Got out today for the scrimmage in Burlington NJ today. A lot of talent on teams like Team Takeover, Team Melo, Jersey Shore Warriors, Team Final and the Albany City Rocks. The main event was the game between Takeover and Final that was loaded with talent on the floor. DJ, Harvey, Kris Lykes, Lonnie Walker, Cam Reddish, Daron Russell etc. but my man stole the show scoring 14 of his teams first 16pts en route to 25pt 11reb 3blk effort to lead his team to a 64-53 win over Takeover. He scored in a variety of ways that included a 18foot jumper from the top of the key, a face up jumper from the baseline a jump hook, two and one finishes, a couple of dunks and 7-8 from the FT line. He played extremely well as he did in a much easier contest that Final had earlier in the day when they beat Team Melo by 30pts. Kris Lykes was good and is super quick but he is VERY SMALL!!! He might be 5-5 if he's lucky as when he stood next to Fatz, who is 5-10, he was much smaller. They actually went at and it was pretty much a standoff. Lonnie started out slow but finished pretty well with a strong 2nd half where I think he had all 12 of his points. Cam Reddish was solid today knocking a couple threes and taking it hard to the cup a few times where he finished or went to the line and knocked down FT's. DJ Harvey was virtually non -existent today. I almost wouldn't have even realized he was out there if I didn't see him standing in front of me. A real disinterested effort today IMO.
As far as other players, I liked seeing today, Sam Iorio (Jersey Shore) is a player as is Daron "Fatz"Russell. He is basically the only point guard that Final has on the roster and he shouldered the load like a champ in each game. You could see how much smoother the team ran when he had the ball in his hands.
