dorian dawkins
The Pride team is led by some of the top 8th graders in Michigan, including 5′10 PG Dorian Dawkins and 6′1 Dominique Jackson from Saginaw, 5′10 PG Derrick Walton, 5′10 Gerald Lockbridge, 5′8 Dre Johnson from Detroit, 6′4 Wing Steven Haney from Lansing, and other good young players. [1]
Other standout campers included 2011 6′3 Flint, MI/Hamady Wing Pierre Brackett, 2011 5′9 Connor McCane from Rockford, MI/High, 2012 Christian Vaughn Southborough, MA/St. Mark’s, 2010 Mark Maloney 6′3 Wing from Ohio, 2010 Roy Jackson a 6′2 PG from Flint, MI/Hamady, AJ Thomas a 5′9 2010 PG from Saginaw, MI/Heritage, 2011 6′1 SG Jaylen Bland from Saginaw, MI/Arthur Hill and 2013 Dorian Dawkins a 5′10 PG from Saginaw, MI/Central Middle. [2]
Dorian Dawkins is 5-10 and plays the point. [3]
5′10 8th grade PG prodigy Dorian Dawkins was the MVP for the 15u tournament. [4]
6′6 2012 Wing Jordan Hare, 6′6 2012 PF Kevin Marshall, and 6′8 2011 PF Tommie McCune showed why I am still loaded at Saginaw High. [2]
Saginaw’s Lou Dawkins is considered one of the state’s top basketball coaches and next season his son, Dorian, who will be a freshman, is expected to play a major role on the varsity. [3]
Featuring top players from Saginaw, Detroit, and Lansing the Pride team won the AAU States in Detroit for the 4th straight year as well as winning the 15u division of Super 64 tourney held in Lansing two weeks ago. [...] The 15u team, which is considered to be one of the elite teams nationally in their age division, as well as the face of Michigan grassroots teams right now lost to Indiana Elite-Team Indiana in the finals of the Gold Bracket at the adidas May Classic in Bloomington, IN May 15-17. [4]
Former Saginaw coach Marshall Thomas told his former player, Lou Dawkins, that Dawkins’ son reminds him of another great Saginaw player, Anthony Roberson, who played at Florida before his current NBA career. [3]
He thought he had settled in at Detroit Finney after transferring from Detroit Chadsey. [5]
The talent in Saginaw is scary, it may be safe to say that their isn’t another city in the state of Michigan right now with more talent top to bottom than Saginaw. [...] Get player rankings, team rankings, summer basketball coverage, high school basketball coverage, player interviews, and more! [1]
Reeves had spoken to his players at Finney for a week or so about the possibility of leaving Finney for Community. [5]
Despite the presence of high-profile teams from Ohio and Indiana, in the two oldest divisions of the Grand Rapids Storm Classic every team to reach the championship game was from our great albeit maligned state. [6]
But on Tuesday afternoon, Reeves learned that Detroit Public Schools would close an additional six schools for 2009-10 — and Finney was among them. [3]
Sources:
[1] Best of the Best Prep Basketball Scouting
[2] Strapping ‘em up in Saginaw - High School Basketball Bulletin - MLive.com
[3] Scout.com: Detroit Finney (Isaiah Sykes) to be closed; Lou Dawkin’s son…
[4] Team Pride Youth Basketball: My Site News
[5] Detroit Community loads up on Finney basketball talent | detnews.com …
[6] Storm Classic: Keep it in Michigan - High School Basketball Bulletin …