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 Recreation 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 massive 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 Recreation 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 numerous intervals of the two-day occasion and completed sturdy 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 Heart in Ano Liosia, Greece. Sylla (No. 62 in picture) completed with 4 factors and eight rebounds. Penda (No. 42) and Ntapsis (No. 80) performed for Yellow membership and made an affect in trying to steer their crew again from a 32-24 halftime deficit. The Yellow membership obtained to inside three factors within the second half, however may 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 Recreation
We knew the massive males matchups had been going to be one of many highlights of the Better of the Greatest recreation, however Trigonis and his assorted steady of coaches wished to match up the perfect wings and lead guards to get a greater thought of whom had been the camp’s finest gamers at these respective positions. The Better of the Greatest Recreation created some clear separation, and when the mud settled, one other trio of gamers had been named recreation Most Precious 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 sturdy 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 talent 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 pupil who’s a member of the 18U Nice Britain Nationwide Workforce. 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 Recreation. 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 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 informed Ballislife. “I wished to concentrate on enjoying the appropriate manner, discovering the open man and speaking.”
Sadly, the camp didn’t include any top-shelf lead guard prospects. It not as if there weren’t a number of proficient 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 beneath. That’s why those with the mix 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 Recreation with eight factors.
Ballislife Camp MOP Evaluation
We by no means have ties in our participant honors similar 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 wished to take a deeper have 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 strong prospect in his personal proper chosen for the Better of the Greatest contest. Sylla had a possibility to interrupt away from the pack, however wasn’t fairly in a position to though, primarily based on his actions, presence and age, confirmed essentially the most long-term potential within the Better of the Greatest Recreation.
Ntapsis is essentially 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 Workforce, struggles at occasions towards prolonged defenders, however is sensible and savvy sufficient to regulate. Going to the appropriate program after a yr at Veritas Prep in SoCal shall be key.
Penda performed largely inside for his membership crew final season and it confirmed at occasions at this camp. He has to work on the mechanics of his bounce shot, however Penda is a terrific prospect due to his physique, talent 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 decide would have been Sylla.
“I preferred the camp and the group was good,” Sylla mentioned along with his pal Kandji doing a lot of the translating from English to French and vice versa. “So far as my efficiency goes, it was nothing particular. I’m making an attempt to get higher on a regular basis. That is my life.”
Ronnie Flores is the nationwide Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He may be reached at [email protected]. Don’t neglect to comply with him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
