BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- He was the first guy to commit in UD’s two-person Class of 2011 recruits, but beyond that, let’s be honest -- what do we really know about 6’8” 240 pound Detroit Southeastern (MI) PF Percy Gibson? “FTS” is here to help provide some insight and, as always, Google is our friend.
-- The earliest mentions that I found of Gibson are from May 2008 when he played on the Michigan Mustang 15s with his Southeastern HS buddy Brandan Kearney and future Flyer classmate LaDontae “Buckets” Henton:
http://nextgenerationsports.blogspot...b-gibbons.html
And from the Adidas Classic in Indy, where he played ‘up’ with the 17s:
http://nextgenerationsports.blogspot...sic-recap.html
-- Jamal Richards’ WeFlyHighBallers.com had PG ranked as the #3 prospect in the Michigan HS Class of 2011, ahead of such notables as MSU recruits Dwaun Anderson and Kearney:
http://michiganballers.webs.com/2011...errankings.htm
-- Inside Prep Sports had an early look at Gibson before his junior season started:
http://www.insideprepsports.net/file...Looking_Up.htm
-- A pic of Percy shooting a layup (left-handed, natch) from the
Freep:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/g...rams=Itemnr=21
-- Doug Harris of the
DDN with a story on PG and a guy BG was after who has since transferred to a prep school and reclassified to the Class of 2012
(blame Xavier!), former Akron SVSM star Jakarr Sampson:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayto...ds-705609.html
-- Next Generation Sports had some nice things to say about Percy’s play in the Memorial Classic in June of this year (and about 2012 BG target Javontae Hawkins, too):
http://www.legends247.com/ngs/2010/0...classic-recap/
-- Another piece from NGS on the Great Lakes Championship and how Percy basically ate 2012 MSU recruit Matt Costello’s lunch, scoring 6 points in OT to secure a win for Team Detroit:
http://www.legends247.com/ngs/2010/0...p-day-1-notes/
-- Steve Bell from MLive.com was also at this tournament and came to pretty much the same conclusion:
http://blog.mlive.com/highschoolbask...ent_teams.html
-- Some even better comments from UMHoops.com on Gibson’s showing at the King James Classic:
http://www.umhoops.com/2010/04/26/sc...011-prospects/
-- Percy was considered the top player at Dayton’s team camp by this guy from BearcatReport.com:
http://dayton.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1096132
-- Steve Bell from MLIve.com again on Percy’s commitment:
http://blog.mlive.com/highschoolbask...s_big_man.html
-- NextGenerationSports.com on Gibson saying ‘yes’ to BG:
http://www.legends247.com/ngs/2010/0...akes-decision/
-- Doug Harris with the ‘why’ as to Percy’s decision:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs...aches_swa.html
-- Dave Telep at Scout.com with an analysis of the 2010 class and its lack of big guys and how it was crucial for BG to nail down PG right away:
http://iowa.scout.com/2/988338.html
As Warner Wolf of ABC Sports used to say “let’s go to the highlights”:
-- YouTube videos from Gibson’s Team Detroit vs. the Michigan Warriors (1st half). Percy is #24:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QDXe...layer_embedded
Same game, 2nd half:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEDl...layer_embedded
If you are really bored, here are two complete game videos from Detroit Southeastern’s 2009-2010 hoops season, courtesy of MHSAA.tv:
Southeastern vs. Keith Appling and Pershing:
http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/8410
Southeastern vs. Madison (WI) Memorial:
http://www.mhsaa.tv/events/8166
-- One thing that we do know about Percy Gibson is that the dude is in desperate need of a cool nickname, stat. When your fellow Class of 2011 recruit is known in basketball circles as “Buckets” if you are Percy, you have got some serious catching-up to do!
I plugged his name into the "And1 Street Ball Name Generator” and it came up with this:
Percy "Main Course" Gibson
I like it!
Try it yourself (they ask a series of questions; your results may vary):
http://and1streetballgame.us.ubi.com/name_generator/
What’s your suggestion?
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com