GRBA Nationals: Something New

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We've all heard the saying "something old and something new". Well, I went in to GRBA National Championships with my mind set on seeing players and teams that I hadn't seen before. There was plenty of new talent for me to scope out over the course of the weekend. That being said, in the "Something New" segment of this 2 part series, I'll talk about some players that I saw for the first time last weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_62dfe22e3e19e","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Jordan Edwards","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2023","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'3u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77246","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Olentangy Orange","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='2078641' first='Mid' last='Ohio Pumas'] - Price","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Edwards was a leader and a difference maker in the backcourt for the [program_tooltip program_id='2078641' first='Mid' last='Ohio Pumas']. 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