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This month we introduce our updated Class of 2022 rankings!! Rankings are subjective and PrepHoops.com ranks purely upon potential and where the player will be at their basketball peak. Production factors in only when helping prove the potential is greater…
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Continue ReadingThis month we introduce our updated Class of 2022 rankings!! Rankings are subjective and PrepHoops.com ranks purely upon potential and where the player will be at their basketball peak. Production factors in only when helping prove the potential is greater or lesser. Why did we rank these guys? Why are they at this spot? Take a look at five Class of 2022 prospects and learn a little about their reputation.
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#121 Brayden Cousino Brayden Cousino 6'0" | PG Watertown (Football) | 2022 TN (Watertown)
Brayden caught our eye in December of 2019, and he really earned this spot with the grit and toughness of a unwaveringly firm lead guard. Cousino plays football also for Watertown. He might not play basketball for much longer, but his presence is meaningful beyond the on-ball defense and the refined quickness.
#122
Emmanuel Atkins
Emmanuel
Atkins
6'1" | PG
Grainger | 2022
State
TN
(Grainger)
Twitter: Atkins
Through his first ten games of the season, from which you can watch highlights below, Emmanuel Atkins Emmanuel Atkins 6'1" | PG Grainger | 2022 State TN scored 12.1 ppg with 5.7 rebounds a night. His 1.4 steals per also deserves mention. Atkins elected to forego the AAU season after finding his AAU team dissatisfying. The guard trains on his own and with a trainer. A weakness of Atkins’ game right now is foot-speed. He was capable of out-quicking his Region 1 opponents, but most of the guards he played in winter 2020 lacked the elite burst that EA will see beyond high school. Emory & Henry are sending information and in the very, very early stages of tracking Emmanuel. He took a visit on his own to their campus earlier this month.
https://twitter.com/atkins_emmanuel/status/1344865803993309184?s=20
#123
Christopher Styles
Christopher
Styles
6'4" | SG
Ooltewah | 2022
State
TN
(Ooltewah)
For now Christopher plays forward more than guard and that position will not age well for the potential small college wing. With his AAU squad Styles is wing from dawn to dusk. Styles was a combine competitor way back in June 2019. Read his evaluation from that event. There has been significant growth in his game since that day two years ago. Styles is still an adept catch-and-shoot guy, but his handle and speed with the ball are dramatically better. Styles is a gym rat and beyond the skills he is steadily improving he loves the game and brings a contagious passion to wooden rectangle.
#124 Jack Ellis Jack Ellis 6'2" | SG Ezell-Harding (Soccer) | 2022 State TN (Ezell-Harding Christian)
Rarely do players from Ezell-Harding crack the Top 150, but Jack is a unique prospect. He is tall for a high school wing guard, but projects as a NAIA 2/3. Ellis shoots left-handed with a decent touch. His weakness is straightline speed. Jack must improve his burst to prove that he can keep up with the elevated pace of the game college will assuredly introduce to him.
#125 Weston Coop Weston Coop 6'2" | SG Webb-Bell Buckle | 2022 State TN (Webb-Bell Buckle)
Catch-and-shoot weapon for the Feet. Weston spent the last few years training with and against the top guards in the state: Keon Johnson Keon Johnson 6'5" | SG The Webb School | 2020 State #21 Nation TN , J.J. Platt, Evan Eursher Evan Eursher 6'2" | PG Webb-Bell Buckle | 2022 State #244 Nation TN . All three were ball-dominant stars, meaning Weston’s job was knocking down open or challenged shots. This past winter he buried 54 three-pointers and only 10 two-point baskets. His scoring was necessarily one-dimensional. To increase his value to a college program he must prove at least an average ability to keep defenses honest via the drive. Wonderful touch. Classic 2-guard.
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