(2027) - Darius Wabbington

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,714]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,714]

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 95,714]

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

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

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,714]

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 25,806]

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 93,130]

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.

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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.