Shots From the Dome

In a chat today with the David Thorpe, who runs IMG, the pro training academy where Nick Calathes was working out before he made the decision to join Panathnaikos, had this to say:

Noam (Israel): Any thoughts on Calathes going to Greece?

David Thorpe: I’m terribly disappointed that he won’t be in the NBA next year. But the offer was incredible. Think of it like this-should he have played for another year for Billy Donovan for free, or for one of the world’s best coaches for $1million on one of the world’s best teams?

Of more immediate interest to Gator fans, Heath Cline and Franz Beard note Billy Donovan’s pursuit of point guard help for next year, one of whom seems to be Philadelphia prospect Jesse “Booge” Morgan, a 6-4, 180-pound PG. Apparently, he’ll know some time in June if he’s able to qualify or not. Rivals/ESPN has his him listed as a shooting guard, while Scout.com has him as a point guard.

It looks like he was originally from Olney High School in Philadelphia, but he’s now listed as being from The Preparatory Charter School, also in Pennsylvania. I found 3 clips of him online that I’m embedding below that I think may be from his junior year, if you’re interested. He is in the blue jersey wearing #5 in the first, wears white in the second, and in the third video he is the taller guard again wearing #5 being fed for baskets by the smaller point guard.

He looks to have nice range on his jump shot and a nice handle. The first two videos are both of Olney vs. Bartram, another Philly school, with the second one a playoff game.