Team Thad 17u Begins EYBL Season Friday!
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PICTURED: Julius Thedford Julius Thedford 6'3" | SG Cordova | 2024 State #186 Nation TN .
Tennessee’s only EYBL program, Team Thad 17u, will debut their EYBL season this weekend. Since 2010 EYBL is Nike’s top AAU circuit, and bluntly the best collection of players in our entire world. Though there are always changes year-to-year, EYBL tends to host around 50-60% of the players that eventually reach the NBA level. The resources historically delivered to the program directors made them the most aggressive recruiting, at times furtively paying parents and players to join established the reputation and that reputation currently does a lot of the heavy lifting to recruit the top players now.
Team Thad
17u (TN-based players)
Emerson Tenner Jr.
Emerson
Tenner Jr.
5'11" | PG
Cordova | 2024
State
#265
Nation
TN
Team Thad
vs. Team Griffin (7 PM EST FRI)
Team Thad
vs. NY Rens (9:30 AM EST SAT)
Team Thad
vs. NW Rotary (5:00 PM EST Saturday)
Team Thad
vs. City Rocks (12:30 PM EST Sunday)
Team Griffin originates in Oklahoma. Both the NY Rens and City Rocks are New York programs. City Rocks is from Albany, but they tend to have players from numerous up-state cities. NW Rotary was founded in Seattle.
MoKan 17u (TN-based players)
Alijah Curry
Alijah
Curry
6'8" | PF
Camden | 2024
State
#314
Nation
NJ
Christian Alston
Christian
Alston
6'5" | SF
Bartlett | 2024
State
#319
Nation
TN
Julius Thedford
Julius
Thedford
6'3" | SG
Cordova | 2024
State
#186
Nation
TN
Curtis Givens
R’Chaun King
Julius Thedford Julius Thedford 6'3" | SG Cordova | 2024 State #186 Nation TN is poised for a breakout summer. Julius is a strong outside shooter with ideal lift on the jumper.
February Thedford pulled in his first D1 offer as Little Rock offered. The wing can complete a floater and adds more than catch-and-shoot. As an easy riser, Thedford is a nasty threat even after a convincing pump fake and go.
Christian Alston Christian Alston 6'5" | SF Bartlett | 2024 State #319 Nation TN is a tallish wing with D1 potential. Lithe. Athletic. Defends two positions well.
CP3 (TN-based players)
Jaye Nash
Jaye
Nash
6'2" | PG
McEachern | 2024
State
GA
Brad Beal (TN-based players)
Tyler Tanner
Tyler
Tanner
6'1" | PG
Brentwood Academy | 2024
State
#133
Nation
TN
Team Thad 17u also has a EYCL team with almost all Tennessee players, but that team will play off-sight and against non-EYBL teams. The EYCL is a brand new venture for NIKE, and hopefully it brings college coach eyeballs to our players involved.