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Jawan Nelson

Position PF Height 6-8 Weight 300 School Bloom Hometown Chicago Heights, ILL Incoming Year 2008
Offered By NIU, VaTech, Texas AM-CC

Initially posted by NickSkin on 07/09/07 at 10:24 pm

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2008 PROSPECT: Jawan is a huge body PF/C who is a late bloomer that is starting to come into his own.  Plays for one of the top (AA) teams in Illinois.  Plays AAU for “Team Supreme Kings” and has also played for the “Illinois Bobcats”.  Here’s what Windy City Hoops says about Jamal:

Jawan Nelson of Bloom Township could be on the most dominating centers in this years senior class. Nelson who is 6-8 can muscle anyone in the paint

Illinoisbasketball.com Top 2008 Illinois
Windy City Basketball Rankings

07/09/07

Posted by NickSkin at 10:49 pm

From the Chicago Sun Times, a ranking of the top C’s in Illinois:

The centers

Time to finish up our look at the top players around the area…

THE ELITE

>Tim Flowers, 6-5, Sr, Simeon: Tough, powerful, already a state champion. The heart and soul of Simeon.
>Brandon McGee, 6-7, Sr, Crane: Made some amazing moves underneath the basket last season. Will have to develp more of a perimeter game to be successful in college. He should be a very exciting player to watch this season.
>Josh Crittle, 6-8, Jr, Hales: Occasionally dominant, often average, this is the year he needs to start putting it together.
>Mike Dunigan, 6-9, Jr, Farragut: Based on size alone, Dunigan has the most potential of any big man in the state.
>Jawaan Nelson, 6-8, Jr, Bloom: Developing very nicely, will be a key part on one of the top teams in the state.

07/16/07

Posted by NickSkin at 4:12 pm

Offered by Virginia Tech

07/23/07

Posted by NickSkin at 12:58 pm

evaluation from Illinois Basketball

Jawan is a candidate for my “Dang, I wish I saw more of this kid” award.  I focused in on Jawan in the very last game of the 2nd day – Whitney Young vs Bloom for the final.  It wasn’t that I was pumped up to see him, but rather that he just took the game over for a period of time.  And that is impressive against Whitney Young, which displayed some serious defense in getting through teams like Simeon.  Additionally, Jawan seemed to be a key reason that Bloom advanced against some strong competition all the way to the final game. Jawan is a looooong 6’8 player that is relatively skilled and assertive.  He excels playing as a mobile big man, unafraid to take an outside shot or attack the rim.  Being as long as he is, Jawan is able to snag a lot of rebounds and is hard to stop inside.  Jawan is an intriguing prospect if he can play hard all of the time, add strength, and continue to develop since he has a versatile game at a good size. Jawan is a mid major prospect with high major potential depending on how much he improves. He has just picked up an offer from Virginia Tech…

11/09/07

Posted by NickSkin at 7:01 pm

going to Texas A&M Corpus Christi

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