Spring AAU Primer: 2025 Small Forwards to Know

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With playoffs in the city being on to the intersectional rounds the high school season will be wrapping up in just a few short weeks. With that in mind, this highlights a few small forwards to keep an eye on heading into the spring AAU season:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>(Note: this is not at all a definitive list, just part of an ongoing series to highlight some New York natives who are deserving of being recruited)</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2339148"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Headley is finishing up his first season at St. Benedict's after transferring in from Brooklyn Collegiate. 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A rangy 6-foot-6 swingman, Legree is a versatile defender who can get to the rim on straight line drives as well as stick corner threes. His season continues tomorrow night at Archbishop Stepinac against Archbishop Molloy, with the winner advancing to Fordham on Sunday where plenty of college coaches will be in attendance.","_player_evaluations_4_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_5_player":["2325781"],"_player_evaluations_5_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_5_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_5_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_5_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_5_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_5_evaluation":"A rangy 6-foot-6 swingman who has benefited from his transfer to Williston, Odutayo looks to parlay a big junior season onto the AAU circuit. 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Below are the previous articles from this series: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://prephoops.com/2024/02/spring-aau-primer-2025-shooting-guards-to-know/","type":"wp-embed","providerNameSlug":"prep-hoops"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-prep-hoops wp-block-embed-prep-hoops"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://prephoops.com/2024/02/spring-aau-primer-2025-shooting-guards-to-know/ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://prephoops.com/2024/02/spring-aau-primer-2025-point-guards-to-know/?itm_source=parsely-api","type":"wp-embed","providerNameSlug":"prep-hoops"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-prep-hoops wp-block-embed-prep-hoops"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://prephoops.com/2024/02/spring-aau-primer-2025-point-guards-to-know/?itm_source=parsely-api </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->