"...encourage each other and build each other up..." (1 Thessalonians 5:11 NLT)alentod-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit islf-given; be careful - Wooden
TEAMWORK! ECCLESIATES 4:12 - Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Proverb 16: 10 A good leader motivates, doesn't mislead, doesn't exploite can’t see what’s in your heart—they can only see what you do
T.D. Jakes Ministries/The Potter's House
Success is not an accident. It’s not something that just happens to you; it’s something you do. You don’t break a world record running a relay just because you felt like running one day. True success is earned in the trenches of hard work.
@BigShotsSkills: Team Turner back to back to back title appearances at BIG SHOTS. Advance to BIG SHOTS Baltimore Certified Championship vs Cincinnati Phenoms
Eleanor Roosevelt forward Lerenzo Foote impressed while playing with Team Turner. Out of the structured Eleanor Roosevelt system, Foote showed he has more range and versatility to his game than previously believed. At 6-foot-5, Foote is considered a "tweener" caught between the 3 and 4 positions, but showed that he could get the job done regardless of position. He was extremely aggressive on the boards and made his presence felt on both sides of the ball. Foote could be a really solid pickup for a Division III or JUCO program
Cedric Hines, PG, Gwynn Park, 2014 (AAU: Team Turner 17U)
Hines is a fairly under-the-radar point guard who operates well with the pieces around him. A patient and creative halfcourt player, Hines is an above-average passer and makes the most of dribble penetration. The Gwynn Park junior isn't a major scoring threat but makes an impact on the game offensively and has an impressive defensive mentality and measured approach.
Hines is a fairly under-the-radar point guard who operates well with the pieces around him. A patient and creative halfcourt player, Hines is an above-average passer and makes the most of dribble penetration. The Gwynn Park junior isn't a major scoring threat but makes an impact on the game offensively and has an impressive defensive mentality and measured approach.
2013 Team Turner Basketball 17U
Team Turner Basketball 17u
@BigShotsSkills: Cardiac kids of Team Turner 17 square off against Maryland recruit Melo Trimble in 17u Orange Gold Championship in BIG SHOTS DCA.
@BigShotsSkills: Anwar Mack's jumper from the top of the key in sudden death pushes DC Tip-Off champions Team Turner into title game vs DCA Gold 18.
@BigShotsSkills: Cedric Hines 2014 5'9 PG Gwynn Park (MD) (Team Turner) lefty PG never disappoints. LM- potential with another year to develop.
2013 Big Shot DC Champs!
PANGO EAST FRESHMEN/SOPH CAMP 2012
Great weekend for Team Turner Bball as they had a great weekend even though we lost in Championship of the DMVelite Tournament! Now let get ready to play at Rucker Park in New York City on Wednesday! Thanks again Gregory Ebc Marius for given my program a chance to play there! GODBLESS!
Great JOB Team Proud of this Team
Great Defense Aaron
KENNER/NIKE PRO CITY LEAGUE 2012
Bobby Maze, Derrick Character, Isiah Tate, Coach Roderick Turner and the 2012 Nike Pro City Team
Kenner League/Nike Pro City Regular Season Schedule:
Team name is EMERY!
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - Time 7:30pm - can't be stop vs. EMERY
Sunday, July 15, 2012 - Time 4:00pm - EMERY vs. the tombs
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - Time 5:20pm - higher level vs. EMERY
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Time 8:50pm - EMERY vs. premier athlelic
Friday, July 27, 2012 - Time 8:50pm - EMERY vs. dcx
Saturday, July 28, 2012 - Time 6:40pm - awash vs. EMERY
Team name is EMERY!
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - Time 7:30pm - can't be stop vs. EMERY
Sunday, July 15, 2012 - Time 4:00pm - EMERY vs. the tombs
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - Time 5:20pm - higher level vs. EMERY
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Time 8:50pm - EMERY vs. premier athlelic
Friday, July 27, 2012 - Time 8:50pm - EMERY vs. dcx
Saturday, July 28, 2012 - Time 6:40pm - awash vs. EMERY
Tombs 96 Emery Heights Elite 72
Men at Work: "It's a Mistake" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7jm1WwaXs
And then sometimes, good Kenner League games come out of nowhere. Tombs-Emery could have been a decent matchup on paper, since any Rodney Turner-coached squad tends to give GU teams fits (he's knocked GU teams out of the playoffs in multiple
seasons, and last year's Tombs-Turner quarterfinal required a last-second winner from Mikael Hopkins.) Competitively, the game was a dud: Tombs went up 23-15 after Ol' Rodney took a technical foul ten minutes into the first half, and it was never close after that. But from a Georgetown perspective, there was a lot to like in a 24-point blowout.
