Pre-Summer Top 50 Prospects

July is the month reputations are made and broken. We’ve been on the road since the Final Four, diligently scouting and breaking down the Class of 2004. Here’s our Pre-Summer Top 50 – essentially it’s the 50 prospects everyone is gunning for.

The Class of 2004 has some prospects in it. Since the Final Four, myself and Tracy Pierson have covered well over a dozen major events. We’ve had our eyes on these prospects more than any other scouting service, website, newspaper, you know name it. Ask around, we’re not scouting from VCR tapes, we’re seeing these prospects up close.

We’ve seen some guys play their way into the Top 50 and others who might have played their way out. Movement is the constant theme of this list. Because a prospect isn’t on it right now doesn’t mean he won’t be later and vice versa.

Actually, trimming this list down to 50 was an arduous task. Deserving players routinely get left out of the mix. However, they control their destiny. Folks, July is upon us and this is the month prospects make their move. So, without further delay, here’s our Pre-Summer Top 50!

Rk	Pos	Name	HT/WT	Commit School
1	C	Dwight Howard (SW Atlanta Christian) Atlanta , GA	6-10/225
2	PG	Shaun Livingston (Peoria Central) Peoria , IL	6-6/175
3	PF	Al Jefferson (Prentiss) Prentiss, MS	6-9/265	Arkansas
4	PF	Lamarcus Aldridge (Seagoville) Dallas , TX	6-11/225	Texas
5	PG	Sebastian Telfair (Lincoln) Brooklyn, NY	5-11/165
6	PF/SF	Marvin Williams (Bremerton) Bremerton, WA	6-8/205
7	C	Glen Davis (LSU University Lab) Baton Rouge, LA	6-8/325
8	SF	Malik Hairston (Renaissance) Detroit, MI	6-5/185
9	PF	D.J. White (Hillcrest) Tuscaloosa , AL	6-9/230
10	SF	Josh Smith (McEachern) Powder Springs, GA	6-8/205
11	PF	Mike Williams (Wilcox Central) Camden, AL	6-8/225	Texas
12	SG	Joe Crawford (Renaissance) Detroit, MI	6-4/205	Michigan
13	PG	Daniel Gibson (Jesse Jones) Houston, TX	6-3/180	Texas
14	SG/SF	J.R. Smith (St. Benedict's) Elizabeth, NJ	6-5/210
15	C	Greg Stiemsma (Randolph) Randolph, WI	6-11/210	Wisconsin
16	C	Robert Swift (Highland) Bakersfield , CA	7-0/230	Southern Cal
17	SG/PG	Darius Washington (Edgewater) Orlando, FL	6-0/170	Memphis
18	C	Alexander Kaun (Florida Air Academy) Melbourne, FL	6-10/240
19	PF	Brian Johnson (Bishop O'Connell) Arlington, VA	6-9/235
20	PG	Jordan Farmar (Taft) Woodland Hills, CA	6-2/170	UCLA
21	C	Randolph Morris (Landmark) Fairburn , GA	6-11/250
22	PF	Tello Palacios (Our Savior Lutheran) Centereach, NY	6-8/245
23	SF/PF	Rudy Gay (Archbishop Spalding) Severn, MD	6-8/205
24	SG/PG	A.J. Price (Amityville) Amityville, NY	6-1/170
25	SG	DeMarcus Nelson (Sheldon) Sacramento, CA	6-3/190	Duke
26	SF	Roy Bright (Mount Zion) Durham, NC	6-5/205
27	PF	Marquise Gray (Beecher) Flint, MI	6-7/195	Michigan State
28	SF/PF	Shawne Williams (Hamilton) Memphis, TN	6-8/200
29	SG	Arron Afflalo (Centennial) Compton, CA	6-5/190	UCLA
30	SG	Isaiah Swann (Hargrave Military ) Chatham, VA	6-2/185
31	C	Steven Hill (Branson) Branson, MO	6-11/235	Arkansas
32	PG	Kyle Lowry (Cardinal Dougherty) Philadephia, PA	5-11/180
33	SF	Corey Brewer (Portland) Portland, TN	6-7/180
34	SG	Jawann McClellan (Milby) Houston, TX	6-5/200	Arizona
35	PF	Ra'Sean Dickey (Marlboro County) Marlboro City, SC	6-9/230
36	PF	Cedric Simmons (West Brunswick) Shallotte, NC	6-10/225	NC State
37	SF	Dion Dowell (Texas City) Texas City, TX	6-6/200	Texas
38	SG	Robert Vaden (Pike) Indianapolis, IN	6-4/185	Indiana
39	PG	Josh Wright (Proctor) Utica, NY	6-1/170
40	PF	James Gist (Good Counsel) Wheaton, MD	6-8/215	Maryland
41	SG	Jason Rich (Lake Highland Prep) Orlando, FL	6-2/180
42	PF/C	Mohamed Tangara (Mount Zion) Durham, NC	6-9/230
43	SG	Russell Robinson (Rice) Manhattan, NY	6-2/180
44	PG	Jason Horton (Cedar Hill) Cedar Hill, TX	6-0/170
45	SG	James Hardy (Elmhurst) Fort Wayne, IN	6-6/190	Indiana
46	SG	Albert Webber (Mount Zion) Durham, NC	6-3/170	Alabama
47	C	Kalen Grimes (Hazelwood) St. Louis, MO	6-8/255
48	PF/C	Jermaine Bell (IMG Academy) Bradenton, FL	6-11/210	St. John's
49	PF	Dayshaun Wright (Fowler) Syracuse, NY	6-6/235
50	SG/PG	A.J. Ratliff (North Central) Indianapolis, IN	6-3/175