LAS VEGAS – The 19th Pangos All-American Camp wrapped up late Tuesday afternoon with the announcement that was a near-foregone conclusion after the first session of games Sunday night:
Six-foot-10 Jalen Duren, from Philadelphia by way of Montverde Academy in Florida, was selected the event’s Most Outstanding Player.
The consensus No. 1 player in the national Class of 2022 – who, some believe, could “reclassify” to 2021 later this summer and enroll in college in September and play as a freshman – was just one of a large group of quality “big” prospects among the 106 players who participated.
The on-court festivities were capped with the Top 30 Crème of the Crop game, in which Duren’s red jersey-team prevailed over its blue counterpart, 130-99.
Despite a throbbing knee, Duren played a couple of five-minute sessions in the game but didn’t display his vertical power, scoring just a layup but showing off his unselfishness and under-appreciated passing skill with five assists.
Slender (he’s, maybe, 205 pounds) 6-10 Baye Fall (Denver Prep), the top player from the Class of 2023 in the event, scored 20 points with six rebounds and two blocked shots to pick up game Most Outstanding honors for the winners.
Another junior-to-be, 6-8 J.J. Taylor (Chicago Kenwood Academy), scored 15 points to bag MOP for the blue jerseys.
Here are my choices for the Top 25 Camp Performers, based upon how they played during the games I watched and not strictly on “potential”:
Class of 2022
Dylan Andrews 6-3 Chandler, AZ (Compass Prep)
Mark Armstrong 6-2 Jersey City, NJ (St. Peter’s)
Reid Bailey 6-9 Wolfeboro, NH (Brewster Academy)
Anthony Black 6-6 Coppell, TX (Coppell)
Adem Bona 6-9 Napa, CA (Prolific Prep)
Collin Chandler 6-4 Farmington, UT (Farmington)
Grady Dick 6-6 Belaire, KS (Sunrise Christian)
Lee Dort 6-10 Addison, TX (Greenhill School)
Jalen Duren 6-10 Montverde, FL (Academy)
Keyonte George 6-4 Lewisville, TX (ISchool Academy)
Richard Isaacs Jr. 6-2 Napa, CA (Prolific Prep)
Vincent Iwuchukwu 7-0 La Porte, IN (La Lumiere)
Dereck Lively II 7-1 West Chester, PA (Westtown School)
Noah Shelby 6-3 Addison, TX (Greenhill School)
Kel’el Ware 6-11 Little Rock (North)
Class of 2023
Layden Blocker 6-2 Belaire, KS (Sunrise Christian)
Xavier Booker 6-10 Indianapolis (Cathedral)
Taylor Bol Bowen 6-9 Wolfeboro, NH (Brewster Academy)
Baye Fall 6-10 Denver (Denver Prep)
Rayvon Griffith 6-4 Cincinnati (Taft)
Jayden Hastings 6-9 Kissimmee, FL (Orlando Christian)
Jalen Hooks 6-7 Indianapolis (Crispus Attucks)
Robert Jones Jr. 6-3 Plano, TX (St. Paul II)
Tyler Smith 6-9 Ft. Bend, TX (Bush)
J.J. Taylor 6-8 Chicago (Kenwood Academy)
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