Amirah Abdur-Rahim visited ND with Hayes
by Orangutan (2019-10-05 01:24:12)
Edited on 2019-10-05 01:25:51

She is the person that Hayes cropped out of her photo.

Sister to ex-NBA player Sharif Abdur-Rahim. 6'2 forward out of Georgia. Ranked #59 by Prospects Nation and #113 by ASGR. Not ranked by ESPN but was in their top-60 at one point.




Here's an ESPNw Article on Her...
by dillon77  (2019-10-05 08:50:43)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The story is about a year old, but some points:

- Good grade point average (3.5 GPA). Wants to be a pediatrician. Attends same high school as former ND target prospect Maya Dodson, who ended up at Stanford (thanks to DaBall for tip on that.)
- Defense ahead of offense and runs the floor well. Can hit the three but needs to develop consistency on her shot. In short, lots of upside. One of her brothers says she's at an "inflection" point in her career.
- NBA genes in that very large family (she's 11th of 13?). One brother was a coach at Georgia but is now HC at Kenesaw State.
- One coach seens her as a small forward.
- No decisions made on colleges but leaning a bit to Georgia, the home-state school. Vandy< NC State and Florida also mentioned. Wonder if Michaela Mabrey also had contact with her while she was at LSU?

As NDDoggie, CKDexterhaven and others have brought up, we need folks that can battle in the paint, hit the boards and make it hard for the oppostion bigs because we always have guards that can fill it up.

Seems like this prospect could be such a player. Plus, good idea to have other options for the wing/small forward position in case Ms. Westbeld decides to take a Dara Mabrey-course.


Not sure about the photo
by SB Jimbo  (2019-10-05 08:47:02)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Both recruits appeared to be similar heights. If AA-R is 6-2, don't think it was her.


Yes, and Alasia was wearing a green uniform in her photo.
by MPG  (2019-10-05 10:16:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

It is unusual to pose two visitors together wearting different uniforms. Perhaps the AA-R photo was a different visit or photo shoot?


Scroll over on the link I posted
by Orangutan  (2019-10-05 13:57:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The 4th of the 4 photos in Amirah's Instagram post is Alasia in the green uni posing with Michaela and with Amirah in the white uni.

Alasia and Michaela are in the exact same poses as the previously seen cropped photo.


Thank you for clarifying the photo quiz answer! *
by MPG  (2019-10-05 20:49:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post