The first session of high school games at the LeBron James Skills Academy and, unlike at last year's inaugural event and its "Nike All-American Camp" predecessors, there wasn't a player I watch who made me go "wow!"
The exception to that being, of course, the presence of the guy the camp is named for, who worked out with the high school players in the 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. drills.
LeBron also spent about 15 minutes sitting in the bleachers with his coach on the U.S. Olympic team, Mike Krzyzewski, who was representing Duke during this, the first day of the NCAA's "July evaluation period".
Other coaches on hand include Tim Floyd (USC), Billy Donovan (Florida), John Calipari (Memphis) and Bill Self (national champion Kansas).
Jordan Hamilton (Dominguez) and Solomon Hill (Fairfax) are two of the West Coast players who represented themselves and the region well this afternoon.
Check back in a few hours. Maybe I'll have be in possession of a little more enthusiasm.
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