As we wind down on the Holiday hoops season, I conclude it with my evals from Snoop Johnson’s In-Season Showcase. Here are my final evals from the event.
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Deep Dive: Bryson Howard and Cam Lomax
Frisco Heritage arguably carries the best backcourt in the country. The numbers and overall production SMU pledge Cam Lomax and Duke signee Bryson Howard provide is tremendous.
Starting with Lomax…First off, it was a great decision for him to go to SMU. To play for a head coach like Andy Enfield that lets his guards “rock out” once they buy into and know the system. He’s a shifty scoring guard that has adequate balance and coordination and possesses a sticky handle that allows him to get where he wants and to break out of any unfavorable situation. Lomas has a reliable stop and pop game, but is not a big-time vertical athlete (even though I believe he hasn’t unlocked close to his vertical ceiling). He does, however, navigate long enough in the air to change his original plans when it comes to finishing in traffic. Lomax scored at will and it got to the point this week where guarding him one-on-one was a mistake.
Why it’s hard to send two at him is because of 5-star guard Bryson Howard. If the ball is swung to him, you have a lefty, hard-playing, two-way shot creator that’s a matchup problem. Howard has added notable range on his jumper, too. He made deep threes, made eye-popping athletic plays in transition and posted up in the mid-range area and launched a shot over the defender. He plays hard and with physicality. Bullying his way to the rim and on defense, Howard is laterally quick and uses his length, speed and quick leaping skills to steal passes. By the way….. Howard will be 17 when he graduates from high school. There’s a reason he’s a highly touted prospect with a bright future.
More Evals From Snoop Johnson Showcase
Jacob Lanier, 2026 6’5 SG – Little Rock Parkview (AR): Dropped 40 points in Parkview’s loss to Frisco Heritage. The future Nebraska Cornhusker has great touch from the perimeter. An efficient 3-point shooter with solid pull-up chops. What I enjoy about Lanier, is if it’s a big game, he’s going to perform. I think he’ll carve out a good college career and have a chance down the road to advance his playing career.
Ayden Hansberry, 2026 6’2 CG – Little Rock Parkview (AR): An available senior guard with long arms. Ayden is best in the open court or getting downhill, where he can finish with finesse. The jumper is coming along and he made a few catch n shoot threes vs Heritage. He’s a D1 talent, no question about it. It didn’t take long to see that.
Jaxson Thompson, 2026 6’2 CG – Greenhill (TX): A certified bucket getter. An athletic scoring guard that comes out the gates recording points in bunches. The Rice signee can achieve minutes as a freshman next year due to knockout scoring punch.
Mason Shepherd, 2027 6’1 PG – BTP Academy (TX): A steady guard that knows how to run a team but blends scoring and play-making. He’s tougher than he was in the summer and now is starting to piece things together. Scoring, assists, but also communicating and winning the 50-50 plays that don’t show-up in the traditional box-score.
K.J. Bradford, 2026 6’0 PG – Red Oak (TX): A shifty scoring guard that provides quality one on one offense. Now that he’s fully healthy, we are seeing his wide range scoring repertoire that will also be exhibited during his career at Dallas Baptist University.
Devan Kirk, 2026 6’5 SF – Red Oak (TX): The Towson signee is a well rounded slashing wing that’s a switchable defender and terrific off-ball cutter.
Felix Okam, 6’8 PF – Grand Prairie (TX): Wrote about him earlier this week and it was more of the same for Felix. He’s one of the more impressive freshmen I’ve seen play this year nationally.
Other Prospects To Monitor
Elijah Johnson, 2028 6’3 SG – Lake Highlands (TX): He didn’t do a whole lot in the game I watched, but he attacked both ways, made a couple high IQ reverses for open looks and a stop and pop mid-range jumper. He’s the younger brother of the Washington Wizard’s Tre Johnson and his father Richard Johnson played at Baylor. I count on the strong bloodlines here.
Cam Crenshaw, 2028 6’9 C – San Antonio Wagner (TX): A developing big man that can be good later on. Skinny front-line prospect that moves and gets off the ground well. Right now of an interior play finisher and lob completer at this stage but needs to get stronger and play harder.
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