Tarkanian Classic Tournament Standouts

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tarkanian Classic</span></p> <p><strong>6’3 SG [player_tooltip player_id="968085" first="Luke" last="Leatherwood"] || Bingham High School || 2022 ||</strong></p> <p>Luke was having a great inside outside game as he was one of the main scoring threats as Bingham beat a solid and athletic team from San Diego County. Luke was moving and shifting well into his spots and getting ready to catch and shoot or to catch and rip. Really liked his two dribble pull-up as he can create space and he gets some elevation on his jump-shot.Defensively he continues to improve moving his feet and not gambling as he did a good job of keeping players in-front.</p> <p><strong>6’8 SF [player_tooltip player_id="1298532" first="Jaxon" last="Johnson"] || Alta High School || 2024 ||</strong></p> <p>Jaxon has a nice feel for the game as a young player who is just starting to get varsity minutes. Jaxon is starting for Alta and he is always looking for opportunities to find open players and with a lot of size he uses it to get angles to find people on the post and on drive and kicks. He has great looks in the high low as well. Defensively he shows that he can switch on multiple players and as he was playing some athletic players with size he was able to find some neutral positions with him switching of on basically anyone. </p> <p><strong>6’6 F Sammie Ishimwe || Layton Christian Academy || 2022 ||</strong></p> <p>Raw athlete that moves well. He is rough around the edges but he has potential as he is strong on the blocks and he changes ends quickly. He defends the rim well and he alters shots. Still learning how to work the blocks but he does flash well when looking for position to get the ball. </p> <p><strong>6’3 [player_tooltip player_id="1127199" first="McCaden" last="Adams"] || Pleasant Grove High School || 2022 ||</strong></p> <p>McCaden was impressive tonight as he was smaller than most of his defensive assignments but that did not bother him one bit as he would simply close the gap and not give the offensive player any space. McCaden is usually known to be a scorer but a different dimension of his game was on display today as PG pulled out a tough narrow victory at the Tarkanian classic. </p> <p><strong>6’8 W [player_tooltip player_id="711697" first="Chris" last="Bunch"] || Wasatch Academy || 2022 ||</strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="711697" first="Chris" last="Bunch"] is a fluid guard that has length in the perimeter. He is a big positional guard that shoots over smaller guards and is always ready on kick-outs. He is great attacking left and then changing directions. Rebounds and go’s on the break filling lanes and he is ready to attack. At the top of the 1-2-2 he is a menace and he will tale that to the next level at Syracuse. </p>