Northeast Showdown: More Fresh Faces

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Northeast Showdown took place at Desert Pines High School Saturday November 25th. The event signaled the start of the high school basketball season and featured 12 teams and 6 games. Several players used the event to make a name for themselves. Here's a look at some additional new players that made a name for themselves from the event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1524335"],"_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":"I saw Durant earlier in the week and was impressed with the attitude that he brought to the team. He showed a lot of dawg both then and on Saturday. 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