Names to Know from Crush In The Valley Pt I

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday January 24 PH NorCal was at Napa Valley College in Napa, CA for the Crush in the Valley Showcase featuring regular high school, and prep school teams. It was a 3 day event we were there for Saturday games. These prospects weren't player of the game, but did play well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3451065' first='Dominic' last='Antoine']: The Senior guard out of Oakland has speed and strength. He brings intensity, quick hands, and feet to stab at ball handlers, he stays up close on ball handlers. He showed the ability to knock down 3-pointers, 3 in this game, and hit the mid-range with good lift. He's got the handles to attack the paint. After a steal he pushes fast up court.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3451066' first='Tristan' last='Jones']: A speedy point guard with good ball handling and passing. He's the pass first type, but does have the speed and quickness to create, using stop and go, change of direction and cross overs to get into the paint for points and assists, he'll kick it out. He has a mid-range he can hit. He has quickness, lateral movement to stick on defense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3135650' first='CJ' last='Graham']: A long arm active player who plays inside working from side to side, he goes up good off two feet, using his length to go after rebounds, and points. He can drive the baseline finish at the rim, or pull up for the short corner jumpers. He'll use a dribble drive spin move from the top to get into his paint jumper. He has 3-point range.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3451061' first='Malachi' last='Hollingsworth']: He has a good size body, activeley looks to put points on the board, driving or looking for open 3 opportunities. He's the teams leading scorer coming into this game with 21.5. He'll put up 3's along the perimeter, use his body and dribble to get into the paint, handling the bumps, he'll give extra effort at 6'0 helping rebound.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2871579' first='Adama' last='Kone']: He's built up his body a bit, expanded his game away from the basket since the last time we saw him. He's strong works well around the basket taking it up strong in traffic, going for rebounds, and blocks. He made hard cuts across the lane, planting two, then powering up. With improving handles, he used two hard dribbles getting into the paint, sometimes a spin move to get a bucket.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3241652' first='JP' last='Oka']: This was our first look at the Freshman from the Ivory Coast. He's got a long wingspan, plays mostly along the wing and perimeter slicing his way in often. He handles the ball looking to create his opportunities from around the perimeter. His long strides, and lengthy arms gets him close for finishes around the rim, and hard to block paint jumpers. He'll go after blocks, get his share of rebounds. He's got some tools to work with. He'll rise in the ranking.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2544874' first='Caleb' last='Rafan']: When you're standing 5'4 you have to bring something to the court. Rafan is a tough competitive point guard with good point guard skills. His speed, handles and passing are as good as any other guards on the court. He's constantly moving the ball around the perimeter, pushing fast up court. He can hit the open 3pt shot. He can stay close in full court, and on ball. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3341648' first='Darius' last='Lewis']: He's not logging heavy minutes but does make a contribution when he gets on the court. He's a good ball handling guard, has shown he can handle ball pressure, he split the defense a couple of times. He moves the ball around the perimeter with the extra pass. He's a good 3-point shooter, shot ready to drop a 3 on the catch. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3415475' first='Khollin' last='Ware']: He's a long arm lefty, still growing has good footspeed running up and down the court. He didn't shy away from going after rebounds. He'll shoot a 3-pointer if open. He's a long arm defender, good help off ball, can play denial. Works mostly off ball had good movement, and cuts to the basket. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3038294' first='Sebastian' last='Atako']: He's long, still growing. He had good activity in the paint going for rebounds, keeping the ball live, getting a hand on it, even if he couldn't haul it in. He sets up shot ready with a good release along the perimeter for 3's, he might use his dribble to attack. He's a ball mover, makes good cuts to the basket. He's an aware defender, lateral movement, arms extended, closes out on shooters. Good upside to his game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->