The 2026 Pangos All-American Camp was defined by competitiveness and by those who played winning basketball. The camp had a wide range of talent, but it was an easy decision to name the camp's two Most Outstanding Players. When the dust settled, guard Micah Gordon of Plainfield (N.J.) and center Lewis Uvwo of Prolific Prep (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) were named camp MOPs.
Over the three days of the 2026 Pangos All-American Camp, play started off a bit sluggishly but picked up after each round. The players did get more acclimated with their teammates as time went on, but the players who wanted to get selected into the Cream of the Crop Top 30 and Top 60 All-Star contests by Pangos All-American Camp Director Dinos Trigonis and his advisory committee quickly realized playing together, making the extra pass and making winning plays was the way to go about it.
Pangos Camp Teammates Share MOP Honors
The players who combined the highest level of skill and winning plays turned out to be the camp's co-MOPs (Most Outstanding Players) for 2026: 6-foot-11 2027 (rising senior) center Lewis Uvwo of Prolific Prep (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) and 6-foot 2027 point guard Micah Gordon of Plainfield (N.J.). Ironically, Uvwo, the fastest rising senior prospect in the country, and Gordon, a 2025-26 Ballislife Underclass All-American, actually played on the same camp team (Team Harden).
In the 12-team camp field separated by two conferences, Team Harden went unbeaten and played in the Camp Team Championship game vs. Team Odom. Harden, of course refers to James Harden, the 2006 Camp MOP (SEE BELOW) and while Lamar Odom played high school basketball and for the Long Island Panthers travel ball club well before Trigonis founded the camp in 2003, the former NBA champion and Sixth Man of the Year gave a passionate speech to the approximately 110 campers about loving the game, giving back to the game and not wasting opportunities and it clearly was one of the highlights of this year's event.
Both Gordon and Uvwo set the tone in Team Harden's 77-65 win over Team Odom to finish team play unbeaten. Lewis altered shots around the rim and his infectious effort put a stamp on the entire camp each day while his infectious personality rubbed off on his teammates in a positive fashion. In fact, Uvwo plays with a passion and joy, plus a big smile, rarely seen. It evokes images of what Magic Johnson brought to the Showtime Lakers. He lights up every time something good happens for his team and that happened alot at the Pangos Camp.
"Last season during practice I was just working hard and trying to have fun," Uvwo said after the conclusion of the Creme of the Crop Top 30 Game. "It's just the kind of person I am. I realized when I wasn't playing that well in the past, I wasn't having that much fun. So now I make sure to have fun each time I play."
Uvwo finished the team championship game with six points, nine rebounds and two blocks shots, but his impact went far beyond that. Gordon, meanwhile, completely controlled and dominated the game by scoring 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field to go along with four assists. Two other top performers for Team Harden throughout the event was 6-foot-7 2027 wing forward Dooney Johnson of Milwaukee Juneau (Wis.) and 6-foot-3 2027 shooting guard Tre Keith of Tri-Cities (Atlanta, Ga.). Johnson scored 18 points in the title game while Keith added 13.
Kur Lual, a 6-foot-7 2027 forward from AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) led Team Odom with a game-high 26 points. Lual impressed during camp by knocking down a high volume of shots while playing relatively under control and within the flow on his team's offense.
In the camp games (not including the title game), Lual was second overall in scoring with 20.0 ppg behind 6-foot-7 2027 forward Howard Williams of Overtime Elite (Atlanta, Ga.), who scored at a 21.2 ppg clip for team DeRozan. Johnson, who was fifth in the camp in assists at 5.0, was fourth in the camp in scoring at 17.2 ppg behind 6-foot-9 2027 forward Zion Green of Camden (N.J.). Green averaged 19.5 ppg for Team Westbrook.
Uvwo was second in blocked shots at 3.5 bpg behind 7-foot-1 2027 center Akol Nyok of Columbus (Miami, Ohio) at 4.0.
6’10 Lewis Uvwo has been playing with so much ENERGY at @PangosAACamp 😤🔥 @Lewisuvwo1 pic.twitter.com/bulZ0shx50
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Cream of the Crop Highlights
Gordon and Uvwo were split on to separate teams for the Cream of the Crop Top 30 All-Star Game, so somebody had to taste defeat. Gordon mentioned after receiving co-MOP honors that he was a bit bummed his Team Grey lost to Team Black, 116-109, in the game reserved for the camp's top performers. Gordon was one of four players to reach double figures for the Grey club with 10 points. The leading scorer for the Grey was 6-foot-7 2027 forward Dylan Jones of Bartlett (Tenn.) with 16 points (3-of-5 from 3-point range) and seven rebounds.
With the Black team leading 112-109 and the Grey needing a stop, 6-foot-2 2027 point guard Tyler Sutton of Overtime Elite (Atlanta, Ga.) found 6-foot-10 2027 post Mahamadou Diop of San Gabriel Academy (Calif.) for a dunk off the nice feed and the Grey's comeback attempt was stymied after 6-foot-4 2027 guard Chase Lumpkin of McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) missed a 3-pointer late.
