New York's Best High School Basketball Players to Compete Wednesday in Rucker Park

HARLEM, NY — Some of the best high school basketball players in the city — including players destined for division 1 basketball and possibly the NBA — will converge on Harlem Wednesday for the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park.

The Entertainers Basketball Classic, a summer streetball league featuring amateur and pro talent, will hold its "Select Few" upperclassmen game Wednesday night at 7:30 in Rucker Park, according to a press release sent to Patch.

The game will feature top-flight basketball prospects from the high school classes of 2017 and 2018. Many of the players are ranked as four or five star recruits and are drawing attention from premier college basketball programs and NBA scouts alike. The event will also feature an underclassmen game starting at 6:30.

Ball lovers interested in going to The Entertainers Basketball Classic will also have the chance to spot some of the best players from the pro gram or celebrities. Brooklyn Rapper Desiigner showed up to the league's opening game in June and performed on the court.

Here are the players who will be competing in Wednesday night's upperclassmen game:

Team 1

• Trevon Duval
• Hamidou Diallo
• Nick Richards
• Naz Reid
• Dhamir Cosby Roundtree
• Louis King
• Jose Alvarado
• Jahvon Quinerly
• Che Evans

Team 2

• Quade Green
• Markquis Nowell
• Tremont Waters
• Cole Anthony
• Lonnie Walker
• Scottie Lewis
• Darryl Morsell
• Moses Brown
• Justin Lewis

The event is co sponsored by companies such as Reebok, ESPN, Uber and Def Jam Records among others.

[Photo: Image of Rucker Park courtesy of Stefano Briviovia flickr]