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2019 Post Summer HOOP SCOOP All-American Teams
One of the things that separates the HOOP SCOOP from everybody else in our business is the fact that we have a long history of looking at things in a variety of ways and, now that the dust has cleared and we've had some time to put everything we've seen from this past spring and summer into perspective, we think this is the perfect time to publish our 2019 Post Summer HOOP SCOOP All-American Teams, which features our ranking of the top 100 high school players nationally regardless of class and position and includes 69 seniors, 26 juniors, four sophomores, and one freshman.
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ANJAY CORTEZ MAKES NAME FOR HIMSELF IN HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION & ANTHONY DANCLER, SOLOMON MARSHALL, & MICAH WORSLEY STEAL THE SHOW IN THE 9TH GRADE DIVISION AT THE 2019 PHENOM 150 CAMP
I have good news and bad news for all of the people who were oohing and aahing over 6'8 Anjay Cortez from Charlotte NC, who clearly was the best player this past weekend at the Phenom 150 Camp in San Diego, CA. The good news is that Cortez appears has a great combination of size, skills, length, and athleticism and, with his vast array of acrobatic moves and spectacular finishes at the rim, he brought the house down on numerous occasions in both the regular camp games and the All-Star Game for the High School Division.
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AWARD WINNERS FROM THE 2019 PHENOM 150 CAMP
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AWARD WINNERS
All-Star Game MVP
6'1 Soph Trey Miller from Tomball, TX
Sportsmanship
6'6 Puneet Bains from Yuba City CA
5'10 Soph Reid Carter from Highlands, NC
5'8 Soph Charles Gauthier from Marietta, GA
6'1 Soph Trey Miller from Trumbull, CT
6'3 Brandon Owen from Los Angeles, CA
5'10 Soph Kaine Santos from Santa Rita, Guam
5'4 Jr Sean Tamez from Converse, TX
5'6 Frosh Mikel Salote Tokiyawa from Yuma, AZ
6'3 Soph "Max" William Von Arx from Portland, OR
4'11 Jr Brian Joseph Wenzel from Easton, CT
Hustle
5'11 Keegan Bennett from Jackson, MI
6'0 Jr Taylor Boswell from Spring Branch, TX
5'10 Soph Kevin Griner from Albuquerque, NM
6'5 Jr Alex Horning from Post Falls, ID
6'0 Jr Cody Linn from Folsom, CA
6'1 Soph Trey Miller from Trumbull, CT
5'6 Soph Devon Morgan from New York, NY
6'5 Soph Muodubem Muoneke from Houston, TX
5'10 Jr Gabriel Saiz from Albuquerque, NM
6'3 Soph "Max" William Von Arx from Portland, OR
5'8 soph Joshua Williams from Charlotte, NC
5'4 Soph Joshua Woodson from Alcalde, NM
Defense
6'8 Anjay Cortez from Charlotte NC
6'0 Javion Doniel from San Diego, CA
6'2 Oriekose Egbule from Houston, TX
6'1 Soph Trey Miller from Trumbull, CT
5'8 Jr Christian Morgan from San Jacinto, CA
5'10 Soph Kaine Santos from Santa Rita, Guam
6'7 Alexader Stauffer from Middlebury, IN
6'3 Soph "Max" William Von Arx from Portland, OR
5'11 Jr Isaiah Washington from Converse, TX
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9TH GRADE DIVISION AWARD WINNERS
All-Star Game MVP
6'0 Frosh Anthony Dancler from Indianapolis, IN
Sportsmanship
5'11 Frosh William Bain from Merced, CA
5'11 Frosh Presley Bruskotter from San Diego, CA
5'8 Frosh Jackson Clements from Layton, UT
5'7 Frosh Joel Crandall from Redding, CA
5'5 Frosh Anthony DeThomas from Narragansett, RI
5'5 Frosh Corbin Milne from Trumbull, CT
5'8 Frosh Rodrigo Ramiez Nava from San Diego, CA
5'6 Frosh Grant Rein from Highland Village, TX
5'2 Frosh Samuel Steare from Sandy Hook, CT
5'10 Frosh Savion Vinson from El Paso, TX
5'1 Frosh Alexander Wichman from Round Rock, TX
Hustle
5'6 Frosh Andrew Carrasquillo from San Jose, CA
5'6 Frosh Trye Curry from Oshawa, ON
5'10 Frosh Ahmad Glover from Smithfield, VA
6'3 Frosh Lemar Harris from Amite, LA
4'9 Frosh James Isbell from Bentonville, AR
5'8 Frosh Alexander Kamai from Tamuning, Guam
6'4 Frosh Laronte' Henry from Strong, AR
5'9 Frosh Ben Mitchell from Yuma, AZ
5'6 Frosh Joesi Oggs from El Paso, TX
5'9 Frosh Cowan Sanders from St Charles, MO
5'10 Frosh Christian Tirado from Caguas, PR
Defense
6'0 Frosh Caden Bell from Durham, NC
5'6 Frosh Pedro Jose Esteves from Caguas, PR
5'8 Frosh Maddox Gali from Trujullo Alto, PR
5'10 Frosh Ahmad Glover from Smithfield, VA
