The High School Basketball season is on the horizon and multiple services used the end of August as an opportunity to update their rankings of the top high school players in the country.
ESPN updated its Top 100 for the Class of 2023, and two Team Trae Young standouts are on the list.
Ja’Kobe Walter checked in at No. 13 and Kaden Cooper sits at No. 45 on the Top 100 compiled by national recruiting expert Paul Biancardi.
Updated ESPN ? rankings from @PaulBiancardi ? pic.twitter.com/pUa6flifMn
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) August 29, 2022
Super Prep Recruitment Update: The new 2023 ESPN Top 100 Rankings have came out and The Skill Factory 4⭐️ Kaden Cooper’23 (G) and Ada native comes in at 45th overall
He is one of the three players from Oklahoma in the class of 2023 ESPN Top 100 Rankings pic.twitter.com/5ZsmhE8UjU
— Super Prep (@prep_super) August 29, 2022
Congrats to Team Trae Young family members @JaKobeWalter1 #17 and @kaden580 #45 on making the updated ESPN rankings class of 23 rankings #teamtraeyoung #3SSB https://t.co/Yes2k5hVjM
— George Clay (@boogclay) August 29, 2022
Additionally, ESPN debuted a Top 60 for the Class of 2024, and Doryan Onwuchekwa came in at No. 46.
Updated ESPN junior 60 rankings from @PaulBiancardi ? pic.twitter.com/UEJobTyToE
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) August 29, 2022
Congrats to Team Trae Young family member @DoryanChekwa #45 on making the ESPN updated Top 60 for the class of 2024 #teamtraeyoung #3SSB https://t.co/4wG1X7Alll
— George Clay (@boogclay) August 29, 2022
247 Sports and Rivals also updated their rankings.
On the 247 Sports list, Ja’Kobe is at No. 17 with Cooper at No. 42. Rivals also has Ja’Kobe at No. 17 but Kaden is all the way up to No. 34.
Congrats to @JaKobeWalter1 @kaden580 @CamEBarnes all making the top 150 in both @Rivals and @247Sports updated ranking
— George Clay (@boogclay) August 24, 2022