Top 250 Expo: Talented Bigs (F/C)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the things that stood out to me about this particular showcase was the incredible amount of talented big men on the floor. Usually it's smaller guards and forwards stealing the show, but the bigs showed up and showed out with impressive versatility this past weekend. Below are a skilled handful who grabbed the attention of attendees and opponents alike.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":2234173,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='1598897' first='Ja'Corian' last='Oes']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'5u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77247","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Tyler Legacy","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='2076075' first='Shabazz' last='Elite']/[program_tooltip program_id='2163960' first='Texas' last='Summitt']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Ja'Corian can flat out play and use his size to his advantage in multiple ways. 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