QUEEN CITY SHOWCASE EVENT RECAPS
Expect April Offers From This Bucket Getter: 6’6” 2017 Naquan Williams-Day (Oakland Mills / 6th Man Warriors)
Prepare for Naquan Williams-Day to explode with college offers this April. This will be an event that we saw coming a while ago, but it will finally culminate this April. Williams-Day took the 2015 Phenom July LIVE period by storm. Playing in two events, the sturdy wing averaged 30 points per game, going for over 45 multiple times. It was quite a revelation because none of us at Phenom had heard...
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Rim Protectors At a Premium: 6’10” 2017 Deshawn Thomas (Central Carolina Force)
Standing at 6’10”, Deshawn Thomas wields a 7’5” wing span. He is a paint protector, he knows he is a paint protector, and each time a player comes into the lane or a rebound comes off the rim, Thomas is going to get it. Thomas is newer to the game, however he already holds a state championship. This past year, at AC Flora High School, the Columbia, South Carolina native manned the middle for the...
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There’s Something About the Smoothness of His Shot: 6’2” CG Ervin Bennett (Queen City Thunder)
From the first shot he took at Phenom’s Hoop State Challenge you could tell that Ervin Bennett could flat score the ball. He continued forward to prove us right as he averaged 22 points per game on the day and displayed a complete arsenal of moves, handle, and shots. Bennett plays at Anson County High School, a small 3A high school in a town of only 5,000 people. He lives in rural southern North...
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Recruitment Should Take a National Feel ASAP: 6’6” 2019 Juwan Gary (Gray Collegiate / Team United 15U)
Juwan Gary is a name that high major college coaches need to get to know quickly. Many in his region have already been in to see him, however before long his recruitment will become one that takes on a national feel. Like with most prospects in our region, our first time putting eyes on Gary came as he showed up to our NC Junior Phenom camp, the fall heading into his 8th grade year. At that...
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Positive Plays and Wins: 6’6” 2016 Faison Brock (Millbrook HS / WCBA Unsigned Srs)
In Faison Brock’s three seasons playing varsity basketball at Millbrook High School he was a combined 78-10. The central mainstay of each of these teams was Brock, and his 6’6” frame and 6’10” wing span, doing all the dirty work. Brock has made a name for himself doing all the things on the court that most don’t like. He uses length and timing to pile on deflection totals. His junior year, the...
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Meet Student Athlete: 6’2 2017 Carter Collins
6’2 junior Carter Collins of East Chapel Hill High School has been on the Phenom Hoop Report radar for the past two years. This past season for East Chapel Hill High School, Carter averaged 22.7 PPG and 2.9 APG. More importantly, he sports an amazing 3.9 GPA and an offer from Columbia out of the Ivy League. In speaking with his travel ball coach Rob Sinclair, he stated over a dozen teams have...
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Jacob Brown – When The Lights Come On
One of the best parts of this job, is watching a kid come from goofy and gangly to prospect. Typically this transformation is done with natural growth and filling out, however you cannot discount the amount of hard work put in. 6’8” 2017 Jacob Brown of Winston Salem Christian fits this mold. He first came through our doors a year ago, to the 2014 Fall NC Phenom Camp. We noticed him then because,...
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