NEXT Battle At The Lakes — The Ballers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Hoops Next Battle At The Lakes is truly a legitimate event that had a bunch of ballers that competed. I thought the youngsters came to play and competed at a high level. Let's dive into and mention the true ballers that were standing out and competing in a big way. Who were getting people talking? There's quite a long list of talented prospects with upside, so we'll make this a multiple-post series. Let's first look at some Dakotas and Nebraska prospects.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>— The prospects are not organized by order or class — </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":2437931,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Lee Robinson ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2028","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"null","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77246","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='2075908' first='Team' last='Nebraska Express']","_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":"Robinson most definitely had people talking. 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