(2027) - Darius Wabbington

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

5-star 6'11" Darius Wabbington (240 lbs) attends Sunnyslope HS in Phoenix, AZ.  Plays AAU for Arizona Unity on the EYBL circuit.  

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-darius-wabbington-scholarship-offer-sunnyslope-arizona-unity-251890744/

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https://www.zagsblog.com/2025/05/10/darius-wabbington-reflects-on-high-school-title-run-upcoming-summer/

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2025 AAU statistics

Darius Wabbington '27 - AZ Unity													DDV Offer
Date	Gms		Pts		FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	Min
4/25  W			15		4	10	0	3	7	10	9	1	1	2	0	29
4/26  W			6		3	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	14
4/27  W			18		8	14	0	1	2	3	8	2	0	2	2	22
5/16  W			12		4	9	0	2	4	6	8	2	1	0	1	27
5/17  L			13		6	20	0	1	1	6	14	0	2	1	3	29
5/17  W			23		10	22	0	2	3	4	12	2	1	1	3	25
5/18 W			6		3	10	0	1	0	0	9	5	1	1	1	22
5/23-26							TEAM	DID	NOT	PLAY
7/10  W			12		5	7	0	1	2	5	4	1	1	1	3	19
7/11 L			10		4	9	0	1	2	2	8	0	2	0	0	23
7/12  W			10		5	14	0	4	0	2	10	1	1	1	3	26
7/13  L			22		8	11	0	1	6	7	4	0	2	2	2	28
7/15  L			14		3	11	0	1	8	10	4	1	2	1	1	29
7/16  W			8		3	8	0	1	2	4	6	1	1	0	1	21
7/16 W			12		6	10	0	2	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	25
7/17 W			8		3	7	0	1	2	4	6	3	0	0	0	21
7/18  L			12		6	13	0	1	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	24
Count/Avg	16		12.6		45%		0%		62%		7.6	1.3	1.2	0.9	1.3	24
HS 24-25	29		13.4		45%		26%		72%		7.3	1.9	2.3	0.9	1.3
HS 23-24	27		8.5		53%		39%		63%		4.7	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.4

[BA47591]

One of my favorites in the 27 class. He's only gotten better as his body matures. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

He's quoted saying we're one of the schools heavily involved.

https://stockrisers.com/s/588/rapid-fire-talking-recruiting-with-five-star-junior-darius-wabbington

[Demo]

7 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

He's quoted saying we're one of the schools heavily involved.

https://stockrisers.com/s/588/rapid-fire-talking-recruiting-with-five-star-junior-darius-wabbington

This one was so surprising to hear and I never thought was a thing that I was forced to break out Wabbington’s game from last night against Perry HS, Koa Peat’s old school. Not that you didn’t know he was good, but he’s a really fun watch. Strong frame, particularly lower body. Not very vertically explosive but otherwise a very good athlete. Really fluid. Can move his feet and change direction like a smaller kid. As a scorer he plays a pretty traditional post game with the exception that he can really pass. I mean, really pass. Made 1 where he caught it with his back to the basket in the right mid post, felt a double coming from the top, spun to the baseline and fired a laser to the left corner for a 3. Not many HS bigs making that one. Watched it a couple of times. Found a couple of cutters in very small windows. Looks like a very quick processor for a big kid. Will definitely keep paying attention. 

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

This one was so surprising to hear and I never thought was a thing that I was forced to break out Wabbington’s game from last night against Perry HS, Koa Peat’s old school. Not that you didn’t know he was good, but he’s a really fun watch. Strong frame, particularly lower body. Not very vertically explosive but otherwise a very good athlete. Really fluid. Can move his feet and change direction like a smaller kid. As a scorer he plays a pretty traditional post game with the exception that he can really pass. I mean, really pass. Made 1 where he caught it with his back to the basket in the right mid post, felt a double coming from the top, spun to the baseline and fired a laser to the left corner for a 3. Not many HS bigs making that one. Watched it a couple of times. Found a couple of cutters in very small windows. Looks like a very quick processor for a big kid. Will definitely keep paying attention. 

That is a Derik Queen comp if I ever read one.

[Demo]

23 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That is a Derik Queen comp if I ever read one.

Yeah there’s a fair bit of that, though it looks different because Wabbington looks like an athlete and Queen looks like Queen. But a lot of what’s getting done is pretty similar. 
Side note: this game speaks to what a phenom Koa Peat was in HS. He won either 2 or 3 state championships there and 1st year without him they lost this one at home by 30 and Sunnyslope pulled their starters in the 3rd. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

The one and only piece of statistics I've found for him this season

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Demo]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

That’s a very good win. Bosco is really good and Collins is a top 10 kid. 

[8bucks]

7 hours ago, Demo said:

That’s a very good win. Bosco is really good and Collins is a top 10 kid. 

@Demo you seems to see a lot of HS games. Are/were you a HS coach?  Appreciate your perspectives and envious of the time you get to watch so many games. 

[Demo]

17 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

@Demo you seems to see a lot of HS games. Are/were you a HS coach?  Appreciate your perspectives and envious of the time you get to watch so many games. 

Was in scouting for not quite 12 years when I got out of college a million or so years ago. Got out of it and into normal life late 90’s and strictly a hobby since then. But the tools available are so good and readily accessible now and combined with this little spot to scribble my thoughts that it kind of feeds my addiction because I absolutely love it.

[8bucks]

7 hours ago, Demo said:

Was in scouting for not quite 12 years when I got out of college a million or so years ago. Got out of it and into normal life late 90’s and strictly a hobby since then. But the tools available are so good and readily accessible now and combined with this little spot to scribble my thoughts that it kind of feeds my addiction because I absolutely love it.

Thanks for the background. Great to have your unique perspective. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Demo]

Funny little coincidence. I’m watching this game right now and this little highlight reel came across my feed. Nice short summary of his pretty rare level of skill. The 2nd clip here, a behind the back pocket pass hitting a cutter perfectly is kind of nuts. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

61-59 win over Wheeler (GA) in the championship game of the Hoophall West Classic.  23p,  11r,  3a,  0s, 1b,  4t.  2-2 on 3s and 5-5 FT.  I think we'd be quite happy to see him playing regularly in SSAH.    Don't know how long the game link might be available for anyone interested.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://www.maxpreps.com/news/7M2ipxi1WEOS8LE7wESO9g/highlights%2c-recap-darius-wabbington-guides-no-9-sunnyslope-past-no-5-wheeler-61-59-in-hoophall-west-title-game.htm

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Probably not much reason to remain overly interested in this recruitment.

https://stockrisers.com/s/592/five-star-junior-darius-wabbington-talks-recruitment-junior-season