5'9 Frosh Aadhitiya Kumarasswarr from San Ramon, CA
5'8 Frosh Solomon Marshall from Austin, TX
5'11 Frosh Devin McCloud from San Antonio, TX
6'1 Frosh Azim Muldrow from Atwater, CA
6'0 Frosh Jacob Ryan from Katy, TX
5'8 Frosh Ethan Siaz from Albuquerque, NM
5'10 Frosh Sidharth Surapaneni from San Jose, CA
5'9 Frosh Myalek Woods from Freeport, TX
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HOOP SCOOP’S RANKING OF TOP PLAYERS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AT THE PHENOM 150 CAMP
Players with their name in red played in the all-star game
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TOP PLAYERS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AT THE PHENOM 150 CAMP |
| Rk. | Player | Ht. | Cl. | Pos. | Hometown, State | High School |
| 1. | Anjay Cortez | 6'8 | 2020 | C | Charlotte, NC | United Faith Christian Academy |
| 2 | Isaiah Barganier | 6'6 | 2022 | C | Fulshear, TX | Fulshear |
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Kaiden Bailey, Derrick Norfleet , Ryder Burgess , & Other Quality Young Players Steal the Show at this Year’s Jr Phenom Camp
Normally the best age group at the Jr Phenom Camp is the 8th Grade Division. However, the big story at this year's camp, which was held Friday, July 26th, Saturday, July 27th, and Sunday, July 28th, at Alliant University in San Diego, CA, was the quality of talent in the younger age groups.
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ALL-STAR GAME MVP’S & SPORTSMANSHIP, HUSTLE, & DEFENSE AWARD WINNERS FROM THE 2019 JR PHENOM CAMP
8th Grade Division Award Winners
All Star Game MVP
5'9 8th Grader Souljah Niles from Woodland Hills, CA
Sportsmanship
5'2 8th Grader Darius Ajakaiye from Providence, RI
5'7 8th Grader Sabien Cain from Indianapolis, IN
5'8 8th Grader Gavin Girouard from San Diego, CA
6'0 8th Grader Jaden Goodall from Yorba Linda, CA
5'2 8th Grader Omar Jaimes from El Cajon, CA
4'11 8th Grader Tyson McElroy from Surprise, AZ
5'1 8th Grader Luchi Tateishi from Burlington, CA
Hustle
5'10 8th Grader Sharod Barnes from Ypsilanti, MI
6'3 8th Grader Joshua Goodall from Yorba Linda, CA
4'11 8th Grader Anthony Harold from West Harrison, NY
5'0 8th Grader Jayden Lang from Coral Springs, FL
5'8 8th Grader Isaiah McLemore from Aubrey, TX
5'9 8th Grader Souljah Niles from Woodland Hills, CA
5'9 8th Grader Bryce Spiller from Glen Carbon, IL
5'0 8th Grader Drew Wagner from Atherton, CA
All Defense
5'8 8th Grader Gavin Girouard from San Diego, CA
5'8 8th Grader Devon McCollister from Ada, OK
5'8 8th Grader Damai Moultrie from Anchorage, AK
5'9 8th Grader Souljah Niles from Woodland Hills, CA
5'7 8th Grader David Shillinger from Ludington, MI
4'11 8th Grader Derek Tuason from Carlsbad, CA
5'4 8th Grader Tommy Vaughn from Newark, DE
6'0 8th Grader Jayden Wade from Chula Vista, CA
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7th Grade Division Award Winners
Co-All Star Game MVP's
5'3 7th Grader Jeff Schafer from Oklahoma City, OK
5'7 7th Grader DeMarco Johnson from Cerritos, CA
Sportsmanship
4'2 7th Grader Oliver Irving from Monroe, CT
4'8 7th Grader Isaiah Jones from Madera, CA
5'1 7th Grader Dylan Langford from Sunnyvale, CA
5'0 7th Grader Charles Marabel from Trumbull, CT
4'10 7th Grader Nash Pena from Ft.
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THE HOOP SCOOP’S EXCLUSIVE RANKING OF THE PLAYERS AT THIS YEAR’S JR PHENOM CAMP
Players with their name in red played in the all-star game
Our rankings reflect what we saw at camp and are based primarily on performance at camp. Many players played multiple positions and, as a result, we attempted to place as many players as possible at the position where they will be ranked the highest in camp.
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THE BIG TIME IS BACK; BATES, GREEN, KUMINGA, CHRISTOPHER, WILKINSON, THOR, SUGGS, CUNNINGHAM, BROWN, & HOLMGREN ALL TURN IN STELLAR PERFORMANCES IN SHOWCASE GAMES
We were wondering what Gary Charles and Grant Rice, who are now the directors of the Big Time Tournament, which tipped off last night at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, NV, were going to do for an encore after last year's incredible overtime thriller between Team Takeover and the Compton Magic in the final showcase game on the first night of action at the Las Vegas Fab 48.
