Bellarmine Prep senior Abdul Gaddy and Avery Bradley, a former Bellarmine Prep standout who transferred to Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., are among 10 players being considered for the Naismith Boy’s High School Player of the Year award. the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.

The watch list was comprised by leading basketball journalists from around the country who form the national voting academy, and identify players under consideration for this award.

In February, the voting academy will narrow the list down to five candidates, with the winner being selected and recognized by the Atlanta Tipoff Club at the end of the high school basketball season.

Here are the finalists:

Kenny Boynton, American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.

Avery Bradley, Findlay Prep, Henderson, Nev.

DeMarcus Cousins, Le Flore HS, Mobile, Ala.

Derrick Favors, South Atlanta HS

Abdul Gaddy, Bellarmine Prep, Tacoma

Xavier Henry, Putnam City HS, Oklahoma City, Okla.

John Henson, Sickles HS, Tampa, Fla.

Renardo Sidney, Fairfax HS, Los Angeles

Lance Stephenson, Abraham Lincoln HS, Brooklyn, N.Y.

John Wall, Word of God Christian Academy, Raleigh, N.C.

The third and final day of our in-depth basketball previews ran today. We're featuring the Nisqually League, Evergreen Conference and local 2B and 1B schools.

Here's a link to our feature on center John Gage of top-ranked Vashon, along with capsule previews of the Nisqually and EvCo boys.

Here's a link to our feature on the Black Hills girls team, which is aiming to unseat two-time defendinf champion River Ridge, and capsule previews of the EvCo and Nisqually girls.

Here's a peek at the South Sound's 2B and 1B schools.

Finally, here are our rankings for Class 2A and 1A.

BOYS
Class 2A
1. Squalicum
2. Burlington-Edison
3. Mark Morris
4. River Ridge
5. Spokane West Valley
6. Sehome
7. Prosser
8. Pullman
9. W.F. West
10. Ephrata

Edit (Dec. 17): Whoops, W.F. West was meant to be No. 9, not Elma. Mixed up my Evergreen Conference teams. If you click on our EvCo predictions, you'll see we have W.F. West second and Elma near the bottom.

Class 1A
1. Vashon
2. Cascade Christian
3. Meridian
4. Brewster
5. Bellevue Christian
6. King’s
7. Port Townsend
8. Cashmere
9. Winlock
10. Chelan

GIIRLS
Class 2A
1. Black Hills
2. Prosser
3. Lynden
4. Yakima East Valley
5. Kingston
6. Elma
7. Archbishop Murphy
8. Burlington-Edison
9. River Ridge
10. Ellensburg

Class 1A
1. Lynden Christian
2. Lakeside
3. Granger
4. King’s
5. Nooksack Valley
6. Brewster
7. Connell
8. Castle Rock
9. Naches Valley
10. Winlock