The Final Friday Starry Night

There will be no more AAU Fridays for the 17u players. They gave many summers of their lives to this and it is nearing an end. Knowing their AAU days are limited, these 2023’s played wonderfully Friday night. Blue Cain (BMaze 17u) played assertive and hungry once again. Blue’s game is well-covered and well-respected at this point. And yet he continues to produce every single time out. Greatness requires consistency and Cain’s greatness is clear each performance he gives. More than he gave earlier in his AAU career, Blue provided very good on-ball defense. He completed two impressive blocks up high. The game also included a sprinkling of Cain deflections. [player_tooltip player_id=’1273550’ first=’Shane’ last=’Cherry’] is the team’s master as disruptive hands, but Blue showed a little too. [player_tooltip player_id=’1034089’ first=’Yesan’ last=’Warren’] (BMaze 17u) made a nice impression with a made three-pointer. Yesan’s game is usually that of complimentary player, largely because he typically lines up alongside volume scorers. His high school teammates the last three years were B.J. Edwards and Blue Cain for goodness sakes. When the team needed a jolt tonight Yesan provided it with a needed three-pointer. He will never be a knockdown shooter at a high volume, but knowing he can make it will keep him in the mind of defenses.   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/Jennife58313365/status/1550574701197627392?s=20&t=GcIbCZdgfnKoe9HTg8NsCw </div></figure>   [player_tooltip player_id=’1387586’ first=’Luke’ last=’Carter’] (Pro One Select_TN Biven) filled in 14 points in a blowout win. Carson Cooke scored 10.   [player_tooltip player_id=’1029090’ first=’Lukas’ last=’Walls’] (Pro One-AL) started for Pro One in a difficult late Friday night game. Walls and his team began the game with challenged looks. They trailed for what felt like the entirety. Lukas’ used his shoulder to create a subtle bump on his way to a fastbreaking layup. The nudge helped him finish strong and sure. It was his fifth point in approximately 20 seconds’ time. Walls earned a tough two points by simply out-leaping the defense, collecting an offensive rebound, and finishing a simply layup. The rebound was the hard part. He is verbally committed to Samford University.   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsTN/status/1550661025510342658?s=20&t=GcIbCZdgfnKoe9HTg8NsCw </div></figure>   16u/15u   [player_tooltip player_id=’1220946’ first=’Andrew’ last=’Knittel’] (East TN Kings 17u) lead his team with 22 points in a win over Team Loaded CVA. He put down 16 points against CC Elite 16u. The summer overall was pretty impressive for Knittel, a proven scorer now. [player_tooltip player_id=’1034054’ first=’Bradin’ last=’Minton’] (East TN Kings 17u) helped with 17 points in the same win. [player_tooltip player_id=’1183178’ first=’Joltin’ last=’Harrison’] (East TN Kings 17u) gave 15 points in the previous game for the Kings, the loss to CC Elite.   [player_tooltip player_id=’1260610’ first=’Ty’ last=’Lannom’] (Stars North 17u) filled up the stat sheet Thursday night, much like he has all summer. Lannom recorded 12 Assists, 8 Points, 5 Rebounds, 2 Steals in a blowout win over the Wayne County Wizards.   [player_tooltip player_id=’1259395’ first=’King’ last=’Keary’] (NYBA) produced 14 points in a victory over a tough Bama Celtics team. [player_tooltip player_id=’1317052’ first=’Colin’ last=’Ayers’] (NYBA) provided 16 points. Ayers made seven free throws and managed 13 of his points in the second half. [player_tooltip player_id=’1454025’ first=’Caiden’ last=’Botts’] (NYBA) scored 10 points in the win.   [player_tooltip player_id=’1289352’ first=’Drake’ last=’Ingram’] (Pro One-TN 16u) missed a three-pointer at the buzzer in the 17u division, but did hit four three-pointers in the narrow loss, good enough for 17 points. [player_tooltip player_id=’1173208’ first=’Cross’ last=’Chadwick’] (Pro One-TN 16u) helped with 8 points. [player_tooltip player_id=’1214940’ first=’Drew’ last=’Brillhart’] (Pro One-TN 16u) poured in 10 points. [player_tooltip player_id='1522575' first='Caleb' last='Asbaty'] (Pro One-TN 16u) delivered 12 points, all on made three-pointers. Grady Robertson (Pro One-TN 16u) scored 8 points. [player_tooltip player_id=’1210772’ first=’Sam’ last=’Medalie’] (Pro One-TN 16u) managed 7 points, all in the second half.

There will be no more AAU Fridays for the 17u players. They gave many summers of their lives to this and it is nearing an end. Knowing their AAU days are limited, these 2023’s played wonderfully Friday night.

Blue Cain (BMaze 17u) played assertive and hungry once again. Blue’s game is well-covered and well-respected at this point. And yet he continues to produce every single time out. Greatness requires consistency and Cain’s greatness is clear each performance he gives. More than he gave earlier in his AAU career, Blue provided very good on-ball defense. He completed two impressive blocks up high. The game also included a sprinkling of Cain deflections. Shane Cherry Shane Cherry 5'9" | PG Academy Of Central Florida | 2025 State #353 Nation FL is the team’s master as disruptive hands, but Blue showed a little too.

Yesan Warren Yesan Warren 6'1" | SG Knoxville Catholic | 2023 State TN (BMaze 17u) made a nice impression with a made three-pointer. Yesan’s game is usually that of complimentary player, largely because he typically lines up alongside volume scorers. His high school teammates the last three years were B.J. Edwards and Blue Cain for goodness sakes. When the team needed a jolt tonight Yesan provided it with a needed three-pointer. He will never be a knockdown shooter at a high volume, but knowing he can make it will keep him in the mind of defenses.