New Jersey Legacy Team Camp: More Session II Standouts

For the fourth consecutive summer, New Jersey Legacy Basketball held its annual three-day team camp, bringing together some of the top talent from North Jersey. Hosted at Weequahic High School in Newark, NJ, the event featured high-level competition among multiple programs, highlighting both strong team dynamics and standout individual performances. The camp also served as a valuable chance to assess players transitioning to new teams after offseason transfers, as well as those stepping into bigger roles for the upcoming winter season. Here's a look at more standout performers from the New Jersey Legacy Team Camp's second session.    Quick with the ball in his hands, [player_tooltip player_id='1609109' first='Richie' last='Rosa'] used his elite quickness to make highlight plays on both ends of the floor. Pairing his quickness with his excellent court vision, Rosa threaded the needle on a handful of passes both in transition and in the half court to create clean and advantageous scoring chances for his teammates. Defensively, Rosa played with active hands and great anticipation to continuously poke the ball away from opposing ball handlers and very often turn defense into offense on the other end.     [player_tooltip player_id='1595680' first='Mason' last='Santiago'] shined as a defensive playmaker, a versatile shot maker, and a play finisher in transition. Santiago was seen playing the passing lanes with great anticipation, pinning shots against the backboard in transition, and pressuring the basketball at a disruptive rate as a defender. Offensively, Santiago demonstrated his versatility as a shot maker— off the bounce coming off screens, off the catch from three point range, and even hitting a nice turn around fade-away in the mid post. Santiago also mixed in some strong and crafty finishes at the rim when attacking the basket. Santiago also showcased his ability to both create clean looks and finish clean looks in transition.     A strong and confident ball handler, [player_tooltip player_id='2504891' first='Sean' last='Forbes'] showcased his ability to get in the paint and make the right read— creating plays both for himself and his teammates. Forbes consistently touched the paint and either finished with craftiness around the basket or found open bigs in the dunker spot and sprayed the ball out to open shooters out on the perimeter. Demonstrating his ability to often times make the right decision, Forbes displayed his ability to be a reliable floor general in Bergen Catholic's offense.     Running the show from the point guard spot for Linden's offense, [player_tooltip player_id='1595681' first='Jaren' last='Barnett'] showcased some of his creativity off the bounce as a scorer while also showing flashes of his ability to facilitate. Barnett's scoring attack included efficient shot making off the bounce in the mid range area, crafty finishes with his both off hand and his strong hand when he got in the paint, as well as three point shot making off the bounce. Barnett also showed flashes of his decisive facilitating— drawing multiple defenders and using his good court vision to hit rim runners in transition and hit dump offs in the dunker spot.     A young guard with great positional size, terrific athleticism, and strong feel for the game, [player_tooltip player_id='2948559' first='Jayden' last='Opoku'] demonstrated his ability to effect the game both with and without the basketball. Opoku was seen knocking down outside shots off the catch, hitting mid range shots off the bounce, and finishing strong at the rim. Opoku also used his length and athleticism in combination with his extremely high motor to make highlight plays defensively— contesting shot attempts at the rim and playing with extremely active hands both on the ball and as a help side defender.

For the fourth consecutive summer, New Jersey Legacy Basketball held its annual three-day team camp, bringing together some of the top talent from North Jersey. Hosted at Weequahic High School in Newark, NJ, the event featured high-level competition among multiple programs, highlighting both strong team dynamics and standout individual performances. The camp also served as a valuable chance to assess players transitioning to new teams after offseason transfers, as well as those stepping into bigger roles for the upcoming winter season. Here's a look at more standout performers from the New Jersey Legacy Team Camp's second session.