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Rob Taylor's Class of 2011 Hot 50

By: Rob Taylor

After a long spring, summer and fall of watching basketball all over the country, I have put together a list some of the outstanding performances I saw on the tournament and elite camp trail. Below is what I’m calling my “Hot Fifty” list. This list does not represent rankings of any kind, rather this project is my attempt to list some of the players I saw personally that stood out at the various events I attended.

Of course I did not attend every event this summer, as there are far too many of those, nor did I get a chance to see all of the elite players in the class of 2011. I did, however, attend a number of high quality events such as the Pittsburgh Jam Fest, Spiece Run & Slam, Bob Gibbons TOC, Adidas It Takes 5ive Classic, King James Classic, Adidas Super 64, Buckeye Prep Invitational, Reebok Breakout Camp, Elite 75 Prep Showcase, Gym Rat Midnight Madness and True Hoops Showcase just to name a few.

Not included in this list are a number of elite prospects in this class including LaQuinton Ross, LaBryan Nash, Jamal Branch, Mike Shaw, Austin Rivers and others that did not attend the events that I covered this summer.

The Hot Fifty

NAME HT. POS. HOMETOWN (ST) SCHOOL

Jordan Allen 6’5 WF Bay Shore (NY) Bay Shore
Keyan Anderson 5’10 PG Fort Worth (TX) North Crowley
Chane Behanan 6’6 PF Cincinnati (OH) Aiken
Aaron Brown 6’5 WF Philadelphia (PA) Roman Catholic
Trey Burke 5’10 PG Columbus (OH) Northland
Matt Carlino 6’2 WG Gilbert (AZ) Highland
Michael Chandler 6’9 C Indianapolis (IN) Lawrence North
Jehvon Clarke 6’1 WG Canton (OH) Timken
Chris Coleman 6’8 C Durham (NC) Mt. Zion
Brett Comer 6’2 WG Overland Park (KS) Blue Valley Northwest
Quinn Cook 6’1 PG Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha Catholic
Delante Bishop Daniels 6’1 PG Raleigh (NC) Word of God
Brian Darden Jr. 6’0 PG Hampton (VA) Pheobus
Jeremiah Davis 6’3 PG Muncie (IN) Muncie Central
Myles Davis 6’0 WG Newark (NJ) St. Peters Prep
Corey Edwards 6’1 PG Middle Village (NY) Christ the Kings
Michael Gbinije 6’5 WG Chester (VA) Christ Church
Percy Gibson 6’6 C Detroit (MI) Country Day
Malcolm Gilbert 6’10 C Wilmington Delaware (DE) St. Elizabeth
Michael Gilchrist 6’5 WF Elizabeth (NJ) St. Patrick’s
Grandy Glaze 6’6 PF Fredrick (MD) St. John’s
Vaughn Gray 6’4 WF Ramsey (NJ) Don Bosco
Cesar Guerrero 5’11 PG Los Angeles (CA) St John Bosco
Perry Henry 6’3 WG/WF Charleston (WV) South Charleston
Andre Henley 6’6 WF Chicago (IL) De La Salle
LaDonte Hinton 6’5 WF Lansing (MI) Eastern
Traevon Jackson 6’2 WG Westerville (OH) South
Brandon Kearney 6’5 PG/WG Detroit (MI) Southeastern
Myles Mack 5’8 PG Paterson (NJ) Catholic
James McAdoo 6’7 WF Norfolk (VA) Christian
George Marshall 5’10 PG Chicago (IL) Brooks
Nick Marshall 5’11 PG Rochelle (GA) Wilcox
Dai-Jon Parker 6’3 WG Marietta (GA) Marietta
Jerrell Rankin 6’1 PG Charlotte (NC) Vance
Jermaine Sanders 6’2 WF New York (NY) Rice
Larry Savage 6’6 WF Onlay (VA) Nandua
Shannon Scott 6’2 PG Atlanta (GA) Lovett School
Kevin Smith 5’11 WG Baltimore (MD) Calvert Hall College
Donivine Stewart 5’10 PG Bartonville (IL) Limestone
Ameen Tanksley 6’4 WG/WF Philadelphia (PA) Prep Charter
Ryan Taylor 6’5 PF Indianapolis (IN) Lawrence North
Stevie Taylor 5’9 PG Gahanna (OH) Lincoln
Marques Teague 6’1 PG Indianapolis (IN) Pike
Adonis Thomas 6’6 WF Memphis (TN) Melrose
Chandler Thomas 6’5 WF.PF Indianapolis (IN) Pike
Spencer Turner 6’4 WG Bloomington (IN) Bloomington South
Kevin Ware 6’4 PG/WG Conyers (GA) Rockdale
Tony Wroten 6’4 PG Seattle (WA) Garfield
Ashcroft Youcoubou 6’3 WF Aston (PA) American Christian
Vinnie Zollo 6’8 WF Clark County (KY) Clark

I expect many of the above players to maintain the momentum they generated during the spring and summer and to follow up with productive high school seasons.

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POSTED: 10-7-2008

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