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Saturday / April 20.
  • Evan Mobley to USC

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    By ADAM ZAGORIA

    Evan Mobley, the 6-foot-11 big man from Rancho Christian (CA) High School, committed to USC on Monday.

    His father, Eric, is an assistant coach with the Trojans.

    Mobley is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2019. He is a projected top-5 NBA Draft pick in 2021, according to at least one mock.

    “Evan is a positionless 7-footer who excels on both sides of the ball,” Etop Udo-Ema, his coach with the Compton Magic, told ZAGSBLOG. “He is 7-foot with a 7-5 wingspan and a 40-inch vertical. You do the math on those measurements. His upside is endless with no ceiling.”

    His brother, Isaiah, who participated in the McDonald’s All-American Game in March, will be a freshman at USC this fall.

    “My brother is there, my dad is the assistant coach,” he told ZAGSBLOG this summer. “It’s a great program. They have a great coach.”

    Mobley broke down the skillset he will bring to a college program:

    “I usually go inside-out,” he said. “I can stretch the floor, go around the bigs if they’re too slow, post-up on the smaller guys. I’m very versatile.”

    The news was first reported by ESPN’s Paul Biancardi.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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