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Pangos All-American Camp Saturday: Admon Gilder has an efficient day

LONG BEACH, Ca. - Camp basketball can be sloppy and unorganized and the word “efficiency” isn’t thrown around very often.

But on Saturday at the second day of the annual Pangos All-American Camp, Dallas native Admon Gilder had a very efficient outing. The 6-foot-2 Gilder was noted for his defensive prowess this spring, but on Saturday, he had the jumper working from all three levels and didn’t waste many movements or dribbles.

Gilder is regarded as Rivals.com’s No. 49 player in the 2015 class and although he isn’t an elite athlete, he knows how to keep defenders honest by changing his offensive approach. Gilder attacked the rack, hit pull-up jumpers from the elbow and had some off-the-catch three-pointers. The combo guard also had a solid overall floor game and handled and passed a bit as well.

With high-level guards in limited supply in the 2015 class, Gilder will be a priority Big 12 recruit this July.

Stephen Zimmerman has a strong Saturday: As the highest rated player in the Pangos All-American Camp, all eyes are on Las Vegas native and 7-footer Stephen Zimmerman. As the No. 4 player in Rivals.com’s 2015 national rankings, the skilled lefty big man had a solid outing on Saturday in a big win for his “Arizona” team.

Zimmerman ran the floor hard, handled and passed in the open floor and also showed improvement as a weak side shot blocker. On the offensive side of things, Zimmerman is polished enough to use hooks and can also knock in the short corner or elbow jumper.

A no-brainer All-American, Zimmerman will hold onto his top-5 national ranking if he keeps playing like that in July.

Point guard Paris Austin continues his solid spring: It’s easy to overlook point guard Paris Austin on the grassroots circuit because he’s surrounded by high-major players playing on Dream Vision in the adidas Gauntlet.

As the floor general for Dream Vision, Austin sets up talented players like Tyler Dorsey, Chase Jeter and Ray Smith, but at the Pangos All-American Camp, Austin has made other players look better while also hunting his own offense. The 5-foot-11 native of Oakland has consistently played in attack mode and made a lot of impressive passes and drives to the bucket.

At times, Austin can still get a bit turnover prone, especially if he leaves his feet to pass, but he’s put together a solid spring heading into July and high-major programs will be tracking.

Austin told NBCSports.com that he has scholarship offers from Florida State, Tulsa, Utah State, San Jose State, Boise State, Loyola Marymount and Pacific, and Creighton, Wake Forest, Texas and Cal have recently been involved and showing interest.

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