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Editor's Note: In the Tarkanian Classic high school division, FAB 50 No. 34 West Ranch (Valencia, Calif.) takes on Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and FAB 50 No. 22 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NeV.) battles No. 42 Oak Cliff Faith Family (Dallas, Texas)in the semifinals of the event's Platinum Division.

1. Traditional High School Ball Is At A Crossroads

For the first time ever, the Tarkanian Classic was certified for NBA scouts and they definitely got their money's worth, as both the prep division and high school division were loaded with talent. From that evaluation standpoint, NBA clubs want to get a head start on identifying prospects for their level and it's a good thing to have more intel on prospects before they get to college. For college coaches, however, the high school recruiting landscape has changed since COVID-19 hit and the NCAA Transfer portal became so robust. It has nothing to do with the relative strength or weakness of the 2023 recruiting class and everything to do with college coaching staffs desiring experienced players, prospects who don't come from a traditional high school setting i.e. foreign players, and the unrealistic expectations of incoming high school recruits. We had one West Coast D1 staff tell us while they like some of the players in the current recruiting cycle, they are simply waiting to see what college rosters look like after the season in order to upgrade their own roster. The prevailing thinking is the best way to get better quickly it to look for experienced players through the NCAA transfer portal. With academy-type programs constantly recruiting elite high school players (even after the season has started), it's easier than ever for players to leave a situation they don't like and harder for the fringe recruit to get an offer. High school basketball isn't going anywhere and there will always be kids to participate on teams and to have quality events, but the scholarship offers coming from the performances at those same events are not as prevalent as in previous seasons. There is more players in the prep and academy ranks with the size colleges covet, more avenues to recruit players from (such as the NBA Academy teams), and one more important caveat to recruiting high school aged players (see below). It doesn't seem to be anything that is going to stop these trends.

2. High School Recruits Must "Get It" Quicker

When we say "get it" we mean understanding the realities of their recruitment and what level these American high school recruits can expect to play at. For some players, this reality hits way too late in the recruiting process and it makes that particular player even more undesirable as a recruit because he feels D2, NAIA or Junior College ball is beneath him. The caveat we were referring to in point No. 1 is with the recruitment of foreign players, they are ineligible for Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) deals if they attend school in America on a student visa. There are some work-arounds to that NIL rule, but if two players are relatively equal, and one is a foreign recruit and the other a domestic, who do you think is going to get the scholarship in the current landscape? NIL is still relatively new and there is little the NCAA is in position to regulate at this point. Families see all these NIL numbers thrown around on social media (most of which will never see a player's bank account) and it has created at atmosphere where expectations for NIL opportunities are quickly out of control. NIL makes sense for elite scholarship players, but the combination of colleges looking for more experienced recruits and unrealistic NIL expectations, makes a foreign recruit a much more desirable option. That means high school players must have a better (and faster) understanding of NCAA eligibility requirements, keep up grades, and have realistic expectations of playing level more than ever before. Those that don't "get it" will be left behind wondering why they don't have a scholarship when their high school career comes to a close. Even for those high school players that do get it, scholarship opportunities are harder to come by than ever before.

