Eric Hampford:
Future150 GM / Senior National Analyst. Covering high and middle school basketball.
Nashville, TN (Future150) -- As we all know, Alabama is a state known for its football, not its talent on the hardwood. However, the southern state has had more than its fair share of basketball royalty born and bred between state lines.
Charles Barkley, Robert Horry, Ben Wallace, Buck Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Demarcus Cousins, and Eric Bledsoe are just a sample of players who reached their NBA dreams after growing up in the state.
As we get ready for AAU season, here is Future150's rankings of the state of Alabama's Top 5 high school prospects in each the 2014, 2015, and 2016 classes right now...
2014
1.) Riley Norris - 6'7" SF Albertville High School
2.) Justin Coleman - 5'10" PG Wenonah High School
3.) William Lee - 6'8" PF Dallas County High School
4.) Lewis Sullivan - 6'6" SF Hazel Green High School
5.) Jarvis Calhoun - 6'1" SG Hewitt-Trussville High School
2015
1.) Danjel Purifoy- 6'6" SG Cahawba Christian
2.) Lamonte Turner - 6'1" PG Sparkman High School
3.) Tommy Burton - 6'8" PF St. Jude Educational Academy
4.) Ethan Stair - 6'4" SG Hazel Green High School
5.) Donta' Hall - 6'8" PF Luverne High School
2016
1.) Joshua Langford - 6'5" SG Madison Academy
2.) Cameron Diggs - 6'8" PF Blount High School
3.) Tracey Burnett - 6'3" SG Lee-Huntsville High School
4.) Reginald Todd - 6'4" SG Leflore High School
5.) Joshua Hill - 6'5" PF Faith Academy
Comments:
No Isaac Haas?
I think Rodney Gill of Theodore, Al class of 2015 should be ranked in your top 150. Mob
Kingston Frazier of Opelika, Al, class of 2016 will definitely be ranked after your Birmingham Sept. 14-15 camp.