WILDER, KY – Back to northern Kentucky OTR went, to host our 2nd trip to the region and another impressive field of teams from the Bluegrass and surrounding states. We played tournament-style basketball for this one rather than our more traditional pool play, and the intensity as we got down to a champion in the 3 high school divisions was fun to watch. Quite a few backcourt combos stood out as these duos did damage in a lot of ways: By Keith Agran: Antjuan Welch II & Dez Carpenter | HandlesandBuckets 16U......
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WOODSTOCK, GA – Early June means Showcase season takes center stage after travel ball breaks for the month, giving players a chance to get in front of coaches and scouts. To Etowah HS Kris Watkins and SH Report went, and a good turnout produced some names we know from 2024 and below and some names who emerged and separated: By: Keith Agran Tayden Ware | F | 2025 | Lakeview Academy The Lions are a solid GIAA program and bringing aboard former Buford head coach Benjie Wood only adds to their cachet,......
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WILDER, KY – Back to northern Kentucky OTR went, to host our 2nd trip to the region and another impressive field of teams from the Bluegrass and surrounding states. We played tournament-style basketball for this one rather than our more traditional pool play, and the intensity as we got down to a champion in the 3 high school divisions was fun to watch. Quite a few backcourt combos stood out as these duos did damage in a lot of ways: By Keith Agran: Athens McGillis & Bryce Snell | All H.E.A.R.T. 16U......
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Orlando, FL – On the Radar headed down to Orlando, Florida where Game Point hosted On the Radar’s Memorial Day Classic with their 6 indoor courts, featuring age groups from 14-17U. Lots of new players hit the scene and stood out to our evaluators that were heavily featured on our social media platforms and will be tracked heading into the June and July NCAA Live Periods. By: Jennifer Brazelton 2025 | Iyran Francis | Showtime Ballers In one of the more intriguing games of the weekend, Showtime Ballers, pulled out a......
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WILDER, KY – Back to northern Kentucky OTR went, to host our 2nd trip to the region and another impressive field of teams from the Bluegrass and surrounding states. We played tournament-style basketball for this one rather than our more traditional pool play, and the intensity as we got down to a champion in the 3 high school divisions was fun to watch. We look at guys who made an immediate impression, part 2: Wes Enis | G | 2024 | Team Wildcat Select HGSL After being in the conversation for best......
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MARIETTA, GA – With OTR split between Florida and Atlanta as the juggernaut continues to grow, I took to NextPlay 360 Saturday and Kell HS for what turned out to be a lot of quality action. Here are some guys from Kell Sunday who were “Can’t Miss”: By: Keith Agran The @CityHuskies 16U bigs combo of Rashad Dorsey (left) and Kevon Walker play off each other really well when on the floor together, when not in the lineup together each gets after it around the basket and is a handful athletically to......
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MARIETTA, GA – With OTR split between Florida and Atlanta as the juggernaut continues to grow, I took to NextPlay 360 Saturday and Kell HS for what turned out to be a lot of quality action. Here are some guys from Saturday who were “Can’t Miss”: By: Keith Agran David Stone | G/F | 2024 | Pro One Select (TN) Pro One is a top brand in the Southeast and always brings a really strong product to our floors over their variety of age groups, couldn’t miss Stone’s activity at multiple levels......
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Gatlinburg, TN – On the Radar headed up to good ‘ole Rocky Top following two consecutive NCAA Live Periods. The Rocky Top Sports complex played host with their 6 indoor courts and surrounding high schools and middle schools that featured age groups 15-17U. Lots of new players hit the scene and stood out to our evaluators that were heavily featured on our social media platforms and will be tracked heading into the June and July NCAA Live Periods. By: Jennifer Brazelton 2025 | Arnett Hayes | Team Scoot The 2025 point......
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GATLINBURG, TN – Such a great variety of teams descend on this vacation hamlet for OTR’s Rocky Top Invitational, it’s a favorite on the spring calendar for scouts. I bounced between 17U and 15U most of the weekend, here were some of the guys in 15s who caught eyes, in multiple parts. Part 1: By: Keith Agran Just got down to the Gatlinburg-Pittman high school and 2026 Darnell Collins, who was stellar at @OTRHoops The Opening as well, and his SGS compadres out of Rome were just finishing up a 92 pt......
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GATLINBURG, TN – Such a great variety of teams descend on this vacation hamlet for OTR’s Rocky Top Invitational, it’s a favorite on the spring calendar for scouts. I bounced between 17U and 15U most of the weekend, here were some of the guys in 17s who caught eyes, in multiple parts. Part 2: By: Keith Agran I'm sure it's as much the clearly keen basketball instincts that I dig about Bryant's game as much as his obvious scoring chops with @HypeHawks 17U, a little bigger and stronger he remains one of......
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