Is this going to be the new trend? The top players wait until the spring signing period to make sure their coach still has a job when the season is over and to see which one-and-dones leave and which stay?
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http://highschoolcubenews.com/2015/03/31/simeon-coach-robert-smith-stevensons-jalen-brunson-lead-west-team-mcdonalds-american-game/Zimmerman, from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, is one of eight uncommitted players in the game. It’s an unusually high number of undecided players this late in the recruiting process. Seven of those players are ranked in the top 13 in the nation by scout.com (6-10 Thomas Bryant is ranked No. 33).
[Simeon coach Robert] Smith is dead right when he speculates on the reason so many ([McDonald AAs] are still undecided: “I think a lot of them are waiting to see what happens with Kentucky, who leaves and who stays.”
Jaylen Brown, Bryant, Zimmerman and Newman are all considering the Wildcats, so that’s half the group.
“I think all the coaching changes have some kids up in the air still too,” Smith. “There are always a lot of coaches changing spots in the spring, so sometimes it makes sense to wait and see how that all ends up.”
