When you are one that gets a chance to watch young prospects perform at the high school level, projecting what they may end up as can be a guessing game at times. Of course, there are players every year at the top that look to be no-brainers. However, moving down rankings or lists of players after the top echelon, one has to look at the traits or specific parts of a player’s game that could ultimately push that player to the highest level, if everything continues to develop.
So, when one makes a statement that a player could be a future pro, it is based on what they could ultimately end up as and the traits that they see could translate in the NBA.
One player that we recently watched and have watched over the years is 2021 6’6 Bryce McGowens from Legacy Early College. We viewed him last at the Battle at the Rock, where he continued to turn heads with his play.
Now sitting as one of the top players in the country for his class, our own Patrick O