Summer League – Thursday Standouts

<p>Summer league action has been in full force this month and we recently attended a double-header at Westview High School. Sunset first beat Canby and then Westview rolled over Aloha. Here’s a look at the top performers on the day.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1110590" first="Kayin" last="Turner"] (2024 Sunset)</strong></p> <p>Turner had one of the bigger springs of anyone in the 2024 class and it’s translated into June summer ball. Against Westview, he was effective both inside with his size and outside with his ball skills, ran the floor well and finished strong on the break. Not many guys at this level can both dunk and hit a three in the same game, but Turner is one of those who can. He finished with 21 points.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1268434" first="Jett" last="Birdsall"] (2024 Sunset)</strong></p> <p>There’s one thing that’s always stood out to us about Birdsall since the very first time we saw him last summer - he’s heady and makes smart decisions. He runs the offense with precision, hits open shots, and is able to get into the lane and either finish with the floater or dish it out to open teammates. Sunset has some starting backcourt openings next year and we fully expect Birdsall to get one of them. 15 points and a handful of assists on the night.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1309847" first="Will" last="Holboke"] (2023 Sunset)</strong></p> <p>Great effort is something to always expect out of Holboke and the combo guard provided exactly that against Westview. He scrambled for loose balls and rebounds, played stick-em defense, but also found his own offense knocking down a couple of jumpshots and getting a couple of tough buckets inside. Sunset will need senior leadership this season and no question Holboke will be the man for that. 14 points on the night.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="861083" first="Bogdan" last="Chobu"] (2023 Westview)</strong></p> <p>Chobu is an aggressive offensive player and against Aloha, really got after it on defense as well, especially in the full-court press. At one point it was steal-layup after steal-layup and the rising senior guard was piling up buckets. In the second half he canned some threes and wound up with a game-high 27 points.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1315391" first="Amare" last="Rolle"] (2023 Westview)</strong></p> <p>One area where we’ve visibly noticed improvement from Rolle since last year is his ability to attack the basket. The rising senior is then able to use his athleticism and length to finish over opponents or draw contact. He can still stroke it well from the outside and nailed a handful of jumpers. He finished with 12 points.</p> <p><strong>Alex Choi (2024 Westview)</strong></p> <p>Choi is one of the varsity returnees expected to increase his production and he did a nice job picking his spots in his floor time against Aloha. The rising junior showed good form on his perimeter jumper, hitting a couple of threes, and flashed some athleticism in some drives to the hoop. He scored five points in each half and finished with 10 points.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1368243" first="Jason" last="Grady"] (2025 Westview)</strong></p> <p>Especially considering that Westview is going to play super up-tempo this next season, we’ve determined that Grady is going to be one of the top three-point makers in the state next season. He hit four on the night against Aloha and at least half of them were contested. The rising sophomore has the height at 6-foot-5 to shoot over smaller defenders and one of those shots that almost always looks like there’s more chance it’s going in than it’s not.</p> <p><strong>Connor Gensman (2023 Canby)</strong></p> <p>It’s going to be a rebuild at Canby for new head coach Matt Taylor but one guy he’ll have back is Gensman. The lefty combo guard certainly showed the ability to create his own shot and score, hitting shots both off the catch and shoot and off the dribble.</p>