thetorch Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Jordair Jett will be playing in this year's Portsmouth Invitational April 16-19. Jett will be playing for Roger Brown's Restaurant. His backcourt teammate, Chaz Williams. Aaric Murray is on the same team as well. Other notable names on rosters Sam Dower - Gonzaga - Majerus recruited him Langston Galloway - St. Joes Shawn Glover - Oral Roberts Anthony Ireland - Loyola Marymount Jake Odum - Indiana St Juvonte Reddic - VCU Ronald Roberts - St. Joes Quote
thetorch Posted April 15, 2014 Author Posted April 15, 2014 Can we watch this somehow? Probably not. The website will have daily box scores and maybe some highlight videos. Quote
thetorch Posted April 15, 2014 Author Posted April 15, 2014 Is this an NBA camp? No. They invite some of the top 68 seniors in the country who are not a lock to get drafted. All the NBA teams have scouts at this event and there are also tons of foreign scouts there as well. The best players in the camp can bump their status with NBA teams, get camp tryouts or even get a 2nd round pick out of it. More importantly for someone like Jett there will be teams from the top leagues in Europe vying for his services. By playing and performing well he can get picked up by a top team in Spain or Greece instead of looking for a spot in Kazakhstan or Poland. Quote
TheChosenOne Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Probably not. The website will have daily box scores and maybe some highlight videos. For those interested, here is the website: https://www.portsmouthinvitational.com/ Quote
Littlebill Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 No. They invite some of the top 68 seniors in the country who are not a lock to get drafted. All the NBA teams have scouts at this event and there are also tons of foreign scouts there as well. The best players in the camp can bump their status with NBA teams, get camp tryouts or even get a 2nd round pick out of it. More importantly for someone like Jett there will be teams from the top leagues in Europe vying for his services. By playing and performing well he can get picked up by a top team in Spain or Greece instead of looking for a spot in Kazakhstan or Poland. KM played in this after his senior year, no? Quote
NH Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 KM played in this after his senior year, no? I do not think so but there's a chance I'm wrong. I know Ian Vouyoukas did after his senior year. Quote
Old guy Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 KM played in this after his senior year, no? The link provided has the roster list for 2013, KM is not there. Quote
Littlebill Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 I do not think so but there's a chance I'm wrong. I know Ian Vouyoukas did after his senior year. Yeah you're right. Thanks. I knew I recognized this, just didn't remember when. Quote
TheChosenOne Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Yeah you're right. Thanks. I knew I recognized this, just didn't remember when. I know Marque Perry participated in it and wow was that a long time ago, really feeling old now. Quote
slu72 Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 I remembered IV getting an invite. Forgot about Perry, but that's the senior citizen in me. Was it around when Mo Jeffers played? Pretty sure Mo was SLU's last player to be an NBA draft pick. Mo still has the best dunk I've ever seen by a Billiken. As for JJ, I hope there are some NFL scouts there, because I have him as an undrafted FA safety. Quote
almaman Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 I remembered IV getting an invite. Forgot about Perry, but that's the senior citizen in me. Was it around when Mo Jeffers played? Pretty sure Mo was SLU's last player to be an NBA draft pick. Mo still has the best dunk I've ever seen by a Billiken. As for JJ, I hope there are some NFL scouts there, because I have him as an undrafted FA safety. don't recall that. did he play? one ex Bill that did play that wasn't really much of a presence here was Robin Jones if memory serves. Quote
thetorch Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 I believe Ian was the last Billiken to participate. Jeffers might have played in it. Not sure although his pis being picked in the draft was more from wowing a couple teams at individual workouts. Jeffers tore up his knee in preseason and never played in the NBA although he did have a long career overseas. Quote
Old guy Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 All the best to Jett and may he come out of the tournament with a good offer. Quote
pout19 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 At the PIT to watch Jordair. Made first two warm up shots. Bricked five shots in a row and now decided to practice layups. Probably a good idea. Place is swarming with agents from everywhere. Quote
Billikenboy Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 At the PIT to watch Jordair. Made first two warm up shots. Bricked five shots in a row and now decided to practice layups. Probably a good idea. Place is swarming with agents from everywhere. Keep the info coming. Would be a good thing to know our boy got picked in the end. Best of luck to him. Quote
pout19 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Chazz williams just did a warmup windmill with ease. Jett with the start. Quote
For-DaLove Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Here's a live stream for anyone who is interested in watching. Jordair is in white http://new.livestream.com/accounts/4527774/events/2926212 Quote
pout19 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Good for the stream. Made a signature left hand layup and missed last second shot clock shot from the elbow. Can still get to the hoop with ease. Quote
Billikenboy Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Jordair on a nice penetration to miss a nice layup attempt. Quote
Billikenboy Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 JJ playing way too tentative for my taste. Quote
thetorch Posted April 17, 2014 Author Posted April 17, 2014 Jett hit a nice jumper to put his team up 3. And his team prevails 77-74 in the first game. Quote
Duff Man Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Finishing was a bit rusty, but he had many impressive assists and iced a pull up mid range jumper with under a minute in the game. Quote
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