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More Burton SayNo Highlights

awprince — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:26:27 +0000

Before breaking his hand in a freak accident off the court, Nevada freshman Deontè Burton had an outstanding summer at the 2010 SayNo Classic in Los Angeles. Check out some of his moves from the camp in a video feature from BallisLife.com.

Burton had a dynamite camp, even throwing down one of the best dunks of the tournament, which is included in the reel.

Burton also came up big when his team needed him the most, scoring a pair of buckets down the stretch of the championship game and icing the win with a pair of clutch free throws. He competed on a loaded Hank’s Top Prospects team, which one the event for the third straight year.

Check out his individual highlight reel by viewing the embedded BallisLife video below;

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Introducing Millison

awprince — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:31:10 +0000

Chicago has always been a hoops haven for talent, and prospects developing in the area and coming to Nevada is nothing new. Recent NBA Draft Pick and Wolf Pack standout Armon Johnson has roots in Chicago. So does budding NBA star JaVale McGee, who made the move to the NBA after just two short seasons in Reno. Another prospect we like a lot from 2012 that appears to be on Nevada’s recruiting radar is wing Jamall Millison.

Millison has a real smooth swagger to his game. Offensively, he’s got a lot of touch around the rim with the running one-hander. While he can play big, he’s also a steady shooter from the perimeter with a balanced, set-shot three that goes down effortlessly at times.

What really impressed us about Millison is his ability to play within his team, yet also force the issue when he felt he needed to. There are times where he’ll knock over a defender, yet he knows when to pull back and hit the fade too. That’s always a tricky line to walk but he does it very nicely.

Check out his first ever video highlight reel that we put together to see how the Nevada recruiting target and class of 2012 standout looks on film.

We first heard about Millison while doing a story on his DGS High teammate Jerron Wilbut, who we featured recently in this article. Both players continue to get better, making some noise this summer in various camps and shootouts across the east coast.

How good is Wilbut?

awprince — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:01:48 +0000

Nevada fans have now heard of Chicago area prospect Jerron Wilbut. A class of 2012 standout who plays at Downers Grove South, Wilbut already holds a Nevada offer, plus interest from various schools in an out of the Chicago area. For a young man who just played his first varsity season, how high is the ceiling for Wilbut? You be the judge.

We’d say Wilbut’s ceiling is pretty high. He is ultra-athletic with a very nice feel for the game, and when he gets in the lane he is likely going to score. Wilbut knows how to draw contact, play above the rim and score from the perimeter. He’s also got a strong, yet lean build that is very impressive.

Check out his first ever video highlight reel that we put together to see how the Nevada recruiting target and class of 2012 standout looks on film.

We’d like to thank Downers Grove South head coach Jay Baum for providing us with the DGS season highlight reel. Look for a follow-up prospect video of Jamall Millison, another DGS player, in the next few days.

Armstead gets Nevada offer

awprince — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:37:24 +0000

There are a handful of prospects across the country who fall into the category of being elite prospects, and even fewer that can do it in two sports like football and basketball. Arik Armstead, a 6-foot-8, 275-pound class of 2012 athlete out of Elk Grove (Calif.) , is one of the few who is that good.

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Clear path for Elliott

awprince — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:56:09 +0000

It took some time, but former Paramount high school sensation Devonte Elliott is now ready to begin his Nevada career this fall. Standing 6-foot-11, Elliott, who has already spent part of his summer in Reno, brings a lot to the table. SilverandBlueSports spoke with the officially cleared kid known back in SoCal as “The Franchise” for his reaction.

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Burton at it again

awprince — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:56:27 +0000

The future is very bright for Nevada basketball, and even our friends at BallisLife know that the Wolf Pack landed a big-timer in future freshman guard Deontè Burton. Check out the latest Burton highlight play from the 2010 NIKE SayNo Classic.

We were tipped off originally thanks to a BallisLife tweet, which pretty much stated the obvious. Then BallsLife put up the video just over an hour ago, which you can see below;

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That poster dunk was over UCLA junior-to-be Lazeric Jones, a one-time Nevada point guard recruiting target this past year. The tag-line to the video reads, “Deonta Burton will be playing his college ball at the University of Nevada this fall. If all of you Nevada fans were wondering what you could expect from him…….Just watch this video and the videos we have made in the past of him and you’ll see a pg with hops that will get you up off of your feet!”

While SilverandBlueSports has put together a handful of Burton video and interviews over the course of his outstanding senior year, nobody has done more than BallisLife, including highlights from the Oceanview TOC, his AAU work with Belmont Shore, the Westchester Tip-Off Classic. Great work.

Two to watch

awprince — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:40:08 +0000

Coaches from across the country, including Nevada, have been crisscrossing much of the country for the past two weeks during what is alays the hectic AAU summer schedule. Events include the King City Classic in Cleveland to the Nike Peach Jam in Augusta.

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More from JB20

awprince — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:35:05 +0000

Jordan Burris, a 6-foot-7, 200-pound wing from Stockdale high school in Bakersfield (Calif.) is one of the top athletes in Nevada’s loaded 2010 recruiting class. Check out the future Wolf Pack standout in action once again from this past season.

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‘10 Impact in the WAC – Hoops Part III

awprince — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:50:44 +0000

Very few teams in the Western Athletic Conference welcome more impact players than Nevada, which is why we’ve saved the Pack for the final installment of our annual “Impact in the WAC” series. When you welcome more than half-a-dozen talented prospects, including recruit Deontè Burton, while subtracting 5 of your program’s top six scorers, that’s when you know you’ve got potential impact.

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Senior Highlights of Burris

awprince — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:38:41 +0000

When it was announced that incoming Nevada freshman Jordan Burris was named the ESPN CalHiSports.com Boys State Athlete of the Week in mid-January after his outstanding performance at the Clovis (Calif.) Elks Tournament, we knew the video from the tournament would be perfect for his first senior video release.

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