POWDER SPRINGS, Georgia – With 140 prospects in the gym at the OTR Breakout Camp, there was plenty of notes to be taken. This is installment No. 3 from the Hemingway Notebook. We did not have to search too hard to find more talent to write about in this edition. Here are eight more names from the event to watch for this high school season. By: Jonathan Hemingway Amari Brown – Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Georgia) – 2024 Brown is a left-handed guard that is blossoming into a complete prospect this fall. He......
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WOODSTOCK, GA – We grab 8 more guys from a very deep field to highlight specifics in what they did at last Sunday at SH Report’s Fall Showcase. By: Keith Agran TOP SHOOTER Caleb Lesch, 6-4, SG, West Forsyth, 2022 Plenty of shooters on hand Sunday who lit it up in drills and game action, effortless and textbook beauty on this stroke from Lesch, a thing to watch in the rotation and splash, good size means he can shoot over folks, despite another stellar turn from the ATL Timberwolves this summer he......
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WOODSTOCK, GA – It can be easy for marquee names to both take over play at Showcases as well as over-populate evaluators’ notes. Here are a handful of names from Sunday’s SH Report Fall Showcase who were either new to me or don’t draw in the same amount of exposure as others, but deserve the attention. By: Keith Agran Christian Torres, 6-5, PF, East Hall, 2022 > The activity level and effort put him at or near the day’s top, snuck up on guys it appeared as he was a load to......
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WOODSTOCK, GA – Southern Hoops Report hosted its Fall Showcase at Etowah HS last Sunday, and yet another deep field was in attendance for Kris Watkins and crew. It was a fun and hard-working day as the kids got excellent drill work in and the game-play was at a high level. Some familiar faces from past Showcases this year as well as June Live play shined yet again, while a few others stamped their presence onto radars of evaluators in attendance. As I bounced from court to court, here are 7 that......
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SUWANEE, GA – HoopSeen kicked off its Fall League last Thursday night at SSA, a good field is assembled and I got a look at several guys who are sure to be impact performers for their teams this fall and winter. By: Keith Agran Nordin Kapic, 6-8, PF, Denmark, 2022 The European-transfer has exceptional ability and transforms Denmark from what was going to be an already excellent playoff contender to perhaps a team that can make a deep run, scoring ability from multiple levels aside it’s the passing that really jumps out......
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ATLANTA METRO – Fall Leagues are starting to heat up all over the ATL-Metro, and in my travels I’ve gotten to see a handful of transfers make early notable impacts for their new teams. They’ll be more to see, but here are a few post-Labor Day: By: Keith Agran Jalen “Roc” Lee, 6-5, SG, Riverwood, 2024 (pictured above) Quickly emerging as the talk of the 2024 “transfer market” as he not only made a big impression at OTR’s Breakout Camp last weekend but also had an eye-catching June with Riverwood after moving......
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POWDER SPRINGS, Georgia, – As has been the case for decades, the Atlanta Metro area is a hotbed of basketball talent. This year’s Breakout Camp proved that this trend will continue in years to come. We also identified several players located outside of the Metro area that will emerge upon the regional radar. Read about a few of those prospects below. BY: Jonathan Hemingway Chas Beasley – Curtis Baptist School (Augusta, Georgia) – 2024 Beasley is a point guard with a smooth handle who can get to the lane consistently to make......
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POWDER SPRINGS, Georgia, – As has been the case for more than nine years, On the Radar Hoops has provided the elite setting for prospects looking to get premier exposure in the Southeast. This year more than 150 underclass prospects suited up and took stage at the OTR Breakout Camp at McEachern High School. Here is a rundown of the prospects who I took note of during the camp. By: Jonathan Hemingway Mikell Brown – Orlando Christian Prep (Orlando, Florida) – 2025 Brown was one of the most impressive point guards at......
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POWDER SPRINGS, GA – On The Radar hosted more than 150 2024 and 2025 prospects to McEachern HS this past weekend for its one-day Breakout Camp “Showcase”, and it was a terrific mix of big names already entrenched as players to watch and plenty more who made statements against some of the best those two classes have to offer. Let’s look first at bigs, guys who may look and play like guards and might qualify as hybrids even or end up guards at the next level, but for now as freshmen and......
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EMERSON, GA – Was back at LakePoint for Week 2 of their fall league, and made the rounds to get looks at more of the variety on hand. Some thoughts from the night: By: Keith Agran SCOTS STRAIGHT BALLER One of the area’s great puzzles coming out of the spring/summer season is the clear under-recruitment of special guard Anthony Arrington of Galloway (pictured above). The 6-2 senior stud has been doing nothing but putting up consistent and often spectacular production for the last two years both for a Scots program that has......
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