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From SI. Sounds like we can cross him off the list...

Future starsABCD more than Oden, Mayo -- check these guys out

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Oden and Mayo, Mayo and Oden -- so goes the song of the 2005 summer-camp circuit.

If there are household names in college basketball recruiting, these two are currently it: Ohio State-bound Greg Oden, the 7-foot center from Indianapolis, has been doing pull-ups on the Reebok ABCD camp rims this week, an NBA-ready man dunking on boys. And O.J. Mayo, the unstoppable Cincinnati-area guard, wowed the camp with his 21-point, five-rebound, six-assist, zero-turnover performance in a showdown with fiery Brooklyn 14-year-old Lance Stephenson on Wednesday night. It was Oden and Mayo who stood 1-2 in every overall player ranking at ABCD, and it was only Oden and Mayo who commanded packs of reporters following their opening camp games.

To label the 2005 ABCD a two-man affair, however, would be grossly inaccurate. Beyond the aforementioned duo, there have been a host of prospects at Fairleigh Dickinson University this week who could make an instant impact at the college level. After scouting the field, here are some solid candidates:

Bill Walker, 6-6 SG/SF, North College Hill H.S., Cincinnati
(Ranked No. 5 in Class of '07)

Nicknamed "Skywalker" due to his penchant for highlight-reel-caliber dunks, Walker is Mayo's running mate both in high school and on the ABCD's 76ers squad. They teamed up to cruise through Wednesday and Thursday 4-0, with Mayo averaging 16.8 points and Walker 10.8. Walker is not actually 6-6 -- more like 6-3 or 6-4, by my estimation -- and there are question marks about his jumper, but he is an absurd leaper in the mold of current Arizona star Hassan Adams and is a tenacious perimeter defender with long arms. The North College Hill trio of Mayo, Walker and Keenen Ellis plans on attending college together -- but local recruiting power Ohio State appears to be fading off of their list after it landed its mammoth Class of '06. Mayo didn't list the Buckeyes as one of his possible destinations this week (instead, they are: Florida A&M, Syracuse, UConn, Louisville, Texas, Kentucky, UNC and West Virginia), and Walker said that after he saw Oden & Co. commit to OSU, "I put them down on my list. ... That's a great class, but I don't think they'll have any room left in '07."