PH Blue Collar Standouts- Kansas Freshman Showcase

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>These blue-collar athletes are workaholics! They know how to get the job done and it starts with their effort and passion and adding their skills to the mix. Check out who stood out to us on Sunday in Kansas City Missouri!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1981792' first='Kyle' last='Perez']- Perez is a player that you never have to worry about if he is going hard or not. You see how hard he sprints and the passion when he plays that he wants to win and compete at the highest level. He is very vocal and wears his heart on his sleeve during the game. Kyle has a set shot so it always looks good when he shoots it and he usually knocks them down beyond the arc. Kyle is very unselfish on the offensive end always looking out for what's best for his teammates.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2205719' first='Liam' last='Tesmer']- Liam is explosive when he puts his head down and attacks. Tesmer knows how to get downhill on fast breaks and has the leaping ability to finish over defenders at the rim. As a defender, there's not much you can do at the rim because he is so crafty at the rim. He knows how to maneuver between the defense when they are trying to block his shot and he still puts up a good layup and converts them 9 times out of 10.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jace Drilling- Jace finishes off 2 feet well in the paint at the rim. Drilling finishes with either hand at the rim on either side which makes him a huge threat in the paint. Jace is a good passer who knows how to get everyone involved. It seemed like he made all the right passes to the right teammate at the right time. An underrated skill that Jace has and makes look easy is his ability to make post-entry passes. He does a good job of reading the defense, steps around, and makes a nice bounce pass or lob pass to the post player.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2205724' first='Nate' last='Robben']- Nate stands about 6'5"-6'6" he has really good size on his frame and uses it well, he's every guard's dream. Nate is a guy that knows his role and sticks with it. From his ability to sprint the floor to make sure he clogs up the paint on the defensive end to contest layups, he is also a threat on the offensive end. On the offensive end, he is constantly being active from either setting ball screens, or he's sitting in the dunker spot keeping great spacing for his teammates, and is ready to catch and finish when it's his turn.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jaylen Phillips Grey- At 6'4" Jaylen is extremely explosive and has a good size frame. He's not afraid to put the ball on the floor and go coast to coast with it. He can stretch the floor with his ability to knock down the 3-point shot from the wings and corner 3s. Jaylen has a quick second jump so when he goes up for a layup he's going for that rebound and is really good on both ends of the glass. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->