DAYTONA BEACH, FL – OTR brought its act on the road March 26-27 to Mainland HS for its Florida Opening, and the enormously successful weekend was highlighted by a strong talent and club turnout and two dynamite days of high-level basketball. We look here at some of the physical “battlers” of the weekend, those who used brains and braun to get it done closer to the basket (in no particular order). By: Keith Agran Carter Hankerson | 6-7 | PF | Q6 Elite All-Stars Baety 17U The 2024 playing up was a......
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – OTR brought its act on the road March 26-27 to Mainland HS for its Florida Opening, and the enormously successful weekend was highlighted by a strong talent and club turnout and two dynamite days of high-level basketball. We now look at Part 2 of some of the top all-around players and athletes who got it done at both ends and in multiple ways over the two days (in no particular order). By: Keith Agran Remi Dieujuste | 6-2 | PG | Athletes of Influence 17U One of the......
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – OTR brought its act on the road March 26-27 to Mainland HS for its Florida Opening, and the enormously successful weekend was highlighted by a strong talent and club turnout and two dynamite days of high-level basketball. We start off our weekend coverage looking at Part 1 of 2 of some of the top all-around players and athletes who got it done at both ends and in multiple ways over the two days (in no particular order). By: Keith Agran Brandon Baxley | 6-4 | SG/SF | Ocala......
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CUMMING, GA – We move to our final part of our Team Blasts from OTR’s The Opening, with 6 more teams from the action at Dobbs Creek Rec. By: Keith Agran Atlanta Select Prime 17U IMPRESSION-MAKERS: 2023 Caleb Taylor, 2023 Chase Lawrence, 2023 Josh Daniels SUMMARY: The Lithonia HS trio of Taylor, Lawrence and Daniels is back at again for Atlanta Select, and they looked sharp and in form in a tight one vs Atlanta Nets at The Opening. Love Taylor’s ability to get at the basket and be physical, but he’s got......
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CUMMING, GA – We move to Part 3 of 4 of our Team Blasts from OTR’s The Opening, with 6 more teams from the action at Dobbs Creek Rec. By: Keith Agran SEBA 17U IMPRESSION-MAKERS: 2023 Landen Pitts, 2023 Javonne Williams, 2023 Dante Harrison SUMMARY: With a deep roster, we’re sure to get many more mentioned from those particular SEBA group throughout the next 5 months, but at The Opening, just like the workout I had seen the week before, Pitts and Williams impressed once again. Allatoona’s Pitts is one of the better......
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CUMMING, GA – We move to Part 2 of our Team Blasts from OTR’s The Opening, with 6 more teams from the action at Dobbs Creek Rec. By: Keith Agran ManUp 17U Unsigned IMPRESSION-MAKERS: 2022 Stephen Lewis, 2022 Quay Harrison, 2022 Keshawn Evans SUMMARY: We’re capping our Impression-Makers at 3 per team, but this team features Mason Lockhart as well in what is going to be very entertaining, and hopefully leads to more offers for these talented seniors. Lewis looked really sharp and really comfortable handling the point, the likely destination for......
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CUMMING, GA – The excitement of the start of travel season was on full display this past weekend for OTR’s The Opening, held at multiple facilities in Forsyth and Gwinnett. I was honed in on the predominantly 17U grouping that played most of their games at Dobbs Creek Rec and their six courts (but there were some 16U’s mixed in). As the season wears on I will surely dip much more closely into the other age groups. With all the names making impressions, I thought we’d do some capsule Team Blasts on......
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WOODSTOCK, GA – One of the premier Showcase events in the ATL-Metro took place March 13 at Etowah HS, and over 140 kids participated in the annual Southern Hoops Report’s Spring Showcase. From unsigned 2022’s down to 2025’s, here’s a lightning look at the guys who couldn’t be missed: By: Keith Agran Tre Chatman | 6-5 | SG | TSF Prep | 2022 Virtually unstoppable most of the day with a variety of power moves in close and smooth agile variety from other ranges, can play the bully game or face you......
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SNELLVILLE, GA – Was able to swing over last Saturday to Snellville from Kennesaw and the SBT Combine to take in some action from the Double Trouble Invitational at one of their sites, Brookwood HS. Here are 5 guys who caught my eye over 5 afternoon hours: By: Keith Agran Adonai Mussie | PF | Parkview | No Excuses Elite 16U (pictured above) Distinctive Parkview flavor with No Excuses, and the athletes across the roster were as expected Panther-level. Long and lean at around 6-8, Mussie was an absolute eraser around the......
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ATLANTA, GA – We listed our first five of ten unsigned 2022’s in Part 1 that can definitely be difference-makers a the next level. Here are 5 more: By: Keith Agran Braden Sparks | PG | McEachern Loved the sheer athleticism of this year’s McEachern iteration, and along with fellow senior Mike Jacobs, Sparks was at the forefront of that. Had some monster scoring games this year finally in a position to be the man on that end, after spending the lion’s share of his career prior as a superb defender and......
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