2021 was another tough year in many respects. As a nation we lost a lot of great people and within the state we saw the loss of a lot of great basketball people.

Here we remember some of them and maybe say a prayer for them and their families.

Al Kareem-Hill

6 foot 5

Bloomfield Tech

NJ Hoops #10 Class of 1995

Dijon Allen-Jordan

6 foot 5

Plainfield

NJ Hoops #24 Class of 2012

Dijon Allen-Jordan RIP - 5/4/21

Mike Price

6 foot 1

Plainfield NJ Hoops #93 class of 2010

Mike Price RIP - 5/4/21

Nate King

5 foot 10

Trenton Catholic

NJ Hoops Honorable mention class of 2012

Nate King RIP 6/9/21

Ken O'Donnell

Neptune

Coach Ken O'Donnell RIP - 6/15/21

Steve Solomone

Gloucester CC

Coach Steve Solomone RIP - 2/15/21

Tom Konchalski

High School Basketball Illustrated

Norm Eavenson

Middle Atlantic Recruiting Service

Best wishes for a Happy 2022 to all!

NJ Hoops provides blanket coverage of NJ basketball all year long for the past 26 years and publishes the NJ Hoops Recruiting Report is read by over 200 college coaches