MBB: Josh Huestis -future recruit?

MSUcantouchus · Post by **MSUcantouchus** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:35 am

I would like to know Mslacat or anyone else's thoughts on Josh Huestis out of CMR. He is a 6'6 or taller soph and is starting to get attention in the region from bigsky and pac 10 schools. I am no relation to him just so everyone knows, only a friend of a relative of his. I have never seen him play but I hear a lot about him from this friend.

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:47 pm

MSUcantouchus wrote:I would like to know Mslacat or anyone else's thoughts on Josh Huestis out of CMR. He is a 6'6 or taller soph and is starting to get attention in the region from bigsky and pac 10 schools. I am no relation to him just so everyone knows, only a friend of a relative of his. I have never seen him play but I hear a lot about him from this friend.

Huestis has not got much national attention, yet but is very much on the radar of the Montana D-1 coaches. Right now he is considered a little bit of a tweener (like Andy Garland), not quite tall enough for the power forward and not quite quick enough not perimeter skills for the small forward, but he is only a Junior to be. Bobby Howard was only 6-4 or 6-5 at the same age. Most people project him as a d-1 Power forward, and would really like to see him as a solid 6-7 or taller. At 6-8 or better with his current skills he would be signed today. The Montana class of 2010, D-1 basketball prospects looks to be right now 3-4 players deep right now. As of right now I don't know if there is a Selvig or Howard in the group but a couple of guy's are knocking on the door.

Cat Pride · Post by **Cat Pride** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:37 pm

Huestis is a stud, or will be a stud. I'd sign him today if we could.

JDoub · Post by **JDoub** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:07 pm

Heustis sounds real familiar -- what's his pedigree?

I want to say there was a John Heustis in Montana athletic history, anyone know?

MSUcantouchus · Post by **MSUcantouchus** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:03 pm

He is getting attention outside of montana, but maybe not as much as I've been told. I think the griz may have or be close to offering, but he will likely not be taking. Then again I really dont know a whole lot.

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:35 pm

josh happens to be my nephew and as of now hes not a sf but by the time he is a sr he will be. hes going to a couple camps this summer mainly 5star in ny plus he will be workout with my brother( former pro player poncho hodges)

griz8791 · Post by **griz8791** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:27 am

I saw him play at the second cross-town game this year. It didn't look to me like GFH had anything close to a defensive answer for anything he was doing. I'm going to try to link to a pic of him from that game, but with my image hosting service that's always an adventure and I never know what I'm going to get. If the image does pull up on your machine, that's Huestis shooting at the top of the key:

Here's the URL in case the pic won't link:

http://www.pbase.com/griz8791/image/92689164

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:48 am

I remember coming on here 2 years ago saying my nephew josh will be the player of the year by the time hes a sr. i made a mistake. he actually got player of the year as a jr. Everything else i said seems to be coming true. His transition from c to sf is going along smoothly and his range and handles have gotten better. the scary thing is hes not close to being a finished product yet. As the season progresses he will get better and his skills will become more refined. By the end up this summer he will look like a different player. meaner, stronger, more skilled. This is just the beginning!!

tetoncat · Post by **tetoncat** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:38 am

you also said he needed to get out of MT to fulfill his potential and get looks at the big schools, and hey, he already signed with Stanford.

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:19 pm

and he did that by playing for a california aau team and playing at camps in cali and tounaments in vegas which is where all the big teams that recruited him got to know who he was. with a couple saying they would have never heard of him if he would have never played in cali or vegas last summer

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:02 pm

hodges wrote:and he did that by playing for a california aau team and playing at camps in cali and tounaments in vegas which is where all the big teams that recruited him got to know who he was. with a couple saying they would have never heard of him if he would have never played in cali or vegas last summer

There is an old saying that "kids never get better playing AAU basketball" AAU ball is all about showing your stuff. It is selfish and mostly about self promotion.

Your original statement was that Josh need to get out of Montana to reach his potential. One month away from Montana in the long run did not do much for him to improve his game. I will concede that the month may have helped him adjust to the speed of the game as it is played out side of Montana , and that was a benefit, but he adjusted so quickly that I would have argued that it was not about reaching potential Josh already had it in him. Any thing that Josh gained in the month or so he spent in California he could and would have gotten in his first Month (or less) at any D-1 school.

What Josh did get by playing in California and AAU ball was Exposure, again I down play the adjustment fact but I will admit it was most likely was wise of him to spend the few weeks before the AAU tourneys.

I do not want this post to come out at all negative towards Josh at all because I have a great deal of respect for what this young kid has done. I do though want to point out that Josh is the poster boy for the idea that you can reach your potential and follow your dreams by playing in Montana. Josh obviously has received some great coaching at CMR and has benefited from a great support system from his parents plus he is a very dedicated person. I think kids like Josh can reach their potential playing in Montana, but the may need to go out of state to get to get more exposure, although playing for a Montana AAU team did not seem to hurt Jos Tinkle.

