NORWALK, Ca. – The events surrounding the weekend’s 16th Pangos All-American Camp demonstrated – once again – why the event rates as absolute must-attend for any high school hooper given the opportunity to do so.
*The talent in attendance at Cerritos College figuratively spoke to the exceptional level of itself during each of the 27 games (including three all-star tilts on Sunday) that were played over the gymnasium’s three-court configuration.
The camp annually turns out a dozen or so McDonald’s All-Americans. And, with five members of the McDonald’s selection committee on hand over the weekend, there should be just as many – if not more – selected for the 2019 squad next January;
*Each major – and minor, for that matter – Internet “media site” that specializes in evaluating and publicizing hoopers was represented at the camp, translating into maximum social media presence by the camp over the weekend;
*And, for the first time ever, the NBA granted permission to its 30 franchises to send representatives to evaluate players at the camp. And all but eight of those took advantage, giving its their scouting personnel the ability to – in most cases – get initial up-close-and-personnel looks at those players.
Camp founder and director Dinos Trigonis tabbed Isaiah Mobley (6-9/Temecula, CA/Rancho Christian/Class of 2019) and Scottie Barnes (6-8/West Palm Beach, FL/University School/2019) as the Most Outstanding Players from the respective blue and white squads for the Top 30 Cream of the Camp All-Star Game, with three-time camp standout Charles Bassey (6-9/Louisville Aspire Academy/2019) as the overall Most Outstanding Player of the camp for the second year in a row.
But my choice – quite the tough one, by the way – as consistently the most impressive player over the weekend is Mobley’s younger brother, 6-foot-11 Evan Mobley, who could end up as the consensus No. 1 prospect in the national Class of 2020 by August.
Here are 20 players who most impressed me over the weekend, broken down nationally and regionally. These are not necessarily the guys I think are the 20-best prospects that were on hand; just the guys who “played the best” when I watched.
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National Top 10 performers
Scottie Barnes 6-7/2020 Fort Lauderdale University School
Charles Bassey 6-10/2019 Louisville Aspire
Justin Champagnie 6-6/2020 Brooklyn Bishop Loughlin
Kofi Cockburn 6-10/2019 New York Christ The King
Sharife Cooper 5-10/2020 Powder Springs, GA, McEachern
Cade Cunningham 6-7/2020 Arlington, TX, Bowie
Eric Dixon 6-7/2019 Abington, PA, Abington
Anthony Edwards 6-4/2020 Atlanta Holy Spirit
Tre Mann 6-3/2019 The Villages, FL, Villages School
Jaden Springer 6-3/2020 Charlotte, NC, Rocky River
Most Outstanding/National: Cunningham (PICTURED)
Southern California Top 10 performers
Josh Christopher 6-4/2020 Lakewood Mayfair
Gianni Hunt 6-2/2019 Torrance Bishop Montgomery
Jaime Jaquez 6-7/2019 Camarillo
Johnny Juzang 6-7/2020 Studio City Harvard-Westlake
Jake Kyman 6-7/2019 RSM Santa Margarita
Drake London 6-5/2019 Moorpark
Jarod Lucas 6-3/2019 Hacienda Heights Los Altos
Evan Mobley 6-9/2019 Rancho Christian
Isaiah Mobley 6-9/2019 Rancho Christian
Cassius Stanley 6-5/2019 Chatsworth Sierra Canyon
Most Outstanding/SoCal: E. Mobley
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