2023 Position Rankings: Power Forwards

The high school season is complete and we are getting underway with the AAU season. First thing, though, we are updating our prospect rankings for each class. Today, we are looking at the 2023 Power Forwards. RANK PLAYER HT POS  HIGH SCHOOL CLUB TEAM 4 Xavier Booker Xavier Booker 6'11" | PF Cathedral | 2023 State #97 Nation IN 6’9" PF Cathedral George Hill All Indy 2023 8 Jayden Pinkston Jayden Pinkston 6'6" | PF Indianapolis Tindley | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Indianapolis Tindley Team Teague 2023 11 Nick Richart Nick Richart 6'8" | PF Zionsville | 2023 State IN 6’8" PF Zionsville Indiana Elite 2023 12 Nickens Lemba Nickens Lemba 6'6" | PF Southport | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Southport Indiana Elite Team Indiana 2023 15 Anthony Ball Anthony Ball 6'6" | PF Southport | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Southport Indy Heat 2023 EYBL 18 Mason Jones Mason Jones 6'7" | PF Valparaiso | 2023 State IN 6’7" PF Valparaiso Indy Heat 2023 EYBL 21 Caleb Washington Caleb Washington 6'5" | PF Floyd Central | 2023 State IN 6’5" PF Floyd Central Indiana Elite Team Indiana 2023 47 Zane Doughty Zane Doughty 6'7" | PF Ben Davis | 2023 State IN 6’7" PF Ben Davis Indy Nets 2023 58 Preston Ross Preston Ross 6'5" | PF Bishop Dwenger | 2023 State IN 6’5" PF Bishop Dwenger Indy Heat 2023 EYBL 62 Keaton Buuck Keaton Buuck 6'6" | PF Crown Point | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Crown Point Indiana Game Select 2023 70 Kameron Patterson Kameron Patterson 6'5" | PF Indianapolis Lutheran | 2023 State IN 6’5" PF Indianapolis Lutheran George Hill All Indy 2023 74 Josh Furst Josh Furst 6'4" | PF Blackhawk Christian | 2023 State IN 6’4" PF Blackhawk Christian Indy Heat 2023 Red 78 Tyler Horton Tyler Horton 6'6" | PF Warren Central | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Warren Central Indy Nets 2023 81 Jesse Faires Jesse Faires 6'6" | PF Ben Davis | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Ben Davis Grassroots Indiana 2023 98 Dylan Derda Dylan Derda 6'6" | PF Penn | 2023 State IN 6’6" PF Penn Indiana Elite Central 2023 117 Gavin Owens Gavin Owens 6'5" | PF Carmel | 2023 State IN 6’5" PF Carmel Grand Park Premier 2023 Black 128 Mason Larkin Mason Larkin 6'7" | PF Fountain Central | 2023 State IN 6’7" PF Fountain Central Grassroots Indiana 2023 Breakdown: The class of 2023, while down, does have some legit upside. Guys like Xavier Booker Xavier Booker 6'11" | PF Cathedral | 2023 State #97 Nation IN and Jayden Pinktson run the top of the position ranking but there is a lot more upside up and down the list. We really like the talent of Nick Richart Nick Richart 6'8" | PF Zionsville | 2023 State IN who kind of broke out this high school season, the toughness of Nickens Lemba Nickens Lemba 6'6" | PF Southport | 2023 State IN and Anthony Ball Anthony Ball 6'6" | PF Southport | 2023 State IN for Southport, and developing bigs like Tyler Horton Tyler Horton 6'6" | PF Warren Central | 2023 State IN and Zane Doughty Zane Doughty 6'7" | PF Ben Davis | 2023 State IN .  There is plenty of legit size in this group right now even with us not being able to discover as many players as we have in previous years. This position should have a lot of DI talent as well as some guys for DII programs to think on early. Really, the lack of depth is going to be for the NAIA and DIII right now which is a little opposite of normal. But, it is still early and we have this Spring to see where it goes.