ATLANTA, GA – Back to Pace Academy, as the Knights and Head Coach Sharman White hosted the Playing for a Change tournament once again to help continue shining a light on social injustices, and provide the fans with some excellent basketball along the way. Some standouts from Dec 17: By: Keith Agran Da’Avion Thomas | 6-0 | PG | McDonough | 2023 Part of the returning core for what is expected to be another run at the 4A crown, doesn’t have the flash per say of Avante Nichols or the pure bulk......
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SAVANNAH, GA – Took the buggy for a quick overnight jaunt to the great city of Savannah Dec 15, where really good basketball is being played without a ton of evaluating eyes on the action. The Savannah Holiday Classic was a two-bracket, two-day event, and I had to make a choice as to which games I could see last Thursday night. Was able to catch the South Effingham v Savannah HS tilt at Johnson, then the big one later as Beach hosted Windsor Forest. Great atmospheres, really good basketball, some really recruitable......
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NORCROSS, GA – Always one of the early season’s most anticipated and classiest events, after a successful Thanksgiving version in November at Holy Innocents, the folks at the Atlanta Hawks took us back to Norcross HS for their holiday version, and three high-level evening boys matchups pitted top ATL-Metro teams once again. Some top performers from the evening: By: Keith Agran Peyton Marshall | C | Kell | 2024 The big 7-footer continues to show off his noteworthy improvement in both movement and understanding of the post position, each time out becoming......
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ATLANTA, GA – A lot of basketball was squeezed into the 3 weeks of November available on the GHSA calendar, and below we’re going to highlight some of the News-Makers I either saw or heard positive buzz about (in no particular order). Here’s 5A/4A monthly roundup: By: Keith Agran 2023/2024 Game-Changers 5A Cam Parada, G, Greenbrier Jackson Jennings, G, Greenbrier Adrian Avery, G, Dutchtown Davarri Barthell, G, Dutchtown Braxton Cooley, F, Dutchtown Jeremiah Edwards, G, Dutchtown (above) David Thomas, G, Eagle’s Landing Chris Morris, F, Eagle’s Landing Khylan McKennie, G, Eagle’s Landing......
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MARIETTA, GA – One of the most anticipated stops on the GA basketball calendar yearly is Wheeler HS and the Tournament of Champions Holiday Classic. The slate included 16 games between 2 gyms, and always sports some of the best teams in the ATL-Metro. Jumping between both gyms, Let’s look at some combined units from the early portion of the day’s action, starting with backcourts I got eyes on (in no particular order). By: Keith Agran PARKVIEW Players: Jacob Wilkins, Mike Matthews Jr, Chasz Holmes, Amari Shuler, Michael Carpenter Analysis: 2025 Wilkins......
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ATLANTA, GA – A lot of basketball was squeezed into the 3 weeks of November available on the GHSA calendar, and below we’re going to highlight some of the News-Makers I either saw or heard positive buzz about (in no particular order). By: Keith Agran 2023/2024 Game-Changers 7A Jaiun Simon, 6-7, F, Pebblebrook, 2023 (above) Jase McCullough, 6-3, G, Pebblebrook, 2023 David Clark, 6-7, G, Campbell, 2024 Austen Colton, 6-0, G, East Coweta, 2023 O’Brien Watkins, 6-0, G, Carrollton, 2024 Ace Bailey, 6-9, G, McEachern, 2024 (above) Moses Hipps, 6-4, G, McEachern,......
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SNELLVILLE, GA – Following our own Jon Hemingway’s Friday night visit, I made my way out to Shiloh HS for the Saturday slate of games. Many of the same teams hit the floor, prep schools and other hihg-profile programs from out of state always highlight this yearly lineup, so we’ll look at some that caught my eye Jon’s piece https://ontheradarhoops.com/otrhoopsreport-holiday-hoopsgiving-recap-november-28-2022/ didn’t get to touch on. By: Keith Agran Jahseem Felton | 6-5 | CG | Southern California Academy | 2024 Among the many prep schools in attendance this SoCal roster like all......
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ATLANTA, GA – Back to Maynard Jackson HS we went for this year’s iteration of the UA Hard in the Paint Give Back Classic, sponsored by The Sports For Champions and Atlanta Xpress. Friday’s action had quite a few terrific performances, here’s Part 2 of 2: By: Keith Agran Karris Bilal | 6-2 | CG | Riverwood | 2024 No stranger to big scoring outings Bilal went head to head with Maynard Jackson’s Cassius Watkins and the two put on the show of the day, 35 pts for Bilal in that one......
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Atlanta, Georgia- Saturday’s UA Hard in the Paint, sponsored by The Sports for Champions and Atlanta Xpress, featured some great key match-ups in Georgia over the Thanksgiving break. By: Jennifer Brazelton Eric Chatfield Jr. | Pace Academy | 2025 The 5’11” guard out of Pace Academy, Eric Chatfield Jr., is coming up the ranks quickly in the peach state. Chatfield is a sophomore that should be on all college coaches radars, especially playing alongside teammate, KJ Greene. The two were fun to watch offensively and really worked well together, spreading out......
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ATLANTA, GA – Back to Maynard Jackson HS we went for this year’s iteration of the UA Hard in the Paint Give Back Classic, sponsored by The Sports For Champions and Atlanta Xpress. Friday’s action had quite a few terrific performances, in Part 1 of 2 we highlight some here: By: Keith Agran Malachi Harris | 6-2 | PG | Kipp Atlanta Collegiate | 2023 Physical downhill guard has always impressed with his fire and effort, can run a team or be and effective scorer off the wing with good range......
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