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Posted: Monday July 12, 1999 10:08 PM

By Stewart Mandel, CNN/SI

TEANECK, N.J. -- Nine games over four days should by no means make or break a basketball prospect, but could we really get away with covering an event and not rating the players? Thus, here were the top 20 rising seniors at the 1999 adidas ABCD camp, July 7-10 (Note: Later in the week, we will compile overall class ratings including players from the Nike All-American Camp, which took place simultaneously):

No.) Name, height, position, hometown (high school)
1) Gerald Wallace, 6-foot-7, SF, Childersburg, Ala. (Childersburg)

2) Eddie Griffin, 6-8, PF, Philadelphia (Roman)

3) DeShawn Stevenson, 6-6, SG, Fresno, Calif. (Washington Union)

4) Andre Barrett, 5-9, PG, Bronx, N.Y. (Rice)

5) Taliek Brown, 6-0, PG, Queens, N.Y. (St. John's)

6) Chris Duhon, 6-0, PG/SG, Slidell, La. (Salmen)

7) Avery Queen, 5-7, PG, Moreno Valley, Calif. (Maine Central Institute)

8) Alton Ford, 6-9, C, Houston (Milby)

9) Abdou Diame, 6-9, PF, Elkton, Md. (Oak Hill Academy)

10) Mario Austin, 6-8, C, York, Ala. (Sumpter City)

11) Zebulun Cope, 6-8, C, Hopkins, S.C. (Hammond)

12) Scott Hazelton, 6-8, SF, Reading, Mass. (Central Catholic)

13) Demetrius Smith, 6-4, SG, Hogansville, Ga. (Calloway)

14) Imari Sawyer, 6-1, PG, Chicago (King)

15) Jerome Harper, 6-6, SG, Columbia, S.C. (Keenan)

16) Chris Wilcox, 6-10, PF, Whiteville, N.C. (Whiteville)

17) Bernard Robinson, 6-6, SF, Washington D.C. (Dunbar)

18) Chris Hobbs, 6-8, C, Chapel Hill, N.C. (East Chapel Hill)

19) Cliff Hawkins, 6-2, SG, Dumfries, Va. (Oak Hill Academy)

20) Neil Fingleton, 7-6, C, Worcester, Mass. (Holy Name)

 

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