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BASKETBALL TIMES 29 Internationals excel at Jordan Brand, Hoop Summit International Game Carl Berman The international game at the Jordan Brand Classic his age) pure center with Select Team has won consecutive games featured the best under-17 players in the world, most of some nice post footwork at the event. whom are 16 and are freshmen or sophomores in high and moves already. He can Germany’s Dennis Schroeder school. also step out. He’s a high continued his excellent play after The Black international team, which beat the White major/NBA prospect who impressing who attended practices team, 76-72, was led by 12-point efforts by 6-foot- will be heading to the USA during the week. Schroder ran the point 8 Lorvo Mazalin of Croatia and 7-0 Thon Maker of to fi nish high school. effectively, fi nishing with 18 points and Australia and Carlisle, Va., School. Andrea Latorre (6- All the players six assists while thoroughly out-playing 6, Italy) and Luc Loubaki (6-3, France) added 10 each. participating in the Florida recruit Casey Hill. Schroeder Jamal Murray (6-4, Canada) led the White team with international game are controlled the pace of the game, was able 24 points. at least mid-Division I to surge past his defender at will and even We were most impressed with Murray, Maker, prospects, and several hit a few pull-up jumpers. Mazalin, Latorre, 6-9 Ben Simmons (Australia, had NBA and very high Jean-Charles likely played himself Montverde Academy), 6-9 Cheick Diallo (Mali, Our European professional into the early portion of the second Savior New American) and 7-0 Georgios Papagiannis potential. The Jordan round of this year’s NBA draft. He was (Greece). Brand Classic is a great incredibly effi cient in his 27 minutes of Murray was able to get wherever he wanted, showed way to get a viewing action and gave the USA’s interior players a solid shot with range and had good size for a point of these players both in trouble with his 7-2 wingspan. He scored guard with good rebounding ability (seven boards). As practice and in a game in mid-range, in transition and off the with most kids his age, he needs to add strength and situation. offensive boards. He also drew contact, make better decisions, but that will likely come in time. The USA All-Star getting to the foul line 10 times. He’s a very high level prospect. games were fairly typical We thought the World’s bigs would Maker relocated to Australia from South Sudan with lots of fact-paced give the USA trouble, and we were right. when he was 5 years old. He’s very thin, and our main transition time, quick shots The World out-rebounded the USA 50- concern for him is whether he has the frame to add and not a lot of defense. 35 with 20 offensive rebounds. The strength and some width. He’s also likely not done In the regional game, the USA did not have a true center on the growing. Maker already exhibits ball skills and can White team topped the roster. Randle was the biggest body that step out for jumpers. He doesn’t do a lot inside as he is Blacks 114-102. Hassan the Americans had. Randle had a solid very thin. He’s obviously a high major talent with NBA Martin (6-6, Curtis, game with 19 points and eight rebounds potential. R.I., High) was the MVP and competed well on the boards, but he Latorre has good size and shooting ability for a for the winners with 19 didn’t have enough help. wing. Mazalin is a nice power forward prospect with points with six rebounds Mouhammadou Jaiteh of France, toughness, good shooting and rebounding ability (eight and three steals in 22 who’s 6-11, added nine rebounds in 14 boards). Diallo is an athletic big man who excels in minutes of play. Martin is minutes, and 7-0 Kansas recruit Joel Livio Jean-Charles excelled at the Summit. transition. Papagiannis is a fairly skilled (very skilled for an active combo forward Embiid had seven boards in 16 minutes. projected as a three in Wiggins didn’t have his best game college. Kenton Facey (6-8, Lutheran, UConn), who shooting (6-for-16 and 1-for-5 on 3-pointers) but added SCOUTING INTERNATIONAL AND had 10 points and 10 boards, and Kyle Washington (6- nine rebounds and made back-to-back baskets late in the DOMESTIC BASKETBALL TALENT AND 9, Brewster Academy, N.C. State), who had 12 points third quarter to help turn a two-point lead into an eight- CONSULTING WITH TEAMS WORLDWIDE and nine boards, were both impressive for the Whites. point lead at the quarter’s close. Wiggins still fi nished DeAndre Bembry (6-6, The Patrick School, Saint with 17 points in what was an off-game for him. NETSCOUTS BASKETBALL Joseph’s) was the MVP for the Black team, scoring 26 Dante Exum of Australia, who’s 6-6, showed why ™ points and adding nine boards. Bembry can light it up he will be one of the top recruits of the 2014 class. 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While in previous contests the USA had the These guys are thorough.” – Chris Dortch, Editor, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook replace Michael Carter-Williams. edge in athleticism, that wasn’t the case this year as the The World Select Team topped the USA 112-98 in World was generally more athletic, bigger and longer. the Nike Hoop Summit, with 27 points and 13 rebounds The World Team raised its record to 5-11 in the event. GeT sTarTed noW. ConTaCT us Today. from France’s Livio Jean-Charles. The World Team Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts ™ took a 52-43 halftime lead, withstood a USA surge that Basketball. Information on NetScouts Basketball and cut the lead to 64-62 late in the third quarter and pulled their International Recruiting Service can be found at A strategic partner of Blue Ribbon Sports Media Group away for the victory. It was the fi rst time that the World www.netscoutsbasketball.com..