Carson Edwards MVP (Houston Defenders Elite)This tournament gave us b’ball fanatics in the Lone Star State an early peak at what the two mega-metropolitan cities talent look like in the classes of 2016 and 2017. Although we were expected to see some teams get completely overwhelmed, instead we were treated with some pleasant surprises. However, some of last year’s stars started this new season stronger than how they finished last year. All in all, the crowds were huge and the games were great, but at the end, the Houston side drove away with the title.
MVP
Carson Edwards #3 Defenders Select 2016
The ManChild’ was at his best, attacking and creating havoc for the opposing teams. He went hard on both ends of the court showing why he has been one of the top backcourt players in the state since the 4th grade and he doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.
Top Performers Part 2
A.J. Lawson #32 Texas PRO
‘NastyRoc’ was firing it up from everywhere, dunking all tournament long, gave many sweet moves to get to the rack, and had many block parties every game. He also got the most oohs and aahs from the crowds.
Josh Parrish #1 Texas Elite
‘TooReal’ was all that and more, displaying a much improved jumpshot that was on the mark all tournament-long. His slashing abilities were still second to none. An awesome defender and can bang with the best of them including the bigs’. This 6’2” stud averaged 20 per game and could have easily been mentioned as MVP.
Cam McGriff #32 DFW Defenders Select
The Eraser’ was at his best again, jamming in his own block party, dunking a few, displayed a nice midrange jumper’ that was more than impressive. He also showed off a nice interior passing game to boot. This kid is bringing it tournament after tournament.
D.D. Henry #1 Team Bizness
This point guard did it all for his team, breaking defenses down was no problem, knocking down big shots from anywhere on the floor was even easier, defending the opposing team’s top player wasn’t a hard for him to contain either. He rebounds, jumps passing lanes, and runs his team to perfection.
D.J. Jemerson #6 Gulf Coast Blue Chips
The Big Fella’ was flying around the floor every game, crashing the boards, hitting the floor for loose balls, and finding every way possible to come up the ball and make a play that kept giving his team possessions. I was extremely impressed by his stamina and energy, he made plays on both ends of the court.
J.R. Adams #13 Houston Defenders
This young man was on the offensive end stronger than ever. He hit long range shots, midrange shots, and even penetrated to the ‘hole’ with extreme ease throughout. This ‘dude’ makes plays for his teammates too and I enjoyed watching this young man play.
Robert Martin #1 Texas PRO
This point guard has settled into the captain of the ship role and doesn’t show any signs of letting anyone else drive his team. He dropped some dimes that had us all wondering how great his potential can be. He continued to hit big shots after big shots. He rebounded the rock as if he was one of the bigs’.
‘NastyRoc’ was firing it up from everywhere, dunking all tournament long, gave many sweet moves to get to the rack, and had many block parties every game. He also got the most oohs and aahs from the crowds.
Josh Parrish #1 Texas Elite‘TooReal’ was all that and more, displaying a much improved jumpshot that was on the mark all tournament-long. His slashing abilities were still second to none. An awesome defender and can bang with the best of them including the bigs’. This 6’2” stud averaged 20 per game and could have easily been mentioned as MVP.
Cam McGriff #32 DFW Defenders Select
The Eraser’ was at his best again, jamming in his own block party, dunking a few, displayed a nice midrange jumper’ that was more than impressive. He also showed off a nice interior passing game to boot. This kid is bringing it tournament after tournament.
D.D. Henry #1 Team BiznessThis point guard did it all for his team, breaking defenses down was no problem, knocking down big shots from anywhere on the floor was even easier, defending the opposing team’s top player wasn’t a hard for him to contain either. He rebounds, jumps passing lanes, and runs his team to perfection.
D.J. Jemerson #6 Gulf Coast Blue Chips
The Big Fella’ was flying around the floor every game, crashing the boards, hitting the floor for loose balls, and finding every way possible to come up the ball and make a play that kept giving his team possessions. I was extremely impressed by his stamina and energy, he made plays on both ends of the court.
J.R. Adams #13 Houston DefendersThis young man was on the offensive end stronger than ever. He hit long range shots, midrange shots, and even penetrated to the ‘hole’ with extreme ease throughout. This ‘dude’ makes plays for his teammates too and I enjoyed watching this young man play.
Robert Martin #1 Texas PRO
This point guard has settled into the captain of the ship role and doesn’t show any signs of letting anyone else drive his team. He dropped some dimes that had us all wondering how great his potential can be. He continued to hit big shots after big shots. He rebounded the rock as if he was one of the bigs’.
