BY ZACH SMART
Class of 2027 Montverde Academy (FL) point guard Javion Tyndale is down to six schools, he announced.
The pint-sized, shifty 5-foot-8 Tyndale is now considering Providence, West Virginia, Seton Hall, UNLV, Saint Bonaventure and Loyola Chicago.
“I’ve heard from a lot of schools since the Team Canada gold,” Tyndale told ZAGSBLOG.
He has steadily ramped up his Division-I stock and next level appeal with a knack for timely scoring throughout a breakthrough 2026 summer.
Burying transition 3s, knifing his way to the rim in crafty fashion, and carving defenders on thorough forays to the rim, Tyndale suddenly has relished an instinctive scorer’s role.
He has done this while simultaneously sustaining the dish first mentality that has long been embedded in his PG1 DNA.
And so Tyndale has been routinely floating up lobs and creating high percentage looks with UPlay Canada at Peach Jam.
The intriguing dual threat offsets his size deficiency with blurrish quickness, shiftiness, and a wealth of relentlessness.
He was instrumental in spearheading Team Canada to an unprecedented gold medal in the U18 Americup. Tyndale averaged 12.6 points and 6.0 assists throughout the event.
Representing Canada on the international stage had special resonance with Tyndale, who grew up watching the likes of Dillon Brooks of Ontario and Toronto native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
With an international spotlight on the sudden emergence of smaller guards, especially considering generously listed 6-foot-2 Jalen Brunson‘s 2026 NBA Finals MVP performance, however, Tyndale’s blink-quick evolution appears to have come right in the nick of time.
At the same time, however, it has been a long time coming.
“I’ve built my game around a plethora of small guards,” Tyndale said.
“My Uncle made me watch Allen Iverson from when I was young. That was his favorite player. So, a little bit of AI and coming up and I’ve watched a lot of Trae Young, Steph Curry, Isaiah Thomas. I have kind of modeled my game around those three guys.”
Tyndale came roaring out of obscurity at Montverde last season, an unknown diminutive play-maker leading an offense featuring 6-foot-8 big guard/wing Joe Philon (now at UCLA), Houston-commit and 2027 guard O’Neal Delancy, and others.
He turned in multiple games of double digit assists during the 2025-26 campaign.
“Last season at Montverde was a crazy experience,” Tyndale said.
“I wasn’t really expected to be the guy who controlled the ship. Unfortunately, some guys got hurt. That meant I had to step up. Now for this season I’m going to take a big leap in leadership.”
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