All-Grassroots: 17U point guards first team

<table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #fdffd6;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MVP:</span> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="745355" first="Sean" last="Pedulla"]</strong> | <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Team Buddy Buckets</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2f0f0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;">6’1" PG</td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #a60000;">Edmond Memorial ’21</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Pedulla has had a tremendous summer with Team Buddy Buckets, though it does not end until Sunday at <em>The Circuit League </em>in Dallas. The do-it-all scoring guard has shot the ball, taken it to the rack and finished with elite efficiency while also posting impressive passing and rebounding numbers. Perhaps his most prolific moment came against <em>Drive Nation</em> in Dallas, where the Edmond Memorial star notched 31 points against a team with high-major prospects top-to-bottom in a narrow loss.</p> <hr /> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="938861" first="Israel" last="Hart"]</strong> | <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Next Level</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2f0f0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;">6’2" PG</td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #be8900;">Midwest City ’21</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Hart was among the summer’s biggest winners as he leveraged himself into great recruiting position, earned offers and flat-out <em>balled</em> for Next Level. In his first season with the team, Hart was excellent as its primary scorer, facilitator and defensive guard. Hart’s athleticism showed this summer as he played at or above the rim with little trouble, and his iQ adjusted with it, allowing him to become one of the most capable slashing guards in the state.</p> <hr /> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="931235" first="J’Lynn" last="Counter"]</strong> |<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Oklahoma Chaos</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="height: 21px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2f0f0;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 21px;"> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 21px;">6’2" PG</td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 21px;"><strong><span style="color: #000592;">Southmoore ’20*</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Counter’s post-senior summer may have been one of the most advantageous post-graduate summers in recent memory as he shredded through competition each weekend. The point guard, who transferred to Southmoore in his senior season and played a pivotal glue role, had the opportunity to showcase a vast arsenal of offensive skills with Oklahoma Chaos this summer, and his ability to escape adherent defenders and double-teams before finishing with finesse near the rim, while his shooting capabilities were just as potent.</p> <hr /> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="745366" first="Landry" last="Harris"]</strong> | <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oklahoma Power</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2f0f0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;">5’11" PG</td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #003ad5;">Edmond North ’21</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Among his innumerable talents, Harris’s instinct may be the part of his game that makes the most impact on the floor. He is as intuitive as you will find with the rock in his hands, and it shows when he dips, cuts and slices through opposing defenses to get the ball to scorers on the perimeter or take it to the rack himself.</p> <hr /> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="938854" first="George" last="McCurdy"]</strong></span> | <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tulsa Hawks</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="height: 22px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2f0f0;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 22px;">6’2" PG</td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: #9f7502;">Broken Arrow ’21</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>McCurdy was a capable, reliable two-way presence for Tulsa Hawks all summer. He handled all of the routine duties of a point guard, including defending the ball, slashing, passing and shooting, though it was his high-motor and big play in pivotal moments that impressed the most. He took few possessions for granted was a hellacious presence on the defensive end, thieving the ball from scorers and shutting down slashers at the perimeter. </p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[player_tooltip player_id="745359" first="Marlo" last="Fox"]</span></strong> | <span style="font-size: 10pt;">OK PWP</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f2f0f0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;">6’0" PG</td> <td style="width: 50%; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #e0b700;">Sand Springs ’21</span></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>One of the most fundamentally-sound, athletic scoring guards in the division, Fox followed a stellar season at Sand Springs with his best grassroots season to-date in his senior summer. He pulled all the stops offensively, fulfilling a unique role for PWP that placed the ball in his hands most possessions with central play-making duties. Whether it was him slicing through defenses to take the ball to the hole himself, drawing defenders to the lane to pass or anything in-between, many of PWP's most productive possessions started with the ball in his hands, and he flourished.</p>