Ryan Nicholas, 6'-7" Post, Commits to Portland!!!

Scout.com confirms that Ryan Nicholas, a 6'7" "physical" post player from Gonzaga Prep in Spokane has committed to the Pilots. He joins Keith Shamburger for our 2010 class. I'm trying to get more info on him... I'll post when I do. From what I can tell, he was a double-double machine and will provide some toughness inside. Seems like a nice fit.

Gotta credit the Zag board for tipping me off on this one. Thank you KingZag.

http://www.guboards.com/showthread.php?t=21532


EDIT:

Found this little blurb on him:

#32 - Ryan Nicholas 6-7 JR Really hardworking tough player, has a motor. Undersized post or forward, has a nice jump shot and handles the ball well for a big man. Really physical and great away from the ball player, sets screens and flashes hard. Smart player, rebounds. Mid DI

http://wakefieldscouting.blogspot.com/

At the reunion I heard he is a David Pendegraph type player. He's not going to take over games but he will do the little things that every program needs to win games.

purplepride13 wrote:At the reunion I heard he is a David Pendegraph type player. He's not going to take over games but he will do the little things that every program needs to win games.

That sounds about right to me, though of course Pendergraph became a 1st Team All-WCC guy by his senior year. Would be awesome if Nicholas had that kind of ceiling.

Still, the way I look at it... we have six scholarships open for next year (assuming we don't fill Hegarty's scholarship this summer). Not all of them can be the big-time scorer type guys. Every program needs players who do the little things... rebound, be physical, set screens, defend, etc. In my mind, Ethan, Kramer and Taishi are like that on our team currently. If the whole team was full of players like that, we'd have a hard time scoring and winning. But having a few of them to compliment the rest of the roster makes perfect sense to me.

Can't wait to follow Nicholas his senior year!

Was Pendergraph really a first team caliber player or was he a solid contributor on a Gonzaga team that won the conference, therefore they got 5 first teamers?

Although he's a little undersized. I think he will fit nicely with the program.
He has 2 out of Rev.'s 3 belief's. Toughness, and Skill. Which I think will help make up for Athletism. That's all Rev wants two out of those three at a mininumum.(Sorry spell check disapeared on me again,lol).


MesaPilot1

Saw a list compiled in late may by "seatownsports.net", located in seattle listing the top fifteen high school basketball players in washingto. There are soph thru seniors on their list and theyhave ryan nicholas as nbr.12. Thats a pretty good tribute i would say.