Alex Gauna, Eaton Rapids | ESPN
I may have seemed obsessed with point guards in my last post, but the Lansing area’s best is full of bigs instead.
1. Alex Gauna 6’9″ Senior Eaton Rapids — The MSU commit has evolved his game consistently since he was a freshman. Easily the best Lansing has to offer.
2. Cole Darling 6’7″ Senior Holt — Wright State commit is a total stud.
3. Jon Horford 6’9″ Senior Grand Ledge — It will be interesting to see where this high major prospect lands. Ultra talented.
4. LaDontae Henton 6’6″ Junior Lansing Eastern – His production is more inside than outside, though many hoped he’d be a legit wing by now.
5. Mitch Asmus 6’4″ Senior Okemos — Looked really nice year playing off of Bader, but will have no problem being the man this season.
6. Donlunto Jackson 5’8″ Senior Holt — Cat-quick point guard that has been starting in the CAAC since the 90s.
7. Andrew Lerg 6’0″ Senior DeWitt — Ultra-tough kid with a great all-around game.
8. Skyelar Moore 6’2″ Junior Lansing Waverly — Big-time scorer for Waverly and one of the best guards in his class.
9. Michael DeVries 6’6″ Senior Lansing Christian — One of the top big men in class D.
10. Denzel Valentine 6’5″ Sophomore Lansing Sexton — All signs are pointing to Denzel being right in line with his family, talent-wise.
Honorable mentions:
Jordan Gorshe 6’4” Senior Fowlerville
Alex Archambeau 6’4″ Senior Eaton Rapids
Austin Barnes 6’6″ Senior Lansing Waverly
Cameron Sanchez 6’0″ Senior Lansing Eastern
Jonah Hatt 6’2″ Senior Lansing Christian
Mack McKearney 5’11″ Junior Okemos
Andy Moran 6’4” Senior Webberville
James Suttles 6’7″ Senior Lansing Sexton
– Gavin Raath
16 Comments
December 2, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Jonah Hatt are you kidding me I saw this kid play this summer with Lansing Christian he can barely handle the rock and his shot is off, that wasn’t just one game either I saw probably 6 of their games and he did nothing.
December 2, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Posterized Chris Anderson this summer in Holland. That’s good enough for me.
December 2, 2009 at 12:28 pm
i think cameron sanchez is the skilled wing player from eastern high school… and yes, he can play.
December 3, 2009 at 11:01 am
I meant to say Cameron Sanchez, not Duncan. Duncan was a former star at Waverly. Sanchez is a stud for sure.
December 2, 2009 at 12:32 pm
also, the soph point guard from okemos – harrison-docks, i think, is the real deal and he will tell you about it. and okemos has an import that is tall and can play.
finally, you got cha cha tucker at eastern. he will start for them all year probably.
December 2, 2009 at 12:33 pm
and marcus cain and tyrin wade from sexton and tyler tucker and scott-emaukpor from east lansing and then you have all the jackson are players, but im not sure if you are counting them as lansing based.
December 2, 2009 at 1:49 pm
anybody can dunk the ball now days that don’t mean nothin when it comes down to top players
December 2, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Obviously I was joking. I didn’t do the rankings, but he would have been honorable mention as well if I had made the list. Great athlete, strong, very good rebounder. I’m sure LCS is happy to have him.
December 3, 2009 at 11:03 am
Jonah is a one of the best athletes in Lansing and not everyone could dunk on Chris Anderson.
December 2, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Cha Cha has some serious skills, I would agree…
December 2, 2009 at 2:21 pm
…and Jonah will surprise a bunch of people…
December 2, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I’m sure there happy to have him he can jump and get boards but he will need to do more than that and as for surprising people i dunno about that I think he is a nice addition but i don’t see him doing to much other than getting some put backs and the occasional jumper
December 3, 2009 at 11:23 am
where is big man Jordan Gorshe or maybe Jordan St Charles of fowlerville, those kids can play basketball, maybe even andy moran of webberville small town kid with tons of heart
December 4, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Love all three of those guys. This piece actually wasn’t supposed to be published. It was still in an editing phase, but was published by mistake. Sorry for its incomplete nature. The CAAC-Blue preview, which is the cover story now, should be a little more thorough.
December 4, 2009 at 1:50 pm
That’s my bad. Ha.
January 22, 2010 at 10:46 am
I think Nate Duhon from Lansing Sexton is pretty sweet. wait he graduated didn’t he? oops