MARIETTA, GA – Four courts of action provided some great juice last Saturday at OTR’s Who Wants The Smoke tournament, as a deep field of top teams from Georgia and beyond descended on the Marietta-area for some high level, post-live period action. Again we had the gym covered with scouts, here’s Part 2 of 2 on some guys who couldn’t get by me. By: Keith Agran Cassius Watkins | CG | GA Canes | 2024 Getting difficult when watching the Canes 16U version to decide who’s looking better between Watkins and 2025......
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MARIETTA, GA – Four courts of action provided some great juice last Saturday at OTR’s Who Wants The Smoke tournament, as a deep field of top teams from Georgia and beyond descended on the Marietta-area for some high level, post-live period action. Again we had the gym covered with scouts, here’s Part 1 of 2 on some guys who couldn’t get by me. By: Keith Agran Gabe Bolden | SG | Georgia Legacy | 2024 Has put the work in on the body and more importantly on the full-court game as this......
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MARIETTA, Georgia – This is the first installment of #WhoWantsTheSmoke standout performers from Jennifer Brazelton’s notebook. Below are names from the classes of 2024 and 2025 who caught the attention of our evaluators. By: Jennifer Brazelton CJ Brown: Game Elite 3SSB – 2024 The 6’2″ guard out of The Walker School has been on a tear the last few weeks. Easily one of the most athletic guards in the class of 2024, Brown continued to make big plays (including this baseline dunk below) that immediately got the crowd up out of their seat.......
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POWDER SPRINGS, GA – Spent portions of both Saturday and Sunday at McEachern’s 5 courts during Sweet 16 Session 2, here are some quick hitters on guys who were hard to miss: By: Keith Agran Rashard Doyal >> The AOT and TD Prep 2023 guard was really impressive playing alongside Buford star Malachi Brown, quick out in space and smooth as silk in the mid-range with a J that can definitely travel, comfortable at either guard spot this is a name to know. Jevin Muniz >> Team Speights out of FL has a gem......
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POWDER SPRINGS, GA – After both a terrific turnout and great results in both coaching attendance and completion level during Session 1, OTR put on its second monster Live Period event of April with 250+ teams once again at Session 2 this past weekend. With more evaluators spread out over more locations, we were able to cover more ground than ever, and I spent a good portion of the day at Hillgrove HS. Here are some guys who were hard to miss: By: Keith Agran Jeremiah Long | SG | Showtime Ballers......
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ATLANTA METRO – A new format for my weekly AAU Workout Visits, as we dig deep on some of these rosters before, during, and after tournaments throughout the next 4 months. By: Keith Agran Atlanta Astros 17U INTRO: The Astros under Coach King always put a highly competitive product on the floor, and although they’ve undergone some notable roster changes already over the first month or so, it’s the diamond in the rough or the player about to bust out who seemingly always comes from the Astros. IMPRESSION-MAKERS: A pair of holdovers......
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POWDER SPRINGS, Georgia – This is the final installment of Sweet 16 Session II standout performers from Jennifer Brazelton’s notebook. Players from all over the Southeast received the opportunity to show their skills in front of dozens of college coaches all weekend long. Below are names from the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024 who caught the attention of our evaluators. By: Jennifer Brazelton Bol Agu: Game Speed Elite – 2023 The 2023 6’9″ center, Bol Agu Jr., is as smooth as they come for a stalky big. Agu caught the......
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MARIETTA, GA – After both a terrific turnout and great results in both coaching attendance and completion level during Session 1, OTR put on its second monster Live Period event of April with 250+ teams once again at Session 2 this past weekend. With more evaluators spread out over more locations, we were able to cover more ground than ever, and I spent Friday night at Marietta HS. Here are some guys who were hard to miss: By: Keith Agran Dexter Holloman | SG | Tri-City Elite | 2023 (pictured above) Absolutely......
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POWDER SPRINGS, Georgia – This is the first installment of Sweet 16 Session II standout performers from Jennifer Brazelton’s notebook. Players from all over the Southeast received the opportunity to show their skills in front of dozens of college coaches all weekend long. Below are names from the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024 who caught the attention of our evaluators. By: Jennifer Brazelton Christian Burnett: Georgia Man-Up 2023 Burnett was a player that caught evaluators attention in the first session and continued to make noise this past weekend. What truly......
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SUWANEE, GA – Twice a travel season the folks at Hoops Hustlers put on the Tipoff Classic, held primarily at SSA but also a few outside venues. It yearly draws some of the top teams in the ATL-Metro and throughout the Southeast, and I got a look at some game blocks during Saturday’s action. By Keith Agran OUT-OF-STATE GEMS >> Mid-State Elite out of Tennessee is a name program from the Volunteer state, and their 17U’s were impressively athletic, 6-7 mobile forward Ronald Jessamy has several D1 offers and was all over......
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