[URL=”http://www.highschoolhoop.com/high-school-stories/2010/10/top-10-high-school-point-guards-of-the-last-10-years/”]HighSchoolHoops.com[/URL] listed their Top 10 High School Point Guards from the last 10 years and Kentucky had two team members make the cut.
Superstar John Wall came in at number 2 behind Brandon Jennings, and current Wildcat and future superstar, Brandon Knight came in at Number 10.
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Immediate reaction; Shock!!! I honestly thought Wall would be at the top of this list, but the criteria utilized spoke for itself and my love of John’s game at Kentucky had, as it shouldn’t, no impact on the final rankings.
The criteria would be based solely on what each player did at the high school level. They didn’t care about college busts, NBA accolades or catchy dances (wonder who that refers too) – it’s all about what a player did in high school and how dominate he was doing it.
With that, here are the excerpts we’re interested in reading:
[QUOTE][B]10. BRANDON KNIGHT, Pine Crest (FL), 2010[/B]
Knight averaged 32 points, nine rebounds and four assists as a senior and finished his career the second-leading scorer in Florida history. Knight made history as a senior, becoming just the fourth student-athlete to claim back-to-back Gatorade National Player of the Year honors, joining LeBron James, Greg Oden and Candace Parker. [B]One of his most memorable games was against Austin Rivers, the top-ranked prospect in the 2011 class (and current Duke commit), in which Knight dropped 48 points in the nationally televised shootout on ESPN[/B]. He also won two AAU National titles with Team Breakdown.
[B]2. JOHN WALL, Word of God Academy (NC), 2009[/B]
Wall is the only player on the list other than Brandon Jennings to reach consensus No. 1 status in his high school class. He averaged 22.1 points, 5.5 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game his senior season, and did so in dominating fashion. No player combined the speed and athleticism of Wall, or was more feared. Wall was good for at least a handful of highlights every game and put more defenders on posters than any other player. Once during an AAU tournament prior to his senior year, hecklers were giving Wall a hard time because he was struggling early in the game. Almost immediately, [B]he started to turn it on: dunk here, crossover there, steal there, another dunk here. After yet another dunk, Wall yelled in the direction of the hecklers, “That’s why I’m No. 1!” With that, all trash talk ceased[/B].[/QUOTE]Kentucky’s Rajon Rhondo didn’t make the top 10 list, but he was listed under honorable mention.
With Coach Calipari in place, don’t be surprised if we see future lists being dominated by Kentucky point guards. Two years at UK, two point guards in the Top 10…
Go Cats!!!
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