Here’s a look at the the area’s top 50 boys high school basketball players. For the past few years I’ve left out incoming freshmen as a policy. They have plenty of seasons ahead of them to prove it on the court.

GUARDS

Grant Best, Mount Carmel, 6-3, Sr.

EJ Breland, St. Patrick, 5-11, Sr.

Marquis Clark, Young, 6-1, Jr.

Devin Cleveland, Kenwood, 6-3, So.

Tyreek Coleman, Waubonsie Valley, 6-2, Sr.

Jamson Coulter, Rich, 6-2, Jr.

Jaxson Davis, Warren, 6-1, So.

AJ Demirov, Crystal Lake South, 5-10, Sr.

Phoenix Gill, St. Ignatius, 6-2, Sr.

Marcos Gonzales, Brother Rice, 6-2, Sr.

Oliver Gray, Barrington, 6-3, Jr.

Christopher Kirkpatrick, New Trier, 6-2, Jr.

Makai Kvamme, DePaul Prep, 6-0, Sr.

Ahmad Lee, Lincoln Park, 6-2, Jr.

Mason Lockett, Oswego East, 6-5, Jr.

Elijah Lovemore, Bloom, 6-3, Sr.

Noah Mister, Mount Carmel, 6-1, Jr.

Donte Montgomery, Oak Lawn, 6-2, Sr.

EJ Mosley, St. Laurence, 5-11, Sr.

Gabe Sularski, Lemont, 6-6, Jr.

Brent Taylor, Homewood-Flossmoor, 6-3, Sr.

Cameron Thomas, Mount Carmel, 6-2, Sr.

Davion Thompson, Bolingbrook, 6-2, So.

Chayse Turner, Lincoln Park, 6-4, Sr.

Andre Tyler, Simeon, 6-5, Jr.

Jayden Tyler, Homewood-Flossmoor, 5-10, Sr.

TJ Williams, Glenbard West, 6-2, Jr.

FORWARDS

Jax Abalos, Batavia, 6-7, Sr.

Aleks Alston, Kenwood, 6-9, Sr.

Charles Barnes, De La Salle, 6-5, Jr.

Al Brooks Jr., Rich, 6-7, Sr.

Stephen Brown, Marist, 6-7, Jr.

Vincas Buzelis, Hinsdale Central, 6-5, Sr.

Hunter Gawron, Niles North, 6-5, Sr.

Davon Grant, DeKalb, 6-5, Jr.

Zion Gross, Joliet West, 6-4, Sr.

Ethan Hillsman, Joliet West, 6-6, Jr.

Ian Miletic, Rolling Meadows, 6-7, Sr.

Antonio Munoz, Young, 6-6, Sr.

Daniel Pauliukonis, Benet, 6-9, Sr.

JT Pettigrew, Bolingbrook, 6-7, Sr.

Rashaun Porter, DePaul Prep, 6-6, Jr.

Hudson Scroggins, Lake Forest, 6-7, Sr.

Terrence Smith, West Aurora, 6-4, Sr.

Jordan Williams, Fremd, 6-5, Jr.

Lincoln Williams, Kankakee, 6-5, Jr.

Moses Wilson, Waubonsie Valley, 6-4, Sr.

CENTERS

Nick Allen, Bradley-Bourbonnais, 6-10, Sr.

Dalton Scantlebury, Lane, 6-9, Sr.

Colin Stack, Benet, 7-0, Jr.