Summer 2012 Shabazz Muhammad INAUGURAL ISSUE NBN National Player of the Year NBN NATIONAL RANKINGS 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 Grant Jerrett Clifton Alexander Aaron Gordon Katin Reinhardt/Gabe York Volume 1 Issue1 Tyler Dorsey Pangos All-American Camp 6258781 462337 Las Vegas Fab 48 A Fullcourt Press/Impact Publication NBNMAGAZINE.COM 2 CONTENTS NOTHING BUT NET Summer 2012 (Left to right) Archie Goodwin, Andre Drummond, Shabazz Muhammad. FEATURES PROFILES Shabazz Muhammad .....................................12 Aaron Gordon ................................................. 6 Nothing But Net magazine chronicles Shabazz Clifton Alexander ........................................... 8 Muhammad’s rise to #1 and shows why he is our Grant Jerrett .................................................. 9 inaugural NBN Player of the Year. Tyler Dorsey ..................................................11 Frenemies................................................. 18 Katin Reinhardt and Gabe York discuss their high school RANKINGS rivalry and the lasting friendship it helped to create. 2012 .............................................................24 Pangos All-American Camp .......................20 2013 .............................................................31 With the Pangos All-American camp approaching its 2014 .............................................................37 10th year, Frank Burlison takes a look back to where it 2015 .............................................................41 all began. LAS VEGAS FAB 48 TOURNAMENT PRODUCTS Fab 48 Preview ............................................ 44 ELECTRONICS ................................................ 48 Annual event in the desert has become a must see for Sol Republic didn’t just make a great headphone set, college coaches and scouts. they reinvented sound. 3 We would like to welcome you to the inaugural issue of Nothing Dinos Trigonis But Net - a magazine geared toward Publisher & Editor-in-Chief hardcore high school basketball recruiting enthusiasts. Sean Ceglinsky It is our intention to bring to life Senior Executive Editor in living color the top faces and stories of high school basketball Frank Burlison as well as preview the college Senior Basketball Recruiting Writer and NBA stars of tomorrow. We will also from time-to-time touch Van Coleman upon junior college and NCAA National Recruiting Analyst basketball as well as leave open the future possibility of writing about Vince Bailey interesting pro topics like the NBA Horace Neysmith Draft. Leslie Strauss This first issue will include Contributing Writers our initial class-by-class national rankings (the top prospects from Nick Koza the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Scott Kurtz classes) as well as profile stories of Photographers a few high school stars like 2012 NBN Player of the Year Shabazz Produced by Impact Publishing Muhammad and Grant Jerrett. www.impactpublishing.com Our NBN website - www. nbnmagazine.com - will host the Vince Bailey online version of our magazine President & Creative Director as well as contain up-to-the- minute stories, columns, blogs Design and information about current and Noel Rocha upcoming events. We hope that you will make On the Cover us a part of your circle of sources Shabazz Muhammad, for high school basketball and NBN National Player of the Year. look forward to improving our Cover design: Jason Paul Whitley publication issue-by-issue. Cover photography: Nick Koza Enjoy! ©2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced with- Dinos Trigonis out written permission from this publisher. The photographs, graphics, artwork and advertisements are the property of Nothing But Net Nothing But Net Magazine. Publisher & Editor-in-Chief The magazine assumes no responsibility or liability for claims made by ad- vertisers. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of Nothing But Net Magazine or the owners. Nothing But Net Magazine not responsible for NBNMAGAZINE.COM typographical errors or omissions. 4 5 PROFILE Aaron Gordon By Sean Ceglinsky Gordon has made some significant “I want to be No. 1 player in high progress, indeed. His road, however, school basketball, I’m not quite there had speed-bumps along the way. yet, but I think that I can do it,’’ Gordon One of the obstacles standing said. “I’m not trying to be cocky or in the way of being known as his own conceited, but I want to be the best. I man was for Gordon to gain a better want to show people that I can be the understanding that he could be as kid. That’s my mentality right now.’’ athletically successful as his father Ed. In terms of being the nation’s top Given time and effort, of course. The prospect, Gordon is worthy a candidate. family’s patriarch played basketball and College coaches seem to be under the football at San Diego State in the 1980’s impression