HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Talk to recruiting analysts this time of year and one thing becomes clear: They're watching the same games, sure, but they're not seeing the same stuff.

Consensus?

What's that?

Which makes the answers gleaned from a highly unscientific ESPN.com survey done Thursday night -- No. 1 question: Who's the best player here? -- all the more noteworthy in their uniformity.

	Dwight Howard is the talk of the ABCD Camp.

"Dwight Howard," Hoop Scoop's Allen Rubin said here at the adidas ABCD All-America Camp on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University.

"Dwight Howard," Rivals.com's Russ Blake said.

"Dee White," PrepStars.com's Rob Harrington added.

Dee White?

"No. D-wight. Howard. Dwight Howard."

Sense a pattern?

The 6-foot-11 power forward from Atlanta is doing whatever he wants against whoever happens to be in his way.

"He's been very good every time I've seen him," Blake said. "He's certainly the best pro prospect here."

"It's almost as if he's in the wrong camp," New York City talent scout Tom Konchalski said. "He should be in an NBA rookie camp."

And will be before too long.

Noah's arc

Joakim Noah used to be a ball boy at ABCD. Now he's the most productive performer here. The 6-foot-11 center from Manhattan -- the son of former tennis pro Yannick Noah -- has been the biggest surprise at adidas' All-America showcase. "Two months ago, I would've said you were crazy if you'd told me that," Hoop Scoop guru Allen Rubin said Thursday night. "But his effort's just amazing." So are the numbers he's putting up. Noah, a Long Island Panther headed for Jersey's Lawrenceville Prep, is averaging 13.3 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks a game going into Friday's final day. He leads the whole camp in rebounds and blocks. "Joakim's been sensational," Queens-based scout Tom Konchalski said. "But what's exceptional about him is not his ability. It's his effort. He runs the court relentlessly. And he goes after every ball." The approach is working wonders. Not bad for a ball boy. --Michael Kruse

But Howard's not the only one using this week's sneaker camps -- adidas here and Nike out in Indianapolis -- to either make a rep or keep a rep.

Those analysts who spent the first few days of this open evaluation period at Nike are still raving about Rudy Gay, Al Jefferson and Joe Crawford as the stars of the Swoosh.

Gay, a 6-8 swingman from Severn, Md., is beginning to draw comparisons to another late-blooming Baltimore-area big-timer -- a kid by the name of Carmelo Anthony.

Jefferson, an Arkansas-bound big man, is sneaking up on no one; ditto for Crawford, the Detroit shooting guard who recently de-committed from Michigan. They're top 10 guys.

Here, meanwhile, at the showcase sponsored by the Three Stripes, the names that keep popping up include Sacramento guard DeMarcus Nelson, Los Angeles wing Dorell Wright and (guess who?) Brooklyn point Sebastian Telfair.

The Duke-bound Nelson's leading the camp in scoring, Telfair's leading the camp in assists, and Wright's leading the camp in a more subjective stat -- nasty dunks

Wright's engineered for this camp: He's a run-and-jump type who's flourishing in a setting that traditionally rewards both those things.

"Just a big-time athlete," Bob Gibbons scout Norm Eavenson said.

Nelson, who's tallied 20-plus in three of his six games throughout ABCD's first three days, is nothing if not a dependable slasher of a scorer. The only question, really, is his actual position in the backcourt.

"If he's a point guard, I'd like to see it," Blake said. "He's a two-guard all the way. But he's a total thoroughbred."

Also making others take note inside the Rothman Center: Texas forward commitment Mike Williams from Camden, Ala.; UCLA-bound Compton, Calif., wing Arron Afflalo; and Bakersfield, Calif., center Robert Swift.

The class of the underclassmen is Andre McGee, a 5-11 rising junior from Moreno Valley, Calif., who's been hitting threes and putting up points in bunches -- but without forgetting to act like a pure point and distribute the ball first and foremost.

California dreaming?

A good bit of it, sure, but the real dream is from across the country, along Peachtree this and Peachtree that in Atlanta. Dwight is a delight.

"He's the best player here," All Star Sports' Rob Matera said. "By far. It's not even close."

Michael Kruse, who writes for the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y., is a frequent contributor to ESPN.com.