Old man basketball?

Old man football is old news.  How about some old man basketball?

The rumor mill is starting to heat up a bit around Jaylen Brown, and much of it seems favorable to Georgia.  Along those lines, let's talk a little bit about Brown without counting (too many of) our chickens before they hatch.  Here are some things to know:

1.  Jaylen Brown is still improving.  Consider the following from the linked article:

Brown is one of the most aggressive players in the class of 2015, and his ability to score against any defender has pushed him to the No. 2 spot in the senior class. At this time last year, Brown was still a touted prospect – but his stock certainly wasn't this high.

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The Wheeler (Ga.) product is not content with his ranking right now, continuing to work on his game – he says he has a “long list of things” to improve.

He has risen about 20 spots in the class rankings since his junior year, which would be good for any top 100 kid, let alone a kid who was already ranked in the 20's.  On top of that, he did so the old fashioned way:  he figured out what he needed to improve, and he worked at it.

Yet he's not yet content with his ranking.  His No. 2 ranking.  Do you want this kid on your team yet?

2.  Jaylen Brown is a program changer.  Unfortunately for Brown, he cannot enter the NBA draft after his senior year.  That means some lucky college will have an NBA-ready talent in school for at least a year.  For a school like Georgia, that can be a game-changer.  The last 5* to come to Athens and play basketball was Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.  KCP was and is a fantastic player, but there are indications that Brown could be even better.  Add to that the fact that Brown would be coming to play for a talented and veteran team, and ok, I have to stop, I'm getting too excited.

3.  Jaylen Brown is a small forward.  Georgia could really, really use a small forward and a center in this next class, and if you made me choose, I'd say small forward is the position of greatest need.  Inking Brown would be a spectacular way to meet that need.

One thing Georgia is doing is pushing the "coming home" theme popularized recently by one Lebron James:

“After LeBron with the coming home campaign, it looks real good,” Brown said. “Georgia Tech said they would do the same campaign, and UGA said the same. Those two are in my top five automatically.”

Hey, whatever it takes.  All I'm saying is, this 2-deep looks pretty nice, no?

PG - Charles Mann, Will Jackson
SG - Kenny Gaines, Juwan Parker
SF - Jaylen Brown, Kenny Paul Geno
PF - Yante Maten, Cameron Forte
C - Osahen Iduwe, Osahen Iduwe (ok...maybe we do need that center)

Read the article.  Get your hopes up.  Hope is good.

h/t Jeff Borzello