"Coming in, I just wanted to make the right reads and try to be myself," Gordon said. "I wanted to show out and I feel I did a good job, as our team won the Pangos Camp title although I couldn't get the win in the all-star game. I felt winning would get me noticed. When it comes to college, I'm still wide open because the portal is so crazy."
Sutton, along with Gordon and 6-foot 2027 Aaron Britt of The Villages Charter (The Villages, Fla.) the best rising senior lead guards in attendance, completely dominated the Cream of the Crop Top 30 game with 17 points, and 15 assists. Having gone to all the Pangos All-American Camps since its inception besides the second one, we can't recall a single individual high total assist mark higher than Sutton's. The leading scorer for the winning club among seven double-digit scorers was 6-foot-7 2027 Jalen White of defending FAB 50 champion CIA Bella Vista (Phoenix, Ariz.) with 21 points.
Sutton and Jones were named Top 30 game MVPs
The Cream of the Crop Top 60 Game was even more tightly-contested and included many standout performances. The game MVPs selected with the two players that had a direct impact on the game's outcome in the closing seconds for the winning Grey Team.
The score was 112-112 with 30 seconds remaining when 6-foot-3 2027 guard Josiah Adamson of CATS Academy (Boston, Mass.) snatched a rebound and whipped it over to 6-foot-4 2028 guard Jordan Mitchell of Male (Louisville. Ky.) for a powerful dunk through the side of the key to give the Grey Team a two-point lead. Jaylen Hunter-Coleman, a 6-foot 2027 guard from the Newman School (Boston, Mass.) then came up with a sideline steal that led to a conventional 3-point play to account for the game's 117-112 margin.
Hunter-Colman finished the Top 60 game with nine points, two assists and five steals. Adamson, named co-MVP with Hunter-Coleman, led the victors in scoring along with 6-foot-9 2027 forward Mustafa Mohamed of AZ Compass Prep (Chandler, Ariz.) with 13 points each.
Two standouts for Team Black were 6-foot-4 2028 shooting guard Aaron McMorran of Desert Pines (Las Vegas, Nev.) with 14 points and 6-foot-4 2027 shooting guard Mekhi Robertson of SoCal Academy (Valencia, Calif.) with 16 points. McMorran, arguably the best local performer in attendance, had a break out event by averaging 16.8 ppg.
Pangos Camp All-Time MOPs
2026: (co): Micah Gordon, Plainfield (N.J.) 6-0 PG
2026: (co): Lewis Uvwo, Prolific Prep (Southwest Ranches, Fla.) 6-11 C
2025: (co): Kaiden Bailey, Santa Margarita (Calif.) 6-3 PG
2025 (co): Quinn Costello, The Newman School (Boston) 6-10 PF
2024: Meleek Thomas, Lincoln Park (Midland, Pa.) 6-4 SG
2023: (co): Flory Bidunga, Kokomo (Ind.) 6-9 PF
2023: (co): Cameron Scott, Lexington (S.C.) 6-6 SF
2022: Xavier Booker, Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.) 6-11 PF
2021: Jalen Duren, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 6-10 C
2020: Jabari Smith, Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.) 6-10 PF (Festival)
2019 (co): Cade Cunningham, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 6-7 G
2019 (co): Evan Mobley, Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.) 7-0 C
2018: Charles Bassey, Aspire Academy (Louisville, Ky.) 6-10 C
2017 (co): Cole Anthony, Archbishop Malloy (Queens, N.Y.) 6-2 PG
2017 (co): Charles Bassey, St. Anthony (San Antonio, Texas) 6-10 C
2016 (co): Trevon Duval, API (Dallas) 6-2 PG
2016 (co): Michael Porter Jr., Father Tolten (Columbia, Mo.) 6-9 SF
2015 (co): Rawle Alkins, Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) 6-5 SG
2015 (co): Mustapha Heron, Sacred Heart (Waterbury, Conn.) 6-5 SG
2014 (tri): Isaiah Briscoe, Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) 6-3 PG
2014 (tri): Tyler Dorsey, St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) 6-5 SG
2014 (tri): Stephen Zimmerman, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) 7-0 PF
2013: Stanley Johnson, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 6-7 SF
2012: Cliff Alexander, Currie (Chicago) 6-9 PF
2011: Shabazz Muhammad, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) 6-6 WF
2010: Myck Kabongo, Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) 6-2 PG
2009: Harrison Barnes, Ames (Ames, Iowa) 6-7 WF
2008: John Wall, Word of God Academy (Raleigh, N.C.) 6-3 PG
2007: Brandon Jennings, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 6-1 PG
2006: James Harden, Artesia (Lakewood, Calif.) 6-5 SG
2005: Davon Jefferson, Lynwood (Calif.) 6-8 WF
2004: CJ Miles, Skyline (Dallas) 6-6 WF
2003: Robert Swift, Bakersfield (Calif.) 7-0 C
Ronnie Flores is the national Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He can be reached at [email protected]. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
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