Next Year: Shot Clock?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We take a look at some of the best AIA players next year who can handle the shot clock at a high level. Next year, if your conference passes the shot clock rule, you will need to think fast, maybe play fast and most importantly be calm and in controlled under pressure. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A perfect example of that this year was the 5A finals with [player_tooltip player_id="827033" first="Nikko" last="Pentelute"] of Gilbert and [player_tooltip player_id="933538" first="Jake" last="Lifgren"] of Centennial. Both can easily score but make good decisions with the ball in pressure situations.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">6A-4A are most likely going to have a shot clock. So I will only talk about those conferences for now.  </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are my top 30 who I think can make the leap of handling the shot clock in pressure moments: (Some are already doing it this year–some will be asked to step up and do it next year).</span></p> <p>1. [player_tooltip player_id="994130" first="Isaiah" last="Kai"] <b>Campo Verde </b></p> <p>2. [player_tooltip player_id="814036" first="Tru" last="Washington"] <strong>Mountain Pointe </strong></p> <p>3. [player_tooltip player_id="831115" first="Kevin" last="Patton Jr"] <strong>Maricopa</strong></p> <p>4. [player_tooltip player_id="994006" first="Styles" last="Phipps"] <b style="font-size: 1rem;">St. Mary’s</b></p> <p>5. [player_tooltip player_id="992829" first="Gabe" last="Pickens"] <b>Millennium </b></p> <p>6. [player_tooltip player_id="1275429" first="Yarell" last="Greer"] <strong><b>Higley</b></strong></p> <p>7. [player_tooltip player_id="831114" first="Cody" last="Williams"]<strong> Perry </strong></p> <p>8. [player_tooltip player_id="1150940" first="Rowan" last="McKenzie"] <b>Boulder Creek</b></p> <p>9. [player_tooltip player_id="814508" first="Andrew" last="Camacho"] <b>Peoria</b></p> <p>10. [player_tooltip player_id="814521" first="Aadem" last="Isai"] <b>Valley Vista </b></p> <p>11. [player_tooltip player_id="1150195" first="Brigg" last="Wolfe"] <b>MTV</b></p> <p>12. [player_tooltip player_id="831121" first="Kota" last="Benson"] <b>Mesa </b></p> <p>13. [player_tooltip player_id="814507" first="Davion" last="Butler"] <b>McClintock  </b></p> <p>14. [player_tooltip player_id="996764" first="Brennan" last="Peterson"]/[player_tooltip player_id="996176" first="Bryce" last="Quinet"] <strong>NDP</strong></p> <p>15. [player_tooltip player_id="1127081" first="Liam" last="Bunker"] <b>Queen Creek</b></p> <p>16. [player_tooltip player_id="814517" first="Cohen" last="J Gonzales"] <b>Mesquite  </b></p> <p>17. [player_tooltip player_id="1220362" first="Donovan" last="Beard"] <b>Dobson </b></p> <p>18. [player_tooltip player_id="1077598" first="Isaiah" last="Bronson"] <b>Gilbert </b></p> <p>19. [player_tooltip player_id="1178304" first="Isaiah" last="Hill"] <b>Pueblo </b></p> <p>20. [player_tooltip player_id="814504" first="Demarion" last="Anderson"] <b>Agua Fría</b></p> <p>21. [player_tooltip player_id="1336443" first="Uriah" last="Tenette"] <b>Prescott </b></p> <p>22. [player_tooltip player_id="937199" first="Jayden" last="Sleeper"] <b>Deer Valley</b></p> <p>23. [player_tooltip player_id="996166" first="Braeden" last="Speed"] <b>Brophy Prep</b></p> <p>24. [player_tooltip player_id="996161" first="Lashy" last="Perez"] <b>Apollo (Pictured) </b></p> <p>25. [player_tooltip player_id="1042714" first="Archie" last="Graves IV"] <b>South Mountain </b></p> <p>26. [player_tooltip player_id="831125" first="Masai" last="Dean Jr"] <strong>Cholla </strong></p> <p>27. [player_tooltip player_id="937189" first="Cuthbert" last="Tambatamba"] <b>Desert Edge </b></p> <p>28. [player_tooltip player_id="1128459" first="Jeremiah" last="Newcombe"] <strong>Casteel </strong></p> <p>29. [player_tooltip player_id="996810" first="Preston" last="Lee"] <strong>CDS </strong></p> <p>30. [player_tooltip player_id="1183406" first="EJ" last="Mills"] <strong>Shadow Ridge </strong></p>