that Jabari Parker from before a brief stint in the NFL with the Chicago (Ill.) Simeon is the best of the New England Patriots. bunch. Perhaps rightfully so given his particularly impressive resume. The next deterrent was attempting Nevertheless, the gurus from to live up to the hype that comes along recruiting services such as ESPN, Rivals with being known as the younger and Scout, appear to be on the same page brother of Drew Gordon. Also an and rank Gordon among the best around. Archbishop Mitty in Northern California product, his older sibling was a prized Despite a recent foot injury, Gordon recruit following a standout four- is on the mend, nearly fully recovered, year career on the prep circuit. He and he has a handful of scholarship committed to UCLA and played two offers on the table. Kansas and Kentucky years for the Bruins. A transfer to New are the most well-known programs Mexico followed where his stock did interested in his services. Also, multiple some much-needed improving in the schools in the Pac-12 Conference have iving in the proverbial eyes of NBA scouts. been in contact with him at some point. shadows of family “There was a time when people Gordon does not have a leader, however. members, and peers for had to no clue about who I was. They “Aaron had to deal with some different that matter, was an all knew my brother and my family name things coming up through the ranks, he too familiar way of going though,’’ Aaron Gordon said. “Things hasn’t had it as bad as some others, but aboutL business for Aaron Gordon in the have changed. I feel like I’m starting to there have been challenges,’’ Kennedy not so distant past. Frustrated most blow up. My time is now and I want to said. “He’s had a high-profile older times, with seemingly no end in sight, take advantage of this chance.’’ brother and was forced to create a name he stayed the course. Rest assured, he’s taking steps in for himself. Then, he was considered as Despite the constant comparisons, the right direction. Never was that more the West Coast’s best player. But not the sometimes fair or not, the 6-foot-7 evident than last season. As a junior, nation’s best. That’s a title he wanted for senior forward from San Jose (Calif.) Gordon averaged 22.9 points and 12.8 himself.’’ Archbishop Mitty High recently carved rebounds per game to lift Archbishop “Thing about Aaron is: He has a out his all-important niche on the Mitty to a second consecutive California motor that doesn’t stop. When people national basketball landscape. Equally Division II championship. underestimate him, that makes him important during the whole process, work harder. Not many kids have that Gordon developed into one of the For his well-rounded efforts, he was kind of makeup. He has a bright future country’s premier prospects in the 2013 named the state’s Mr. Basketball and ahead of him. We’re talking about a kid recruiting class. the state’s Player of the Year by Cal-Hi with potential to play in the NBA.’’ “There has always been a lot of Sports. He was the first underclassman It will be interesting to see if pressure on Aaron, even when he was to receive the honor since 2000 when he fulfills his promise and plays still a raw talent,’’ Archbishop Mitty Tyson Chandler from Compton (Calif.) professionally at some point down coach Tim Kennedy said. “Give him Dominguez won as a junior. Jason Kidd the road. In the meantime, Gordon no credit though, he’s been able to come a duplicated the feat in 1991, also as a longer has to worry about living up to long way in a short period of time. That junior, with Alameda (Calif.) St. Joseph perceived lofty expectations. He has kid has something special in him.’’ Notre Dame. arrived. With his own indentity. 6 7 PROFILE Clifton Alexander By Sean Ceglinsky with no thing more than a couple Beach (Calif.). In front of tons of scouts scratches after a undergoing a thorough and multiple members of the media, he evaluation from the training staff. opened plenty of eyes during the three- Stop the ball. It’s a fundamental part day event and left a lasting impression of the game. Stop Cliff Alexander. It’s on those who had presumably thought not going to happen. of him as one of those Internet “Alexander has been on fire. He’s near sensations. the top of our 2014 national rankings,’’ Ultimately, Alexander was named said Van Coleman, the national Most Outstanding Player. He became recruiting analyst for Nothing But Net the first underclassmen to win the Magazine. “He’s a physical specimen honor in the event’s 10-year history. who can dominate the paint. There’s a lot to like about him.’’ Defensively, Taking home the MOP award at ne of the golden rules in he blocks shots with the best in the the Pangos All-American Camp was the game of basketball business at the high school level. He significant considering the list of is: Stop the ball. That’s can Windex the boards like Mr.