Nike Super 16 – First Team

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend I was in Columbus Ohio for the Nike Super 16. 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He can do some u003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003especialu003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003e things on the floor that not many u003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003eelseu003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003e can. u003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003eHeu003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003e tries to dunk everything and usually does. He takes off from far away u003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003eandu003c/spanu003eu003cspan data-preserver-spaces=u0022trueu0022u003e his length allows him to finish it. 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