POWDER SPRINGS, GA – The Saturday grind during a live period was in full effect at McEachern HS’s 5 courts on Saturday, here’s Part 2 on the 17u guys who were hard to miss from a rollicking Sweet Sixteen Session 1 in front of a large contingent of coaches. By Keith Agran Brigham Rogers | PF | Atlanta All-Stars | 2023 (pictured above) Rogers’ transformation from 2 years ago to now has been particularly satisfying to me as I’ve been there up close to follow it, his progression is both impressive and......
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POWDER SPRINGS, GA – The Saturday grind during a live period was in full effect at McEachern HS’s 5 courts on Saturday, here’s Part 1 of several parts to come on the 17u guys who were hard to miss from a rollicking Sweet Sixteen Session 1 in front of a large contingent of coaches. By Keith Agran Elijah Walden | SF | B.A.N.G UP | 2022 Love the motor and energy he plays with and at around 6-5 he has some positional versatility as he can face you up or be really......
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MARIETTA, GA – The first Live Period went off with a tremendous bang, as over 250 teams at 8 venues converged on the ATL-Metro for the first of four marquee weekends on the Southeast’s premier travel circuit. We had scouts spread out over multiple sites doing their best to capture as much of the top talent on hand as possible. I wanted to see bits of all 3 HS-age groups, so I started Friday evening at Marietta Middle school to dip into some of the 15U talent that will be making waves......
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MARIETTA, GA – The first Live Period went off with a tremendous bang, as over 250 teams at 8 venues converged on the ATL-Metro for the first of four marquee weekends on the Southeast’s premier travel circuit. We had scouts spread out over multiple sites doing their best to capture as much of the top talent on hand as possible. I wanted to see bits of all 3 HS-age groups, so I started Friday evening at Marietta Middle school to dip into some of the 15U talent that will be making waves......
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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 Wood Elite 16U & 17U INTRO: Still early in their existence, Quinton Wood and the Wood Elite have quickly taken up high-level status among the independent programs in the ATL-Metro with boys and girls programs going down to the younger ages, while the upper age boys groups in particular had a monster summer last year and have 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 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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