Oregon Basketball: Canadian G Addison Patterson boosts Ducks for 2019-20
By Andrew Clark
Top Canadian Prospect Addison Patterson has committed to Oregon Basketball. The 6-6 shooting guard recently reclassified to the 2019 class and will join the Ducks who have one of the strongest recruiting classes of 2019.
Patterson made the announcement to play for Oregon Basketball with North Pole Hoops this Sunday, a Canadian basketball media company that has followed him for years.
“My parents always encouraged me to challenge myself and never be comfortable, so when I was making my decision to stay or reclass, would I be comfortable or would I want to challenge myself?” Patterson told Elias Sbiet of North Pole Hoops “Coach Dana Altman trusted me to come in and make an impact this year”
This commit is huge for Dana Altman’s Ducks. Patterson joins other commits like five-star center N’Faly Dante, and five-star power forward CJ walker.
With this commit, 247Sports now ranks Oregon as having the 4th ranked class in 2019.
So what does this commit really mean for Oregon? Patterson will come into the team as one of the youngest players in the NCAA after reclassifying, can he really move the needle to help Oregon make another deep tournament run?
Despite Oregon’s disappointing 25-13 regular season after losing Bol Bol to a foot injury, they were able to win the PAC-12 tournament and make the Sweet Sixteen before losing to eventual national champions Virginia.
Patterson impressed in this years EYBL circuit, playing on Team Why Not. He helped Team Why Not make the finals of Peach Jam where they would lose to MOKAN Elite. He averaged 16.6 PPG shooting .533 from the field, and has the ability to get inside as a bigger guard.
Obviously, by taking the next step to college he will struggle to get inside with larger, more athletic centers. He will have to improve his three-point percentages, he went 10/32 in EYBL from beyond the arc and focuses much more on his inside game.
Regardless of the steps he needs to take the make it at the next level, he is one of the most hyped Canadian prospects in recent history, drawing comparisons like fellow Canadians RJ Barrett and Jamal Murray.
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Patterson’s reclassification follows a string of recent top prospects to reclassify to enter the NCAA a year earlier, including Andrew Wiggins and former Oregon player Dillon Brooks.
Without getting into the politics of reclassification, it certainly does make recruiting season more interesting when you get a four-star commit this close to the start of the college basketball season.