Underrated Watchlist 17U: Hard Work Finals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It is finally FINALS week! This is easily one of my favorite events of the AAU season. This is a bracketed event, so every game is that much more important if teams care about moving on. With every win, the stakes and pressure get amped up. If a team is lucky enough to make it to Sunday undefeated, they will love the atmosphere! Will any of the teams from the Dakotas make a deep run at the Hard Work Region Finals?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In this Watchlist article, PHD is commenting on one underrated player from each 17U team that comes from North Dakota &amp; South Dakota.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Games begin at 1:00 PM in the Twin Cities Metro on Friday! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"30px","fontStyle":"italic","fontWeight":"800"}}} --> <p style="font-size:30px;font-style:italic;font-weight:800">Best of Luck at the FINALS!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":1518701,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/hardworkregionfinals-2-1.jpg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/hardworkregionfinals-2-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-1518701" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Underrated Player Watchlist</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1179065"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cemu003eu003cspan style=u0022text-decoration: underlineu0022u003eWHY?u003c/spanu003eu003c/emu003e A long wing/SG that impacts the game from 3-point land, extended range, gets hot in a hurry, knockdown from FT","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_1_player":["1557677"],"_player_evaluations_1_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"u003cemu003eu003cspan style=u0022text-decoration: underlineu0022u003eWHY?u003c/spanu003eu003c/emu003e Watch him jump once u0026amp; you will realize he is a next-level athlete, constantly improving, becoming more polished","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_2_player":["1512466"],"_player_evaluations_2_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"u003cspan style=u0022text-decoration: underlineu0022u003eWHY?u003c/spanu003e The Packer is a speed demon! 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