Top 250 Expo: Top Guards in Skill Sessions
Northstar Hoops Report/Prep Hoops analysts Ryan James and Matt Bigelow watched the 150 plus upperclassmen prospects intently and put together a dozen names of guards who impressed during the skill sessions.
Adam Busch (New Life Academy, 6-1, 2017) – Good floor game – seemed under control with the ball and wasn’t ever in a hurry. Picked up his guy full court a lot. Crashes the offensive glass and is a pest. Solid distributor on drives.
David Ijadimbola (Park Center, 6-1, 2020). A young player with so many physical gifts both in the way he moves and his skills. David showed his talent in the open floor runs but he caught attention with his matured game in the drills.
Jordan Lynn (Mpls Patrick Henry, 6-0, 2017). Jordan shot the ball really well off a bounce and catching and hitting at the elbow plus his quick first step in the halfcourt competition as well as his passing in the no-dribble was outstanding.
Benjamin Lundberg (NRHEG, 6-0, 2018) – Extremely quick guard who was impressive in skill drills and as a defender in 1 v 1 offensive drills. Good outside shooter and doesn’t stand still without the ball. Pesky defender as well.
RayQuawndis Mitchell (Blaine, 6-1, 2018). Mitchell was what you call a “page turner” in that he was a new name that everybody was trying to learn about during the skill drills. The Blaine guard showed deep crossover and covered much space with each offensive skill drill.
Bryce Phillips (N. St. Paul, 6-0, 2018) – Active without the ball. Gets himself into spots where his teammates can find him. Solid distributor and really smooth drive game.
Isaiah Robinson (Simley, 5-11, 2019). Isaiah wowed everybody with how fast he got to his first step and the way he got off the ground to lift into a pretty jumper. He also impressed laterally in the defensive work.
Rieshaun Satar Jr. (Henry Sibley, 5-10, 2018) – Showed good use of fakes to get shots off in traffic. Good probes in traffic on ball-screen actions to give time to roll man.
Khadeem Thomas (Columbia Heights, 6-0, 2017) – Lightning quick and was nearly impossible to keep out of the lane. Had very little trouble getting wherever he wanted on the floor and showed solid ability as a distributor.
Tristan Thompson (New London-Spicer, 6-0, 2018) – Strong on drives and showcased a really pretty pull up jumper on several occasions. Always seemed under control.
Riley Van Buskirk (Centennial, 6’0, 2019). Had one of the most natural looking shots of any player we saw all day and he really excelled in the shooting drills as well as the halfcourt stuff getting into position to catch and hit.
McKinley Wright (Champlin Park, 6-0, 2017). The new Dayton Flyer showed everybody why he is the player he is when he worked as hard as anybody in the drills going at his fully stacked group of top talent.