MD Elite 17U Grassroots season Recap: Player Breakdown.
MD Elite 17U concluded a great Grassroots season finishing at 27-7 this past weekend. Head Coach for Maryland Elite 17U Azhar Shamsudeen & MD Elite Vice President & Richard Montgomery HS Assistant Coach & Assistant 17U MD Elite Coach David K. McCloud (Jewish Day School HC) are very proud of this team for their hard work & team play. MD Elite won The Spooky Nook Grassroots Tournament in Lancaster, PA earlier this season defeating a very tough DTP Elite Team from NY. Additionally, MD Elite had highlight wins over local MOCO Heat/Team Vito & Pure Basketball from PA. Coach McCloud & Coach Shamsudeen ran the MD Elite Summer League on Monday thru Thursday beginning on June 5 & both men Coached the MD Elite 17U & 16U Grassroots teams which began play in April. The amount of time & great effort many AAU & High School Coaches like MD Elite devote to their teams is astonishing and many people take this for granted. We are very impressed by the dedication, Coaching & mentoring Coach Shamsudeen & Coach McCloud give to the players & their programs. We saw improvement in the MD Elite 17U players throughout the season & look forward to covering the MD Elite 17u & 16U Grassroots teams & summer league next year.
17 & U MD Elite Team Roster:
Thomas Baer, 6’3″, 2018. BCC Barons HS. Bethesda, MD.
Thomas was the MVP of the Sumner Jam Fest Tournament & he is an excellent glue player who can hit the open shot. He is excels on defense and we will write a Recruiting Report for Thomas this month.
Anthony Desruisseau , 6’2″, CG, 2018. Springbrook HS Silver Spring, MD.
Anthony is very valuable CG who can get to the rim, facilitate, hit the the outside shot & play very good defense.
Please read our Recruiting Report for Anthony below:
:https://prephoops.com/2017/07/recruiting-report-2018-anthony-desruisseau/
Gordan Gibson, 6’8″, 2018. BCC Barons HS. Bethesda, MD.
Gordan is an excellent inside force & space eater & rebounder. He is a very good shooter from 10-15 feet. We will have a Recruiting Report for Gordan this month.
Delaino Jessup, 6’01/2″, PG, 2018. Springbrook Blue Devils HS. Silver Spring, MD.
Already an excellent all around PG, Delaino has played great this summer and we believe he can take his game up a notch thru his hard work & upside to become a D1 player. Springbrook should be a threat to make a deep run in the MD 4A playoffs for a State Title.
Please read our Recruiting Report for Delaino below:
https://prephoops.com/2017/07/recruiting-report-2018-delanio-jessup/
Alex Sanson, 6’0″, PG, 2018. Walt Whitman Vikings HS. Bethesda, MD.
Alex has NBA 3 point range up to 30 feet and brings high energy to MD Elite. If we had to compare him to an NBA player, Head MD Elite Coach David K McCloud says he would choose Goran Dragic. In the photo below we can see similar traits in Alex’s body movements to Dragic. We will post a Recruiting Report for Alex this month.
Xavier Reeves, 6’4″ WG/WF, 2018. Paint Branch HS Panthers Burtonsville, MD.
Xavier is a very underrated player with great hops, can get hot from the outside & score in bunches. He has several schools looking at him and Xavier is a stock riser. We will write a Recruiting Report for him this month.
Brandon Torbay, 2018. Good Counsel Falcons HS. Olney, MD.
Brandon is a very physical high energy player for MD Elite & impacts the game in many ways.We will post a Recruiting Report for Brandon this month.