LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The action picked up on the floor of Cabrillo
High School during the second day of the 2014 Pangos All-American Camp. Several
big name players had nice days while the much lesser-known Steve Enoch put a big
buzz in the building.
Enoch
arrives
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Memphis is the first school to offer Steve
Enoch. |
Heading into
Saturday's action at the Pangos All-American Camp, 6-foot-9 power forward
Steve Enoch from Norwalk
(Conn.) High was a pretty big mystery to most observers. Not because his talent
is tough to figure out, but because the class of 2015 prospect hasn't yet gotten
much exposure.
On Saturday, Enoch got plenty of exposure and he made the most of it.
Physically impressive, Enoch is a good athlete, has an ideal frame for a big
man and he is extremely tough. Enoch can play rough-and-tumble basketball on the
interior and he is an excellent rebounder. But, he's not without skill and his
jump shot looks very fluid. Seeing him step out and knock down a three with
confidence was impressive.
So far, Enoch's only high major offer is from
Memphis but
that will soon be changing. Others that have shown interest include
Connecticut, Providence,
Virginia,
VCU,
Kansas,
Kansas
State and
Arizona
State.
Enoch's summer coach George Mathews of High Rise Team Up has seen what the
rising senior big man is capable of up close.
"We think that he's a high-major player," Mathews said. "He just hasn't been
seen by a lot of schools yet."
Enoch looked the part of a high-major player this weekend and is likely
earning himself a spot in the 2015 Rivals150 the next time it is updated.
Sampson a
smooth operator
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Brandon Sampson should see a bump in his
ranking soon. |
Unlike
Enoch,
Brandon Sampson
is already a nationally ranked player. Like Enoch, Sampson hasn't yet gotten a
lot of notoriety as a prospect. A 6-foot-5'ish shooting guard from Baton Rouge
(La.) Madison Prep, Sampson is the No. 73 player in the class of 2015, but that
will soon be changing.
Fact is, Sampson needs to be ranked a bit higher than that.
There are players who just make things look easy on the floor and Sampson is
one of those players. A fluid athlete who can handle the ball, Sampson is the
proud owner of one of the smoothest looking jump shots in the class of 2015.
That jump shot is a real weapon and he has supreme confidence in it.
Because of Sampson's willingness to pull from 23 feet with accuracy,
defenders are in trouble. If they crowd him, he can use his ball-handling
ability and size to get by defenders and score in traffic. If anything, Sampson
could stand to be a bit more aggressive off the dribble, but it is tough to
complain too much about anything he does on the offensive end of the floor.
Sampson's recruitment figures to start picking up and
LSU, St. John's,
California,
Mississippi State,
Oklahoma
State and
Texas A&M
are among a group of programs that have put in early work with him.
More Saturday
notes
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Admon Gilder poured in 27 points on
Saturday. |

Top 50 shooting
guard
Admon Gilder was
as efficient as they come during a 27-point outing. The rising senior from
Dallas Madison made 12 of 15 shots from the field and never seemed to be rushing
or forcing anything. He doesn't have the same explosive first step as
Kansas
State's Marcus Foster, but he is a little bigger and the two play a similar
style.

Already
committed to
Baylor, class
of 2016 wing
Mark Vital
is an explosive wing athlete with some strength. A four-star prospect, Vital
hunts the rim in transition and tries to dunk everything that he can. Because of
his physical ability, Vital has all the tools to develop into a high-level
defender to go along with his open floor prowess.

Class of
2015 point guard
Terrence
Phillips has enjoyed a nice couple of days at Pangos. A three-star floor
general from Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill, Phillips is strong, compact and
quick. He isn't he tallest point guard out there, but he is focused on pushing
the tempo, getting his teammates involved and he appears to be a leader on the
floor.
Tommy McCarthy and
Sammy Barnes-Thompkins
don't have big reputations, but they have both been pretty effective at camp.
McCarthy is a tough point guard who can knock down a shot and doesn't make many
mistakes. Barnes-Thompkins is an athletic 6-foot-2 shooting guard with good
strength and a good looking jumper out to the three-point line.

Long
Beach State looks to have gotten a really good one in power forward
LaRond Williams. The 2015
power forward is a high-end athlete, does a good job on the boards and can run
the floor at 6-foot-8.

We have
to mention the play of
Washington
commit
Marquese Chriss
again. The class of 2015 four-star is on the rise and he was outstanding on
Saturday. He's a thoroughbred athlete with quickness, explosive leaping ability
and he was making 17-footers to go with dunking everything he could around the
rim. Chriss is still a little raw but quite talented.

Class of
2015 Rivals150 point guard
Kevin Dorsey is deserving
of a bump up in the rankings. He is quick, he is tough and he is a leader on the
floor. When he's making jumpers like he was during a Saturday afternoon game,
Dorsey is pretty tough for opposing defenses to deal with.

Four-star
wing
Cameron Walker
looked good. A 6-foot-6 scorer, Walker has a smooth looking jumper and doesn't
force too much. As he learns to use his size to his advantage more by attacking
off the dribble, he will round into a guy capable of being an effective scorer
on the college level.
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