The second Pangos All-Euro Camp is now within the books and after two days of competitors and analysis, a trio of gamers stood out from the pack, though selecting the camp’s high performer proved to be troublesome. Aggressive Better of the Greatest All-Star Sport additionally featured tri-MVPs.
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There was little doubt on the conclusion of the second version of the Pangos All-Euro Camp that high honors among the many 65 campers would go to one of many huge males in attendance. That was clearly evident all through the camp’s three spherical of video games for every crew and on the conclusion of the Better of the Greatest All-Star Sport reserved for the camp’s high 24 standouts.
The competitors was shut sufficient that camp director Dinos Trigonis named a trio of huge males Pangos All-Euro Tri-Most Excellent Gamers: 6-foot-10 15-year previous (2028) Mohamed Sylla of Athens, Greece through French Guiana, 6-foot-8 17-year previous (2026) Swann Penda of Paris, France and 6-foot-8 18-year previous (2026) Dimitris Ntapsis of Athens, Greece. All of them dominated at varied intervals of the two-day occasion and completed robust within the occasion’s high all-star recreation.
Sylla was a member of the successful Blue crew and made his presence felt along with his rebounding and exercise degree down the stretch in his crew’s 56-47 victory over the Yellow-jersey carrying membership Thursday on the AEK BC Academy Sports activities Middle in Ano Liosia, Greece. Sylla (No. 62 in photograph) completed with 4 factors and eight rebounds. Penda (No. 42) and Ntapsis (No. 80) performed for Yellow membership and made an affect in making an attempt to guide their crew again from a 32-24 halftime deficit. The Yellow membership received to inside three factors within the second half, however might get no nearer because the Blue membership led wire-to-wire.
Penda didn’t rating, however made his presence felt along with his board work and nifty passes, as he completed with 9 rebounds. Ntapsis was working and because the most bodily participant in camp, principally compelled Trigonis to award him for his work on the conclusion of the occasion. He completed the sport with eight factors and 6 rebounds.
Matchups Spotlight Better of the Greatest Sport
We knew the massive males matchups have been going to be one of many highlights of the Better of the Greatest recreation, however Trigonis and his assorted secure of coaches needed to match up the perfect wings and lead guards to get a greater concept of whom have been the camp’s finest gamers at these respective positions. The Better of the Greatest Sport created some clear separation, and when the mud settled, one other trio of gamers have been named recreation Most Useful gamers.
Six-foot-9 17-year previous (2025) Georgios Tsipourlianos of Athens, Greece shortly established himself as one of many high total gamers within the camp and was the MVP off the victorious Blue membership. Tsipourlianos proved to be too fast for the massive males within the Yellow membership’s lineup and too robust and agile for the wing forwards. Trigonis felt he has some Andrei Kirilenko in his recreation, and Tsipourlianos completed with six factors and a game-high 13 rebounds. Tsipourlianos’ nostril for the ball, effort and ability degree made him one of many high 5 performers in attendance.
The opposite two recreation MVPs got here off the Yellow membership: 6-foot-9 19-year previous (2024) Nikolaos Papalexandrakis of Athens, Greece and 6-foot-3 18-year previous Noel Emile-Lewis of Novi Unhappy, Serbia, a 4.0 scholar who’s a member of the 18U Nice Britain Nationwide Staff. Emile-Lewis’ mom is Serbian and his father is from the UK. The athletic Papalexandrakis completed with 9 factors and 7 rebounds, whereas Emile-Lewis scored a game-high 15 factors.
Emile-Lewis proved to be the camp’s finest total taking pictures guard prospect with the Blue membership’s 6-foot-4 16-year previous (2028) Jeanalix Junior Guede of Stockholm, Sweden not far behind. Guede was arguably the camp’s finest total scorer throughout camp video games and hit three 3-pointers and completed with 11 factors within the Better of the Greatest Sport. One other good taking pictures guard with a depraved pull up recreation was 6-foot-3 17-year previous (2027) Leo Dexter Regan of Stockholm, Sweden. He has some bounce to his recreation, is aware of the way to play and is keenly conscious of how vital pull up jumpers are to his offensive arsenal. Regan scored 12 factors for the Yellow membership.
“I feel the game-changer was protection,” Emile-Lewis instructed Ballislife. “I needed to concentrate on taking part in the appropriate manner, discovering the open man and speaking.”
Sadly, the camp didn’t comprise any top-shelf lead guard prospects. It not as if there weren’t a couple of gifted ones, however a few youthful prospects weren’t fairly bodily able to play within the high all-star recreation. It makes one admire simply how good the perfect American highschool level guard prospects are, particularly ones that dominate at 6-foot-2 and underneath. That’s why those with the mixture of explosiveness and the know-how to run an offense are so coveted by NCAA applications.
When the mud settled, the nod as the highest lead guard went to the Blue Membership’s 6-foot 18-year previous (2026) Trestin Quaron Davis of Cooper Academy in California through Las Vegas, Nev. His recreation contained a pleasant mix of play-making, quickness and shot-making. He completed the Better of the Greatest Sport with eight factors.
Ballislife Camp MOP Evaluation
We by no means have ties in our participant honors akin to Mr. Basketball USA and in our participant rankings, whether or not that be for a category of gamers or particular to an occasion. We needed to take a deeper take a look at the highest performers on the camp.
Sylla clearly outplayed Ntapsis of their head-to-head matchup, however Sylla was additionally outplayed in a camp recreation by fellow French man 6-foot-10 18-year previous (2026) Sidy Kandji of Biller, France, a stable prospect in his personal proper chosen for the Better of the Greatest contest. Sylla had a chance to interrupt away from the pack, however wasn’t fairly in a position to though, based mostly on his actions, presence and age, confirmed probably the most long-term potential within the Better of the Greatest Sport.
Ntapsis is probably the most impactful of the MOP trio proper now. He’s bodily and may punish defenders along with his again to the basket recreation. Ntapsis, the beginning heart on the 18U Greek Nationwide Staff, struggles at instances towards prolonged defenders, however is wise and savvy sufficient to regulate. Going to the appropriate program after a yr at Veritas Prep in SoCal might be key.
Penda performed largely inside for his membership crew final season and it confirmed at instances at this camp. He has to work on the mechanics of his soar shot, however Penda is a terrific prospect due to his physique, ability degree and rebounding prowess. He additionally wanted to point out a bit extra assertiveness on every possession.
Primarily based on his performances and potential, our solo MOP choose would have been Sylla.
“I preferred the camp and the group was good,” Sylla stated along with his buddy Kandji doing many of the translating from English to French and vice versa. “So far as my efficiency goes, it was nothing particular. I’m attempting to get higher on a regular basis. That is my life.”
Ronnie Flores is the nationwide Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He will be reached at [email protected]. Don’t overlook to observe him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
