Boys basketball: Central Jersey players to watch in 2023-24

The 2023-24 high school basketball season tips off Thursday, and the area's 62 boys teams are ready to get things started. This season features a large group of returning stars and some key newcomers.

Here are the players that should have a direct impact on their team's fortunes this winter.

Jerrel Alston, Immaculata, Sr., G

Yaw Ansong, Union Catholic, Jr., F

Chigozzie Anyora, Immaculata, Sr., F

Estevan Atanacio, East Brunswick Magnet, Sr., G

Al Bell, Wardlaw-Hartridge, Jr., F

Cam Brown, Franklin, Sr., F

Elisha Brown, Franklin, Sr., F

Jekhi Burnam, Linden, So., F

Elijah Butler, Linden, Sr., F

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Sebastian Cano, Middlesex, Sr., G

Cody Cardillo, Metuchen, Sr., F

Jaden Carpien, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Sr., F

Aidan Carter, St. Thomas Aquinas, Fr., G

David Caruso, St. Joseph, Sr., G

Chidi Chukwurah, Sayreville, So., F

Jeremy Clayville, St. Joseph, Sr., G

Mason Clemetson, Wardlaw-Hartridge, Jr., G

James Curet, Colonia, Sr., F

James DelSantro, North Hunterdon, Sr., F

Frank Denvir, Delaware Valley, Sr., G

Aiden Derkack, Colonia, So., G

Myles Dickerson, Timothy Christian, Jr., G

Rinelson Dilone, St. Thomas Aquinas, Sr., C

Steven Donohue, Montgomery, Sr., G

Kyle Durkin, Calvary Christian, Sr., C

Micah Eason, Woodbridge, Sr., G

Jake Eberle, South Amboy, Sr., G

Jalen Fleming, Timothy Christian, Jr., G

Jack Garbolino, North Brunswick, Junior, G

Jayden Green, Hillsborough, Sr., G

Donnie Gregory, Pingry, So., G

Owen Griffin, St. Joseph, G/F

Alex Grospe, South River, G

Markos Hantsoulis, Highland Park, Jr., F

Zion Harrison, Hillsborough, Sr., F

Ricky Harvey, Edison, Sr., G

Anthony Hicks, J.P. Stevens, Sr., G

Ryan Hutchins, Dunellen, Jr., G

Ikenna Ibeku, South Plainfield, Sr., F

A.J. Altobelli, Union Catholic, Jr., G

Jaeden Jones, Colonia, Sr., G

Sam Jones, Sayreville, So., G

Robert Kauffman, Calvary Christian, Sr., G

John Kelly, Watchung Hills, Sr., G

Tyler Kesolitz, Manville, Sr., G

Luke Kreitz, Ridge, Jr., G

Connor Laverty, Bernards, Sr., G

Ethan Lin, Montgomery, So., G

Grant Lorentzen, J.F. Kennedy, So., G

Abraham Lowman, Carteret, Sr., G

Johnny Magner, Bridgewater-Raritan, Sr., G

Myles Marabuto, Monroe, Sr., G

Trey Maultsby, Pingry, Sr., F

Brandon McCain, North Brunswick, G

Patrick McGrath, Governor Livingston, Sr., G

Matt Mikulka, East Brunswick, G

Chris Moronta, New Brunswick, G

Jackson Morrison, Bound Brook, Jr., G

Dorsett Mulcahy, Gill St. Bernard's, So., G

Hashim Nadir, Linden, Sr., F

Paris Papadatos, St. Thomas Aquinas, Jr., G/F

Myles Parker, Rutgers Prep, Jr., G

Krish Patel, Old Bridge, Jr., G

Peyton Pazdera, New Providence, Sr., C

Gavin Pelkey, South Amboy, Sr., G

Ariel Perez, Perth Amboy, Sr., G

Joel Polynice, Piscataway Magnet, Sr., F

Richie Primus, Somerset Tech, Sr., G

Chukwudi Raphael Mamah, Timothy Christian, Jr., F/C

Naz Robinson, Linden, Sr., G

Cory Rust, New Providence, Sr., F

Ben Santus, Metuchen, Sr., F

Brady Scheier, Somerville, Jr., G

Matthew Schwartz, Hunterdon Central, Jr., G

Shane Sheehan, Westfield, Sr., C

Logan Smith, Piscataway, Sr., G

Will Sottosanti, Governor Livingston, Sr., F

Sam Sponheimer, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Sr., F

Joshua Strong, North Plainfield, Sr., F

Daniel Swirad, South Brunswick, F/C

Phil Unangst, Hillsborough, Sr., F

Aidan Ur, St. Thomas Aquinas, Jr., G

Jeremy Valdez, Perth Amboy Magnet, Jr., G

Cam Vick, East Brunswick, So., G

Kiye Walker, Spotswood, Sr., F

Craig West, Rahway, Sr., G

Omari Williams, New Brunswick, Sr., F

Jarred Wooden, Bound Brook, Sr., G

Daniel Yarus, Spotswood, Sr., F

Aaron Zalescik, South Hunterdon, Sr., F

Jackson Zarinko, New Providence, Sr., F F

This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ Boys basketball: Central Jersey players to watch in 2023-24