Orange State Classic: The Standouts

The Orange State Classic hosted by Team Tampa, was held over the past weekend. I got a chance to view a few teams but could not see everyone due to it being over 80 teams in attendance. There was a lot of high level competition with games being close wire to wire.   The Standouts: Jordan Daughtry - (Bartow Blazers)lightning quick guard with superior handles, gets into lane at will and gets up into opposing offenders. Josh Simons - (Bartow Blazers) Posts hard and rebounds well. Gilbert Jean - (Team X-factor) Fierce slasher, finishes above the rim. Kamalii Findley - (Team Tampa) big guy who can play inside and out at a high level. Defended and rebounded at a high level also. Jalen Brown - (Team Tampa) guard who can light it up quick. Saw 1 stretch where he made 4 consecutive shots from deep. Andrew Johnson - (Team Tampa) Shooter with surprising bounce. He had several shots from deep and some nice chase down blocks. Jaelen Jackson - (Grind Mode) Outstanding defender and spot up shooter. Nolan Proctor - (Grind Mode) High flyer, had a few thunderous dunks and blocks. Jerimiah Bars - (Grind Mode) ultimate play maker and slasher, makes others better. Raysean Cebailor - (BWB Elite) has nice mid range game, solid defender. Louis Deschouwer - (Crossover Kings) a solid guard who had highlight worthy passes and knocked down timely shots. Jacobi Roberts - (Crossover Kings) great rebounder, decisive on the block when posting. Mike Malagies - (Dream Nation FL) scorer with unlimited range. he didn't see a shot he didn't like and made defenses pay for mistakes. Danny Krueger - (Dream Nation FL) Floor general, pushed the rock for easy buckets and found shooters when they were open. Jalen Brown - (Demons 2021) Hard worker, post hard and finishes good in traffic.   Up and coming 2022 to watch: Dominic Gooden - Team Tampa Dillon Mitchell - Team Tampa Trevor Dyson - Team Tampa Javohn Thomas - Team 100 Tampa Kevis Parker - Lakeland Fire Christain Combs - Lakeland Fire Jordy Lawry - Lakeland Fire