NorCal Spring Showcase: New comers

Britt Wright May 16, 2022 @ 11:17 PM

The NorCal Spring Showcase was a one day event held on Saturday May 7th, at Chabot College in Hayward, CA. It featured teams from all across NorCal. PH was in the gym to see many of the young prospects compete. Here’s our rundown of standouts. Mata Faiaipau 5’9 2023 PG of Granada HS, Train first 17u Black. He’s a reliable point guard with good ball handling and decision making skills. He’s an excellent post passer, he executes the pick and roll well and has a good mid-range jump shot off the dribble. He can penetrate the lane to collapse the defense, and find open shooters on the kick-out. He’ll push, and pass in transition. Jeremiah Collins 6’3 2024 Guard of Pittsburg HS, Dream Sports Academy 17 Collins is a hard playing prospect who plays a good all-around game. He has a good upside as he continues to improve his offensive skill set. He might be one of those guys who’s effort and hustle makes good things happen on the court. At this event he did well attacking the basket in half-court and transition playing through contact. He has good quickness on defense and he’ll rebound from the guard position. We’ll see more of him. Gavin Sykes 6’2 2025 SG of Capital Christian HS, Oakland Soldiers 15u EYBL. It was our first look at Sykes. He plays well in the up-tempo game, using quality handles and a nice cross-over dribble to get by the defender on his way up court and to the basket. He’ll fill the lanes in transition looking to finish strong at the rim or, leak out for a open 3 which he can hit. He attacks well working from the high post area, he has a good paint jumper and a floater. He’s on Wright’s Watch List. Umbodi Egeonu 6’7 2023 PF of AIMS College Prep, HS. Team Superstar 2022. At first glance he looks a bit raw, a deeper look says he might be a late bloomer. At 6’7 he’s strong, jumps well off two feet and has a decent touch around the basket. He had good activity with some presence defending in the paint, and going after rebounds and blocks. He did a good job of getting up and down the court. Cayden Ward 6’3 2024 G/W of St Mary’s HS, Lakeshow 16 Cameron. He’s a long wiry prospect with good speed to excel and finish in transition basketball. He has long strides, and good hops to throw one down. He has the length and toughness to handle the contact on the drive and scoring in the paint. He’s a target slashing and cutting to the basket. He’s a good rebounder at this level 16, and has the ability to guard multiple positions. He’s on the Wright’s Watch List. Jacob Wrencher 6’4 2025 PG/F of Milpitas HS, Silicon Valley Soldiers Elite 15U. He might be considered a point forward at this level from what we saw. He’s 6’4 and did a good job handling the ball in open court and running the offense up top. He wasn’t rushed showed good patience, and passing throughout the games we saw. He has good movement going up and down the court, and can finish. He used a jab step on the drive, and hit the paint jumper. He has 3pt range.