3. Alex Toohey & Thierry Serge Darlan Are The Real Deal

The NBA Academy teams (Global, Africa, Latin America) have been a great addition to the Tarkanian Classic, especially since the G-League 2022 AT&T Winter Showcase took place at the Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas strip. With the Tarkanian Classic now certified for NBA scouts to evaluate, the G-League event and the Tark Prep Division gave NBA personnel an extended look at the prospects on these three academy teams, not to mention the other prep schools in attendance, and overall they liked what they saw. Gonzaga, Arizona, St. Mary's (CA) and Tennessee are four of the college programs tapping into the foreign well the best and Gonzaga got a gem in NBA Global's Alex Toohey, a 6-foot-8 2023 forward from Australia. The 18-year old has experience playing for the Australian Senior National Team in FIBA competition and is one of the best international prospects going the college route in 2023. In fact, if Toohey was in the national Class of 2023, he'd be a consensus Top 10 prospect. He has an element of toughness and skill that is hard to find and is a matchup problem with his versatile inside-out game. He also moves he feet on defense and can defend pick-and-roll and pick-and-pop situations well. NBA Africa's Thierry Serge Darlan, a 6-6 2023 prospect, was another standout at the Tarkanian Classic and would rate as a Top 10 2023 consensus prospect as well. The South Africa native is a terrific big guard prospect. He has positional NBA size, can handle the ball well and shoot it consistently enough to make NBA scouts give him a long look. Darlan's 7'1 wingspan and defensive intensity could shoot him up draft boards after teams take a deeper look. Darlan has plenty of options, too, as the G League has been mentioned as a potential destination, Arizona is in hot pursuit and he's also eligible for the 2023 NBA Draft. Others standouts in the Tarkanian Classic Prep Division included 7-foot 2024 Makhan Diouf of Bella Vista Prep (Ariz.), 6-foot-9 2025 forward Alejandro Aviles of Dream City Christian (Ariz.), 6-foot-10 2025 Jaden Toombs of Dynamic Prep (Texas), 7-foot 2025 Khaman Maluach of NBA Africa, 6-foot-7 2023 Augusto Cassia of NBA Global, 6-foot-8 2024 Chris Tadjo of NBA Latin America, 6-foot-11 2024 Steven Osei of Real Salt Lake (Utah), 6-foot 2026 Imahri Wooten of Redemption Christian Academy (N.Y.) and 6-foot-3 2025 Aram Soqui Urbano of Veritas Prep (Calif.).

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Check out this highligh reel of Arizona's Red & Blue scrimmage and dunk contest. We posted Gabe's 2 dunks earlier now check out more highlights including Nick Johnson with the CRAZY 2 hand reverse eastbay!!

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Check out one of the most familiar faces here on Ballislife, 6'2" Gabe York winning the Arizona Red & Blue dunk contest! On his first dunk Gabe windmilled over his coach off of the lob and on his 2nd dunk he jumped over 2 of his teammates. Look out for more of Gabe during the NCAA season!

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Team Open Gym lead Derrick Williams, Kyle Fogg, Charlie Torres & Shea Frazee took on team BDX, a professional basketball team from Mexico. The teams went back and forth but in the end Open Gym felt short by just 2 points as the time expired.

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Check out the TOP college summer league in the nation the Say No Classic featuring some of the top college players in California like: Tyler Honeycutt, Drew Gordon, Derrick Williams, Deonta Burton, Grant Huff, Jordin Mayes, Antonio Bigalow, Travis & David Wear and way more! We weren't able to make it out to as many games as the years before but we still managed to get a lot of great highlights. Hank's Top Prospects went on to win the Say No Championship for the 3rd year in a row lead by coach Wally Mo.

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Check out the most exciting player in the class of 2012, 6'2" Gabe York out of Orange Lutheran High School. The Arizona bound guard is one of the elite scorers in the country but what many people don't know yet is the rest of his game coming along.

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Check out Gabe York easily throwing down an alley-oop windmill over 3 people during warm ups of the 2012 Ballislife Deuce Brand Dunk Contest.

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Check out the re-cap of the 2012 Ballislife All American game featuring some of the top players in the nation and a half time performance by Kendrick Lamar. The game featured Gabe York, Prince Ibeh, Glenn Robinson III, Dominic Artis, Katin Reinhardt, Demetris Morant, Rosco Allen, Ben Carter, Langston Morris Walker, Charles Hill, Victor Robbins, Jordan Adams, Tyrone Wallace, Anthony January, Matt Shrigley, Skylar Spencer, Jordan Loveridge & Nick Stover. Gabe York was named MVP of the black team with 22 Pts, 9 Rbs & 7 Asts. Prince Ibeh was named MVP of the white team with 20 Pts & 15 Rbs. Much thanks to all the fans and players who showed their support!

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The 2nd Annual Ballislife All American game will feature 20 of the TOP players in the nation including: Gabe York, Katin Reinhardt, Ricardo Gathers, Prince Ibeh, Xavier Johnson, Dominic Artis, Torian Graham, Rosco Allen, Demetris Morant, Langston Morris Walker, Tyrone Wallace, Skylar Spencer, Zena Edosomwan, Anthony January, Nick Stover, Ben Carter, Jordan Loveridge, Victor Robbins, Charles Hill and Matt Shrigley.

