Pangos All-American: Best Passers on Day 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>LAS VEGAS — The 23rd edition of the Pangos All-American Camp tipped off Sunday night at Bishop Gorman high school with more than 120 players descending on Vegas to play in front of national media and NBA scouts. We focused in on the action on court 1 and court 2 and below we break down the best passers we saw on opening night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Jasen Lopez | 2026 | Chaminade-Madonna (FL)</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lopez is among the "smaller" guards in this year's camp but the 6-foot point guard brought an elite combination of toughness, feel and basketball IQ to the action on opening night. The rising senior out of Miami finished with six assists in his first game and those came in a variety of ways from lobs to big men to off-hand bounce passes to rollers and simple drive and kick passes to open shooters. Lopez operates with great pace out of ball screen action and always has his eyes up surveying the floor.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='2194415' first='Jason' last='Gardner'] Jr. | 2027 | Fishers (IN)</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I said on Twitter/X that Gardner, Jr. is the best passer I have seen this spring and early summer and I still stand by that statement 12 hours later while writing this. The 6-foot-1 rising junior was rewarding big men and wings who got out and ran the floor in transition with pinpoint hit-ahead passes that allowed teammates to easily stride into finishes at the rim. Gardner as also adept at creating for others out of ball screens and in driving situations where his natural instincts and feel for the game took over and allowed him to make quick and decisive reads.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Jordan Sykers | 2026 | Our Savior Lutheran (NY)</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sykers is one of those players who has a flair for the dramatic with his playmaking. The 6-foot-2 guard out of Our Savior Lutheran in New York has an elite handle on the basketball that allows him to manipulate defenders, get a step on them, and earn paint touches where he's a willing passer to open shooters and big men. The rising senior whipped one-hand passes on a string to advance the ball up the floor in transition.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1956542' first='Kaiden' last='Bailey'] | 2026 | Santa Margarita (CA)</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bailey has developed the reputation of being an elite three-level scoring guard but put people on notice that he has more than that to his game. The 6-foot-3 California-based prospect was credited for 11 assists in his first Pangos All-American game Sunday night with a lot of those due to him drawing so much attention with his scoring ability. Bailey added 21 points to his stat-line and often drew the eyes and bodies of multiple defenders which opened up the ability to create for teammates.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Micah Gordon | 2027 | Plainfield (NJ)</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gordon used his combination of pace, strength and vision to create numerous finishing opportunities for his big men out of ball-screen action. The 6-foot rising junior is a stoutly-built but quick and shifty ball-handler who used changes of speed to slow the game down for himself and let plays develop which allowed him to pick apart defenses and put his teammates in position to be successful.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->