The Best of LG5 Season 36
Early Season All-League:
Lawerence Kroeker: St. Louis Masqueraders- JR, 6-2 PG – 22.3ppg, 2.6apg, 1.6spg, 54.6%FG, 44.2%3pts A very solid all-around star player playing the PG spot. His defense is extremely impressive posting that 1.6spg. Another year of experience will do him some good. His numbers so far don’t look impressive, but that was against extremely difficult competition, which he lead his team through to a 2-1 start.
Gerald Boylan: Oakland Redzz- SR, 6-4 SG – 24ppg, 3.6rpg, 1.3apg, 1spg, 58.6%FG, 50%3pts, 101 FTA A great scorer who does everything that a team wants out of a pure scorer. His FTA really impress me coming from the SG spot, must be an extremely athletic scorer. May not have the numbers he did last year in terms of ppg because he has a good scoring freshman pg playing with him this year.
Danny Brennan: Brunswick Wolves- JR, 6-9 SF – (at PF) 21.1ppg, 5.4rpg, 1.1spg, 23 blocks, 52.3%FG The move to SF this year will likely do this very versatile player well. He already is showing signs of playing extremely well at SF shooting 66% and average over two steals a game.
Austin Soza: Grand Rapids Saboteurs- JR, 6-10 PF – 22.7ppg, 5.8rpg, 1spg, 26 blocks, 57.7% fg, 44.6% 3pts, 80% FT So far this year Soza has lived up to his billing as one of the best front scorer in the league, averaging nearly 29 ppg. His game is very similar to Dirk Nowitizki, a big power forward who can go inside and draw the foul, while also a very good long range shooter. Watch out for him as he is only a JR and has another incredible backcourt mate in sophomore center Leland Gritton who does everything extremely well and complements Soza very well.
Grant Allison: Bismarck Yardwork- SR, 6-10 C – 21.2ppg, 9.5rpg, 1.2spg, 50 blocks, 60.5%FG, 55%3pt An absolutely brilliant post scorer, who also plays great D both in terms of blocks and steals. Does not really have the players around him to have a great team, but definitely does his best to carry his team. My early season pick for all-league player of the year.
Big Guys to Watch:
Ken Edgell: Shreveport Typhoon- SR 7-3 C – 17.2ppg, 10.8rpg, 40 blocks, 53%FG
Dennis Bailey: Cambridge Sidewinders- SR 7-1 C – 16.8ppg, 8.1rpg, 1.5 apg, 40 blocks, 54.5% fg, 89.4% FT
Gerald Freeman- Erie Knights- SR 6-11 C – 18ppg, 9.1rpg, 1.4apg, 42 blocks
Moises Thomas- San Antonio Stoppers- JR 6-10 PF- 19.8ppg, 6.4rpg, 1.2spg, 60%FG
Allan Propes- Stamford Baltos- SR 7-1 C – 13.5ppg, 9.8rpg, 37 blocks
Best Wings:
Joel Dirksen- Bloomington Blanks- JR 6-4 SG- 24.5ppg, 1.8apg, 1.2spg, 55.9%FG, 87.7%FT(86/98)
Antwann Mann- New Haven Ghost Wolves- JR 6-8 SF- 23.0ppg, 5.4rpg, 30 blocks, 52%FG, 42.2%3pts
George Gonzales- Waterloo Brahma Bulls- SR 6-6 SG – 25.4ppg, 3.6rpg, 1.3apg, 52.2FG%, 125FTA
Brandon Snyder- Houston Rabid Guppies- SR 6-5 SF -18.2ppg, 3.5rpg, 1.8apg, 1.2spg, 52.5%FG, 43.4%3pt, 81%FT
James Valenzuela- Lincoln Pimpzillas- JR 6-7 SF- 19.6ppg, 5.2rpg, 1spg, 21 blocks, 60%FG
Daniel Carpenter- Carlsbad We Be Winners- JR 6-4 SG- 24.2ppg, 4.3rpg, 1.5spg, 51.3%FG, 88/110 FT
Best Pure Point Guards:
Jeff Morin: Ocala Redemption- SR – 10ppg, 5.5apg, 1.3 spg, 51%3pt: Made everybody on his team look incredible last year; all of the other starter averaged well over 12ppg. Likely to take more of the scoring load this year, which he seems capable of doing.
Dale Furham: Baton Rouge Bobbleheads- SR – 13.1ppg, 4.7apg, 1.7spg
Edward Myer: Lincoln Pimpzillas- JR - 7.2apg, 1spg, .9TO, 60%FG
Break-Out Players
Lloyd Whitworth: Abilene The Mad Cows- SO 6-9 SF – 14.1ppg, 6.0rpg, 1.1spg, 55%FG Looking to have a break out year at SF. No longer has two senior stud guards who took up most of the scoring last year. Already averaging 29 a game.