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After high school, Stoudamire decided to follow his cousin Damon’s path and play college basketball at Arizona. Salim’s other cousin is Kentucky’s sophomore forward Terrence Jones. At Arizona, Stoudamire established himself as one of the nation’s best shooters. This man could light it up from downtown. Once he hit one or two in a row that meant he was heating up and you better push up on him as soon as he crossed the half court line. He had no problem pulling up from 25 feet to drain one in a defender’s face. His shooting form looked kind of awkward, but his sweet lefty stroke looked so good after the ball swished through the net about three times per game. He was never afraid to take the last shot and always wanted the ball in his hands in the final seconds. He had that confidence that every great shooter needs. Salim was willing to take any defender one-on-one with the game on the line.

“He’s about perfect when it’s down to that last shot.” Legendary coach Lute Olson, once said about his star player. Check the video for one of his best single-game performances.

As a senior, Stoudamire led his team to the Elite Eight. In the Sweet 16 game against Oklahoma State, he hit a game-winning fade-away with less than two seconds remaining. When you talk about the greatest shooters in the history of college basketball, you have to include Salim in the conversation. This man went 342-for-747 (45.8%) from distance for his career, and he broke Arizona's individual three-point field goal percentage record in his senior year when he shot an unbelievable 50.4%. The previous record was held by Steve Kerr. He was also one of the best free-throw shooters in the nation in college, shooting 87% over the course of four years.

When Salim first got drafted in the second round by the Hawks, scouts questioned what position he would play because he was too short to play shooting guard and he wasn’t that good of a ball handler or distributor to play point. He was really just a flat-out scorer, hoping to do the same in the NBA. As a pro, Salim had his most productive year as a rookie, playing 20 minutes per game and scoring 9.7 points per game. For the next two seasons, his minutes decreased and so did his numbers. He was released by the Hawks after the 2007-2008 season due to injuries, and no team has been willing to sign him since. He finished his NBA career averaging 8 ppg, shooting 40% from the field. It’s puzzling to me why no team has given him a second chance. I know he’s bounced around from training camp to training camp, but teams cut him. I can’t imagine why teams cut him. Per 36 minutes in the NBA, he averaged 17 points per game. He can definitely be a spot-up shooter for a contending team today, like Daequan Cook is for the Thunder.

In late 2010 at age 28, he attempted an NBA comeback when he entered the NBA D-League. He was drafted by the Idaho Stampede in the 2010 NBDL Draft. After nine games with the Stampede, the team let him go. A few days later the Reno Bighorns picked him up from the available player pool. His numbers weren’t that impressive in the D-League because Salim is past his prime and he had been out of action for a while. In nine games with Idaho, he averaged 13.2 ppg and 3.7 apg. In 33 games with Reno he only averaged 9 ppg and played a lesser role on a playoff team. After the season ended, he didn’t resign with any team.

So what is Stoudamire doing now?

The latest I heard about Salim was that he was going to try out for a team in Italy called Banca Terca Teramo. After the workout, the team decided that they weren’t going to sign him because he was out of shape.
It’s unfortunate that injuries have to derail promising careers every year, but that is part of sports. I just hope that Salim can get healthy and into better shape so that he can play the game he loves once again at a high level, wherever that may be.

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Marcus LoVett Jr with a couple of sick highlights.

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Check out the first webisode of our new online series "Brotherhood" as we follow Orange Lutheran High School & their journey as they try to repeat as CIF champions and win a state title. Orange Lutheran is led by Arizona bound Gabe York and feature Payton Banks, Darien Williams, Jared Carver, Drake Ulmer, Camren Cepeda, Antwon Johnson, Joey Perez, Kendall Lauderdale & Rob Rosenast. The are run by Head coach Chris Nordstrom and assistant coaches Peter Lark & Dustin Boburka.

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As you can see from the highlights above, this league is no joke. Last year was off the chain, and this year has already started with a slew of talent. There's a good amount of our who-to-watch players playing in this event as well. Etop Udo-Ema does a great job at getting some of the top high schools not only in Southern California but Northern California, Nevada, and Arizona as well. There isn't another fall league that we have been to that is as competitive as this one!

