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If you read that a recruit shot 74 percent from the foul line and 39 percent on threes, you’d assume he was a perimeter player. As far as how he fits into Carolina's system, it seems pretty seamless. GO TAR HEELS!!! "Honestly I just felt like I could see myself playing for coach Roy [Williams]," Kessler "It was really a gut feeling honestly," Kessler added.Kessler is the No. ""He can play as a single big by himself and step out and shoot threes and make it really difficult for defenses as far as passing. 15 overall player in the 2020 class and the No. "McMillan: "In this stuff momentum counts, when uncommitted players see committed players going to a school and they see talent amassing, they say, 'Hmmmm, what's going on over there.
He certainly can play the role of an interior scorer and primary rebounder on the basis of his size and coordination, but he also can spend significant time in the high post. © 2005-2020 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy But he also has the production, he has played well on the Adidas circuit, been one of the top players there for the last couple of years.

He's not a John Henson-level athlete, but when you are 7-foot and his size, you are going to block some shots and he has had some games where he has has a triple-double with blocks.

He can be the four trailing in North Carolina's secondary break. Walker Kessler shared a post on Instagram: “Merry Christmas!” • Follow their account to see 21 posts. UNC commitment Walker Kessler (Photo: Walker Kessler's Instagram).

Kessler is a 7-foot, 245-pound center from Woodward Academy in Georgia. That's it.' IC's Sherrell McMillan: "He got on campus and he felt real comfortable with Roy Williams. And he just said, 'No, this is it. I just think he is a complete player.

He is proven and he has produced and that is why he is a top 15 player, who knows where he will finish when the final rankings come out next summer.

1 prospect in the state of Georgia.IC's Rob Harrington: "Kessler has traditional center size but some of the skills that currently define a prototypical big man. There is always some help. And yet, Kessler hasn’t lost sight of the fact that he’s a true seven-footer. I think that is the key for them. ""So he is very much looking for two lead guards so that he can go back to that style he had with Marcus Paige and Joel Berry, the style he had with Kendall Marshall and Dexter Strickland.

It was just one of those things where on the car ride home the family talked and Walker said, 'This is what I want to do and I want to do it now.'

4,633 Likes, 118 Comments - Walker Kessler (@kidkessler) on Instagram: “Small Problems, Big moves.”

I think Roy Williams saw him go for 32 (points), 18 (rebounds), and 8 (blocks) in December, so he does have that skill set as well. 1,593 Likes, 97 Comments - Walker Kessler (@kidkessler) on Instagram: “Love the support I always receive from my family!” It was one of those situations where I think the family said, 'Hey are you sure? ""In terms of recruiting, a Sharpe/Kessler frontcourt reminds me an awful lot of the Tyler Zeller/Ed Davis duo from the 2008 class. Of course, he needs to get stronger, he wants to get faster, those kind of things that any freshman entering college will want to do.

15 overall recruit and the No. Five-star center Walker Kessler has committed to North Carolina, he announced Sunday..

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He felt really comfortable with assistant Brad Frederick. He has been involved with USA Basketball and that is typically your top high school players regardless of class who get invites to USA minicamps and USA events. And that was that. 3 center and No. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. The college game has changed significantly since then, but look for Roy Williams to maximize his power advantage while also allowing Kessler and Sharpe (whose perimeter game also is improving) to showcase their wares from range as well." ""In rankings, it is always part production and part potential and with Kessler he has met both of those. And pretty much, he called Roy Williams and said, 'I want to come to Carolina.' They have to get an elite guard here pretty soon, if not, it could drag into the spring if they don't get some of their targets and you just never know, it's a crapshoot when it gets into the spring. ""What it does do, I believe, it is frankly a commitment we didn't really account or really ever envision North Carolina getting, so it takes their class --- we think they feel pretty good about a couple of other players or feel like they are in the top group for a couple of other guys --- when you add in Kessler your class goes from maybe two or three really good players to three or four.

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I think that momentum that people see Kessler committing when they see Day'Ron Sharpe committing, that appeals to them and they know that they will have help if they come to North Carolina." 3 center in the class of 2020.Five-star center Walker Kessler has committed to North Carolina. The 7-footer is coming in as arguably the most skilled player on a deep and talented North Carolina roster. Or he is a really good passer, just like Day'Ron Sharpe is and so there is a high low situation there.

Bruce Pearl had just finished his third season at Auburn. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. One guy that could land in either category is five-star big man Walker Kessler. "Kessler, out of Woodward Academy (Georgia), had been mulling offers from Auburn, California, Gonzaga and Duke. Let's think about this. He's got the length.