Todd Kyser: Dayton Fightin Ags- SR 6-2 SG – 16.5ppg, 1.8apg, 48%FG Had to play point guard were nothing went right for him last year. As a freshman he lead the league in scoring at around 26ppg and has a career average of 22.7ppg. This year he has a great true point guard playing next to him, something he has never had and so far he is averaging over 30ppg.
Jimmie Dean: Rockford Vikings- SR 6-4 SF- 59%FG, 33/34FT First chance to start and Rockford has to replace lots of scoring; already averaging well over 20ppg
The Frosh Watch
Philip Dittrich: Jersey City Shockers: SG: Could easily be an all-league player as a freshman. Has the skills to be an incredible scorer, averages over 30ppg in his first three games, while also shutting down the opponents best scorer. This guy will be a four year stud.
Walter Hunt: Syracuse Minutemen- PG: The guy to fill graduated league scoring champ Kris Bush’s big shoes. Through three games he averaged 25ppg while playing PG for the Minutemen, the same he put up in HS.
Ray Nen: Savannah beavers- 6-4 SF: The Beavers are starting three freshmen and Nen stands out as the best scorer of the bunch The Jimmy Schaefer-Phillip Herold Combo: The Abilene Mad Cows-Yikes. My goodness, over 54 ppg in HS, these two are already combining for over 35 points a game while splitting time at SG. This Duo has to terrify opposing defenses, if Abilene ever finds a way to get both these guys on the floor there won’t be enough balls for them to score.
Andres Martin: Lubbock Rimrattlers
William Stegner: New York City
The One Man Teams:
Sean Cannon: Yonkers Scarlet Knights: SR 6-9 PG -20.4ppg, 4.6rpg, 23 blocks, 59.2%FG, 53%3pts Yonkers lost three senior starters from last year, yet still Cannon has led his team to a 3-0 start. If Yonkers somehow keeps this up and gets to the NTT, Cannon should have a statue made of him.
Sergio Price: Terre-Hautte wiseman22: SO 6-5- 18.1ppg, 2.1apg, 55.5%, 47%3pts, 86%FT No one else to score so Sergio has to do it. So far he has carried his team to a 2-1 start while averaging 24 a game and not turning it over once
Point Guard Who Can Light It Up
Sergio Price: Terre-Hautte wiseman22: SO 6-5- 18.1ppg, 2.1apg, 55.5% FG, 47%3pts, 86%FT
Allan Fisher: Jersey City Shockers: SO 6-5- 19ppg, 1.5apg/1TO, 53%FG
Early Season High School McDonald’s All-American Team S36
PG: Jon Price- 6-2 College Station, Texas- Jon has all the skills to perform exceptionally at the next level; right now he is carrying his HS team, scoring 26 points a game while still keeping 2/1 A/TO ratio. Look for him to turn into an incredible all-around point at the next level; although his defense isn’t exceptional, he has the athleticism to stay with and disrupt any teams opposing point guard as shown by his 1.7spg. Early Estimate: EGGFGE= +7
SG: Jeffery Harrison- 6-5 Tuscon, Arizona- Jeffery has a tattoo across his back reading “Born to Score”. That is all you really need to know about this guy, 28.8ppg in HS. If he is put on a team that lets this guy just take the rock and score it, he could set all sorts of scoring records. His excellent shooting ability plus his Tracy McGrady like athleticism makes him one of the most exciting/terrifying players to watch depending on which side you’re on. Combine all that with the fact that he pulled a 4.0 in HS means that he’ll know that if he wants to win all he has to do is call for the ball and take it the hole or just shoot a three. I hope this guy lands on a team that’ll just let him rip because he’ll be exciting to watch. I would love to hear who is after this guy. Early Estimate: EFFGEE= +7
SF: Matthew Deleon- 6-9 Canton, Ohio- Deleon is an all-around star for his 9-1 HS team. He’ll be able to do it all at the SF spot, but could easily be move to the low post with his good to excellent rebounding skills. Matthew is quite the defender as he is averaging 2 steals per a game and will be a lock down guy at the next level. His only concern is his relative lack of hands, but his all-around skills make him one of the top players in the country. Early Estimate: GEPEFE=+7/-1
PF: Sandy Adams- 6-10 Bakersfield, Unknown- Like Harrison, Adams also has a tattoo across his back, but his reads “King of the Lane”. One of the more disgusting statistics I have ever seen is his ridiculous 3.5 blocks per a game, that’s close to a 100 blocks in a season, yikes. Probably the best pure defender in this class, he’s also a good rebounder. Early Estimate: FEGEGE= maybe a little high end but still very possible +8
C: Bruce Dunn- 7-1 Toledo, Ohio- The #1 recruit in the country, this guy is probably also one of the best all-around players in the country. He dominates every aspect of the Center position posting great statistics in every category. He’ll be an incredible team player and immediately makes whoever gets this guy a likely contender. Early Estimate: GEEGGG= +8, something around that
