Here’s a look at the the area’s top 50 boys high school basketball players. For the past few years I’ve left out incoming freshmen as a policy. They have plenty of seasons ahead of them to prove it on the court.
GUARDS
Grant Best, Mount Carmel, 6-3, Sr.
EJ Breland, St. Patrick, 5-11, Sr.
Marquis Clark, Young, 6-1, Jr.
Devin Cleveland, Kenwood, 6-3, So.
Tyreek Coleman, Waubonsie Valley, 6-2, Sr.
Jamson Coulter, Rich, 6-2, Jr.
Jaxson Davis, Warren, 6-1, So.
AJ Demirov, Crystal Lake South, 5-10, Sr.
Phoenix Gill, St. Ignatius, 6-2, Sr.
Marcos Gonzales, Brother Rice, 6-2, Sr.
Oliver Gray, Barrington, 6-3, Jr.
Christopher Kirkpatrick, New Trier, 6-2, Jr.
Makai Kvamme, DePaul Prep, 6-0, Sr.
Ahmad Lee, Lincoln Park, 6-2, Jr.
Mason Lockett, Oswego East, 6-5, Jr.
Elijah Lovemore, Bloom, 6-3, Sr.
Noah Mister, Mount Carmel, 6-1, Jr.
Donte Montgomery, Oak Lawn, 6-2, Sr.
EJ Mosley, St. Laurence, 5-11, Sr.
Gabe Sularski, Lemont, 6-6, Jr.
Brent Taylor, Homewood-Flossmoor, 6-3, Sr.
Cameron Thomas, Mount Carmel, 6-2, Sr.
Davion Thompson, Bolingbrook, 6-2, So.
Chayse Turner, Lincoln Park, 6-4, Sr.
Andre Tyler, Simeon, 6-5, Jr.
Jayden Tyler, Homewood-Flossmoor, 5-10, Sr.
TJ Williams, Glenbard West, 6-2, Jr.
FORWARDS
Jax Abalos, Batavia, 6-7, Sr.
Aleks Alston, Kenwood, 6-9, Sr.
Charles Barnes, De La Salle, 6-5, Jr.
Al Brooks Jr., Rich, 6-7, Sr.
Stephen Brown, Marist, 6-7, Jr.
Vincas Buzelis, Hinsdale Central, 6-5, Sr.
Hunter Gawron, Niles North, 6-5, Sr.
Davon Grant, DeKalb, 6-5, Jr.
Zion Gross, Joliet West, 6-4, Sr.
Ethan Hillsman, Joliet West, 6-6, Jr.
Ian Miletic, Rolling Meadows, 6-7, Sr.
Antonio Munoz, Young, 6-6, Sr.
Daniel Pauliukonis, Benet, 6-9, Sr.
JT Pettigrew, Bolingbrook, 6-7, Sr.
Rashaun Porter, DePaul Prep, 6-6, Jr.
Hudson Scroggins, Lake Forest, 6-7, Sr.
Terrence Smith, West Aurora, 6-4, Sr.
Jordan Williams, Fremd, 6-5, Jr.
Lincoln Williams, Kankakee, 6-5, Jr.
Moses Wilson, Waubonsie Valley, 6-4, Sr.
CENTERS
Nick Allen, Bradley-Bourbonnais, 6-10, Sr.
Dalton Scantlebury, Lane, 6-9, Sr.
Colin Stack, Benet, 7-0, Jr.