Westwind Prep Academy transfer, 6-foot-7 talented rising junior forward prospect Zylan Cheatham is having a big off-season for himself and, as a result, continues to impress many college coaches, scouts and media with his length, athleticism and high skill level. While still needing work on his ability to shoot the basketball with range, Cheatham is now handling the basketball like a guard and has shown a great deal of versatility in Los Angeles, CA this weekend – enough to garner another high-major division-I offer for himself. This weekend, while playing with his club program, the Arizona Magic Pump N’ Run-2014 in the Double…
Author: Anthony Ray
Last week, after a very strong breakout performance in Los Angeles, CA at the Pangos Sweet 16 club event, Westview High School’s ultra-talented 6-foot-8 rising junior forward Andre Adams absolutely blew up on the national recruiting scene with a very strong effort in front of numerous national scouts and media. As a result, Adams found himself on the front page of several national recruiting websites across the country. This week, while playing again in Los Angeles, CA, and in another Pangos event – the Fullcourt Press Cream of the Crop Challenge, Adams has taken his game to another level. On…
We begin our new Summer Player Rankings for girls basketball in Arizona with our first release – rankings for the 2013 rising senior class. This class is absolutely loaded with some talented prospects, and has numerous division-I prospects at different positions. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings in the 2013 class are twin sisters, St. Mary’s High School’s dynamic 5-foot-9 rising senior duo of Dominque and Danielle Williams. Both sisters recently shocked the state of Arizona when they gave verbal commitments recently to different high-major programs – splitting up for the collegiate ranks. Dominique gave a verbal pledge to UCLA, while twin sister Danielle…
With the July evaluation period beginning recently and after just the first week of the evaluation period, numerous prospects from the state of Arizona have had very strong showings thus far and at different AAU/club events across the country. First of all, Dobson High School 6-foot-5 rising senior transfer Jaron Hopkins is coming off an excellent showing at last week’s Adidas Invitational in Indiana. At the event, Hopkins ranked among the top individual scorers in the event and showcased his superb athleticism – playing well above the rim. Already possessing numerous scholarship offers on the table for himself, Hopkins was tracked in the event by college coaches from…
Casa Grande High School has a long history of producing quality point guards over the years. Recently, the school produced star guard Blake Nash (South Florida signee, transfer to Texas Tech). Next in line for the school is 6-foot-2 prep point man Jonathan Milligan. Milligan is currently rated among the top prospects in the country for the 2012 class, after an impressive showing last summer in the Reebok Breakout Camp where he was selected among the top overall prospects in the camp, and then again at last week’s Reebok Breakout Camp again, where Milligan was among the best pure point guards at…
Day three, the final day, of this year’s exciting Reebok Breakout Camp on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA concluded with two more games on the day, and finally closed with the ultra-talented all-star game in the evening. Camp participants looked very fatigued on the day, but fought through it as college coaches began the filter out of the building – heading to their next destination for the July evaluation period. Camp director Pat Coombs and his large Reebok staff performed brilliantly through the camp and worked tirelessly through the evening to ensure the camp ended on an exciting note. …
Day two of this year’s Reebok Breakout Camp was a good one on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA. With a large amount of division-I college coaches in attendance for the entire day, camp participants played at a high level throughout the day – playing in three games and showing some fatigue toward the evening. With several Arizona participants in action on the day, the performances of Poston Butte High School 6-foot-2 rising senior guard Jalen Richard and Chaparral HS 6-foot-8 rising senior post Joe Boyd highlighted the day’s action. Chaparral HS 6-foot-8 rising senior post Joe Boyd has…
Day one of this year’s Reebok Breakout Camp is now officially in the books, and it was an exciting day of action on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA. With more than 400 division-I college coaches in attendance on the evening, it made for an exciting environment as many head coaches and their staffs were in he gymnasium observing the loads of talent in display on the evening. With games getting underway at 5PM (EST) due to NCAA rules not permitting division-I coaches to view college prospects until then, the action was exciting from start to…
On Wednesday evening, here in Philadelphia, PA, this year’s exciting annual Reebok Breakout Camp will get underway officially at 5PM (EST). I am here in Philadelphia getting set to catch a glimpse of the first day of action on the campus of the University of Philadelphia. Camp action began this morning with workouts and drills by the players, as well as getting situated in their dorm rooms and taking individual player photos. This year’s camp is absolutely loaded with top-rated national talent and reminds me of the days of ABCD Camp in the past, as there are numerous big post players,…
We continue our new Summer Player Rankings with our next release – the 2014 class summer player rankings for centers. This post position is also absolutely loaded with talented prospects, and has numerous high-major division-I prospects at the position. The center position is the top-rated position for the 2014 class, as several prospects at the position are high-major division-I prospects – a rare fact among Arizona post prospects historically. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings at the position is Mesa Mountain View’s 6-foot-10, 225-pound rising junior post Payton Dastrup. Dastrup is a sheer force in the state among post players, and, after a very…