re: Billy Donovan agrees to become Thunder coach (#Ride4Noah)

Okay. Now, take that along with his reasons for transferring to Montverde in HS.

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Recently, a top 50 player in the 2015 class decided to transfer to one of the top prep schools in the nation. Noah Dickerson announced on January 7 that he will transfer from North Atlanta High School to Montverde Academy for the 2014 spring semester. I had a chance to interview the Atlanta, Georgia native about his decision.

When asked about the move, Dickerson said, “I felt that when I got to college, I didn’t want to have a year where I didn’t play very much. I want to come into college and I want to play, and they weren’t really developing me that much at North Atlanta. (Montverde) Coach (Kevin) Boyle is one of the best high school coaches in the country and I know he will develop me.” He chose Montverde (FL) over offers from other nationally known schools such as Oak Hill Academy, Brewster, and New Hampton.

He believes that playing against a consensus top 5 player in his class in Ben Simmons every day in practice will allow him to take his game to another level. He also believes he and Simmons will work well together in games saying, “I’m truly more of a post player, and Ben is a little more an outside guy. So, I do think we will complement each other.”

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It's pretty clear that Noah has had two primary goals since high school.

1) putting himself in the best situation for development

2) getting to play his first year of college

He committed to UF because he believed that Donovan was the best option for developing him as a player while also being able to offer him instant playing time.

Based on what I gather, if Donovan leaves, he has no real reason to stay with UF other than playing time. If JJ can sell him on that issue, LSU seems like the best option left on the table.