Make sure to come out and support the event and the Compton Magic @Players Edge in Corona, Ca

Players Edge is a new state of the art multi-court facility and is located at the following address:

1871 N Delilah
Corona, CA 92879

OCTOBER 30, 2011

3 pm: LV Lutheran(Grant Jarrett 2012 WTW) vs Team Magic (az) / Rancho Verde vs Don Lugo / Hunt Beach vs Riverside Poly

4 pm: Villa Park vs Santiago / San Diego vs San Bernardino  

5 pm: LV Lutheran(Grant Jarrett 2012 WTW) vs Rancho Verde / Riverside Poly vs Chino Hills / San Diego vs Santiago

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

10 am: Sac Grant vs Cor Roosevelt /  Riverside Poly vs Villa Park / Mo Valley vs Hunt Beach

11 am: Santiago vs San Bernardino / Mayfair vs Hunt Beach  / Vista vs Canyon Springs

12 pm: LV Orange(Shabazz Muhammed 2012 WTW) vs Ribet / Pasadena vs Villa Park / Sacramento Grant vs Riverside Poly

1 pm: LB Poly(Tyler Dorsey 2015 WTW) vs Cor Roosevelt / Mayfair vs Santiago / Mo Valley vs Vista

2 pm: LV Orange(Shabazz Muhammed 2012 WTW) vs LV Lutheran(Grant Jarrett 2012 WTW) / JW North vs Pasadena / Sacramento Grant vs San Diego

3 pm: Ayala vs Serra / LB Poly vs Riverside King / Rancho Verde vs Compton

4 pm: LV Orange (Shabazz Muhammad 2012 WTW) vs O Lutheran (Gabe York 2012 WTW) / JW North vs Chino Hills / San Diego vs Don Lugo

5 pm: O Lutheran (Gabe York 2012 WTW) vs Compton / Serra vs Rancho Verde  / Riverside King vs Ayala

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Check out arguably the most exciting player in the 2012 class, 6'2" Gabe York of the Compton Magic (Orange Lutheran High School). The Arizona commit has a fearless mentality and has made a name for himself by dunking on defenders of all sizes. Apart from his ability to finish at the rim Gabe can shoot the lights out from anywhere on the floor, and an improving passer.

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[tab id=1]Strengths: Johnson is an advanced scorer for a player of his youth. He can stroke the 3-point shot or maneuver his way to the basket. He is also an instinctive rebounder and has an innate ability to always be around the ball. He's a physical specimen with terrific skills set.[/tab]
[tab id=3]Overall: Stanley is the most fundamentally sound basketball player we have seen since Jrue Holiday was in high school. The big difference? Stanley is 6'5 has had a college ready body since he was 14. He's only going to be a sophomore but Stanley is starting to really grow into his already solid frame and is developing athletically. Your going to get a lot of smart plays from Johnson who can score in an wide array of ways as well as make the big play. Did you all see that dunk he had at "The Run" on Jordan Bell? Beasty!! [/tab]
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[tab id=1]Why?: York has quickly made a name for himself not by dunking on dozens of defenders but by being one of the most fierce scorers in his class. His ability to create off the dribble and take the contact inside makes him hard to guard. York, in his junior campaign led his high school team to the cif southern section championship game where they beat Windward High School. [/tab]
[tab id=3]Overall: York posterized about 10 people in his final aau season with the Compton Magic during the summer of 2011. You are going to see a high energy high level athlete who has no fear when going to the basket. Your also going to see a player who will rise with the competition and will step it up in the clutch. [/tab]
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Johnny Hernandez termed a new saying this past weekend at the Elite 8 In Phoenix. It's called "Whop em!" - it basically means getting the job done and victimizing your opponent. Gabe "Yorkie" York Whopped 2 victims....nearly 3! He was the highlight of the event and took us through what happened on each of the dunks. And yes he did get a technical for yelling "Ballislife" in the camera on the first. But hey! The technical was worth it!!gabe, york, uconn, university, of, connecticut, north, carolina, duke, ucla, usc, trojans, bruins, washington, huskies, state, oregon, arizona, tarheels, blue, devils, texas, unsigned, dunks, dunk, hoop, mixtape, ball, is, life

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Grant Jerrett lead LaVerne Lutheran a #11 seed to the CIF State Finals and along the way beat won on the road at Orange Lutheran and Harvard Westlake. Jerrett committed to Arizona earlier this year and in the playoffs has been playing like he deserves the #6 ranking and the #1 PF in the country.

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Check out the official mixtape of possibly the #1 pick in this year's NBA Draft, 6'9" Derrick Williams of Arizona. Williams was often overlooked and played as an underdog for most of his career as he wasn't even in the top 150 ranked players in his senior year. 2 years later people are talking about him as the potential #1 draft pick. Hard work definitely pays off!

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