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:35 pm

josh will tell you thats what helped him. it wasnt just the aau it was working out with my brother and the professional personal trainer that my brother got for him and the nba players he got to work with josh even before aau during the summer. before then you couldnt find one person who would say josh can play the sg position. josh would tell you the same thing. but working out with nba guards trainers and against nba players during full court games, gave him the ability to play sg and sf. im not gonna argue about because it is what it is. the summer workouts and aau made josh better (which he has said when interviewed) and not just with basketball ability but the confidence to know he can play with top players from other states.

wbtfg · Post by **wbtfg** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:40 pm

hodges wrote:josh will tell you thats what helped him. it wasnt just the aau it was working out with my brother and the professional personal trainer that my brother got for him and the nba players he got to work with josh even before aau during the summer. before then you couldnt find one person who would say josh can play the sg position. josh would tell you the same thing. but working out with nba guards trainers and against nba players during full court games, gave him the ability to play sg and sf. im not gonna argue about because it is what it is. the summer workouts and aau made josh better (which he has said when interviewed) and not just with basketball ability but the confidence to know he can play with top players from other states.

You're probably right. However, someone could also make the argument that Josh was also aided by playing for CMR and the coaching staff their helped him improve his game as well. That person would also be right. It's really just a matter of your perspective.

Josh seems like a great kid, and I really look forward to seeing him play at the next level.

whitetrashgriz · Post by **whitetrashgriz** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:04 pm

and really none of this matters because this was never in dispute. what was in dispute was the fact that "someone" claimed that in order for josh to get good enough to go play big college ball...he had to leave montana. i said he didn't, and he shouldn't because high school is a once in a lifetime thing, and the memories last forever. even guys like lebron james says that the bonds and memories he had in high school will live with him always. so, i guess i was right. josh is playing his last week of high school ball in a good old small montana town. and despite that, he's gonna take his game to the pac-10. when you're good, you're good. i'm happy to say i was right.

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:49 pm

thanks to aau basketball and his personal trainer helping him to get better he now has that chance to go to stanford instead of montana or montana st. i remember someone saying he has to transfer in order to become better. i dint agree then because i knew he was getting better from playing aau ball and the personal training. i told him he can still play for his school and just wokr on his guard game in some games instead of just staying down low like he was the first 3 years he played there. aau gave him the confidence to step out more as well as helped him learn how to adjust his offense to certin type of defenses and defenders.

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:53 pm

and yes playing for that hs helped him become a better player but he could have went to any of the schools out there and would have been the best player in that state because he is just that good. aau helped him more as far as exposure and becoming a small foward at the next level which is why those big schools recruited him because they saw (after his workouts with the personal trainer and my brother) that he could play small forward on the next level. im sure his coach and the coaching staff there could have worked with him to become a small forward during his 3 previous years there but they didn. They just put him at center and worked with him as a center

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:09 pm

and white you cant really say how much better he got from aau or working out because you even admitted that you had only seen him play once before this past summer and based on that you said he has no chance to go to the nba or start in college. every nba player that worked with him says he has a good shot at the nba and coach dawkins wants him to start as the small forward next year. so you were wrong on that

wbtfg · Post by **wbtfg** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:13 pm

Clearly you are big time and all of us are mere simpletons. Is that the response you're looking for? If not, I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to communicate in your posts.

Sarcasm aside, like I said before, Josh seems like a great kid and I think most of Montana will be rooting for his success. Even if he does have some relatives that come across as a bit douchy and condescending.

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:13 pm

hodges wrote:and yes playing for that hs helped him become a better player but he could have went to any of the schools out there and would have been the best player in that state because he is just that good. aau helped him more as far as exposure and becoming a small foward at the next level which is why those big schools recruited him because they saw (after his workouts with the personal trainer and my brother) that he could play small forward on the next level. im sure his coach and the coaching staff there could have worked with him to become a small forward during his 3 previous years there but they didn. They just put him at center and worked with him as a center

Josh is going to be a great player for Stanford but I still see him as a power forward who can play a some at small forward. I think he would struggle some at the Big Sky level as a small forward, but at the Pac-10 level I think he has a ways to go. BTW I did see him play this year and he does have the quickness to guard small forward but struggles offensively from the perimeter.

I am not going to argue with you because lets face it it is pretty useless. I hope Josh proves me wrong, and I and think he can!

You are also a great Uncle and Josh is very fortunate to have someone like you in his corner.

Thanks

hodges · Post by **hodges** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:45 pm

the comp in aau is more of the comp he will face at the pac-10. he showed there that hes comfortable playing at the small foward level,

and wbtfg you seem to be the only one taking it that way. there were other peopel on here from montana who said the exact same thing i said. if you wanna take it as me saying youre a simpleton then thats the way you can take it. i cant control how you view things

there are alot of big guys who can play sf on the next level but dont look as comfortable on the hs level because they are usually the biggest thing out there and the guys that are guards out there are pretty small and lower to the ground which makes it hard on offense for a guy that is 6'8. But when you watch him against small fowards and guards of college size then you can see how much more comfortable he becomes because he can get lower then those guys

plus when you are only playing on the outside for a couple of min a game you dont get into the flow or stay out there long enough to get comfortable

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