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YGC36-MARCUS SMART HITS THE DAILY DOUBLE IN THE 16 & 17-UNDER DIVISIONS AT THE ADIDAS GOLD GAUNTLET FINALE & NATHAN BITTLE WAS IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF AT WEST COAST ELITE TOP 100 CAMP
It looks like there is a new sheriff on the adidas circuit, as is event by the fact that teams from the YGC36-Marcus Smart club team program took home the Championship in both the 16-Under and the 17-under Divisions in the adidas Gold Gautlet Finale, which was held last week at the Ladera Sports Center in Ladera Ranch, CA.
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MOKAN ELITE WINS NIKE EYBL FINALS AT THE PEACH JAM, BUT JALEN GREEN EDGES OUT N’FALY DANTE & CADE CUNNINGHAM FOR #1 RANKING
It doesn't get much better than the Championship Game at this year's NIKE EYBL Finals at the Peach Jam, which was held this past week at the Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, SC and was finally decided when the shot from point blank range by 6'6 Jalen Green from Napa (Prolific Prep) CA with less than a second remaining bounced off the top of the rim and Mokan Elite survived in an 85-84 overtime thriller.
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MEMPHIS ENDS UP WITH THE #1-RANKED RECRUITING CLASS AND ISAIAH STEWART IS THE #1-RANKED PLAYER IN OUR FINAL RANKINGS FOR THE CLASS OF 2019
The final returns are in and it is pretty obvious that the University of Memphis has the best recruiting class, as the Tigers are nine points ahead of USC, which edges out Duke, Gonzaga, Kentucky, and Georgia, all of which are within two points of one another, for #2 in our Final Ranking of the Top Recruiting Classes for the Class of 2019.
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DE’SHON SCOTT WAS IN A CLASS ALL BY HIMSELF AT THE JOHN LUCAS RISING STARS INVITATIONAL
He was like a man among boys at the John Lucas Rising Stars Invitational, which was held over the weekend at the University of Houston's Recreation & Wellness Center in Houston, TX and featured some of the top 5th and 6th Graders in the nation.
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THE HOOP SCOOP’S FINAL ANALYSIS OF THE TOP PLAYERS AT THE NBA PLAYERS ASSOCIATION TOP 100 CAMP
When the dust had finally cleared from this year's NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp, which was held last week at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA, it was pretty clear that 6'9 Soph Paolo Banchero from Seattle (O'Dea) WA was the best player in camp.
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TOP PLAYERS DEPART PREMATURELY, BUT OTHERS STEP UP TO TAKE THEIR PLACE ON FINAL DAY OF ACTION AT THE NBA PLAYERS ASSOCIATION TOP 100 CAMP
Never in the HOOP SCOOP's 37-year history have we made more changes to our final rankings at an event than we did on the final day of action at this year's NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp, which was held this past week at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA.
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College Coaches Have Left & Top Player Honors Are Still Very Much Up in the Air With One Day Remaining at NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp
We're getting ready to separate the men for the boys at this year's NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp, which has been held this week at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA and will conclude later today with the playoffs games in the morning, the semi-finals in the early afternoon, and Championship Game at 4:00 PM.
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MarJon Beauchamp Steals All of the Thunder on the First Official Day of Action at the 2019 NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp
What a difference a day made at this year's NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp, which is being held this week at the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA. The first day (Wednesday) was just a practice day and did not feature the plethora of NCAA Division I college coaches who were in attendance on the second day (yesterday).
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Cade Cunningham & Terrence Clarke Take it To Another Level at the Pangos All-American Camp
It came as a major surprise to most of the people in attendance when Dinos Trigonis announced that 6'7 Jr Cade Cunningham from Montverde (Academy) FL and 7'0 Jr Evan Mobley from Temecula (Rancho Christian) CA were the co-MVP's at this year's Pangos All-American Camp, which was held over the weekend at Cerritos College in Norwalk, CA.
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EVAN MOBLEY & DALEN TERRY LEAD COMPTON MAGIC TO CHAMPIONSHIP IN MAGIC MEMORIAL DAY TOURNAMENT
It came as no big surprise that the Compton Magic won the tournament and 7'0 Jr Evan Mobley from Temecula (Rancho Christian) CA was clearly the best player at this year's Magic Memorial Day Tournament, which was held over the weekend at Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, CA.
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Paolo Banchero Holds Off D.J. Steward for Top Spot in Our Rankings from the NIKE EYBL Indy Session
The HOOP SCOOP’s Chris Johnson attended the NIKE EYBL Indianapolis Session, which was held over the weekend at the Pacers Athletic Center in Westfield, IN, and he files the following report:
The ultra skilled 6'10 Soph Paolo Banchero from Seattle (O'Dea) WA consistently dominant four-game performance gives him the nod in our rankings over the last three-game brilliance of 6'3 Jr D.J.
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David Ibandzo is the Name to Remember from the 2019 John Lucas International Middle School Combine
The 2019 John Lucas International Middle School Combine, which was held this past weekend at the Drive Nation Sports Facility in Irving, TX, featured an abundance of size (by our count there were 27 players in attendance who are 6'4 or bigger). And right at the top of the list is 6'10 8th Grader David Ibandzo from Covington, OK, who simply picked up where he left off when we saw him two months ago at the John Lucas All-Star Weekend.
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