Today's Tombs performance was up there with the best last year's Trawick-Whittington-Porter-Hopkins squad offered in terms of teamwork, offensive balance, and execution. Such was the completeness of the effort that John Caprio and David Allen shared the scoring lead for most of the first half, and every Tombs player was in double figures midway through the second half. Only one Tombs player truly struggled during the game, and in the second half the team made such a concerted effort to get him involved that he finished as the second leading scorer despite being scoreless at the half. The 15 combined assists for the 5 Hoyas on the Tombs is a very high total for the Kenner League, and reflects the level of
teamwork on display.
It made irrelevant the fact that the game wasn't close and lacked drama, save for one play in the final seconds: with both defenses having called off any pressure, Aaron Bowen dribbled uncontested down court and soared in for a dunk. He missed the jam, but the rebound fell into Caprio's lap, giving the Hoya walk-on a Kenner League double-double.
Men at Work: "It's a Mistake" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7jm1WwaXs
And then sometimes, good Kenner League games come out of nowhere. Tombs-Emery could have been a decent matchup on paper, since any Rodney Turner-coached squad tends to give GU teams fits (he's knocked GU teams out of the playoffs in multiple
seasons, and last year's Tombs-Turner quarterfinal required a last-second winner from Mikael Hopkins.) Competitively, the game was a dud: Tombs went up 23-15 after Ol' Rodney took a technical foul ten minutes into the first half, and it was never close after that. But from a Georgetown perspective, there was a lot to like in a 24-point blowout.
Today's Tombs performance was up there with the best last year's Trawick-Whittington-Porter-Hopkins squad offered in terms of teamwork, offensive balance, and execution. Such was the completeness of the effort that John Caprio and David Allen shared the scoring lead for most of the first half, and every Tombs player was in double figures midway through the second half. Only one Tombs player truly struggled during the game, and in the second half the team made such a concerted effort to get him involved that he finished as the second leading scorer despite being scoreless at the half. The 15 combined assists for the 5 Hoyas on the Tombs is a very high total for the Kenner League, and reflects the level of
teamwork on display.
It made irrelevant the fact that the game wasn't close and lacked drama, save for one play in the final seconds: with both defenses having called off any pressure, Aaron Bowen dribbled uncontested down court and soared in for a dunk. He missed the jam, but the rebound fell into Caprio's lap, giving the Hoya walk-on a Kenner League double-double.
Emery Nick Faust and Alex Len
Ron Bailey, Publisher
Sunday's action was solid.
July 10, 2012 - Last weekend was Nike Pro City 2012’s first, with college and professional players descending upon Georgetown’s McDonough Arena to lace ‘em up. These are brief notes regarding several participating players of note on Sunday.
Nick Faust, 6’5” Soph, G, Maryland (Emery Heights Elite) – It’s clear Faust has been working on his point guard skills, particularly patting the rock, as native of B’More’s Westside consistently dribbled the ball, particularly driving it to the hole. Indicated in fact that is his focus, as the Terps may have him in more of a ball handling role this year. Showed he’s better at getting the ball in the lane. Finished with 27 points on Sunday.
That's Alex Len attacking the baseline against GW frosh, Kevin Larsen.
He drove so much, it was to the detriment of displaying his mid-range game; Faust did take and sink long balls, but didn’t display much stop and pop action. His point guard instincts are a work in progress too, as Nick had a number of unnecessary turnovers attempting the force the ball through drive or pass, in half court and fast break action.
Alex Len, 7’0” Soph, C, Maryland (Emery Heights Elite) – A long, finesse big man, Len excelled at facing from mid-range and attacking, including one eye-popping move where he literally looked like a guard in dipping his shoulder and beating a defender to the baseline. Len is also a fairly natural shot blocker who commands solid timing. Dropped 21 points.
Len, weighing around 230 pounds must get stronger, but also should focus on his back to the basket game, as his footwork and ability to take a bump are not the best. He understands this.
Sunday's action was solid.
July 10, 2012 - Last weekend was Nike Pro City 2012’s first, with college and professional players descending upon Georgetown’s McDonough Arena to lace ‘em up. These are brief notes regarding several participating players of note on Sunday.
Nick Faust, 6’5” Soph, G, Maryland (Emery Heights Elite) – It’s clear Faust has been working on his point guard skills, particularly patting the rock, as native of B’More’s Westside consistently dribbled the ball, particularly driving it to the hole. Indicated in fact that is his focus, as the Terps may have him in more of a ball handling role this year. Showed he’s better at getting the ball in the lane. Finished with 27 points on Sunday.
