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.  And, believe it or not, 6’9 Soph Emoni Bates from Ypsilanti (Lincoln) MI is the fifth player on the First Team.  Bates will have to get bigger and stronger physically, but otherwise this long lanky multi-dimensional athlete has no weaknesses in his game and he is skilled enough to play just about any position on the court. 

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