Class Of 2010 Player Watch: Lavonte Dority

September 10, 2007

10:15 A.M. CST

The list of potential high major prospects in the class of 2010 from Illinois continues to grow, and another one who can undoubtedly be added to the list is Lavonte Dority, a 6'1 point guard from Foreman High School in Chicago. 

We had an opportunity to watch Dority closely yesterday at the Illinois Spot-Lite Fall Shootout at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, IL and to say that Dority was impressive is putting it mildly.  A more accurate assessment would simply be that Dority was hands down one of the best players who participated in the event.

Dority possesses an awesome combination of speed and strength.  While we think that he is capable of playing either guard spot, he has shown that he is at his best with the ball in his hands.  This is because Dority has the ability to create, is explosive to the basket and can also pull up and stick jumpers from well beyond the arc.

From a physical standpoint, Dority's body already rivals that of most high school seniors and his mental approach to the game is on par with or even ahead of many players that age as well.  He plays under control and has leadership traits that any coach would be most proud of.

It is therefore no wonder that Dority has already pulled in scholarship offers from the likes of DePaul, New Mexico, Iowa State, and Indiana with several others also in hot pursuit.  Dority easily ranks among our top five players in Illinois from the class of 2010 at the present time.

In addition to Dority, Foreman's high school team also features several other talented sophomores and while the group may be young and a bit inexperienced, we have seen enough flashes from them to think that that Foreman could undoubtedly be a sleeper team to watch in the Chicago Public League this upcoming season.

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