That's Alex Len attacking the baseline against GW frosh, Kevin Larsen.
He drove so much, it was to the detriment of displaying his mid-range game; Faust did take and sink long balls, but didn’t display much stop and pop action. His point guard instincts are a work in progress too, as Nick had a number of unnecessary turnovers attempting the force the ball through drive or pass, in half court and fast break action.
Alex Len, 7’0” Soph, C, Maryland (Emery Heights Elite) – A long, finesse big man, Len excelled at facing from mid-range and attacking, including one eye-popping move where he literally looked like a guard in dipping his shoulder and beating a defender to the baseline. Len is also a fairly natural shot blocker who commands solid timing. Dropped 21 points.
Len, weighing around 230 pounds must get stronger, but also should focus on his back to the basket game, as his footwork and ability to take a bump are not the best. He understands this.
University of Maryland Alex Len
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
2012 Kenner
movie script just waiting to be written about Coaches Symonds and Turner. Only pressing question: what
hilariously ill-fitting profession do you choose for the lead characters? I'm thinking astronauts who recruit a rag-tag crew of former Maryland and GW players for a mission to Mars. I'd pay the price of a Kenner League hot dog to watch Byron Mouton and Pops Mensah-Bonsu floating around in zero G's.
In space...no one can hear you scream.
The Commodores: "High on Sunshine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqcDwNc7KTk
Emery Heights Elite 82 Hoop Magic 72
In Kenner...no one can read the schedule. We start as per normal about 10 minutes after the hour due to one team's difficulty rustling up a full roster in a timely manner. Emery Heights began with a crew of six with Aaron Bowen the odd man out at tipoff (though he entered a moment or two later).
Emery is a returning-player house team for the University of Maryland, and their roster features Terps Nick Faust and center Alex Len, who showed the interplay expected of two teammates--if Len consistently passes well from the high post, that's a dangerous weapon in the ACC. One reason it's valuable to play returning centers with their perimeter teammates is the understanding they pick up in Kenner League. We saw the same last summer with Henry Sims and Markel Starks.
Faust's early scoring run paced Emery to an early 21-14 lead. So far this weekend, the team that takes the first significant lead doesn't relinquish it easily, and indeed Emery controlled the remainder of the proceedings. After leading by close to 20 points, Emery repelled a small Hoop Magic surge and, 6 consecutive intentional fouls later (in Kenner League...the fans can't hear you call off the dogs), Emery had a 10 point victory.
hilariously ill-fitting profession do you choose for the lead characters? I'm thinking astronauts who recruit a rag-tag crew of former Maryland and GW players for a mission to Mars. I'd pay the price of a Kenner League hot dog to watch Byron Mouton and Pops Mensah-Bonsu floating around in zero G's.
In space...no one can hear you scream.
The Commodores: "High on Sunshine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqcDwNc7KTk
Emery Heights Elite 82 Hoop Magic 72
In Kenner...no one can read the schedule. We start as per normal about 10 minutes after the hour due to one team's difficulty rustling up a full roster in a timely manner. Emery Heights began with a crew of six with Aaron Bowen the odd man out at tipoff (though he entered a moment or two later).
Emery is a returning-player house team for the University of Maryland, and their roster features Terps Nick Faust and center Alex Len, who showed the interplay expected of two teammates--if Len consistently passes well from the high post, that's a dangerous weapon in the ACC. One reason it's valuable to play returning centers with their perimeter teammates is the understanding they pick up in Kenner League. We saw the same last summer with Henry Sims and Markel Starks.
Faust's early scoring run paced Emery to an early 21-14 lead. So far this weekend, the team that takes the first significant lead doesn't relinquish it easily, and indeed Emery controlled the remainder of the proceedings. After leading by close to 20 points, Emery repelled a small Hoop Magic surge and, 6 consecutive intentional fouls later (in Kenner League...the fans can't hear you call off the dogs), Emery had a 10 point victory.
KENNER LEAGUE WRAP-UP, DAY 1Welcome to the first installment of The Hoya’s 2012 Nike Pro-City League (more commonly known as the Kenner League) coverage. We’ll be here as often as possible, especially when Hoya-stacked Clyde’s and The Tombs are playing.
Redshirt sophomore guard Aaron Bowen was the only Georgetown representative in action tonight, but we stopped in for the opener anyway. Without further ado, here’s the quick version of Friday night’s action, Higher Level vs. Can’t Be Stop and Emery Heights Elite vs. On Point.
