CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - P.J. Hairston, the shooting guard from Greensboro who's committed to North Carolina, came to the NBA Players Association's top 100 camp to make a point.
He wanted to make a case for himself as a McDonald's All-American in 2011. Even though many of the top players in the class are absent while working out for the USA Basketball, Hairston has succeeded.
After two days of games, Hairston is the camp's scoring leader at 16.8 points per game.
"All my shots are basically coming from taking it to the rack," said Hairston, who's been working to improve his driving ability. "Basically all my points are coming from that. And then once I get that, that's when the 3-point shot comes, and it's really hard to stop me.
"It's basically the biggest camp of the summer and it really shows McDonald's All-American that I deserve to be there."
Hairston is one of many players of local interest among the top scorers at the camp. Michael Gbinije, the forward who's committed to Duke, is tied for fifth on the camp scoring list at 13.8 points per game.
Cody Zeller, the brother of North Carolina center Tyler Zeller who's being recruited by the Tar Heels and Wake Forest, is averaging 12.5 points. Deuce Bello of High Point's Westchester Academy (12.0), Raleigh Upper Room Class of 2013 standout Rodney Purvis (11.5), Charlotte Christian's Anthony Gill (10.5), Davidson Day's Bernard Sullivan (10.0) and N.C. State commitment Joseph Uchebo of Raleigh Word of God (10.0) all are in the top 25 on the camp scoring list.
Sullivan, a 6-foot-7 combo forward who said he's wide open in his consideration of possible colleges, has seen his stock improve in a productive summer. In the past, injuries have prevented him from making much of an impact in summer basketball.
"Being in the top 100, me playing well, that's going to raise my stock," Sullivan said. "People are finally getting to see me at the highest level. . . .being with all these NBA players and learning from them is just a remarkable experience."
Ken Tysiac
Saturday, June 19, 2010
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7 comments:
The more you guys shameless promote the Heels, the more I'm starting to believe. I was a skeptic at first but shoving these articles down my throat has my totally on board for a possible (probable) CIT or CBI run. And I'm talking about a deep run.
So thanks anonymous dude...I always value a church league veteran's informed view. I expect Coach K, or Roy will be in touch with you soon since your BB knowledge is so vast. Have a great day OBEWON.
Anon 1:48pm,
You must have had your mouth wide open in anticipation if they shoved anything down your throat.! LMAO !
Nice to see three articles on UNC-CH today! Gotta get that quota for the Kerliner fans to once again try and feel good about themselves.
We're all waiting in anticipation for the UNC football hype machine to crank up just like last year, the year before, the year before that... etc. And the N&O and CO can't figure out why subscriptions continue to crater.
it will never change,,,,heard Stan Olson on Pacman the other day refer to Carolina as WE....they arent even trying to hide it anymore...their time is short , 5 years from now The Charlotte Observer will be a collectable becuase it will be out of circulation....tick,tick,tick
Now that McAdoo won't enroll, the Heels are thin thin thin up front. It's going to be another ROUGH year for UNC. Oh well. At least Roy isn't in Haiti.
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