Tape Dont Lie: Team Trae Young 2025
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With the calendar almost to April, grassroots basketball has quickly taken off in Oklahoma. Teams have battled in state and to started to head out of state. While nothing beats the energy of in person evaluating, there is the advantage…
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Continue ReadingWith the calendar almost to April, grassroots basketball has quickly taken off in Oklahoma. Teams have battled in state and to started to head out of state. While nothing beats the energy of in person evaluating, there is the advantage of nearly every game being available to watch back online. Allowing a chance to see how Oklahoma prospects perform even when not posted up in the gym.
Today’s feature team is a look at Team Trae Young, a sponsored team that will playing a national schedule. They have a new look roster, with some of the top forward prospects in Oklahoma’s Class of 2025
There were moments during the two games that could put “Rio” in the conversation for being the best prospect in Oklahoma’s Class of 2025. He’s one of the few mobile bigs that when he pushes it himself in transition it actually looks natural. This carries over in the half court with an impressive face up game. Mix in the occasional “grown man” style block on the defensive end, and a blind man could see the potential that oozes out of the sophomore.
Right now those moments still come in bursts. The highs and potential in Adams’ game are very impressive. The next step in his development is raising his floor. One example of this is how he should be a much stronger rebounder on both ends of the court. There are times he skies with rebounds that will standout to college coaches. Those impressive rebounds and more boxing out need to become more regular occurrences. Along with better reading of attacking scenarios in the half-court.
Iron sharpens iron, if Adams thrives against the competition he’ll face on the national level, he’ll become one of the more popular D1 recruits in the region.
Parker’s continual improvement over the last 6 months has been impressive and he looks set for a productive spring and summer. The broad shouldered 2025 prospect has become more mobile, flashing some perimeter aspects to his game. But he still looked at his best when posting up on the block and being an enforcer around the rim. It was good to see his willingness to still battle around the rim, call for post ups, etc. As sometimes 6 foot 6 forwards become too obsessed with trying to be a wing and neglect the foundation that made them a good player in the first place.
To go along with his productive physical play at the rim, Parker is becoming a stretch four type with a consistent catch and shoot jumper. In the second half against Impact, he showed off that improved shooting with comfortable makes off spot up and pick and pop opportunities.
A shifty lead guard, Stephens has the change of direction and ball handling ability to get downhill in the halfcourt and pressure the defense. One of the better examples of this came in the second half vs RNJ when he hit the defender with a hesitation move on the wing and glided by him with ease. When he got inside, he’s a heady passer. Either kicking it out to open shooters or creating “hockey assist” opportunities. His vision to see tight angles and drop off passes to teammates on drives was also impressive. Stephens Jr is still trying to find the balance between playmaking and scoring himself.
There were good moments for the eastern Oklahoma post prospect on the defensive end. He battled as a rim protector and rebounder. That’s where Terrell currently brings the most value at this level. The jump in competition level and going against fellow bigs also reinforced where his biggest area of improvement needs to be. Finishing stronger and quicker. There’s nothing like live reps against good competition, making this spring critical for the developing post prospect.