Curtis Summer League Standouts 6/12

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I popped in to watch some summer league action at Curtis High School Monday afternoon, catching up with familiar faces and getting to know some knew names that should be guys to know for the coming years. Here's a brief look at some of the standouts from the day over the course of the three and a half games I watched.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1984497"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":1954750,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Tichenor is a quick little guard who stays ready from behind the arc and showed off a quick trigger with some nice consistency from deep. 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