With high school hoops ramping up, we examine MaxPreps’ picks for top players in the nation at each position.

Thousands and thousands of high school players suit up each basketball season. Many of them are pretty darn good. To stand out in such a sea of athletes is not easy, yet every year, players rise to the top. MaxPreps is one of the authorities in high school sports, and they sift through these athletes to bring us many of the top guards, wings, and bigs in the country.

Many of these players will meet or beat expectations. Each season, many new names will rise up to overshadow some of these guys. But for now, here is MaxPreps top players coming into a big boys prep season:

Guards:

Sharife Cooper (McEachern)
Cade Cunningham (Montverde Academy)
Jalen Green (Prolific Prep)
Cam Thomas (Oak Hill Academy)
Jaden Springer (IMG Academy)
Brandon Boston Jr. (Sierra Canyon)
Jalen Suggs (Minnehaha Academy)
Josh Christopher (Mayfair)
Reece Beekman (Scotlandville)
Andre Curbelo (Long Island Lutheran)

Wings

Jalen Johnson (IMG Academy)
Emoni Bates (Lincoln)
Jonathan Kuminga (Patrick School)
Scottie Barnes (Montverde Academy)
Ziaire Williams (Sierra Canyon)
Patrick Baldwin Jr. (Hamilton)
A.J. Griffin (Archbisop Stepinac)
Marjon Beauchamp (Dream City Christian)
Earl Timberlake Jr. (DeMatha)
Aminu Mohammad (Greenwood)

Bigs

Paolo Banchero (O’Dea)
Evan Mobely (Rancho Christian)
Day’Ron Sharpe (Montverde Academy)
Greg Brown III (Vandegrift)
Chet Holmgran (Minnehaha Academy)
Isaiah Todd (Word of God Christian Academy)
Walker Kessler (Woodward Academy)
Mark Williams (IMG Academy)
Jalen Duren (Roman Catholic)
Cliff Omoruyi (Roselle Catholic)

These players should be fun to watch this season, but again, there are many more diamonds in the rough out there too that we will be hearing about soon. As always, it should be an exciting season for high school hoops.

Stay with us as we bring more local and national coverage of high school hoops in addition to NCAA updates and our Around the NBA series.