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Jason Jordan
Jul 20, 2025, 12:05 PM ET
For astir 30 years, the Nike Peach Jam has been 1 of the hottest tickets of the summertime hoops circuit, arsenic immoderate of the apical young endowment converges successful July astatine Riverview Activities Center successful North Augusta, South Carolina.
This year, the lawsuit has attracted galore players featured successful the ESPN recruiting rankings.
Here is simply a fistful of prima players who laid their instauration astatine Peach Jam.
Cooper Flagg, Dallas Mavericks
In 2023, Flagg enactment up immoderate large numbers astatine Peach Jam and added immoderate poster dunks and monster blocks. He posted 38 points, 16 rebounds and 12 blocks for Maine United and the pursuing day, Flagg went for 37 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks. He guided Maine United to the rubric game, but the squad mislaid to Cameron Boozer and NightRydas Elite. Flagg averaged 25.4 points, 13 rebounds, 6.9 blocks and 5.7 assists successful the event. A period later, Flagg reclassified to the 2024 class. He was named Gatorade National Player of the Year and led his precocious schoolhouse squad to the Chipotle Nationals rubric arsenic a senior. He past dominated astatine Duke earlier being selected with the No. 1 prime by the Dallas Mavericks successful the 2025 draft.
Jalen Green, Phoenix Suns
In 2019, Green led Team Why Not (California) to the Peach Jam rubric game, averaging 23.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3 assists. Green, the apical precocious schoolhouse imaginable successful the ESPN 100 for 2020, showed the afloat scope of his diversion capabilities with viral dunks passim the week. He was named precocious schoolhouse subordinate of the twelvemonth during his elder play and was selected with the No. 2 prime by the Houston Rockets successful the 2021 NBA draft.
Cameron Boozer, Duke
In 2024, Boozer helped NightRydas Elite (Florida) go the archetypal grassroots squad to triumph consecutive Peach Jam championships astatine the 15U, 16U and 17U levels aft defeating the Oakland Soldiers (California) 71-62. Boozer dominated the event, capping his week with 19 points (7-of-8 from the field), 10 rebounds and 5 assists successful the rubric game. Boozer, who was ranked No. 3 successful the ESPN 100 for 2025, was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year successful his elder year.
Trae Young and Michael Porter Jr., Atlanta Hawks/Brooklyn Nets
Good luck uncovering a amended Peach Jam tandem than Young and Porter, who some were spectacular during the 2016 event. The duo led Mokan Elite (Kansas) to an undefeated Peach Jam tally successful ascendant fashion. Young posted 27 points, 7.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds, and Porter pumped successful 26.4 points, 11.4 rebounds and 3 steals. Young, who was ranked No. 23 successful the ESPN 100 for 2017, led the state successful points and assists arsenic a freshman astatine Oklahoma earlier being picked 5th by the Dallas Mavericks and instantly traded to the Atlanta Hawks successful 2018. Porter, who was ranked No. 2 successful the class, was selected No. 14 successful the aforesaid draught by the Denver Nuggets.
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Tatum was a devastating three-level matchup occupation successful 2015, starring the St. Louis Eagles (Missouri) to the rubric crippled portion averaging 24.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists. His operation of size and accomplishment made him a one-man item reel arsenic helium led Chaminade College Prep (Missouri) to its 2nd consecutive authorities rubric and claimed the Gatorade National Player of the Year award. Tatum thrived astatine Duke, averaging 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks earlier being taken with the 3rd prime by the Boston Celtics successful the 2017 draft.
Isaiah Briscoe, erstwhile NBA guard
Briscoe, who was nicknamed "Must-See TV," led the NJ Playaz to the Peach Jam rubric successful 2014. His operation of speed, quickness and mind-boggling ballhandling made him astir intolerable to defend. Briscoe, who was ranked No. 13 successful the ESPN 100 for 2015, averaged 19.2 points, and 5 assists a crippled astatine Peach Jam, wherever helium posted 20 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists successful the title game. He led Roselle Catholic School (New Jersey) to a authorities rubric earlier thriving astatine Kentucky for 2 years and signing with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Julius Randle, Minnesota Timberwolves
Randle, who was ranked No. 3 successful the ESPN 100 for 2013, led the Texas Titans successful 2012 portion scoring astatine each 3 levels. The 6-foot-9 guardant averaged 23.5 points and 12.5 rebounds and posted 31 points and 17 rebounds successful his champion crippled that week. Randle led Prestonwood Christian Academy (Texas) to a authorities rubric arsenic a senior, averaging 32.5 points and 22.5 rebounds. He starred astatine Kentucky arsenic a freshman, starring the Wildcats to the Final Four earlier being picked No. 7 by the Los Angeles Lakers successful the 2014 draft.
