2025 Rankings: New Additions in Top 50

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our most recent ranking update came to the class of 2025 which saw us expand the number of ranked prospects from 65 to 100, meaning: Tons of new names to get familiar with. In this piece we take a more in-depth look at some of the new additions to the 2025 rankings in Southern California.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1896209' first='Adam' last='Grissom'], Taft</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grissom is a multi-positional offensive player whose size, skill-set, basketball IQ and passing abilities helped Taft make a run to the CIF Los Angeles City Section Open Division championship. The 6-foot-6 swingman checks in at No. 17 in his rankings debut and what stood out most to us about Grissom was his passing. The sophomore possesses great vision and timing and delivers the ball on time and on-target. He can operate out of the mid-post and find cutters and is also a guy who can find shooters out of the post and operate in dribble-drive and kick action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1896210' first='Isaiah' last='Johnson'], Campbell Hall</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Johnson is a super crafty point guard who showed the ability to balance scoring and distributing and was effective both on and off the ball. The 5-foot-10 lefty has the ball on a screen, makes great reads and plays in ball-screen action and finishes around the basket much bigger than his size. Johnson makes his rankings debut at No. 45.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1896211' first='Zion' last='Paleo'], Orange Lutheran</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Paleo is another impressive point guard prospect who emerged this season. At 5-feet-10, the OLu product plays with great pace in both transition and half-court settings and has the basketball IQ, passing ability and feel to pick apart a defense in a variety of ways. Paleo, despite a lack of size, knows how to get into the teeth of the defense and has an effective floater to negate rim protectors. Paleo checks in at No. 46 in the 2025 rankings.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1896212' first='Reggie' last='Caldwell'], Grand Terrace</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caldwell is an intriguing long-term prospect because of his combination of positional size, playmaking ability off the bounce and overall feel for the game. The 6-foot-4 combo guard was tasked with handling the ball and making most of the decisions for his high school team this season and impressed with his willingness to trust the pass and trust his teammates. Caldwell's debut rank is at No. 49 with the chance to rise.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1896213' first='Myles' last='Singleton'], Culver City</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>When you talk about guards who pull all the right strings for their team, Singleton has to be mentioned among them. The 6-foot sophomore keeps defenses off-balance with his ability to change speeds and direction to get into the lane and put pressure on the rim. Singleton is a crafty ball handler and finisher around the rim who can knock down pull-up jumpers. Singleton arrives on the scenes as the No. 51 player in SoCal.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->