Thursday, 06 July 2006
Over the last few years, the Dallas Showtyme has produced several players who have gone on to careers in some of the most respected conferences around the country, such as the Pac-10, the Big 12, and the ACC. The next name in line to join them just might be Brett Royster, the shot blocking machine out of Arlington, Texas.Royster is a 6’8, 230 pound rising senior who attends Arlington Martin High School. As recently as a few years ago, he was somewhat of an unknown in basketball circles, but that has rapidly been changing with his shot blocking prowess and his emerging effectiveness on offense.
"This past season in high school, he averaged about 15 points per game, 11 rebounds per game, and also 7 blocks per game," said Erven Davis, who coaches Royster on his summer league AAU team the Dallas Showtyme.
"He’s a high major talent for sure," Davis said. "He’s a tremendous rebounder, and he is probably the best shot blocker in the whole state. We put him out front on the press, so for him to be able to move his feet like that tells you what kind of an athlete he is," Davis said. "The rest of his game has been coming along also."
Elite Preps has evaluated Royster in person, and the size and athleticism is indeed quite impressive. He has a very long frame, and also has excellent physical strength and outstanding leaping ability. As his confidence has grown during the last couple of years, he aggressiveness has gone up right along with it.
"He’s got a ton of schools after him right now," Davis said. "At least a couple of dozen of them have been working on him. Off the top of my head, Texas A&M, TCU, Colorado, North Texas and Arizona have all recruited him, but there are a lot of others too."
Davis says that there is not an official top 5 list for Royster yet, but that they have put together a timeline for making a decision. "We’re going to get through the summer, and then we are going to sit down together and get a list of favorites together and start working on scheduling some visits," Davis said. "He wants to sign during the early period so that he can get it done before his senior season in high school starts."
Offensively Royster has developed a great bit since he was a freshman year of high school. "His offense is where he has improved the most," Davis said. "He’s done a better job of getting position on the blocks, he’s added a baby hook, he can hit the turnaround jumper, the drop step, and can do some other things." |
