{"id":264033,"date":"2023-02-02T14:05:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T22:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=264033"},"modified":"2023-11-04T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:29:53","slug":"breakout-star-2024-nic-codie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/breakout-star-2024-nic-codie\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakout Star: 2024 Nic Codie!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year there\u2019s a group of players that \u201cbreakout\u201d onto the high school and grassroots scene. Last year in Texas we saw <strong>Michigan State <\/strong>signee <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/players\/gehrig-normand\">Gehrig Normand<\/a> (Birdville, Texas)<\/strong> rise from a mid-major prospect to a unanimous Top 150 talent in the country across the major national recruiting networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year I see <strong>2024 Nic Codie (Newman Smith, Carrollton, Texas)<\/strong> make a major leap in his stock in the next 3-6 months. Before we do an outlook on what\u2019s ahead, we caught up with the 6\u20198 forward to talk about his season and how he\u2019s been able to utilize his skills to equate to wins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Coach (Percy) Johnson <\/strong>gives me a lot of freedom and I can impact games either on the wing or inside,\u201d Codie said. \u201cI enjoy playing on the wing more, being able to go off the dribble and score, but I also know when to go inside and get buckets, too. Coach Johnson having trust in me makes me play with confidence and do whatever I can to help my team win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the Trojans hold a 19-5 record and a flawless 11-0 record in district play. <em>The Dallas Morning News <\/em>recently ranked them No. 10 in their DFW 5A UIL (University Interscholastic League) poll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This whole season hasn\u2019t been sweet though, as Newman Smith sunk into a 2-5 record to begin the season. So yes, Newman Smith is on a 17-game win streak since being three games under .500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone knew we had to change. We obviously weren\u2019t happy with our record. We had a meeting as a team and actually started to play like a team,\u201d Codie said. \u201cEverybody started showing 100 percent on defense, we started playing with a lot of energy, getting out on transition and not only looking for one person to score.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Codie talks about the keys for the Trojans to make a playoff run in a deep Class 5A classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKey is to stay humble, stay together, fix up the little stuff. We need to stay healthy and do what is needed to take care of our bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Eval<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really in the tweener mold right now. Wiry, lean prospect with an array of skills. Adequate handle for size, which allows him to grab rebounds and push but also step out onto the wing and create own look when he has an advantage on the matchup. Goes inside and uses his plus length to finish over like-size opponents and is also active on the offensive glass. The shooting stroke looks promising especially on catch and shoot scenarios, but Codie can sometimes float on the perimeter more for my liking at times. Still, Codie provides a formidable inside-out game and I can see further down the road of him being a multi-purpose wing that\u2019ll bring versatility on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Recruitment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Codie holds offers from <strong>Sam Houston State, UT Arlington, Tulsa and Cal-Berkeley.<\/strong> The Golden Bears recently just offered Codie. And when I say recent, I mean as recent as me beginning to write about his recruitment. Tulsa and Cal have been the programs that have pursued him the most so far. <strong>St. Louis, Louisiana Tech, Nicholls State and Texas A&amp;M Corpus Christi <\/strong>have shown interest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese next couple months will be important for me; be big on how my recruitment goes. Want to help my team make a run in the playoffs and try to win an Adidas Championship (Playing with Southern Assault) this summer,\u201d Codie said. \u201cI need to be consistent with my play and just show how good I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consistency is key for Codie, but he\u2019s figuring out how to stay productive on the court outside of scoring. He checks a lot of boxes from a physical and skill standpoint and I do believe we will see the ????&nbsp; emoji by his name many times until we get to the fall. Check back to this article in August and I bet I was right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nic Codie Making Scouts Take Notice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":264038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8844,8316,6886,38,46250,23192,416,247],"tags":[46153,46152,7878],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-264033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apparel","category-articles","category-exclusive-videos","category-high-school","category-news","category-profiles","category-hs-south","category-hs-west","tag-newman-smith","tag-nic-codie","tag-texas-high-school-basketball"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breakout Star: 2024 Nic Codie! - Ballislife.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/breakout-star-2024-nic-codie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breakout Star: 2024 Nic Codie! 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