From time to time, our publisher and editor-in-chief, Dinos Trigonis, will take time out of his busy schedule to provide Nothing But Net Magazine readers with his unique, and often times, truly insightful perspective on some of the nation’s premier players. This, just so happens to be one of those occasions.

Mind you, our head honcho has plenty experience at evaluating talent. He’s been doing it for 25-plus years. For those interested in checking out additional information, more Trigonis’ tidbits, follow this link: fullctpress.net. Once there, you will find plenty of news, notes and features, both recent and archived.

In the meantime, lets’ get down to business.

While 6’10” Josh Smith (Kentwood/Kent WA) has long been mentioned by many as the top 2010 prospect on the West Coast, the summer play of his Northwest neighbor, Terrence Jones (Jefferson/Portland OR) has now made the race for top-billing a two-horse race.

Jones, a 6-foot-9 senior, was terrific at the Pangos All-American Camp, making the top 20 game in late May. He duplicated the feat a month later, playing just as well at the NBPA Camp and Nike Peach Jam. And at the Center Stage Tournament in Las Vegas, NV., in July, he led his team to the championship.

But it was at the GBOA Challenge of Champions, the same weekend, that he served notice, in a big-time way with his multi-dimensional talents, that he deserves top 10 national consideration. He had a standout effort in an event that attracted 22 of the nation’s top club teams.

Plenty of the top players in the country were in attendance, including Tristan Thompson, Joe Jackson, Quincy Miller, Tony Wroten Jr, Gary Franklin, Jalon Kendrick, Ray McCallum, Josh Hairston, Corey Joseph, Keala King, Bryce Jones and DeAndre Daniels.

Myck Kabongo was there too, along with Trey Zeigler, JT Terrell, Dominique Ferguson, Tarik Black, Richard Solomon, Rod Odom, JJ Moore, Josh Huestis, Quddus Bello, Daryl Traynham, Tyler Thornton, Alex Dragicevich, Dwight Powell, Godwin Okonji, Stephen Holt Ashton Pankey, Isaiah Epps, Gary Bell, Brandon Dawson, Adonis Thomas, Norvel Pelle and Deion Houston.

Throw in an A-list of elite high-major coaches — Roy Williams (North Carolina), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), Jim Calhoun (UConn), Billy Donovan (Florida), Ben Howland (UCLA), Jay Wright (Villanova), Lorenzo Romar (Washington), Bobby Huggins (West Virginia), John Thompson III (Georgetown), Mike Montgomery (Cal), Tom Crean (Indiana), Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Herb Sendek (Arizona State), Jeff Capel (Oklahoma), Jamie Dixon (Pitt), Mark Few (Gonzaga), Johnny Dawkins (Stanford), Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech), Craig Robinson (Oregon State), Kevin O’Neil (USC), Buzz Williams (Marquette), Scott Drew (Baylor), Matt Painter (Purdue), Frank Haith (Miami FL), Mike Anderson (Missouri) and Isiah Thomas (Florida International) — and you had the most star-packed day in Vegas that week.

It was on this stage that Jones rose to the occasion, and in a sense, to the top of the West Coast’s 2010 class. He displayed a confident court presence, exceptional ball-handling for a player with his size, deep NBA perimeter range and the ability to make big plays at both ends.

Jones’ impressive overall skill set could make him an NBA prospect for the future. The schools in the hunt for a commitment from “T Jones” include Arizona, North Carolina, Washington, Kansas, Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky. To read the rest of Trigonis’ tidbits, click here: fullctpress.net.