After spending a season at Cesar Chavez High School last season, 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Dischon Thomas, will now spend this high school season and the remainder of his high school career at a very loaded Hillcrest Prep Academy in Phoenix. Thomas has also reclassified at the program and will now be recognized as a 2019 prospect. Thomas moved to the state of Arizona from North Carolina just two years ago and immediately became one of the top young prospects in the state. After a solid season for Cesar Chavez HS, Thomas also played very well this spring and summer on…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the top overal prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class revealed himself this summer as Hamilton High School’s talented 6-foot-4 rising junior guard Rashad Smith had a coming-out party of sorts – displaying an excellent ability to play the game at a high level – suggesting that he is a division-I prospect for the future. I watched Smith all summer long and came away very impressed with his ability to play the game. Smith was a very talented prospect with a nice ability to play the game. Smith is a bigger guard prospect that plays the game at a high…
Salpointe Catholic 6-foot-5 superb freshman wing prospect Majok Deng has quickly developed this spring into one of the elite frosh prospects in the West. As a result of Deng’s performance this spring and summer, many college coaches, scouts and media have quickly taken a strong notice of him as a big-time talent for the future. As a result, Deng received his biggest praise to date when he received an official scholarship offer from Arizona State University and their head coach Bob Hurley at this weekend’s Arizona State University Elite Basketball Camp. The big offer comes at the right time for…
It was a long road for Shadow Mountain High School’s talented senior point guard prospect Michael Bibby, as he graduated from high school before making his final college decision. After finishing high school, Bibby would play through the summer looking to land a scholarship offer for himself. After going through the entire summer months without a scholarship for hmself, Bibby would finally land one for himself and at the right level for himself, as he signed with a high-major division-I program – South Florida and head coach Orlando Antigua. Bibby had held out all spring and summer, waiting for the…
Arizona’s 2017 senior class of prospects has a talented group of performers. One of the elite prospects in the class is Tri-City Christian High School’s 6-foot-9 senior post Nigel Shadd. Shadd has quickly emerged among the top prospects in the class. While the class is not very deep with division-I prospects, Shadd is among the top overall performers in the state. Shadd is coming off a good spring and summer performance while traveling with his club program, the Arizona Power-Factory. I caught up with Shadd last weekend at the Pangos Arizona Showcase, and he advised me that he is…
The Pangos Arizona Showcase took place this weekend at Desert Edge High School in the west valley, and brought together the best collection of college basketball scouts/media the state of Arizona has seen this year. Tournament organizer Dinos Trigonis, one of the top scouts in the West and director of the Pangos All-American Camp, brought together such top-rated scouts as Frank Burlison (BurlisonOnBasketball.com) and Jerry Mullens (Top national junior college scout) for the event. Chad Groth (Area Codes Basketball), Jeff Meadows (Hoops Report), Ronnie Flores (Student-Sports), Gregg Rosenberg (Arizona Rivals) and Matt Rodriguez (BallisLife.com) made up the nice number of scouts/media in attendance…
Corona Del Sol High School’s superb 6-foot-2, 170-pound senior sharp-shooting guard Alex Barcello has trimmed his recruiting list down to 5 schools. After loads of college recruitment throughout his high school career, which began very early in his basketball career, Barcello has now selected five schools that he will choose from. Barcello has released that he will decide from Arizona, Butler, Indiana, Stanford and Virginia. “Basically all these schools that I narrowed my list to, I didn’t want too big of a list,” Barcello told Scout.com. “I looked at everything about the schools. I have a close relationship with each…
Many prospects around the country now utilize the club season to make a name for themselves on the recruiting front. As a result, the opportunity to play for top-rated club teams has become an important aspect of the process. For many top-rated Arizona prsopects over the years, the same decision has become common place. For Chandler High School’s rapidly developing and ultra-talented 2018 prospect, 6-foot-6, 185 pound SG/W Tevian Jones, the decision was easy after his older brother Torren Jones selected the Nike sponsored Cal Supreme during his club career. Tevian would do the same this spring and summer -…
The Pangos Arizona Showcase is set to kick off on Saturday @ Desert Edge HS, with games on Saturday scheduled for 1PM. Arizona Preps will be in attendance all day for the action, and bring you complete updates of the top performers from this year’s event. Here is this year’s complete game schedule for the one day event . . . 1:00pm Top 20 8th Grade Game ** 2:00pm Top 20 Frosh Game ** 3:00pm “Top 20” Soph Game ** 4:00pm “Top 20” Junior Game 5:00pm “Top 40” Senior Game ** 6:00pm “Top 20” Senior Game Join the Forum discussion on…
On September 17th and 18th, Ryan Silver and West Coast Elite Basketball will be hosting their 2nd annual WCE All-Star Camp- Arizona at South Mountain Community College. Last year’s event was one of the best youth events held in Arizona, and we are really looking forward to this years’ event as well. On September 17th, Grades 2-8 will be competing in the all day event and September 18th, Grades 9-12 will then play. For instructions to sign up, feel free to go to www.westcoastelitebasketball.com/arizona We look forward to seeing you out there playing again the best Arizona and California has…