Prep Hoops Top 250: Team 3 Evaluations

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He can block shots and I really liked the way that he defended ball screens, doing a great job getting out to hedge the screen and then scramble back to his man.","_player_evaluations_7_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":8,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"align":"","mode":"edit"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Note: [player_tooltip player_id='1367397' first='Lincoln' last='Cantrall'] was also on Team 3, but was already written about in the Gamechangers article.</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->