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THE GOOD: George Mason/Maryland
Several Patriots made appearances for green-clad Higher Level, and both guard Bryon Allen and forward Anali Okoloji showed off some particularly flashy moves. Obviously it’s partially due to the freewheeling nature of summer league ball, but it looks like our CAA neighbors might be fun to watch this year.
UMD had an impressive showing tonight as well. Emery Heights Elite’s Nick Faust was particularly nasty, scoring six straight at one point, showing off a silky jumper and throwing down a rim-rattling dunk (and the foul) that brought the house down
Redshirt sophomore guard Aaron Bowen was the only Georgetown representative in action tonight, but we stopped in for the opener anyway. Without further ado, here’s the quick version of Friday night’s action, Higher Level vs. Can’t Be Stop and Emery Heights Elite vs. On Point.
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THE GOOD: George Mason/Maryland
Several Patriots made appearances for green-clad Higher Level, and both guard Bryon Allen and forward Anali Okoloji showed off some particularly flashy moves. Obviously it’s partially due to the freewheeling nature of summer league ball, but it looks like our CAA neighbors might be fun to watch this year.
UMD had an impressive showing tonight as well. Emery Heights Elite’s Nick Faust was particularly nasty, scoring six straight at one point, showing off a silky jumper and throwing down a rim-rattling dunk (and the foul) that brought the house down
Coach Roderick Turner, Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert and D. Townes
Trademarks: John Thompson Jr. on the far corner titled back in his large wooden chair, Coach Rodney Turner molding men in Kenner League with a whirlwind of energy, emotion and screaming, the Exodus -- you'll be surprised at how full McDonough gets during a Tombs games... but the real magic is how quickly the place empties out. Unfortunately, numerous injuries tend to be part of Kenner lore as well. (PLEASE for Georgetown's sake have Moses's knee injury last year be a one summer fluke)
Team Turner 16u Roster
- Justin Crosby (1) 16/11th grade 6'1/190 Westfield High School/Westfield, Ma.
- Kevin Jackson (8) 15/10th grade 5'9/165
- Tyron White (5) 16/11th grade 6'0/160 Rockville HS/Rockville, MD.
- Greg Gaither Jr.(6) 16/11th grade 6'4/180 Old Mill HS/Owning Mills/MD.
- Jared Stape (7) 15/10th grade 5'11/150 BCC/Rockville/MD.
- Michael Porter (2) 15/10th grade 5'9/140 St.Vincent Pallotti Prep/Laurel, MD.
- James Thompson (10) 17/11th grade 5'9/140 Woodrow Wilson HS/Washington, D.C.
- Tyler Reeves 15/10th grade 6'1/160
Attention: There will be no AAU games for the next 2 weeks while the players attend Basketball Camps! Next schedule game is Friday, July 6, 2012 in New York City Rucker Park. Learn something in camp! Hard Work!
Me and Coach John Thonpson II
Me and nephew Geno Turner
Georgetown Basketball Camp Week 2
Georgetown Men's Basketball Camp 2012
Team Turner Upcoming Schedule: (June 16-17)
The Potomac Valley Basketball Father's Day Tournament - Bowie City Gym - 4100 Northview Drive - Bowie, Maryland 20716
Team Turner Results: (June 9-10)
HC Elite Metro Classic -
Saturday June 9, 2012 -
2:45 pm - Team Turner 57 vs. hoopmaster 27
5:00 pm - Team Turner 45 vs. liberty wildcats 43
12:15pm - Team Turner 53 vs, district blue 38
2:30pm - Team Turner 50 vs. md trailblazers 30
Championship Game: Team Turner 32 vs. hoopmaster 36
Meadowbrook Athletic Complex -5001 Meadowbrook Lane - Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
Saturday June 9, 2012 -
2:45 pm - Team Turner 57 vs. hoopmaster 27
5:00 pm - Team Turner 45 vs. liberty wildcats 43
12:15pm - Team Turner 53 vs, district blue 38
2:30pm - Team Turner 50 vs. md trailblazers 30
Championship Game: Team Turner 32 vs. hoopmaster 36
Meadowbrook Athletic Complex -5001 Meadowbrook Lane - Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
TEAM TURNER 2012 HCELITE METRO CLASSIC RUNNER-UP
Team Turner Result : (May 26-27)
MAY 26-27 | BIG SHOTS RICHMOND MEMORIAL WEEKEND
1st round: TEAM TURNER 56 vs. Carolina dons 50
2nd round: TEAM TURNER 58 vs. team impact 48
Championship (White Division) TEAM TURNER 61 vs. Fredrickburg 38
Richmond, VA (VCU Siegel Center)
1st round: TEAM TURNER 56 vs. Carolina dons 50
2nd round: TEAM TURNER 58 vs. team impact 48
Championship (White Division) TEAM TURNER 61 vs. Fredrickburg 38
Richmond, VA (VCU Siegel Center)
TEAM TURNER 2012 BIG SHOTS/RICHMOND WHITE DIVISION CHAMPS! 3-0
Team Turner BIG SHOTS/Richmond
Coach Turner drawing up a play
Team Turner Upcoming Schedule: (May 18-19)
Team Turner vs. the heights - Friday May 18, 2012 - 8:00pm - Silver Spring Boys and Girls Club
Team Turner vs. maryland maverick - Saturday May 19, 2012 - 2:30pm -Emery Recreational Center - Remember the will to win has to come from within! Let's GO TEAM TURNER!
