Canadians at NBA top 100 camp

Myck Kabongo, Khem Birch and Nik Stauskas are 3 Canadians that have been invited to the NBA Top 100 Camp.

The prestigious NBA Top 100 Camp in Charlottesvilles, Va will begin this June 16-20th. This five-day event is run by the NBA Players Association, and legitimate NBA hopefuls are invited. http://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=953981

Although not on the original roster, Nik was added at the last minute. At 16 he's one of the youngest players invited. After the first morning's play he's one of the scoring leaders.


http://www.nbebasketball.com/w3/2010-0617/nbapa-game-recaps-scoring-leaders-from-thursday-morning/

http://highmajorscoop.com/2010/06/nbpa-camp-day-1/

Please send our best wishes to all of them!

Coach Melnik

Friday updates:

http://www.nbebasketball.com/w3/2010-0618/nbpa-top-100-camp-game-recaps-scoring-leaders-from-friday-am/

Rivals posted The Camp awards: Top 100 Camp Most Valuable Player: Chane Behanan
Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Dezmine Wells
Most Outstnading Prospect: Anthony Davis
Surprise Player: Nick Faust

Leadership Award: Myck Kabongo

also, on the Gonzaga board I noticed Kyle Wiltjer averaged 10 pts per game(6), with 26 and 11 in his last two games. Could not find the other scoring.

Myck was great throughout the camp. Proves why he's #1.

Just pulled this down from
http://www.nbebasketball.com/w3/2010-0620/nbpa-top-100-evaluations-contunued-sgsf/.

It's a pay site, so here's the highlights:


NBPA TOP 100 EVALUATIONS CONTUNUED (SG/SF)
June 20, 2010 by NBE Blogger
by RAY MERNAGH

Continuing on with our NBPA Top 100 camp player evaluations and recruiting notes we move into the category of shooting guards and/or small forwards. After opening up the series with a look at the star-studded field of point and combo guards on Saturday (see article here for a look at 11 guards that caught our eye off the bat) we move to some of the top wings. Players such as Wayne Blackshear, Mike Gbinijie, PJ Hairston only enhanced their reputations while Nick Faust, Ben McLemore and Nik Stauskas either made a name for themselves or cemented their status as high-major players. The camp also can be a valuable learning tool as some extremely talented players saw firsthand the competition will be there each and every day at the highest levels and we look at a few that should have better days ahead.

Nik Stauskas 6′6 Southborough, MA 2012

Stauskas had no trouble with the uptick in competition at this camp and seemed to relish it from the get-go (dropped 17 in his first game). Big guard/wing who has a nice handle, has a dead-eye from deep and finishes through contact. Youngster I was eager to watch and really impressed me. Will enjoy any chance I get to see him in July as well. Plays with a lot of confidence and looks like he could still be growing. Very strong player with deep range and a good athlete to boot. High major 2 guard without a doubt. Plays AAU with Grassroots Canada. Underrated IMHO but that won’t last long.

Myck Kabongo 6′2 Point, Toronto CA (Findlay Prep/Texas Commit) 2011

Had not seen Kabongo for well over a year. Count me as a fan/believer. Quickness, penetration, vision, defense are just some of the things Kabongo provided his team with each time out. Natural leader who isn’t afraid to let his mates know when they need to change things. Is absolutely destroying folks on high ball screen action. Some folks question his scoring but he seemed to do it when needed. Incredibly fast and a tenacious defender that gives guards fits. Will start from day one for Rick Barnes at Texas. Didn’t see him shoot many jumpers but hit the few he did take. Again, his leadership, savvy and playmaking are top notch. Also finished at the rim off dribble penetration and through contact in transition. Controlled one game completely while only scoring 6 points.

A couple of nice pictures of the guys playing at the camp:

http://stauent.dyndns.org/tlgk/NikNbaA.jpg
http://stauent.dyndns.org/tlgk/Kabongo.jpg