You know it's going to explode at any second and you're going to get soaked.
"If you try to guard him with one player, you're going to find yourself in for a long night," said Iolani head coach Mark Mugiishi.
"He can pivot very quickly, he has excellent touch and a quick jump. The fact that he's also strong makes a pretty lethal combination."
Danny Alvarez, the Junior Rainbows' second-year head coach, knows just how lethal.
"Around the block, he's amazing," said Alvarez. "He has the best post moves I've seen. And he elevates so well."
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound senior, who was a first-team all-star middle blocker for the state runner-up volleyball team, is the Interscholastic League of Honolulu's co-leader in scoring (15 ppg) after four games.
He has been finding the hoop despite facing double- and triple-teaming.
But he knows he doesn't have to score to be effective.
"My coaches told me I was going to get double-teamed and they expected me to kick it out to the open man," said Neverdon.
He started to get the extra attention last season when he was averaging 20 points through the first six games. The ILH threw a big net over him and he had to learn to pass to the open man.
"The best thing about him is that he does knows when to pass the ball off," said University's 6-6 center, Darron Cambra. "He's got a great offensive game to go inside and out and he doesn't hog the ball."
But Alvarez, whose team is currently struggling at 1-3, wants Neverdon to become even more aggressive and challenge the doubling he encounters.
"If he takes it to them, I think he can beat the double team," said Alvarez.
Neverdon did step up in a 54-45 Iolani Classic loss to tough and much taller Fairfax High of Los Angeles.
In a superb performance, he scored 20 points inside and showed no fear against highly physical big-city low-post players like 6-9 Chris Osborne and 6-5 Joseph Shipp, underclassmen projected as future Division I prospects.
"I think he's going to dominate here," said Fairfax head coach Harvey Kitani after that game. "He's going to be hard to defend. He's very fundamentally sound around the basket once he gets the ball - and he can finish."
Cambra thinks Neverdon's toughness is one of his biggest assets.
"He knows how to take a hit and he knows how to move his body," he said.
"Our practices are always very intense, so he knows what it's like to be hit. We do that to him every day."
Nor is Neverdon vertically challenged. He can get high in a hurry.
"When he gets up on the alley-oop, no one can even touch him," said Cambra who sets picks for Neverdon. "It's so explosive when he throws it down."
Neverdon, whose other passion is for the saxophone, said he learned a lot about physical play against Fairfax. The program that produced NBA star Chris Mills might have been the best competition he'll face this season.
"You have to be real physical to drive in the post area against guys like they have," he said. "It's easy to get into foul trouble and they can get you out of the game real fast. I guess if I can adjust to those guys, I can adjust to anyone in the state."
Na Alii fell to 4-1 and Mililani improved to 3-1 in the Western Division.
Price's shot gave the Trojans a 49-47 lead but Aiea's Ing Aleaga was fouled with six seconds left and had a chance to tie the game with a 1-and-1 opportunity. Aleaga sank only the front end.
"It was a real team effort," said second-year Mililani head coach Darren Camello.
Orville Smith scored 11 points for Mililani and Price added 10.
Kenny Offerman and Lee George had 14 apiece for Aiea.
Aiea 10 12 15 11--48 Mililani 12 17 9 11--49Aiea: Offerman 14, Riel 0, Williams 0, Davis 4, Okano 6, Sullivan 0, George 14, Kolone 2, Aleaga 8.
Mililani: Hudson 4, Smith 11, Stevenson 7, Chin 5, Price 10, Alfar 4, Banks 0, Parker 8.
Moanalua 59, Campbell 56: At Campbell, Ramsey Williams (14) and Brian Rosado-Galindo (12) combined to score 26 of Moanalua's 33 second-half points.
The 1996 state champion Menehunes (3-0) emerged as the West's only unbeaten team as Williams finished with a game-high 25 points. Rosado-Galindo added 16.
Gerald Cook led the Sabers (2-2) with 16 points.
Moanalua 11 15 20 13--59 Campbell 10 14 18 14--56Moanalua: Jones 6, Santiago 2, Kamakura 2, Kasagi 6, Rosado-Galindo 16, Williams 25, Marshall 0, Bruce 2, Stevenson 0.
Campbell: E. Limjoco 14, A. Limjoco 4, Matanane 0, Cook 16, Raymundo 13, Viloria 2, Bumanglag 0, Clemmons 7.
Waipahu 38, Radford 37: At Waipahu, Paul Wright stole the ball and scored on a layup with four seconds left to give the Marauders (2-2) the win.
Wright, who had a game-high 19 points, scored 11 of Waipahu's 16 points in the fourth quarter.
The Rams are 1-3.
Radford 11 11 9 6--37 Waipahu 8 10 4 16--38Radford: Je. Polyascko 8, Lelie 2, Jo. Polyascko 0, Perez 13, Bumanglag 7, Hussey 0, Grisset 0, Kealoha 2, Gegruy 3, Morrow 0, Hunter 0, Leverenz 2.
Waipahu: Chang 0, Acidera 2, Aquino 4, Tailele 3, Letua 0, Takashita 0, Vasega 8, Williams 2, Wright 19.
Leilehua 65, Pearl City 37: At Leilehua, Pedro Semorile scored 19 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter as the Mules improved to 2-2 and the Chargers fell to 2-2.
Pearl City 8 13 8 8--37 Leilehua 14 11 14 26--65Pearl City: Scott 7, Shelton 0, Wanger 0, Toppen 5, Dolores 0, Inman 0, Custodio 3, Hew-Len 0, Hines 2, Chang 4, Okinaka 14, Marshall 2.
Leilehua: Rhone 19, Semorile 27, Gutierrez 0, Richey 7, Timoteo 4, Cash 3, Maines 5, Sape 0.
Waianae 74, Waialua 43: At Waianae, Stanford Evaimalo scored 15 of his game-high 21 points in the first half as the Seariders improved to 2-2 and Waialua fell to 0-4.
Waialua 7 13 17 6--43 Waianae 22 17 17 18--74Waialua: Slu 0, Fujinaga 3, Pascual 6, Amper 2, Alburo 4, Garcia 2, Lavarias 7, Yuen 2, Lagapa 5, Fuiava 10, Cabucana 2.
Waianae: Togia 0, Allen 5, Cayanan 0, Brown 4, Easley 4, Irvine 4, Jackson 3, DeMello 6, Kealoha 0, Donnell 11, Dennison 16, Fonoti 0, Evaimalo 21.
Kamehameha 48, Maryknoll 31: In the only Interscholastic League of Honolulu game, Kawena Wise scored eight of his 12 points in the first half to pace the Warriors (2-2) to a 20-14 lead at the half. Maryknoll fell to 1-4.
Kamehameha 14 6 13 15--48 Maryknoll 4 10 7 10--31Kamehameha: Winchester 12, Bello 2, Takasaki 6, Santos 2, Hachimoto 3, Ordenstein 4, Wise 12, Huihui 4, Taho 2, Lee 1, Freitas 0, Kanoa 0.
Maryknoll: Mau 4, Augustin 4, Tiwanak 0, Ward 3, Hazama 0, Almanza 2, Nip 0, Silva 2, Lee 11, Basse 0, Bassett 5.