Team Turner vs. maryland maverick - Saturday May 19, 2012 - 2:30pm -Emery Recreational Center - Remember the will to win has to come from within! Let's GO TEAM TURNER!
Team Turner Upcoming event: (May 5-6)
6TH MAN SPORTS PRESENTS
BEST OF THE BEST SPRING CLASSIC- Northern Virginia SportPlex (4810 Murdock Street Chantilly, VA 20151) - Saturday May 5, 2012 - 4:10pm - TEAM TURNER vs. dc hoyas - 8:50pm - TEAM TURNER vs. maryland maverick/ Sunday May 6, 2012 - 11:40am - TEAM TURNER vs. team impact! The will to win has to come from within! let's go TEAM TURNER!
BEST OF THE BEST SPRING CLASSIC- Northern Virginia SportPlex (4810 Murdock Street Chantilly, VA 20151) - Saturday May 5, 2012 - 4:10pm - TEAM TURNER vs. dc hoyas - 8:50pm - TEAM TURNER vs. maryland maverick/ Sunday May 6, 2012 - 11:40am - TEAM TURNER vs. team impact! The will to win has to come from within! let's go TEAM TURNER!
Team Turner results for (April 21-22)
Good weekend for our Team Turner 17u squad as they went 2-1 in the Run N' Gun Classic in Richmond, Va.! Won the 1st game against the Va. tarheels 54-42 with a balance scoring attack! And in the second game with great all around team play beat the Alexandria Kings 51-44! But in the 3rd and final game of the evening lost to the shooting stars 58-38. Great job and remember we are building this program one game at a time! One Team, One Goal, ONE DREAM!
Upcoming Team Turner Schedule: (April 21-22, 2012)
ATTENTION: There is a Schedule Change for this upcoming weekend. Team Turner 16u will play in the Run N' Gun Classic in Richmond, Virginia. All games will be played at the U-Turn Sports Complex - Game schedule is as follow: Saturday, April, 21 - Game 1 -2:20pm TEAM TURNER vs. Va. Tarheels/ Game 2 -4:40pm TEAM TURNER vs. Alexandria Kings/ Game 3 - 9:20pm TEAM TURNER vs. Shooting Stars. Remember we are building this program One Game at a time! One Team, One Goal, ONE DREAM!
Game time: Good luck to our 16u Tournament in this weekend (April 14-15, 2012) Big Shot/DC Assault Tournament located at Catholic University. First game is at 1:40pm. Remember Together, Everyone, Achieves, More: TEAM! Below is a download file for our bracket. Talking is over! One Team, One Goal, ONE DREAM!
| bigshotsdca16ubluebracket_1.pdf |
Some of the players that have played in Coach Roderick Turner program and let me thanks all of you!: Russell Westbrook (THUNDERS), Grevis Vasquez (Hornets), Jeff Green (Celtics), Roy Hibbert (Pacers), Brandon Jennings (BUCKS), Nolan Smith (Trailblazers), DeMarcus Cousin (Kings), Rebekkah Brunson (Lynxs), Monique Currie (Mystics), Mike Dunlevy Jr. (BUCKS),Mike Beasley (Timberwolves), Ater Majok (LAKERS), Thomas Robinson (Kansas), Hollis Thompson (Georgetown), Sean Mosley (Maryland), Aaron Ware (George Washington), Roger Mason Jr. (Wizards), Quinn Cook (DUKE), Terrell Stokley (Maryland), Donald Dotson Jr. (Southwest Missouri State), Sam Cassell (Wizards Asst. Coach), Givon Crump (Fresno State), Vicki Brick (Maryland), Dino Gregory (Maryland), Moochie Norris (Rockets), Jerome Williams (Raptors), Jahadi White (Wizards), Steve Francis (Rockets), LeRon Profit (Lakers), Isaiah Swann (Florida State), Mo Diane (Virginia), Adrian Bowie (Maryland), Keith Bogans (Bulls), Joe Forte (North Carolina), Bryon Mouton (Maryland), Julian Vaugh (Georgetown), Fred Primus (Pittsburg), Glen Stokes Jr. (American), Lonnie Baxters (Maryland), Pop Mensah Bonsu (George Washington), DeMarr Johnson (Nuggets), Rodney White (Pistons), Chris Mattews (St. Bonaventure). There is many more so thanks again and forgive me if I left you name out.
