By Shawn Siegel
shawn@collegehoops.net
July 9th, 2006
ABCD Camp:
All-Star Game & All-Camp Team
Just got back from a mostly uneventful all-star games.
The only players that stood out were Bill Walker (monster dunks) and Corey
Fisher (sweet drives to the basket.)
The All-Star games at ABCD are somewhat of a mockery. For
one, 30 players make the senior all-star game, and 30 make the
underclassmen. This means that 60 of the Camp's 150 make the game.
This would be okay if they chose the player playing the best. Instead,
it has a lot to do with reputation and politics.
Blake Hoffarber for example, who was 13th in the camp in
overall rating, 1st in 3 pt %, 1st in 3 pt shots made, and who shot a solid
56% from the floor. Meanwhile Alex Legion, who was about 50th in
overall rating, only averaged 9.6 ppg despite being 5th in camp in shot
attempts, and shot 39% (which considering this is a camp where all wings
score lots of wide open lay ups is not good) made the cut.
Besides Walker and Fisher, other players that stood out (ie,
that kept me awake) were James Hickson, Johnny Flynn, and Corey Chandler.
OJ Mayo, as it was all week, had some moments but mostly
didn't hit many shots or do anything exceptionally.
Since I put no weight into the politics-driven all-star
rosters or MVP awards, I present CHN's All-ABCD Team. (Note that these are
not necessarily the 20 players with the most talent/potential, but the 20
who played the best during the week. Final player ratings/ranking will
be released later.)
First Team
Kevin Love - C - Sr (MVP)
Eli Holman - PF - Sr
Bill Walker - SF - Sr
OJ Mayo - SG - Sr
Derrick Rose - PG - Sr (Was injured most of the camp, but
still deserves to be here on talent.)
Second Team
Tracy Smith - PF - Sr
James Hickson - PF - Sr
Taylor King - SF - Sr
Blake Hoffarber - SG - Sr
Brandon Jennings - PG - Jr
Third Team
Drew Gordon - PF - Jr
Alex Tyus - PF - Sr
William Buford - SG - Jr
Kenny Boyton - SG - So
Demetri McCamey - PG - Sr
Fourth Team
DeAndre Jordan - C - Sr
Braxton Dupree - PF - Sr
Olu Ashaolu - PF/SF - Jr
Rico Pickett - PG - Sr
Malik Boothe - PG - Sr
More
ABCD Camp stories and archived coverage of
previous years.
2006 ABCD -
Day One
2006 ABCD -
Day Two
2006 ABCD -
Day Three-Afternoon
2006 ABCD -
Day Three- Evening
2006 ABCD -
Final Player
Ranking
