Boys’ basketball: Watch out for Palisades guard

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Palisades guard Garrett Nevels has the green light to shoot from anywhere on the court this season. ‘He shoots it from deep,’ Coach James Paleno said.

The 6-foot-3 Nevels, an all-Western League pick as a junior, has improved his strength, and Paleno expects him to be a terrific three-point shooter.

‘He had a great summer,’ Paleno said.

But will he be as good as ex-Palisades standout Chip Engelland, who averaged 31 points a game in 1979, before there was a three-point line.

‘Engelland was open when he walked through the door into the gym,’ Paleno said.

Palisades returns eight players from a 17-12 team and could be a challenger to Westchester and Fairfax in the Western League.

Also on the Dolphins is 6-6 sophomore Kahlil Johnson, the brother of Oregon State’s Omari Johnson.

-- Eric Sondheimer