There are 347 men's college basketball teams in NCAA Division I. There are also hundreds more in Division II, Division III, NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) and junior colleges.
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2011 Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walk
2011 Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walk: Assistance Coach Angelique McQuarters and Coach Roderick Turner.
Team Turner Hoyas 1. Walk in the Help the Homeless Walkathon on November 19:
•Saturday, November 19, 2011 - - 5K walk on the beautiful National Mall
•Registration opens at 7am and the walk starts at 9am. It happens rain or shine!
•Register and walk for NVFS at http://www.helpthehomelessdc.org/
•Be sure to choose NVFS as the beneficiary so we will benefit from you tax deductible walker fee
•It's a great team building activity for your company or organization. Every walker counts!
•Saturday, November 19, 2011 - - 5K walk on the beautiful National Mall
•Registration opens at 7am and the walk starts at 9am. It happens rain or shine!
•Register and walk for NVFS at http://www.helpthehomelessdc.org/
•Be sure to choose NVFS as the beneficiary so we will benefit from you tax deductible walker fee
•It's a great team building activity for your company or organization. Every walker counts!
2011 Pangos All FROSH/SOPH CAMP in New Jersey
Team Turner SOPH L-R Jarad Stampe, Tyler Green, Coach Roderick Turner and Dante Yancy at the 2011 Pangos All FROSH/SOPH CAMP in New Jersey
Coach Roderick Turner and the Pango All-American Team
TEAM TURNER NIKE PRO CITY 2011
Coach Turner and NBA player Grevis Vasquez
Georgetown University Hollis Thompson and former University of Maryland Adrian Bowie
Duke University and 1st round NBA draft pick Nolan Smith
Team Turner Mamadi Diane
University of Maryland Sean Mosley
Georgetown University Hollis Thompson and Coach Turner
NBA player Brandon Jennings
Grevis Vasquez
Coach Turner and Duke University and 2011 1st round NBA Draft pick Nolan Smith
UCONN BBall and WNBA Finest Nykesha Sales and Coach Turner
University of Maryland Terrell Stoglin
George Washington University Aaron Ware, Coach Turner and MaMadi Diane
Greivis and Coach Glen Stokes Jr.
Brandon Jennings
Eugene McCory
Aaron Ware, Coach Turner and Mamadi Diane
Coach Roderick Turner and HALL OF FAME Coach John Thompson
Coach Turner eating a turkey burger!
Team Turner NIKE PRO CITY
Jared Cummingham and Sean Mosley
Ron Bailey
HoyaReport.com Publisher
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August 6, 2011 - D.C. Nike Pro City quarterfinal playoff competition concluded last night at Georgetown's McDonough Arena, with the numerous fans in attendance treated to two good games. Coverage follows:
Puppies bite - During the evening's last game, G'Town's freshman class acquitted themselves well, as The Tombs downed a veteran laden Team Turner squad 81-80. Adding to the victory's sweetness was the way it was achieved.
Prior to last night, the Hoya frosh or 'Puppies' had demonstrated skill consistently in Pro City play, and at various times toughness, with freshman guard Jabril Trawick leading them in that department. But last night he was joined by the entire litter (Mikael Hopkins, Greg Whittington and Otto Porter, with Tyler Adams not playing due to injury).
In essence they scrapped, talked and muscled themselves to a well earned victory. Case in point was National Basketball Association player Nolan Smith: A first round draft pick of the Portland Trailblazers and All-American at Duke, Smith was visibly agitated the physical jostling and verbal sparring he received from Trawick, Whittington, et al.
Whittington led Tombs with 20 points, while Trawick, Hopkins and Traywick scored 15, 14, and 12 points, respectively. It was Hopkins who won the game with 4.3 seconds left, via a tip in of his own missed shot.
"They all had a great game" said Team Turner head guy Rodney Turner, a longtime summer basketball figure in the Nation's Capital, one known for this passion and outbursts, of the Puppies. Regarding Hopkins, Turner noted "I loved his post game". He also indicated Trawick played well, but didn't necessarily agree with his chatter.
