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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Adidas Tri-City Senior Boys Top 40 Camp: Camp Recap & All-Star Selections


An excellent weekend of basketball concluded on Sunday at RIM Park in Waterloo, as the Tri-City Senior Boys’ Top 40 Camp wound to a close.  The camp provided a valuable development platform for those in attendance, while several post-secondary coaches were able to provide feedback and tips on specific things they look for when recruiting a student-athlete. 

Some of the Coaches in Attendance -- in total, there were 13 programs represented this weekend.
With many excellent players from the region in attendance, including some uncommitted prospects still looking for post-secondary opportunities, the information was invaluable.

For the camp staff, being able to select six student-athletes for the All-Star and MVP awards was certainly a difficult task, but they did an admirable job recognizing those who “brought their game”.  Here’s a look at each, along with their plans for next year:

Michael Allen, 6’0” PG – Bluevale
Allen exemplifies the point guard that you want to have on your team.  Heady, intelligent, and unselfish – he makes those around him better.  

He formed half of one of the big highlights from the weekend, setting up Eman Otong with a nice alley-oop:



Next year, Allen plans on returning to Bluevale for a 5th year of High School.


Hendrik Stam, 6’8" F – Thunder Bay
Formerly out of Windsor, Stam played this past season in Thunder Bay for Winston Churchill CVS, a school that is set to close at the end of this year (merging with Westgate CVS).  As of right now, he’s planning on being back there for a 5th year of high school, but will likely explore some Prep School options.

At a mobile 6’8”, he will fit nicely on to a U-Sports roster.  Really came into his own on Saturday, riding a wave of confidence to an all-star nod.  He displayed good instincts, racking up the rebound and blocked shots totals – including this one:



Although you see his “big man traits”, he has a very respectable mid-range game with the ability to knock down the 12-15 foot jumper with regularity.


Ethan Passley, 5’9” PG – St. Mary’s
You can call him a spark-plug with a tremendous motor.  His shooting ability is on point (even with defenders in his face) and he isn’t afraid to take it inside the trees, where he displayed the ability to finish (knocking down a nice reverse layup and-one, for example, on Saturday).  Here he is demonstrating his passing and finishing ability on the same sequence:



He’s eligible to return to St. Mary’s for a 5th year of high school as he looks to bolster his post-secondary options.


Justin Ching, 6’0” G – St. Benedict (Cambridge)
With the lessons from the weekend being “controllable factors” and “taking care of the little things”, Ching was the camper who best emphasized those traits.  He was one of the hardest workers, listened to the coaches, did the right things, always on time, took pride on the defensive end, and had an excellent attitude.  In other words, the ideal teammate. 

Ayden Jackson, 5’11” G – SJK
After playing at Guelph CVI, Jackson was at SJK this past season.  He states that he will be returning for a 5th year of high school, although it will be at a different Prep School.

Has the traits you’d expect from a guard, and has the ability to score in multiple ways – during the games this weekend, he was equally adept driving to the hoop, hitting the mid-range jumper, or knocking down the three-pointer.  Also an underrated, tenacious defender.

Co-MVP:  Khaled Djabo, 6’1” G, JF Ross
Djabo is arguably the quickest player end-to-end with a basketball in the CWOSSA region.  He can attack the basket, hit jumpers, and has awesome athleticism for a 6’1” guard – he recorded a couple of blocks coming in from weak-side help during the games.

He was the best player overall on the floor on Friday night, doing a bit of everything, and continued his strong play throughout the weekend.

Although recognized as the D10 MVP, he was a bit of a hidden gem outside of the Guelph area.  We saw some of his exploits in helping the the JF Ross Royals, a 5th place team in the D10 league this past season, to two playoff upsets with 33 and 31 points, respectively – and a berth in the D10 finals. 

Djabo committed last month to George Brown College in Toronto (OCAA).

Co-MVP:  Trey Wilson, 6’3” G/F, St. Joseph’s (Barrie)
The 6’3” guard/forward from Barrie St. Joseph has the physical tools – and the game – to have success at the post-secondary level.

Wilson gave glimpses of that during the weekend’s games, particularly on day two when he capped his team’s end of first-half run with a three-pointer and then a vicious dunk.  He also runs the floor well, and has solid finishing ability around the rim, like this example:



Other Top Talents

There was certainly a lot of talent in the gym this past weekend, and there were a lot of players that could make a post-secondary roster when their high school careers are through.  I spoke at length with several coaches about area prospects – here are a few that caught their eyes, as well as mine, this weekend:

Kanayo Nnadi (ECI)
Eman Otong (GPSS) – Committed (Mohawk College)
Zach Cudmore (CWDHS)
Layee Jabateh (ECI)
Jody Brown Jr. (SMHS)
Mahier Mohamed (RCSS)
Abdei Hamad (ECI)
Terrell Lloyd (College Ave)
Kuel Thomas (HHSS)
Darius Skinner (Pickering)
Ladera Obang (SJK)

All of the photos are courtesy of the Adidas Top 40 Camps Facebook Page.


Posted by Mark Yolkowski at Wednesday, May 16, 2018

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