ESPN's big board of high school basketball player rankings has a new look.
After a summer filled with travel, evaluation and film study, the highly competitive window between travel basketball and camps saw movement in both directions.
When evaluating the best players in the country, a number of factors are taken into account.
Talent, production and potential are important (as is a player's future outlook in the NBA draft), but they are not the only criteria.
Our goal is to go beyond simply counting stats, so we consider athletic ability, basketball IQ, ball skills, passing, ball handling, footwork, general fundamentals, defense, and the overall complete nature of a player's game.
Does a player help his team win?
Does it influence the outcome of a match?
Winning is an important factor and valuing winning is also a process within the evaluation.
For information, we research the habits and traits of as many prospects as possible. Often, players with strong character and hard work habits will improve their game. The result is new faces in the rankings, but there are also those who made a leap forward and some who, we believe, are still not receiving enough recognition.
New faces
ESPN 100 2025 Ranking: 56 | SG | 6-foot-5 | 175 pounds | Berkeley Prep (Florida) | Committed to Miami
