Words. L.J. Rose

Second Baptist School (Houston, TX) junior L.J. Rose is one of the most gifted lead guards in the country. Despite suffering from a nagging ankle injury last summer that limited him in the crucial AAU/camp season, he still has everyone from UCLA to Kentucky to Arizona trying to lure him to their schools. Rose has agreed to give HSH exclusive access by chronicling his thoughts in a regular diary. MORE >

Words. Arie Stark

Duke just picked up their second top recruit in a week when it was announced that Strake Jesuit (Houston, TX) combo guard Rasheed Sulaimon would join their Class of 2012 haul. The 6-2 junior picked Duke over Arizona, Wake Forest, Texas, Baylor, Stanford and Georgetown among others.

“He can be a prolific scorer at times and can get a shot off on anyone. I’ve never seen anybody block his shot,” Sulaimon’s trainer and advisor Marland Lowe said. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Bryan (TX) combo guard J-Mychal Reese scored 52 points in a 113-79 win over Belton (TX) on Tuesday night. Reese, a junior, went 18-of-21 from the field, including 6-of-8 beyond the arc, and added six assists, five rebounds and three steals.

“I was just hitting shots and my teammates kept giving me the ball and telling me to shoot,” Reese told Brazo Sports. “Everything I shot was just going in. The basket got bigger and bigger. Once I hit that first [three-pointer] I felt it and I kept letting it go.” MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Second Baptist School (Houston, Texas) point guard L.J. Rose is a rarity. Not just because he’s got a ridiculously quick first step, wicked handles or a dead-eye jump shot.

Rose, a sophomore, is rare because he’s devoid an ego.

He doesn’t mind not starting from Day One when he lands on a college campus in two and a half years. He talks about academics the way most stars talk about a coach’s system. And he doesn’t think staying all four years necessarily means you’re not ready for the NBA. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

A few years ago, J-Mychal Reese might’ve been best-known as the smiling kid on the NBA Junior Hoops commercial who Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash jokingly said he named his dog after because Reese was so good.

Today, Reese, a 6-foot sophomore at Bryan (Texas) High School, is known as one of the top prep point guards in the country. That’s why it’s interesting that he doesn’t even start at the point on his own AAU team, Houston Hoops. That onus falls on Second Baptist (Houston) star L.J. Rose. MORE >