Louisville basketball: Five 2021 recruits you need to know

Blake Wesley – Guard

South Bend, IN (Four-star)

National ranking: 91

Position ranking: 19

Another guard that you need to know for the class of 2021 is Blake Wesley. The 6’4 guard out of South Bend, IN has been a player Chris Mack has had eyes on for a few months now and the interest between the two parties seems to be heating up.

Wesley took an official visit to Louisville for Virginia Tech, along with several others, where he picked up a new scholarship from the Cards. Mack has been in to see him play a few times already this year (including one of Wesley’s best games of the season) and it seems that he is developing to a top target for Louisville.

https://twitter.com/blakewesley0/status/1233889301655621633

At 6’4,” Wesley has the size and length that you’d typically see in a prototype Chris Mack guard, however, he is probably a bit lower ranked because of his slight stature. Similar to a freshman year Jordan Nwora or Shaq Aaron, Wesley could stand to add some weight. However, he has the frame to do so, and he plays a lot stronger than his appearance would suggest.

What stands out watching Wesley is his natural leaping ability and how smooth his game is. He plays like a guy who had the ball in his hands a lot from a young age, and everything from his drives and slashes to the hole to his transition pull-ups is just so smooth.

He has his own style of play that one wouldn’t classify as super fundamentally sound, but he does his own thing in a way that is extremely effective a la Cassius Winston.

Wesley isn’t the biggest or strongest guard that the Cards are after, but he does bring above-average shooting and leaping ability to the table, and he would be an excellent addition to the 2021 class.