Nolan Smith finished with 22 points for Turner, [diane]Mo Diane[/db] had 15. Maryland's senior swingman Sean Mosley tallied 13 points.
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August 6, 2011 - D.C. Nike Pro City quarterfinal playoff competition concluded last night at Georgetown's McDonough Arena, with the numerous fans in attendance treated to two good games. Coverage follows:
Puppies bite - During the evening's last game, G'Town's freshman class acquitted themselves well, as The Tombs downed a veteran laden Team Turner squad 81-80. Adding to the victory's sweetness was the way it was achieved.
Prior to last night, the Hoya frosh or 'Puppies' had demonstrated skill consistently in Pro City play, and at various times toughness, with freshman guard Jabril Trawick leading them in that department. But last night he was joined by the entire litter (Mikael Hopkins, Greg Whittington and Otto Porter, with Tyler Adams not playing due to injury).
In essence they scrapped, talked and muscled themselves to a well earned victory. Case in point was National Basketball Association player Nolan Smith: A first round draft pick of the Portland Trailblazers and All-American at Duke, Smith was visibly agitated the physical jostling and verbal sparring he received from Trawick, Whittington, et al.
Whittington led Tombs with 20 points, while Trawick, Hopkins and Traywick scored 15, 14, and 12 points, respectively. It was Hopkins who won the game with 4.3 seconds left, via a tip in of his own missed shot.
"They all had a great game" said Team Turner head guy Rodney Turner, a longtime summer basketball figure in the Nation's Capital, one known for this passion and outbursts, of the Puppies. Regarding Hopkins, Turner noted "I loved his post game". He also indicated Trawick played well, but didn't necessarily agree with his chatter.
Nolan Smith finished with 22 points for Turner, [diane]Mo Diane[/db] had 15. Maryland's senior swingman Sean Mosley tallied 13 points.
Prop Joe Award for Comical Summer League Overcoaching:
Is there even a question? Coach Rodney Turner, this one's for you. Who are you, Pat Riley? Ranging from calling timeouts 30 seconds into the game to a guaranteed T each game, this award is henceforth dubbed 'The Rodney' and will be given to him until someone coaches a game wearing a suit, which I wouldn't put past Coach Turner next summer.
Is there even a question? Coach Rodney Turner, this one's for you. Who are you, Pat Riley? Ranging from calling timeouts 30 seconds into the game to a guaranteed T each game, this award is henceforth dubbed 'The Rodney' and will be given to him until someone coaches a game wearing a suit, which I wouldn't put past Coach Turner next summer.
TEAM TURNER NIKE PRO CITY
Friday Night's Quarterfinals: The Tombs versus Hollis Thompson's Team Turner ft. Nolan Smith.
The much anticipated Tombs' 8:50 pm semifinal did not disappoint – and even eased some of the Moses blues on this Hoya fan's mind (Moses was slowly walking over the weekend without crutches, but with a heavily wrapped leg). The Tombs couldn't have drawn a more challenging opponent: Coach Rodney Turner is the Vince Lombardi of Kenner League-- I have no doubt they'll name the championship trophy after him some day. He's a notorious Tombs-slayer in the playoffs, he was going for his 7th Kenner League championship, he shouts continually at both his players and the refs (often as politely as you can shrilly scream as someone: "CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN...") and he has a Rolodex of Kenner League ringers around DC that is the envy of any coach. Against the young Tombs he rolled out regulars Mamadi Diane, Jared Cunningham, Sean Mosley and of course Hollis Thompson, and he added the recent 21st draft pick in the NBA, hated Dookie Nolan Smith.
The first half was one of Greg Whittington's best, he compiled 8 points, 2 blocks, 3 steals, highlighted by an impressive grab over his head to break up of a fast break, and a couple of boards. He drilled a three and also drew a foul posting Nolan Smith up in the lane. In the same half, Otto Porter didn't make much of a dent scoring, but he had a sequence that perfectly captured the influence he can exert on a game – on mirror back to back plays, Otto grabbed a defensive board, brought it down the court and collected an assist. He grabbed a third rebound, but an off balance shot by a random Tombs player cost him the streak. In the second half, the two players combined for one of the prettiest plays of the game where Otto pulled off to the side on a fast-break with no numbers and flicked a pass to a slicing Whittington. As there was some traffic around, I assumed Whitt was going to just in for the lay-up – but instead he kept rising and elevated for a powerful dunk. Despite an impressive rebounding night by Otto where he cleaned up ten boards, for many the above the rim the story was...
