STAY POSITIVE CLASSIC EVENT RECAPS
An Insider’s Take: Jaylen Alston Commits to Gardner Webb
An Insider's Look Jaylen Alston Commits to Gardner Webb By Jamie Shaw 6'3' 2018 Wing – Ranked #27 in North Carolina's 2018 Class (CLICK HERE TO See NCs Entire 2018 Rankings) It has been a big year for Alston. First off he led his Eastern Guilford High School Team to the North Carolina 3A State Championship Game. Alston averaged 21.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per...
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6’7″ 2020 Chase Cannon — Is One to Watch Closely
6'7' 2020 Chase Cannon Porter Guad (SC) By Jamie Shaw Walking into the gym Cannon immediately draws your eyes. He has great size to go along with length and a frame that begs to put on more weight. Once warm-ups and lay up lines begin, you stay fixated on Cannon. For all his size and length, he also has great bounce and is very fluid. Then when you find out Cannon is only a rising sophomore, you...
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6'2' 2018 Malik Johnson – Now is the Time, the Blow Up is Coming
6'2' 2018 Malik Johnson – Now is the Time, the Blow Up is Coming Terry Sanford (NC) By Jamie Shaw By all accounts, Malik Johnson is a natural born winner. As a freshman, sophomore he played in two NCHSAA 3A state championships (winning one) and now as a senior he will be the starting point guard for Terry Sanford, vying for a third trip to the state championship game. He has an innate...
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6'2' 2018 Malik Johnson – Now is the Time, the Blow Up is Coming
6'2' 2018 Malik Johnson – Now is the Time, the Blow Up is Coming Terry Sanford (NC) By Jamie Shaw By all accounts, Malik Johnson is a natural born winner. As a freshman, sophomore he played in two NCHSAA 3A state championships (winning one) and now as a senior he will be the starting point guard for Terry Sanford, vying for a third trip to the state championship game. He has an innate...
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6’5″ 2018 Trey Wertz — Finishing On The Highest Note
6'5' 2018 Trey Wertz Providence Day (NC) By Jamie Shaw Wertz has attended Phenom Hoops' events for years. Year after year, he has continued his upward climb getting better and better. This has prompted National Analyst Rick Lewis to use the old statement, 'it's not where you start, but where you finish'. Heading into his senior year at Providence Day School, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wertz'...
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6’6″ 2019 Mike Christmas Takes a Major Step
Mike Christmas Takes a Major Step By Jamie Shaw It has just been announced that Mike Christmas has transferred to Huntington Prep. We figured this the perfect time to go through Mike Christmas as a prospect and a standout in Phenom's Stay Positive Live this past July. The first time we came across Christmas was in Octber of 2015 (Click Here for the Full Article) when our Frank Bennett said very...
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July's Top Performances Small Forwards
In this series we will recount some of the top performances, by position, we saw throughout July…Take note and enjoy What a July it was, Phenom Hoops' was involved in some of the greatest events across the country. Over 650 college coaches showed up to view and dozens of offers were handed out to top performers. The word has spread as hundreds of teams, carrying thousands of players, came...
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July’s Top Performances — Shooting Guards
July's Top Performances Shooting Guards By Jamie Shaw What a July it was, Phenom Hoops' was involved in some of the greatest events across the country. Over 650 college coaches showed up to view and dozens of offers were handed out to top performers. The word has spread as hundreds of teams, carrying thousands of players, came from 20 different states to perform on the nation's leading...
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July’s Top Performances — Point Guards
July's Top Performances Point Guards By Jamie Shaw What a July it was, Phenom Hoops' was involved in some of the greatest events across the country. Over 650 college coaches showed up to view and dozens of offers were handed out to top performers. The word has spread as hundreds of teams, carrying thousands of players, came from 20 different states to perform on the nation's leading grassroots...
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2020 Cameron Thomas Should Have High-Major Programs Attention
2020 6-foot-2 Cameron Thomas from boo Williams 16u is a name that already is garnering some early national attention but he could be on the verge of exploding on an even bigger level. The July period has come and gone but it now gives our analysts at Phenom Hoops a chance to look back at all the talent we saw on the court in the past month. There were several names that stood out each and every...
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Reaching His Potential: 6’9 Ody Oguama
Oguama is a low-risk/high-reward prospect that could earn minutes from his first day on campus in the right situation. Another player that has really impressed coaches this summer and should anticipate a significant rise in his recruitment is 6'9 ’18 Ody Oguama of (NC Red Storm/Cardinal Gibbons). In many ways, he is the leader for this NC Red Storm team. Defensively, he is their fallback...
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Phenom Hoops Rankings: A Look at the 2018 Class
The updated 2018 rankings were released and we saw lots of changes. Some players moved up the top 100, while others saw their positions slip after subpar spring performances. This class has many prospects who will go on to be extremely productive at the next level. To give a little retrospect, majority of players in the top 50 are receiving strong interest from D1 programs across the nation....
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Quietly getting buckets – 6'3 '18 Tre Turner
Tre Turner enjoyed an outstanding freshman year at Northwest Guilford and his stock, growth and improvement has continued to soar this past summer playing with CP3 'travel ball' basketball team. We first watched Tre at one of the NC Phenom 150 camps and we stated, 'Tre is a strong competitor who showed flashes of being able to take the game into this own hands and find his way to the basket.'...
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