RYAN BOATRIGHT

Ryan Boatright a 6’2 guard weighting in 165 lbs ranked #76 by ESPN top 100 for the class of 2011 High School Basketball. Boatright attends Aurora East in Aurora, Illinois which he has led them to various amount of wins in his High School career, when Boatright graduates he will attend UConn University of Connecticut. He committed to UConn over the Miami Florida Hurricanes, UNLV Rebels, and the Oklahoma Sooners on November 8, 2010. Boatright has been committing and decommitting everywhere. In 2007 before his freshmen year was over he committed to USC, then decommitted in June 2009, then Boatright committed to West Virginia in October 2010, but eventually decommitted later that month, finally Boatright committed to UConn in November 2010.

During AAU season Boatright has played for the Derrick Rose all stars that didn’t have any luck down in Las Vegas, Nevada in the NY2LA tournament, but are a good team that has won many tournaments in the Chicago land area where the AAU team practices. Head Coach of the Derrick Rose all stars have them in the Curie gym practicing all day to get better, but Ryan plays extremely hard to make himself and his teammates better.

On the court Boatright has incredible speed he can push the ball up the court in a matter of 4-5 seconds getting past defenders very quickly and scoring the basketball with his will to finish no matter what. As defenders defend him he easily crosses them over and makes the easy bucket or passes it to the corner where he has shooters on the team who can knock down the three point jumper. Boatright weaknesses: He needs to slow down because as he speeds up his will to finish can easily become misused by turning the ball over or even traveling and making bad decisions with the basketball.

AUSTIN RIVERS

Austin Rivers son of Doc Rivers who played in the NBA for four teams finishing off with the San Antonio Spurs as a bench player before his retirement into the coaching staff of the Boston Celtics. Austin Rivers born August 1, 1992 is the ESPN top ranked Senior in high school basketball. Rivers has been offered a scholarship to play for Duke University, which he has signed (committed) to play for Duke when he graduates.

Rivers is 6’4 playing shooting guard/point guard for Winter Park High School in Winter Park, Florida. With an amazing finish Rivers scored 23 points that led Winter Park High School into their first ever state championship against Dr. Phillips High School with a final score of 76-57. Over the summer of Rivers career he has played AAU basketball with E1T1 Elite, who finished 2^nd in the 2010 AAU national championship which was held in Orland, Florida.

Rivers can do it all, he loves the jab-step to get space in between him and his opponent to knock down the 28 ft jumper he has, when it comes down to the final seconds of the game Rivers loves to perform miracles and makes things happen with the confidence he has. If a shoot is missed by Rivers, he quickly forgets that he even missed and comes down on the other end of the floor and makes up with it for the defense he has. Rivers needs to work on his left hand as defenders forces him left he simply looks to a two to three dribbles and step back for the pull up, other than that Rivers can do it all. The bottom line is that Rivers is the best player in his class, and is better than most college players to be honest, but finishing his Senior year at Winter Park he has averaged 29.4 points. Be prepared to watch the McDonalds all American game which Rivers will be starting in playing for the west team along with:

Khem Birch F/C 6-9 Notre Dame Prep, MA (Fitchburg, MA) Pittsburgh

Wayne Blackshear G/F 6-5 Morgan Park, IL (Chicago, IL) Louisville

Anthony Davis F/C 6-9 Perspectives Charter, IL (Chicago, IL) Kentucky

Branden Dawson G/F 6-5 Lew Wallace, IN (Gary, IN) Michigan State

Myck Kabongo G 6-1 Findlay Prep, NV (Henderson, NV) Texas

LeBryan Nash F 6-7 Lincoln, TX (Dallas, TX) Oklahoma State

Marquis Teague G 6-1 Pike, IN (Indianapolis, IN) Kentucky

Adonis Thomas G/F 6-7 Melrose, TN (Memphis, TN) Memphis

Amir Williams C 6-10 Detroit Country Day, MI (Beverly Hills, MI) Ohio State

Kyle Wiltjer F 6-10 Jesuit, OR (Portland, OR) Kentucky

Cody Zeller F 6-10 Washington, IN (Washington, IN) Indiana