For the past 12 months, to the dismay of some, the Hoops Report has included Stevenson point guard Jalen Brunson in the same class as St. Rita's Charles Matthews and Simeon's D.J. Williams when it comes to the top three players in the Class of 2015.
While the majority will at least include Brunson in the same paragraph with Matthews and Williams, the Hoops Report has maintained he should be in the same sentence. But while Matthews and Williams are regarded as top 25 talents nationally in their class, Brunson is nowhere to be found in that group.
But he's just that good. It's why even before his freshman season started over a year ago, Brunson was among the Hoops Report's top dozen prospects in the state, regardless of class -- and he's only climbed higher since. It's why last spring the Hoops Report called Brunson the best freshman in the class.
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