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LAS VEGAS – As the final game of the four-day camp was getting set to tip off at about 7 o’clock Saturday night, the LeBron James Skills Academy was as noteworthy for the players not playing as it was for the guys about to play in the championship game.

Stephen Zimmerman, Isaiah Briscoe, DeAndre Ayton, Eric Davis, Malik Monk, Mickey Mitchell, Malik Newman and Ben Simmons – eight of the upper-tier prospects who were in uniform the players begin working out in the Cashman Center late Wednesday morning – were among the players who didn’t play Saturday because, a) they were injured; b) they were fatigued and “resting” for the Nike-front EYBL Championships (Peach Jam) in Savannah next week or, c) had already flown home.

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LAS VEGAS — Friday’s Day III of the LeBron James Skills Academy became, in essence,  “Day II 1/2” of the event.

With injuries and fatigue shrinking the number of the “healthy, rested and rarin’ to go” players on hand, Nike grassroots officials made the administrative call to cancel the evening session of four games.

As of early Friday afternoon, Saturday’s “playoff schedule”, set to tip off with quarterfinal action (there are eight camp teams) at 9:30 a.m., is still a go.

So that left the four games that tipped off at 2:30 PT from which to cull my witty and insight comments and evaluations – more or less — that you’re about to peruse.

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LAS VEGAS — As Day II turned into Night II for the LeBron James Skills Academy Thursday, rosters were shrinking as the number of players on the sidelines with ice packs on ankles and wrists continued to grow exponentially.

Guards Isaiah Briscoe and Malik Newman (iced wrists), potent junior-to-be power forward Omari Spellman (iced right ankle) and multi-skilled 2015 forward Mickey Mitchell (not sure why) were spectators Saturday night.

But, with the deepest collection of upper-tier prospects in all classes to be found at any of the seemingly 30 or 40 camps going on right now across the country, finding 10 guys whose exploits are worth writing about isn’t going to be a chore.

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LAS VEGAS – Day I of the LeBron James Skills Academy concluded with the camp’s namesake – and, if the mostly day-long buzz in the Cashman Center has some factual heft to it, the soon-to-be Cleveland Cavalier – running with the participants in portions of each of the first four games played Wednesday night.

I watched the players in their drills and “practices” earlier in the afternoon, then tried to focus on the first half of the game (between “Michigan State” and “Florida”) on Court I, then did the same thing for the second half of the game on Court II (“Syracuse” vs.

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BELLFLOWER, Ca. – The St. John Bosco High boys’ basketball program will play host to the “Braves Big 12 Summer Classic” this week.

Eight of the 12 programs in the event participated in last spring’s first-ever CIF Southern Section Open Division Playoffs, including ultimately sectional and state champion Santa Ana Mater Dei.

Pool play begins Monday afternoon at 3:30, with the championship game set for Saturday evening at 6 o’clock.

The pool-play schedule:

Monday: 3:30, Gardena Serra vs. Anaheim Servite; 5, L.A. Cathedral vs. La Habra Sonora; 6:30, Bellflower St.

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