You have one Arizona player in your 2015 Future 150 rankings and its not 2015 6’5"185 PG Jalen Jenkins Burkett Mesa High who has been and is the top 2015 player in that class. I think that he should be in your 2015 rankings in the top 15. Thank you
Arizona’s Top 15 High School Players Regardless of Class
HS players take notes! GMS of NBA teams are looking at 3 things besides if you can ball!
1. What kind of teammate are they?
2. What is their character like?
3. Do they love the game, live it and breathe it?
My upcoming reports will be:
I will rank my top 2013 players to watch for the next NBA draft. I will update the watch list when the season starts.
On July 15-19 I will be going to Las Vegas to attend the NBA summer league. I will be hanging out with the Suns director of player personnel. It’s not an internship, but it’s as close as you get. I will ask him if I can assist the SUNS in anyway I can. Possibly give him a top 10 list of undrafted free agents.
Besides starting to work for http://arizona.scout.com/ in the fall, Rick Bolus from http://www.kyprephoops.com/BolusRankings.html asked me to rank the top 15 AZ kids and then rank the 20 next 2013, the 15 next 2014 and the 10 next 2015 kids. I also put in 5 2016 kids. So, with the help of one of the top AAU coaches in AZ(John Ortega), John also is the assistant varsity coach of Desert Mountain HS in Scottsdale, and the games I saw, I put this list together. My rankings will be up on the website in mid August when Rick updates all the other states and will finally include AZ!!
This list is based on college/pro potential.
Top 15 / 2013-201
1. Jaron HopkinsCG 6’5” 187 Dobson HS-Mesa 2013 (High Major)
2. Payton Dastrup PF 6’9” 225 Mountain View HS-Mesa 2014 (High Major)
3. Paul Watson SG 6’6” 175 Paradise Valley HS-Phoenix 2013 (High Major)
4. Dorian Pickens SG 6’5” 190 Pinnacle HS-Phoenix 2014 (High Major)
5. Casey Benson PG 6’3” 175 Corona Del Sol HS-Tempe 2014 (High Major)
6.Torren Jones PF 6’8” 215 Dobson HS-Mesa 2013 (Mid to High Major)
7. Drew Bender CG 6’5” 190 Pinnacle HS-Phoenix 2013 (Mid to High Major)
8. Kodi Justice SG 6’5” 170 Dobson HS-Mesa 2014 (Mid to High Major)ASU
9. Rolando Rhymes PG 5’11” 155 Desert Mountain HS-Scottsdale 2014 (Mid to High Major)
10. Jake Toolson SG 6’5” 210 Highland HS-Gilbert 2014 (Mid to High Major)
11. Elston Jones PF 6’9” 235 Millenium HS-Goodyear 2014 (Mid to High Major)
12.Joe Boyd PF 6’7” 210 Chaparral HS-Scottsdale 2013(Mid to High)
13. Jalen Jenkins Burkett PG 6’5” 185 Mesa HS-Mesa 2015(Mid to High Major)-ASU offer already!
14.Connor MacDougallC 6’10” 220 Westwind Prep-Phoenix 2014(Mid to High Major)
15. Josh Braun SG 6’4” 200 Westwind Prep-Phoenix 2013(injury-tornACL)(Mid to High Major)
June
Arizona released their Arizona 2015 rankings.
Player Rankings: 2015
Preliminary Release for 2015:
1. Jalen Jenkins, Mesa
2. Famoun Miller, Central
3. Brandon Hoffer, Chaparral
4. Cassius Peat, Corona
5. Obi Megwa,? Brophy
6. Dakota Kordseimon, Catalina Foothills
7. KeVon Dobson, La Joya
8. Jordan Lee, Skyline
9. Jaylyn Juan, Salpointe
10. Jordan Lane, Sahauro
11. Tyree Shivers, Mountain Pointe
12. Kenzo Nudo, Chaparral
13. Jacob Hampton, Ironwood Ridge
14. Xavier Smith, Cactus Shadows
15. Sean Wood, Mountain View
16. Ryan Bayster, Chaparral
17. Rees Plumber, Deer Valley
18. Luke Reynolds, Buena
19. Aaron Allen, Willow Canyon
20. Tarion May, Fairfax
21. Terrance Jones, Cienega
22. James Sosinski, Hamilton
23. Christian Halikamali, Apollo
24. Gavan Lindstrom, Agua Fria
25. Rod Wilson, Buena
26. Truman Moore, Gilbert
27. Kaveon Moore, Independence
28. Thailand Gatlin, Perry
29. Riley Adams, Buena
30. Coby de Laveaga, Perry