LONG BEACH, Ca. – Stephen Zimmerman, via his on-court play over the first two days of the weekend, has spoken clear and succinctly as to why he has been considered one of the very best of the Class of 2015 for seemingly so very long.
The left-handed senior-to-be at Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas put the entire litany of his immense set of skills on display during the 12th Pangos All-American Camp at Cabrillo High
His performances invoked the names of two similarly sized (6-foot-10 and change) NBA players by three interested observers Saturday.
“I think of (Miami Heat standout) Chris Bosh,” his high school coach, Grant Rice, while watching Zimmerman dominate proceedings at both ends of the floor via his sprinting, full-court ball-handling and passing, jump shooting, back-to-the-bucket moves, rebounding, shot-blocking and a few other things I’ve probably forgotten to mention.
The point guard on Zimmerman’s “Arizona” camp team, Terrence Phillips, said the same thing later while shaking his head in genuine admiration after being an up-close party to Zimmerman dipping so deeply and frequently into his heaping bag of hoops tricks.
And Long Beach-based ESPN.com analyst Joel Francisco tossed out the name Greg Monroe (Detroit Pistons) as a player whose physical dimensions and array of ways to contribute to a team he is most reminded of while watching Zimmerman.
If you were courtside Saturday afternoon and watched “Big Zimm” go for 14 points, nine rebounds, three blocked shots, two assists and two steals in Arizona’s 100-64 breeze over Stanford, and 20 points, three rebounds, four assists and a block against Washington (74-52) a few hours later – and watched a lot of NBA action – you would have bought into the comparisons.
Another Pistons’ player watched the camp action Friday night.
And, over the course of the first two days of the camp and the way he played for the CP3 over the four weekends of Nike EYBL action this spring, Phillips has shown he is a lot more than “just” the “little brother” of that player, Brandon Jennings.
Since his appearance at this camp a year ago, and especially since December (with the Mouth of Wilson, VA, Oak Hill Academy squad), there may not be a more improved player at the position, nationally, in the Class of 2015.
Phillips had eight points, four rebounds, six assists and a steal Friday night in the 20-point victory over UCLA, then averaged 7.5, 6.5, 5.5 and 1.5 on Saturday.
And Saturday night he also did a most commendable job against, arguably, the best 2015 prospect at the position in the camp, Isaiah Briscoe (Roselle, NJ, Catholic), while helping Arizona hand Washington – which also has one of the more spectacular forwards in the camp (Ray Smith of Las Vegas High) on its roster – its first loss of the weekend.
There isn’t a more vertically explosive player than Marquese Chriss (Elk Grove, CA, Pleasant Grove) standing 6-8 or taller in the camp.
But Chriss (Class of 2015/he committed to the University of Washington midway through his junior season) wasn’t doing much standing on Saturday at North Carolina State improved to 3-0 as he went for 18 points, four rebounds and three steals against North Carolina in the afternoon and 22, eight and two that evening to help his team edge Duke, 59-57.
Take your choice: You can call Brandon Sampson a “wing” or a “shooting wing” when referring to the position he is likely to be playing most frequently as a college freshman during the 2015-16 season.
If you watched Sampson for any extended period of time during Stanford’s first three games, you would also join me in calling him one of the five best prospects in the camp in the Class of 2015.
The 6-5ish Sampson (Baton Rouge, LA, Madison Prep) averaged 20.7 points while hitting nine of 20 shots from beyond the arc.
No one in the camp elevates any quicker or higher on jump shot than does Sampson.
The third and final day of the camp resumes action on Sunday morning at 9:30, with the second session of “league” (ACC and Pac-12) games set to tip at about 10:20.
Following a short break, the camp’s Top 50 All-Star Game is scheduled for 12:15 p.m., with the Top 25 All-Star Game getting underway at 1:30 or so.
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