Devoted Defenders
Today the focus is on committed, devoted defenders. All players were scouted during the first full week of January. Xavier Shaw (Battle Ground Academy) Shaw is great dancing around the floor. He moves like a spider, seemingly the owner…
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Continue ReadingToday the focus is on committed, devoted defenders. All players were scouted during the first full week of January.
Xavier Shaw (Battle Ground Academy)
Shaw is great dancing around the floor. He moves like a spider, seemingly the owner of extra legs. Shaw’s willingness to play physical and takes some bumps make him an infuriatingly pesky defender.
Sean Williams (Battle Ground Academy)
Just a junior, Sean Williams plays with the ownership and commitment of a seasoned veteran. Williams will gleefully pressure just the ball-handler or trap and help when the coach elects to extend fullcourt. Williams plays hard for his teammates.
Ericko Sain (Jackson South Side)
Within the South Side program virtually everybody is an intense on-ball defender. They play hard all over the floor constantly pressuring and trapping. Ericko is perhaps the best of a great bunch of players when it comes to denying the passing lanes and also creating deflections.
Brandon Maclin Brandon Maclin 6'4" | SG Jackson South Side | 2021 State TN (South Side)
Brandon is the perfect example of a South Side player. His tenacity is consistent. For the last 2+ years Maclin has been stronger than his peers. He likes to introduce opponents to his physical style of play. There will be glimpses of his puffed-up chest as Maclin plays like the prototypical Alpha-male.
Riley Byron (Nolensville)
As the starting point guard, Byron routinely checks opposing ball-handlers. Byron defends those players effectively. Though slightly undersized, Byron keeps his man from getting into the most dangerous areas with the chest of a wrestler and the grit of an alley cat.