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.com/2008/05/mustangs-at-bob-gibbons.html

And from the Adidas Classic in Indy, where he played ‘up’ with the 17s:

http://nextgenerationsports.blogspot.com/2008/05/adidas-may-classic-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/2011miplayerrankings.htm

— Inside Prep Sports had an early look at Gibson before his junior season started:

http://www.insideprepsports.net/files/Gibsons_Looking_Up.htm

— A pic of Percy shooting a layup (left-handed, natch) from the Freep:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20091210&Category=HSS14&ArtNo=912100805&Ref=PH&Params=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/dayton-sports/university-of-dayton-flyers/flyers-chasing-2-junior-forwards-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/2010/06/michigan-memorial-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/2010/07/great-lakes-championship-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/highschoolbasketball/2010/07/17-under_all-tournament_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/scouting-king-james-classic-2011-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/highschoolbasketball/2010/08/dayton_gets_its_big_man.html

— NextGenerationSports.com on Gibson saying ‘yes’ to BG:

http://www.legends247.com/ngs/2010/08/gibson-makes-decision/

— Doug Harris with the ‘why’ as to Percy’s decision:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/daytonflyers/entries/2010/08/01/relationships_with_coaches_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=1QDXej0mjvI&feature=player_embedded

Same game, 2nd half:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKEDlH1Ey2I&feature=player_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.”
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