Chi-Town Tipoff, Teddy’s Saturday Takeaways

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Two Guys Stick out in 16U Flight-Powerhouse this Morning </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The first name to watch is Guard Jermaine Jones. Early on, he forced numerous turnovers on defense and created numerous buckets in transition. In addition to his defense, he showed lots of poise driving to the hoop and finishing through contact. He also hit two threes in this one and facilitated with ease all morning. Then there's Nelson Heck. The forward was a menace on defense with numerous blocked shots, forced contests, and defensive rebounds. In the second half, he showed his promise on offense. Heck scored a couple inside buckets off the pick-and-roll and had a smooth step back fadeaway baseline. Heck scored 14 points and Jones scored 18 in a 67-66 thriller.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2027's to Watch on Illinois T-Wolves</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This group of eighth graders is playing up all weekend and put on a nice showing against Chicago Lockdown. Guard [player_tooltip player_id='2823709' first='Brelen' last='Hudley'] found lots of confidence slashing to the hoop and running the floor, and gave the T-Wolves a 20-19 lead at the break. Tanav Chowdary was probably the most impressive player . The floor general is small but extremely crafty and a confident three-level scorer. He finished with a game-high 19 points. Down low was Leslie Pobee, who displayed lots of physicality and athleticism for an eighth grader. Breakaway slam in the 2nd half really impressed me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1552444' first='Carter' last='Newsome'], Simerion Carter are names to know</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Both played up a year for ICE 2025 and were varsity players as freshman this past year. [player_tooltip player_id='1552444' first='Carter' last='Newsome'] was all over the floor from the opening tip. He knocked down a couple looks early and showed excellent court awareness with some smooth no-look passes. His confidence from the floor never seemed to die off. Then there was Simerion Carter, The paint play from him was terrific. He won almost every rebound battle and was a force with the ball i the paint. Both Carter and Newsome have extremely bright futures.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I'll provide an update via Twitter on my availability for tomorrow's action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->