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Texas forward Myles Turner among NBPA Top 100 Camp top performers

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The 20th anniversary of the NBA Player’s Association Top 100 Camp kicked off this week as many of the nation’s best high school players came together at the University of Virginia for skill development, games and mentoring sessions from current and former NBA players and other trained professionals.

USA Basketball obligations drew away some of the top players from this year’s camp, but there were still many players that proved themselves among their peers with solid play throughout the weekend. If starting five of the top players at each position were put together, many who attended the camp would start with Myles Turner.

Turner was the main story from this year’s NBPA Top 100 Camp. While Turner wasn’t the dominant player of the event -- that distinction didn’t really go to anybody through the two days NBC Sports attended -- he was one of the most talked-about players, and might end up as the camp’s top overall prospect among national rankings when it’s all said and done for the 2014 class.

The 6-11 forward from Texas already has a long list of high-major suitors, including most of the Big 12, but he proved to be a potential top 10 player in the 2014 class with his tremendous skills and ability to block shots. Turner’s jumper looks pure from even beyond the three-point line and in multiple games, he showed tremendous footwork and post skills as well.

After drawing rave reviews at the Pangos All-American Camp earlier this month in Southern California, Colorado-native Josh Perkins proved to be worthy of the hype. The 6-2 Perkins is one of the best passing guards in high school basketball and has court vision that would make many college guards envious. Perkins is a member of the 2014 class and makes other guys on his team better and sets them up for easy scores. In a camp environment when teammates that are unfamiliar come together, this trait is especially noticeable. His stock is on the rise nationally and it’s clear he’s one of the nation’s top point guards.

Milwaukee-native and 6-9 forward Kevon Looney has been in the national top-10 for much of his high school career and he didn’t disappoint with his play during the camp. Some media members cited Looney as the event’s top player during Thursday’s opening day and the forward with a Kevin Durant-type of build rebounds the ball very well and is a terror when operating off-the-dribble from the high post.

When it came to scoring, not many were stopping Isaiah Whitehead and his ability to score from nearly anywhere on the floor. Lincoln High School in New York has already produced famous alums like Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson and Whitehead is the next big thing from the traditional basketball power. The 6-4 shooting guard plays aggressively at all times and while he can score using the jumper or attacking the hoop, he can also find teammates using his passing ability.

Rounding out the starting five for the event is North Carolina commit and Houston-area native Justin Jackson. Jackson is a wiry 6-8 small forward, but he’s skilled enough to pass and handle while also having a deadly mid-range game. Jackson can knock in floaters, runners and spin jumpers from the mid-range and scored in double figures in each of his games the first two days of the camp -- an impressive feat considering the limited playing time and running clocks.

NBC Sports will have more on the NBPA Top 100 Camp throughout the week including recruiting updates on some of the camp’s best players.