Words. High School Hoop
A year ago, Aquille Carr was a top-60 junior coming off a Dime Magazine cover. [WATCH A TON OF AMAZING AQUILLE HIGHLIGHTS HERE]
Now, he’s a senior who’s not even rated in the top 100 and has attended so many different schools they might as well start calling him The High School Matt Barnes. MORE >
Words. Bryan Horowitz
A grin spread across Andrew Wiggins’ face when asked about his visit to the Basketball Hall of Fame and a playful rivalry with his fellow Canada native, St. Benedict’s Syracuse-bound Tyler Ennis, who predicted a 20-point game if he were to play against Huntington Prep. MORE >
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6-11 Archbishop Carroll (Miami, Fla.) center Amida Brimah announced that he has committed to UConn. Check out the video of the Huskies’ newest recruit – he’s long and athletic and can clearly block shots.
He’s also clearly pretty raw, but height, size and athleticism is a great place to start: MORE >
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Oh boy. From the weekend’s high school basketball news comes word that John Calipari‘s super class continues to grow and add elite firepower.
Dakari Johnson, 6-10 monster from national powerhouse Montverde, officially committed to UK on Saturday. Dakari’s a beast. Watch this footage of him destroying at the City of Palms on his way to wrapping up the MVP award. MORE >
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Florida’s Montverde Academy has evolved into a national power on the high school scene – a development that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. Yesterday, new broke that Ben Simmons, a 6-8 superstar player from Melbourne, Australia will be enrolling at the school where he will run with fellow five-star prospects Dakari Johnson, Kasey Hill and D’Angelo Russell.
How good is Simmons? He dominated the American competition at the adidas Nation and Pangos tournaments this summer, and is considered to be a top prospect in the class of 2015. NBADraft.net’s scouting report on the smooth lefty says that he has a “chance to be special.”
Watch him work here: MORE >
Words. Patrick Cassidy
Jabari Parker apparently really enjoyed this.
In a nationally-televised press conference at Simeon Career Academy, just minutes ago Parker announced that he’s going to be a Duke Blue Devil. MORE >
