July 10 AAU roundup and link-o-rama

Detroit Finny's Isiah Sykes and Ohio State commitment Lenzelle Smith made the all-star team at the Reebok All-American camp. Some Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana, and Notre Dame targets were also selected including Stacey Poole, LaQuinton Ross, Fuquan Edwin, Joe Jackson, Kyle Anderson, and Sterling Gibbs. http://w3.nbebasketball.com/2009/07/11/friday-open-evaluation-period-notebook-part-ii/ Part one of their evaluation has more on some east coast prospects at Reebok and some notes on Chicago Summer Classic including liking 2011 James Siakhem for Illinois Titans. They also spoke with Indianapolis Howe's 6'8 forward Jordan Manual who is listing a top 3 of Wright State, Saint Josephs, and Providence. http://w3.nbebasketball.com/2009/07/10/friday-open-evaluation-period-notebook-part-i/ The summer classic is on day 3 right now and here is a link to updated playoff schedules. http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/sclassic6.html

All-Iowa Attack Red won the 17U division of the NY2LA Invitational in Milwaukee and 2011 star Donivine Stewart was playing up a grade and still won co-MVP honors with teammate Travon Wright. http://www.ny2lasports.com/NextLevelDay4recap.htm Chris Oliver, Jesse Berry, Alex Foster, and other players of note are featured. Milwaukee's own Vander Blue scored 33 in the loss.

Here is a link to some wonderful player profiles from the event by Illinois Prep Bullseye. http://ilprepbullseye.com/page42.html They profile Mike McCall who strangely enough is consistently ranked among the top handful of players in Chicago by all local media but seems to be way below that level by all the national guys. They also take a look at Donivine Stewart and several other players from Illinois including Keith Carter and Aaron Simpson (2013) who were watched closely by Purdue and Illinois at the event.

On July 12 the Summer Jam in Milwaukee will host elite talent from around the country including Vander Blue, Jalen Kendrick, Ray McCallum Jr, Moses Morgan, Cameron Wright, Flavien Davis, John Gasser, Dominique Fergeson, Trey Zeigler, Branden Dawson, Levonte Dority, Jake Kitchell, Quevyn Winters, Chason Randle, and Dante Williams. This Wisnet preview by Mark Miller has player rankings for many of the invitees and brief descriptions. http://www.wishoops.net/sports/hoopsb/blog/message.aspx?f=123&id=1043188

Dylan Kaufman (2012) of Akron recently visited Miami and received a scholarship offer. Kaufman also visited Ohio State and drew coaches from North Carolina, Akron, and Indiana's Tom Crean at the Adidas Take Five. http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/recruits/player/10351/

Port Washington, Wisconsin shooting guard John Gasser has had a huge summer so far this year and according to a couple of separate Mark Miller blurbs he is being tracked closely by Wisconsin and Virginia at the Kentucky Hoopfest.