The Pangos Frosh/Soph Camp circuit has come to an finish. With stops in L.A., Dallas, Chicago and Dallas full, the tour showcasing the nation’s finest for 2028 and past concluded in Philadelphia. Held simply throughout the border on the beautiful NBN Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, the 2025 All East Frosh/Soph Camp delivered no scarcity of measurement and even drew stars out.
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star and Pangos alum Tyrese Maxey was within the constructing simply after a sport the evening prior, and it was simple to see why. Occasion founder Dinos Trigonis introduced in expertise from 16 states and Canada, assembling a loaded subject that blended measurement, refined talent, and some remarkably gifted center schoolers underneath one roof.
With previous alums similar to Kyle Anderson, Jonathan Kuminga, Derrick Jones, and Cole Anthony on the All-East camp, you’re sure to see NBA gamers popping out of every yr’s rendition. Prime, Athlete AI, and Spalding all jumped on board as title sponsors to align with one of many premier unbiased occasions within the nation that has hosted future NBA expertise.
We now have already coated the highest total performers, the highest 2029/2030 prospects, and the most effective of the remainder for 2028 from the 2025 Pangos All East Frosh/Soph Camp, so we needed to try the camp’s stock-risers:
Brandon Chook, 6’4, SG, Cardinal Hayes (New York), 2028
The MVP of the Pangos All East Prime-60 sport labored his means into the Cream of The Crop Prime-30 sport and greater than held his personal. The tremendous lengthy two-way guard is ready to create off of the dribble, used his broad shoulders to complete via contact on the rack, and was a flexible perimeter defender. Nonetheless a bit underneath the radar, Chook has the bodily presents and expertise to make him a prospect you’ll hear about popping out of NYC.
Azjuan “Mikey” Matthews, 6’7, SF/PF, DME Academy (Florida), 2028
An absolute pleasure to look at, “Mikey” Matthews introduced a package deal of uncooked expertise, motor, and athleticism that made him an instantaneous influence participant at Pangos All East. The lefty was an insane defender from the ahead place, obtained plenty of simple buckets by way of cuts or offensive rebounds, and utilized his athleticism on each ends of the ground. The Delaware native made the transfer to DME for this upcoming season the place he hopes to observe in Mikel Brown Jr.’s footsteps as the following huge time prospect out of this system.
Marque Johnson, 6’5, SF, Life Heart Academy (New Jersey), 2028
An influence wing, Marque Johnson bodily punished the majority of the youthful swingmen that had been put in entrance of him at Pangos All East Frosh/Soph Camp. He performed via contact within the paint, obtained to the rack by way of a flurry of straight line drives, and utilized his measurement for a fringe participant on each ends of the ground. The bouncy ahead gained some expertise within the EYBL this previous season with the Rens, which ought to solely put together him for a monster sophomore marketing campaign.
Xavier Griffith, 6’2, PG, Denis Morris (Canada), 2028
A mannequin of productiveness, Xavier Griffith had close to 20 factors nearly each time that you simply seemed on the field scores at Pangos All East. The scoring level guard was an elite finisher above the rim, was consistently in assault mode, and was capable of get into the paint at will. Nonetheless flying underneath the radar north of the border, Xavier Griffith confirmed that he may maintain his personal with the most effective that the decrease 48 needed to provide at Pangos.
Aven Diamond, 6’3, PG/SG, The Pennington Faculty (New Jersey), 2028
Considered one of my favourite gamers to look at all through the Pangos All East Frosh/Soph Camp was Aven Diamond, a gifted combo guard. The sophomore did an excellent job of pushing the rock up the ground, drew a ton of fouls and was a particular finisher on the rack in transition. Diamond had the spotlight of the camp with a ridiculous poster dunk and was part of a brilliant gifted Delaware WeR1 15U squad that ran on the Underneath Armour circuit this previous yr.
Joseph Taylor, 6’5, SG, Dover HS (Delaware), 2028
All legs and arms, Joseph Taylor was a kind of gifted wings who you take a look at and know he’s nowhere close to completed rising. The lanky swingman confirmed the flexibility to create off the bounce, used his size to supply a presence on the defensive finish, and completed excessive of others within the paint. Whereas he’s removed from a completed product proper now, Taylor is certainly a reputation you may see exploding over the approaching years.
