David Caraher - 2017 Forward (Houston Baptist)

I find these two assessments QUITE interesting. At the time of his decommitment, before things were said about Butler dropping his offer, there were multiple people who assumed that he had simply blown up and was getting talked to by the "blue bloods" such as Duke or UNC etc and so he wanted to enjoy that attention and pursue "bigger and better" options.
In addition to this, there were dozens of tweets posted on this board alone that said how great Caraher was and how Butler had gotten a huge steal to lock him up already. To my knowledge, butlerfan was the only one to say anything remotely negative about him and that was only to say that he "struggled stat wise" in one game but that he had played very well in the previous game. And as for the Pangos camp, you at the time said this...

Mr. x, I agree with you about the rankings not being the true "top 75" player that people said, but as has been said many times before, if a sophomore commits, evaluators stop watching him and he ultimately drops in the rankings. I also watched him in the Phenom 80 camp in NC and thought his game looked excellent for being a 6-5 or 6-6 wing who was only a sophomore. Every review of that camp was in absolute agreement that he was a true basketball player and would thrive at Butler.

I guess I'm just interested if this is just some negative light being shed on him bc hes no longer going to BU? Or do you actually believe that his game was never that good, but wanted to look at it positively bc he was going to BU? Thanks!

 

Doesn't seem to be case of him blowing up otherwise we would of heard more schools be interested in him by now. Jared says it was Butler's decision to move on from him and I trust his sources. Also seems like Caraher's options have gotten worse since only mid major schools that seem interested based on twitter are Princeton and Richmond.

To answer this question, honestly it's a combination of both. I still think he has the potential to be good but I do believe in general he was being overrated by the board. He was putting up some monster numbers in high school so when he struggled shooting in top 80 camps I gave him benefit of doubt that it was just a bad weekend but following him in AAU his numbers have been inconsistent all throughout. When it's all said and done I'm guessing Caraher turns into a fringe top 100-150 player which isn't a bust by any means, I just don't think he's the same caliber of player as a Dunham or G-Time at this point as others believe.

 

I agree that this isn't what happened, but that was more to point out that people believed this was a possibility/probability given his talent/recent play. I don't think I'm going out on a huge limb here to agree that this is not what happened but that it is also possible that other HM schools are staying away to let whatever happened with him that made BU withdraw their offer blow over and see what happens next with him? Or do you anticipate that he will truly stay MM? Assuming that he didn't break the law, I would think his recruitment would end up being HM, just my opinion tho.

Thanks for the insight, I enjoy hearing WHY people have their opinions along with what they are, much appreciated!

 

Thanks for catching me up.....You could say I was pretty surprised to hear about the decommit

 

I'll probably get yelled at for bringing him up, but Caraher is switching high schools...

David Caraher
‏@CaraherDavid30
Excited to announce that I will attend Wesleyan Christian Academy for my Junior year of high school!

 

No, it was positive and I'm happy for the kid and hope all goes well for him.

 

Probably a good move for him as it can't hurt playing with Giles and getting exposure like he will. I can think of a few WC players that have went to UNC. Pinson most recently. No idea where Giles is leaning. NCJon might know. Maybe Caraher eventually lands at UNC and that is the goal....maybe that is the grand plan and Butler was just a little stop along the way. Who knows....it will be interesting to see where he ends up though and how he is evaluated. 2017 is loaded around Indiana and the Midwest. Chris isn't losing sleep over this one IMO.

 

Didn't realize that's where Harry Giles goes. That's pretty legit.

 

Giles transferred to Oak Hill

We have an in there! We should recruit him!

 

I have no idea which way Giles is leaning. But he announced today that he's not returning to Wesleyan Christian. He's going to Oak Hill next year.

I'm always a little wary of WCA. I've known people whose kids went there and if you are a High Point resident it is an excellent, if not better, alternative to the public schools. But they've also gotten pretty heavy into recruiting high school basketball players, and that makes me uneasy. As much as I love the sport, I really don't like kids bouncing from one high school to another just for sports.

If UNC is his goal, he'd as much notice playing for Chapel Hill High as he will playing at Wesleyan. And unless the family is moving to High Point, that's a hell of a commute everyday.

 

FWIW, latest 247 predictions have DC going to Richmond.

http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/David-Caraher-at-Chapel-Hill-134829/CurrentExpertPredictions

 

Hope it was worth it lol.

 

Providence, UNC, Princeton interest

 

Scott Anderson ‏@SAndersonNOB Aug 29
Also, former Butler commit, David Caraher ( Chapel Hill, NC) (2017), will be on an unofficial visit at Longwood University tomorrow.

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Never saw him in AAU, he got some good reports from analysts, but if he's taking visits to places like Longwood, then his STOCK has fallen dramatically after summer AAU.

 

He's also taken unofficial visits to UNC and Wake Forest in the past month. Still not sure if he's high major material yet but he's definitely going to end up somewhere better than Longwood. Out of schools interested in him right now I'm still guessing he ends up at Princeton or Richmond with Wake Forest being a favorite if they offer.

Side note: new report by Rick's site has new interest from Georgetown and Marquette. Still got some good BE schools sniffing around between them and Providence.

 

That's an interesting story and sadly one that we'll never get the full story on. At the end of the day, I think both parties will be better for it.

 

https://future150.com/hs/basketball-news/david-caraher-talks-big-changes

"The decommit from Butler may have came to a surprise by many, but it's all about giving every school a chance to recruit."

 

I wonder if the rest of the article clarifies that? That piece just makes it seem like he wanted to try and go more blue blood.....

 

Future150.com ‏@Future150 Sep 10
After being evaluated by Providence & Rutgers yesterday, 2017 G/F David Caraher (NC) will have Davidson & Yale in to see him today.