Stevie Cozens@StevieCozens Tafara Gapare season highlights 2022 recruit 6’9 guard ⁦@GW_MBB⁩ commit Currently ranked 104 in his recruiting class Scots High School - New Zealand  3:12pm · 19 Oct 2020 · Twitter for iPhone1Retweet4Likes

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brod wrote:

Anyone know whats going on here? Still shown as a verbal commit online - we getting ink to paper anytime soon?

I think he reclassified to 2022. 

Think GW Rising said he is reclassifying, too.
1) Why is he reclassifying?
2) Why are we confident he is going to stick with us if reclassifying.

Great looking recruit.

half of the "names" on this message board are the same person, its very obvious.  all echoing and name checking each other, always in the most negative possible way.  recruits leaving, coaches being fired, all of the names except the main author have changed 100% from just 2 years ago.

Excited to see this dude in Buff and Blue, helluva recruit

Great profile. Hope this happens. Hard to think of any really good GW team without an international big.

Great point Mentzinger.  Yinka, Sasha, Pops, KevLar.

Said with all due respect to Francisco de Miranda and Alex Kireev.

Gwmayhem wrote:

Great point Mentzinger.  Yinka, Sasha, Pops, KevLar.

Said with all due respect to Francisco de Miranda and Alex Kireev.

Kireev counts too! 16-0 baby!

Starts his senior year with two dunks over a team of midgets

https://twitter.com/ss21nz/status/1361621253828714497?s=21

This scouting site for international projects ranks him #8 in his class.

https://id-prospects.com/the-crazy-2003-international-pool/

The best thing about the 2003 international pool is there are too many prospects who provide versatile offensive skills. In these fascinating potentials, Tafara Gapare creates a huge difference. Standing 6-foot-9 and coming from New Zealand, Gapare can do everything on both sides of the court. Literally everything.

While he does a perfect job to exploit his match-up due to the tremendous first step, excellent smooth and explosive athlectisim, changing direction, hesitation move, Gapare is able to generate 3-point shots both as a catch-and-shoot target or shot creator. He has a compact two-motion shooting form but can be a bit, wild shooter.

Unlike his peers, he uses his exceptional athleticism in a controlled way and shows mature decision-making mechanism. He can make a big difference on the court with his awesome court vision and excellent passing arsenal.

I cannot define him as a primary ballhandler or a great creator, however, as a secondary initiator, Gapare does an excellent job to exploit his match-up to create passing windows. Playing with good BBIQ, Tafara is able to run the pick-and-roll actions due to advanced dribble moves and one-handed quick and strong passes. He does a perfect job of screening the floor to understand who waits for what and how he should throw the ball.

Gapare has always had an advantage in tournaments where he played against his peers as he physically had outlier tools compared to his age. For this reason, he did not avoid forcing the positions on offense. However, this is not my biggest doubt about him. Gapare played so much on physicality on defense that he showed almost nothing technically. He has knowledge of rotation, but many times in passing lanes he chose to be a hunter to be an all-around defender, which could be a big problem in the future.

Nevertheless, Gapare is a player who gives you hype while you are watching him due to his somewhat unique potential.