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<p>June 12-14 I attended the prestigious <strong>Section-7</strong> located at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa and June 26-28 I attended the inaugural <strong>Nevada Live Invitational </strong>at the Las Vegas Basketball Center. They are two premier live periods for college coaches to evaluate the HS players to potentially receive offers. </p>
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<p>We will go over multiple categories of the 112 players and move over to</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">S7/NLI Offensive Forwards</h2>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2533651' first='Bentley' last='Elrod'] Sunnyslope (Pictured)</strong></p>
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<p>A bigger wing forward who can fill it up quickly. He will rattle in threes off the catch and score with back door layups, offensive rebound put backs and he is deceptively quick to get past that first defender and he is getting more athletic as he ages. He hustles and rebounds well. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2574803' first='Joshua' last='Blevins'] Mountain Pointe</strong></p>
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<p>A long and taller power forward made the transfer from Skyline Prep. He gives The Pride some more real size and length to protect the rim on defense and rebound the ball. He has skill from the perimeter and he can shoot it with fall aways from mid-range. He comes with some bounce and upside for the season </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2759176' first='Trevin' last='Davis'] Liberty </strong></p>
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<p>A strong framed forward is skilled and tough. He just got cleared last Wednesday and came ready to fire away. He can get downhill and takes contact well. He will score with offensive rebound put backs as he springs up to rebound, mid-range pull-ups and rattle in threes. He was blocking a ton of shots in the game I viewed and he is a good passer to the post players. He picked up an offer from <strong>Santa Barbara </strong>after the game. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1834123' first='Mayom' last='Mayom'] Bella Vista Prep</strong></p>
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<p>A long and very tall lean wing forward who has deep three point range. He will score with lob dunks, step thrus with either hand and offensive rebound put backs. He rebounds the ball well with his size and will make some chase down blocks in almost every game.</p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2457665' first='Viktor' last='Babic'] Perry </strong></p>
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<p>A bigger wing forward is a Serbian shooter with one of the easier strokes per position. He will hit the 3 off the catch, fall away from mid-range, dunk it on the break, he has good body control and he will make some off balanced shots. He rebounds well and plays the passing lanes. He will also drive the lane and find an open teammate with advanced court vision. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2301235' first='Rhys' last='M. Robinson'] Pinnacle</strong></p>
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<p>A bigger wing forward keeps polishing up his skills and scores it with mid-range fall aways, he will hit the three, rip thru with either hand, dunks it easily and was very aggressive and got to the FT line. He rebounds well in his area and he is a sneaky good passer. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2470696' first='Tyonne' last='Brown'] Pinnacle</strong></p>
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<p>A very long and taller wing forward with a lot of skill and feel. He can rattle in threes off the catch and he will drive by his defenders with left hand off the glass and dribble operate to create his own offense. He can defend a couple of positons and sees the court plus is a good rebounder. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2574810' first='Wor' last='Wor'] Bella Vista Prep </strong></p>
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<p>A bigger wing forward with a ton of skill and a motor. He will score with quick dribble drives into the paint and pull-up from mid-range off the dribble. He will hit the three off the catch and crashes the glass for rebound put backs. He can also defend multiple positions from the 2 thru 4 with his size. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1612509' first='Jalen' last='White'] Bella Vista Prep </strong></p>
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<p>A hyper athletic wing forward is an elite leaper and he is a rare pro dunker. He actually had multiple poster dunks over post players about as impressive as you will ever see. He will get downhill with a quick burst and can throw it down quickly. He will also shoot it from mid to the the point line off the catch or pull. </p>
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<p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2386977' first='Kyle' last='Speed Jr'] Gilbert</strong></p>
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<p>A wing forward who likes working from inside and out. He can face-up from mid-range and then throw it down with alley-oops, score with offensive rebounds as a quick twitch leaper and once again he proved he's the best rebounder pound per pound in the AIA from the junior class. </p>
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June 12-14 I attended the prestigious Section-7 located at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa and June 26-28 I attended the inaugural Nevada Live Invitational at the Las Vegas Basketball Center. They are two premier live periods for college coaches to evaluate the HS players to potentially receive offers.
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