Oak Hill? Not that there's anything wrong with that (seinfeld references seem to be popular recently)

12/15/2011 9:50:44 PM

^looked to be the only white guy in the gym tonight

12/15/2011 9:52:24 PM

Looked great and in control. I think we're going to love this kid.

12/15/2011 9:53:22 PM

The announcers were in love with Lewis. And he played really well. I'm excited about him and the future in general (the life of a State fan, lol)

12/15/2011 10:20:45 PM

Quote :

"No shot-clock is a weird rule."

It's high school, what did you expect? And some of you really don't see Lewis playing much next year? What player are you seeing? This guy is light years better than Alex Johnson....Oak Hill could probably give most colleges a game and Lewis is a key part of that. Really comparing him to Mike O'Donnell? WTF.

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM. Reason : Lewis will see plenty of time with Johnson and CJW out of the mix. Probably 15 MPG. ]

12/15/2011 10:39:10 PM

We'll like him a lot.

Because we are all racists.

[Edited on December 15, 2011 at 11:30 PM. Reason : .]

12/15/2011 11:30:10 PM

Doug Gottlieb on twitter:

Quote :

" I like me some Tyler Lewis, NC State found their next Corchianni"

12/15/2011 11:43:10 PM

Quote :

" Lewis will see plenty of time with Johnson and CJW out of the mix. Probably 15 MPG"

So you think Purvis sits on the bench or plays exclusively at SG? Not buying either of those scenarios.

12/15/2011 11:47:26 PM

Tyler's lob made sc #2 highlight

12/15/2011 11:56:01 PM

^^
Purvis will play a ton, but it will be primarily at the 2, maybe some 3 in a three guard set.(You can most assuredly buy that.) He is NOT a point guard, not even in the Lo Brown sense.

Lewis will get his minutes next year.

It actually breaks down fairly simple.

Purvis will get CJW's minutes.
Lewis will get Alex Johnson's minutes. (maybe more)

The frontcourt is where it gets a little tricky predicting playing time, especially if by some miracle Calvin comes back.

12/15/2011 11:59:17 PM

i think it's more like Warren gets most of CJWs (~32 min) time, Purvis gets the rest and steals a few minutes from Zo and part of Alex Johnson's (~21 avg for the season) minutes, and Lewis gets the rest. Lewis still gets about 10-15, and the others split about 40

12/16/2011 12:03:32 AM

Quote :

" He is NOT a point guard, not even in the Lo Brown sense."

Rivals classifies him as a PG and in the class rankings they say something to the effect of "he's a point guard who's big enough to play SG in college". Also this is from one of his scout profiles:

Quote :

"One of the best guards in the 2012 class, Purvis is a guy that can play both lead guard and scoring guard. Currently classified as a point guard, Purvis has terrific vision and is a talented passer."

Purvis clearly has NBA aspirations and he is undersized and not a good enough perimeter shooter to play the 2 in the NBA. Spare me the D Wade comparison, a more apt comparison would be John Wall.

12/16/2011 12:40:08 AM

Lewis had both the #3 and #2 plays on SC actually

12/16/2011 12:58:59 AM

LOB CITY

12/16/2011 1:05:28 AM

Those lobs + Calvin (if he stays) = insanity

12/16/2011 1:38:01 AM

Quote :

"i think it's more like Warren gets most of CJWs (~32 min) time"

A 6'8" guy takes a guard's minutes? Who do you have starting then? And don't tell me Wood at the 2, that's been discussed ad-nauseam.

Quote :

"t actually breaks down fairly simple. Purvis will get CJW's minutes. Lewis will get Alex Johnson's minutes. (maybe more) "

Yes. Raymond may struggle to ever get minutes here. Harris needs work. Hopefully these guys are 4-year players and improve like CJW has.

12/16/2011 2:29:57 AM

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