Isaiah Abraham 6’0 150 2024 VA Dreamchasers
Isaiah is an impressive young athlete with an intriguing physical profile highlighted by long legs, a long wingspan and broad shoulders. He is agile and quick, elevates off the floor quickly with explosive bounce and great timing for rebounds and blocked shots. Isaiah runs the floor with quickness and gracefulness and gets end to end in a hurry using his long, rangy strides and athleticism. He handles the ball exceptionally well as he uses his dribble wisely, doesn’t turn it over and makes good decisions. Isaiah is very good off the ball and demonstrates skillful footwork on catch and shoot jumpers where he hits shots with very good regularity and possesses disciplined shot mechanics. He uses quick rips and gets where he wants to quickly and with minimal dribbles utilizing long and decisive strides, great body control and balance. Isaiah can hit the pull-up jumper or get to the rim and finish. His length and strength allows him to play through contact, almost appearing unfazed as he finishes with good consistency. His offensive game is smooth and he executes sound fundamentals in an effortless manner. Very advanced offensive and defensive foundation. Defensively he has shown the ability to guard smaller players in space and also defend the paint. Isaiah has very good lateral mobility and sound defensive footwork. Around the rim he is a shot blocking presence using his length, quick elevation, timing and bounce to be an imposing figure around the rim. Isaiah is an exciting player with tremendous potential. His advanced skills and effortless execution of those skills might also be the result of excellent coaching at the AAU level but perhaps also at home as he is the son of former Boo Williams and Marquette star Faisal Abraham who was also a shot blocking presence and an athletic marvel in a chiseled 6’7 frame. Isaiah is also the nephew of Tajama Abraham Ngongba, Faisal’s sister who also starred for Boo Williams before a Hall of Fame career at George Washington University. Tajama went on to play in the WNBA and is currently an assistant coach at George Mason University. Isaiah’s cousin is Dreamchasers 6’2 2024 Patrick Ngongba who, like Isaiah is one of the state’s top 2024 prospects. Keep your eyes on Isaiah Abraham, he’s an exciting and high ceiling prospect in Virginia’s 2024 class!