I always get a kick out of watching the younger players get after it, the score never matters to me because I'm a REAL evaluator that understands the small things that turn out to be big, also the #sizedontmatter players that can play but the abundance of talent on this PLATFORM that will be household names had me beaming as well as those who already showing signs so here are some of my standouts from the teams I caught in the 4th Grade Division, won by Wet Texas Canes 2030
Ashten Childs (West Texas Canes 2030) long and athletic is the base, always and always will but she's already adding intangibles like playing the passing lane and going after everything off the rim. Her floater is nice and she has good timing to block shots
Makayla Jefferson (West Texas Canes 2030) is one of those #sizedontmatter guards that JUST DID IT for me. She scores both off the dribble and using the pull-up jumper but watching her "on the ball" defense as well as playing the passing lane was more than solid
Bhrecklyn Robertson (WestTexas Canes 2030) also played the passing lane and used her athleticism well on both ends, defending baseline to baseline or attacking the basket powerfully
Adelina Kennard (West Texas Canes 2030) showed she could create her shot under pressure to either attack the rim and finish with contact or shoot the jumper
Ariana Medlock (True Texas Hoops 2030 National) scary upside for this young lady as she already has the frame to damage in the paint but watching her rebound and go coast to coast to finish was very impressive, and so was her rebounding on both ends
Aaliyah Spencer (True Texas Hoops 2030 National) her court vision alone sold me and playing under control and making the right passes is ahead of her years. She's also long and athletic, even showed the EURO
Kennedy Vation (Team Phenom) is long and athletic, attacked strongly from multiple angles, and played the passing lane
Jordan Dawson (Hoop Society 2030) athletic guard that scored off the dribble as well as showed the jumper but she saw the floor and handled the ball well under pressure
Stella Wall (True Texas Hoops 2030 Blue) is long and athletic, yeah that's still the base but add UPS to her pluses as well as her ability to finish strongly after contact
Kinley Walker ( Texas Heat 2030) scored off the dribble multiple times but her ability to dish the ball while attacking was nice, so was her intensity on both ends of the court