After NC State's game today, I went to Pittsboro (N.C.) Northwood High to see freshman point guard Treymane Parker and Fayetteville Cape Fear. Parker has gotten a lot of buzz for a variety of reasons, he played up last summer with Team Felton, he's really good and he's the brother of Kwe Parker (more on that in a bit).
The point guard class in 2023 is ridiculous and I've been able to see since last July ... Jaylen Curry, Trey Green, Aden Holloway and Robert Dillingham. I hadn't seen Parker yet. Curry was dubbed the sure-fire five-star, Green, who plays with Curry at Charlotte Vance, just scored a combined 61 points in two playoff games this week, Dillingham plays with all kinds of swag and Holloway is a unique talent who tries to be like Steph Curry/Trae Young from deep.
Then there's Parker. He checks all the boxes. He's about 6-foot-2 now and just as athletic as any of the past point guard greats at that age. His jumper is smooth though he could quicken his release. He scored 20 and Northwood made him earn them. Great first step and he thinks the game. He might be too unselfish at times. He didn't finish a few drives, but that might be more about adding strength. He did something that I loved seeing from John Wall, Dennis Smith or Lavar Batts do in high school (higher end athletic point guards), where he made the rare dumb turnover and he hustled back to block the guy at the rim with his great athleticism.
He isn't Kwe Parker (who went to Tennessee, Cape Fear C.C. and now at North Carolina A&T), who was a jump shooter and dunker, and never really a point guard. Kwe got hyped too much due to his amazing You Tube videos. I also found out that Tremayne and Kwe are half-brothers, who have the same father, and that Tremayne's mother is likely how he picked Cape Fear for high school.
NC State signee Nick Farrar came to the game and he was shocked when I told him Parker was just a freshman.
I will gauge that Parker had about 4-5 players that you just don't get from "normal" point guards. The scary thing is that in two years, that 20 points he had tonight will probably be a smooth 30 points.
The point guard class in 2023 is ridiculous and I've been able to see since last July ... Jaylen Curry, Trey Green, Aden Holloway and Robert Dillingham. I hadn't seen Parker yet. Curry was dubbed the sure-fire five-star, Green, who plays with Curry at Charlotte Vance, just scored a combined 61 points in two playoff games this week, Dillingham plays with all kinds of swag and Holloway is a unique talent who tries to be like Steph Curry/Trae Young from deep.
Then there's Parker. He checks all the boxes. He's about 6-foot-2 now and just as athletic as any of the past point guard greats at that age. His jumper is smooth though he could quicken his release. He scored 20 and Northwood made him earn them. Great first step and he thinks the game. He might be too unselfish at times. He didn't finish a few drives, but that might be more about adding strength. He did something that I loved seeing from John Wall, Dennis Smith or Lavar Batts do in high school (higher end athletic point guards), where he made the rare dumb turnover and he hustled back to block the guy at the rim with his great athleticism.
He isn't Kwe Parker (who went to Tennessee, Cape Fear C.C. and now at North Carolina A&T), who was a jump shooter and dunker, and never really a point guard. Kwe got hyped too much due to his amazing You Tube videos. I also found out that Tremayne and Kwe are half-brothers, who have the same father, and that Tremayne's mother is likely how he picked Cape Fear for high school.
NC State signee Nick Farrar came to the game and he was shocked when I told him Parker was just a freshman.
I will gauge that Parker had about 4-5 players that you just don't get from "normal" point guards. The scary thing is that in two years, that 20 points he had tonight will probably be a smooth 30 points.
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