By Kevin Lonnquist
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Baylor head coach Scott Drew and his staff are still canvassing the NCAA portal landscape to look for more additions to the 2023-24 roster. That will be through grad transfers. For now, there are four additions.
Members of the basketball team started arriving over the Memorial Day weekend. In a quick two-part series, SicEmSports examines the four newcomers. With the three signees, Baylor has the Rivals No. 9 recruiting 2023 class.
Miro Little, G
How: High school signee out of Finland via Sunrise Christian Academy (Wichita, KS)
Size: 6-4, 185
What he brings: The Rivals No. 53 overall prospect and No. 15 point guard for 2023. Another physical guard that the Bears can use in the back court and play off the ball. The early expectations are for Dantwan Grimes to play the point but Little can do a little of everything. That could all change during fall camp leading up to the season. For the Finnish team at the FIBA U18 European Championships two years ago, Little averaged 15.4 points, four assists and a very impressive 9.4 rebounds.
However, Little can be a distributor if need be. He’s generally a 4-5-assist per night type of guard so if Grimes was to struggle, Little can move over and run the offense. Little moved to the United States to play for Sunrise Christian Academy to help his game acclimate for the American brand of basketball.
It should be a fairly seamless transition. Little is expected to be a starter for the 2023-24 squad.
Ja’Kobe Walter, G
Size: 6-5, 180
How: Link Academy, McKinney
What he brings: The Rivals No. 13 player overall and No. 2 shooting guard finished up a strong senior year. But he did not have the best shooting year. He finished the season shooting just 43 percent for the year and 29 percent from the arc.
What he does bring is the ability to look for and then create his own shot. He’s a strong-minded type of player who likely has tapped out what his frame is going to be. However, at 180 he needs to add a little more to the frame. Baylor can look at him as a true wing if it wants (with or without Jalen Bridges return) because he’s somewhat of the same player. Walter will need some time to adapt to the college game like everybody else does.
However, he’s got tremendous upside. This summer at Baylor will be important for him to see where he can be more efficient on the offensive end as well as being an imposing defender. With his height and long wingspan, Walter can be problem defensively when Baylor goes to a pressure look. He should also be expected to start in 2023-24.
Publisher
Baylor head coach Scott Drew and his staff are still canvassing the NCAA portal landscape to look for more additions to the 2023-24 roster. That will be through grad transfers. For now, there are four additions.
Members of the basketball team started arriving over the Memorial Day weekend. In a quick two-part series, SicEmSports examines the four newcomers. With the three signees, Baylor has the Rivals No. 9 recruiting 2023 class.
Miro Little, G
Size: 6-4, 185
What he brings: The Rivals No. 53 overall prospect and No. 15 point guard for 2023. Another physical guard that the Bears can use in the back court and play off the ball. The early expectations are for Dantwan Grimes to play the point but Little can do a little of everything. That could all change during fall camp leading up to the season. For the Finnish team at the FIBA U18 European Championships two years ago, Little averaged 15.4 points, four assists and a very impressive 9.4 rebounds.
However, Little can be a distributor if need be. He’s generally a 4-5-assist per night type of guard so if Grimes was to struggle, Little can move over and run the offense. Little moved to the United States to play for Sunrise Christian Academy to help his game acclimate for the American brand of basketball.
It should be a fairly seamless transition. Little is expected to be a starter for the 2023-24 squad.
Ja’Kobe Walter, G
How: Link Academy, McKinney
What he brings: The Rivals No. 13 player overall and No. 2 shooting guard finished up a strong senior year. But he did not have the best shooting year. He finished the season shooting just 43 percent for the year and 29 percent from the arc.
What he does bring is the ability to look for and then create his own shot. He’s a strong-minded type of player who likely has tapped out what his frame is going to be. However, at 180 he needs to add a little more to the frame. Baylor can look at him as a true wing if it wants (with or without Jalen Bridges return) because he’s somewhat of the same player. Walter will need some time to adapt to the college game like everybody else does.
However, he’s got tremendous upside. This summer at Baylor will be important for him to see where he can be more efficient on the offensive end as well as being an imposing defender. With his height and long wingspan, Walter can be problem defensively when Baylor goes to a pressure look. He should also be expected to start in 2023-24.
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