Pangos All-American Festival: Standout Bigs
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2024 Flory Bidunga Flory Bidunga 6'9" | C Kokomo | 2024 State #7 Nation IN (Kokomo/IN) stamped his name all over Pangos Festival en route to co-MVP and the camp’s best bigman. Bidunga was an inside force, finishing everything at…
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Continue Reading2024 Flory Bidunga Flory Bidunga 6'9" | C Kokomo | 2024 State #7 Nation IN (Kokomo/IN) stamped his name all over Pangos Festival en route to co-MVP and the camp’s best bigman. Bidunga was an inside force, finishing everything at the rim, boxing out, and blocking and contesting shots. The 6’9″ bigman showed his versatility and footwork especially when switched out to the perimeter where he showed that he could stay in front of quicker guards and blocking and altering their shots as well. Bidunga is quick on his feet and is a quick jumper as evident with his cleaning of the glass. High motor and beast mentality and tries to dunk everything around the rim and utilizes his size and strength to punish smaller defenders.
2023 Drew Fielder (Southern California Academy/CA) is a do it all big. Fielder excelled and showed all facets of his game at Pangos All American Festival. The 6’9″ big man demonstrated his soft shooting touch with the 3 ball off of catch and shoot, and also displayed a nice step back and turnaround jumper from midrange. Fielder is tough inside, has good footwork to go with his high motor and finishes with a nice touch. Drew plays with intensity and perseverance to get to the boards and shows great effort contesting shots at the rim. Fielder plays with a high IQ, and will make a huge impact with SCA this year.
2023 Juslin Bodo (Southern California Academy/CA) a rim running and shot blocking bigman that guards and coaches love to have on their team. Bodo knows his strengths and plays them to his advantage as he’s always hovering around the rim for lobs. On defense, he protects the rim, is quick off the ground and can block shots with either hand. The 7 footer has great mobility and runs the floor like a gazelle.
2023 Jayden Hastings Jayden Hastings 6'9" | PF Orlando Christian Prep | 2023 State #120 Nation FL (IMG Academy/FL) is an impact rim protector. The 6’10” big man runs the floor hard in transition and finishes above the rim. Hastings does a great job of making help and weak side reads, and gets to the block en route to 5.5 blocks through the tournament. Great use of his body and setting picks. A workhorse inside who makes effort to grab rebounds. Excellent rim protector who will excel for IMG after leaving Orlando Christian Prep this year.
2023 Sam Walters Sam Walters 6'9" | PF The Villages | 2023 State #96 Nation FL (Village Schools/FL) Lefty big man who was one of the best shooting bigs of the weekend. Walters is a mobile lefty big who has a soft feathery touch to his jumper. In addition to his shooting ability, he is comfortable putting the ball on the floor and getting to the rim. Walters has some underrated bounce and athleticism as he loves to get in the triple threat on the perimeter and utilizes a shot fake and quick first step on way to the rim. The 6’9″ big is tough and smart, finishing with 18 pts in the championship game.