video: Is 6’3 Sophomore High School Point Guard Chris Tang ‘The Next Jeremy Lin’?
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Hampton Roads Academy’s 6’3 point guard, Chris Tang. The question, since Tang is of Chinese descent: Is this Mid-Atlantic prep hoops sensation the next Jeremy Lin?
According to SF, Tang’s averaging 20 points per game and has had 42 and 41 point efforts. He plays his summer ball for the Nike AAU powerhouse Boo Williams and Virginia Tech, Virginia, Maryland and Davidson are all recruiting him heavily. He also went on an unofficial visit to Maryland for the UNC Game. Harvard, of course, is also interested. Watch his highlight reel above. Yahoo’s Prep Rally has the best breakdown of Tang’s comparison to Lin:
What Tang may have as an advantage over Lin is his sheer athleticism. While Lin is an impressive athlete, Tang definitely has more vertical ability and a particularly disproportionate amount of agility and speed when compared with other high school sophomores. He also has a serious shot that should make him a strong prospect for his versatility in running the point or shooting from the perimeter.
While Lin slipped almost completely below the radar, it seems exceedingly unlikely that a similar fate will befall Tang, who has been living in Virginia with a foster family since arriving in the U.S. as an eighth-grader and is reportedly completely comfortable with life as an American teen.
It’s hard to tell whether Tang’s development will continue apace, or whether he can reach anywhere near the heights that Lin is now soaring toward. Still, the fact that he’s beginning from a higher platform than Lin himself makes him a heck of a candidate to be the next Asian guard to crash the major American basketball scene.
via Is 6’3 Sophomore High School Point Guard Chris Tang ‘The Next… – BroBible.com.
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I am not accusing this article of anything but let’s be careful of comparisons to Lin. Lin is an “amazing” athlete. I’ve seen two different noteworthy analysis of Lin athletic baselines and in both he fares comparably to the the top guards in the league like Rose, Wall, and Irving. Lin also played for a Div 2 high school that beat Mater Dei, a national powerhouse, in the state finals. Oh, Lin was Div 2 Northern California high school basketball player of the year. His high school adversaries include some impressive names. http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/california/post/_/id/631/jeremy-lin-and-the-2006-all-state-team
I am not accusing this article of anything but let be careful of comparisons to Lin. Lin is an “amazing” athlete. I’ve seen two different noteworthy analysis of Lin athletic baselines and in both he fares comparably to the the top guards in the league like Rose, Wall, and Irving. Lin also played for a Div 2 high school that beat Mater Dei, a national powerhouse, in the state finals. Oh, Lin was Div 2 Northern California high school basketball player of the year. His high school adversaries include some impressive names. http://espn.go.com/blog/high-school/california/post/_/id/631/jeremy-lin-and-the-2006-all-state-team
He is good!