BrandonClayScouting.com: Shittu out with ACL Injury

Class of 2018 forward Simi Shittu. Photo cred – Jon Lopez/Nike

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Class of 2018 forward Simi Shittu of Canada is out for the remainder of the season with an ACL tear.

Shittu was recently named a McDonald’s All-American and is headed to Vanderbilt next fall.

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Simi Shittu @LanX_Sims to @vandymbb.

Joins @dariusgarland22 in the ‘18 class.

Told @AAG_Basketball adding Shittu would give @VU365 their best class I can remember. Two 5-Star preps w/Romeo Langford @yeahyeah_22 still in the mix.@RogerPowellJr https://t.co/6Zz9x1cKn6

— Brandon Clay (@BrandonClayPSB) November 22, 2017

Shittu is one of the premier frontcourt prospects in the senior class. We’ve seen him on multiple occasions over the past three years dating back to 2015.

MY LATEST EVAL: He projects size wise as a powerful forward as long as his ball skill continues to progress. He reminds me in style of Bam Adebayo (Kentucky signee) though not as big at the moment.

JONATHAN HEMINGWAY’S TAKE ON HIS EYBL PLAY: It has been a pretty productive spring for Shittu: 20 ppg, 10rpg, 1.5 bpg, 3apg. He is shooting greater than 55% from the floor and is 7-17 from the arc through 12 games. He showed glimpses of incredible open court handling and dishing pocket passes through lane. He seems to have all the tools necessary to play the PF at a high level.

Brandon Clay is the owner of the JumpOffPlus.com International Report, Peach State Basketball, Inc., and ProspectsNation.com. The JumpOffPlus.com is picked up by more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide. In addition to serving as ProspectsNation.com WNBA Director of Scouting, Clay serves as the Executive Camp Director for the Elite Basketball Academy Camps. He is a McDonald’s All-American Game Selection Committee member. Clay serves on the Naismith Trophy Men’s / Women’s College Player of the Year Academy and is the National Coordinator of Voting for the Boys / Girls All-American Teams. He has been involved in the community since 2001. You can reach Clay at [email protected]

Jonathan Hemingway is the Assistant Director of Scouting for the JumpOffPlus.com International Scouting Report, is on the Naismith Trophy Board of Selectors and owns CoachHemi.com, the go-to source for coaches for X’s and O’s. He is the floor director of #TeamEBA camps, a site director for #TeamPSB tournaments and can be reached at [email protected].