Arizona Preps: Athletic Guards/Forwards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>October 26th I attended the 26th annual&nbsp;<strong>Arizona Preps Fall Showcase.</strong>&nbsp;Director<strong>&nbsp;</strong><em><strong>Anthony Ray</strong>&nbsp;</em>had high school and prep teams going at it playing two games each at Inspire Courts in Gilbert, AZ.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Here are some Athletic Guards and Wings I viewed</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2278688' first='Precious' last='Sam'] AZ Compass Prep Grind</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A massive post player who is a top notch post defender. He grabs rebounds in bunches and blocks or alters many shots per game. He is also very hard to move out of the painted area and is a menace in the trenches.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1685490' first='Patrice' last='Mpouli'] Williams Field&nbsp;</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A top tier two-way player is great in the passing lanes and rebounds well for his size. He scores with hesitations to get downhill with strong takes and is a star on the break. He takes long strides to score with swooping reverse layup in traffic and will hit perimeter jumpers.   </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2131786' first='Markee' last='White Jr.'] Williams Field</strong> <strong>(Pictured)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A physical power forward who is not well known yet but has good size, strength and is very athletic. He is versatile to handle the ball, he scores from inside and out and will rebound, take charges&nbsp;and throw it down on the break. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2457861' first='Mykel' last='Simpson'] Arcadia</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>An undersized combo guard is super athletic. He is a fierce on-ball defender with his lateral quickness and speed. He has a quick first step to get to the basket and will attempt to poster dunk anyone. He is also a quick second and third jumper to rebound.  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1746197' first='Malakhai' last='Moore-Neal'] Phoenix Christian</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A wildly athletic wing will literally leap over you with elite body control. He will defend multiple positions and his second and third jump is just as a fast as most players first. He has huge layup package of floaters, runners and contact takes.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1986845' first='Mason' last='Kendrick'] Arcadia </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A highly skilled scoring guard has a sweet spot from with his mid-range pull-up. He is tough on the ball defensively and he is a sneaky good passer up the court. He can hit the three, dunk it on the break and he may have one of the more polished mid-range jumpers in the class.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2364383' first='Deshawn' last='Gory'] Phhoenix Prep OTE</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A long, lean and athletic wing is a top athlete who can score it. He can rattle in triples and will pull off the one dribble side step and then throw down the alley-oop on the break. He plays with huge confidence and fire. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2574812' first='Sadeek' last='Noah'] Supreme National</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A long, tall and athletic sophomore forward dunks it easily on the break or in the half court set. He scores on put backs with his bounce and length and takes long euro step strides to get to the rim quickly.   </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1490241' first='Elijah' last='Summers-Livingston'] AZ Compass Prep</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A high flying power forward is stretching out his touch to the three point line and will hit from mid-range. He is obviously very athletic and will rim run for dunks but he was knocking down jumpers on this day. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->