Jabril Trawick versus the NBA
No one plays with more heart, or a bigger chip on their shoulder than Jabril Trawick. And that's never more apparent when he goes up against NBA players. This is conjecture, but from tweets, and more importantly, demeanor, Jabril makes it clear that he thinks he belongs on the floor with everyone. From refusing to defer to Jeff Green in the opening weekend, to swatting him last weekend (and taking it repeatedly at Greg Monroe as you'll read later), Jabril seems to draw near limitless intensity when he's playing an NBA caliber player. And Nolan Smith brought the best out of him. The two players were jawing at each other early and the ref gave both a warning loud enough that the entire gym could hear. But it was Jabril, with his uninterrupted intensity that would cause Smith to break first. The two were going back and forth all night, but it was Smith who stepped over the line and got slapped with a technical after whining about a Jabril swipe at halfcourt that led to an easy dunk – and on the ensuing possession he had two fouls on Jabril under the basket, one of which included a cheap shot. Coach Rodney finally had to take him out and Smith, the picture of class, took off his shirt in the middle of the court as he walked over to the bench. Jabril bullied his way to a 13 point half where he was perfect from the floor. On a full court drive he used a hesitation move near the foul line and than rammed his way to a pretty scoop lay-up. After the play, Hollis Thompson's mom, a charming woman, turned to the recapping press holding court in the back row and said, "You better include that in your write-up."
Speaking of Hollis though, there wasn't a whole lot to report – especially in an invisible first half. He came out strong in the second, pouring in 9 points, mostly in a short spurt, on perfect shooting. Hollis was the model of efficient basketball – his offensive rating, if someone took the time to keep painstaking play-by-play notes of KL, would have been through the roof (as I suspect it will be this season). He had some success with spot up threes and when he drives he gets fouled or scores often. But whether or not he can demand the number of possessions it takes to be a lead man is a question that was left unanswered.
Back to the game, despite Jabril's personal victories over Smith, that didn't mean the Tombs ran away with it, as technical fouls would dominate the game due to Kenner Rule: 7+ personal foul = technical. Jabril's tough on ball defense outside of the perimeter lead to him fouling the quicker Smith (who would return). And after holding the lead for most of the whole game, Team Turner's pressure started to get to the Tombs as Otto was stripped in the backcourt as he received an inbounds pass and Greg Whittington lost his handle. It looked like a devastating turning point for the young team.
But it wasn't.
The young men steadied themselves, and went to a surprising hero on the last two possessions. The game was first returned to a tie by the type of play that makes all of us in the Otto Porter fan club swoon: Otto swooped in to tip a ball at half court and gathered it for an easy transition dunk. Then it was all Mikael Hopkins. First he had the shorter Mamadi Diane on hips in the post and with surprising confidence, Hopkins executed a strong post move and drew the foul – and calmly sunk both shots. Then down one, Hopkins again went to the hoop, this time with the talented 6'8 Jared Cunningham d'ing him up – he muscled his way to the hoop but missed the shot, which was collected by a Tombs teammted – missed and then finally, and with the thunderous approval of the McDonough crowd, was tipped in by Hopkins giving the Tombs a one point lead.
Don't take my word for it, a Casualite risked being forced to re-take alcohol edu or whatever else lies within DOPS jurisdiction to take this excellent footage of the closing minutes
The much anticipated Tombs' 8:50 pm semifinal did not disappoint – and even eased some of the Moses blues on this Hoya fan's mind (Moses was slowly walking over the weekend without crutches, but with a heavily wrapped leg). The Tombs couldn't have drawn a more challenging opponent: Coach Rodney Turner is the Vince Lombardi of Kenner League-- I have no doubt they'll name the championship trophy after him some day. He's a notorious Tombs-slayer in the playoffs, he was going for his 7th Kenner League championship, he shouts continually at both his players and the refs (often as politely as you can shrilly scream as someone: "CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN...") and he has a Rolodex of Kenner League ringers around DC that is the envy of any coach. Against the young Tombs he rolled out regulars Mamadi Diane, Jared Cunningham, Sean Mosley and of course Hollis Thompson, and he added the recent 21st draft pick in the NBA, hated Dookie Nolan Smith.
The first half was one of Greg Whittington's best, he compiled 8 points, 2 blocks, 3 steals, highlighted by an impressive grab over his head to break up of a fast break, and a couple of boards. He drilled a three and also drew a foul posting Nolan Smith up in the lane. In the same half, Otto Porter didn't make much of a dent scoring, but he had a sequence that perfectly captured the influence he can exert on a game – on mirror back to back plays, Otto grabbed a defensive board, brought it down the court and collected an assist. He grabbed a third rebound, but an off balance shot by a random Tombs player cost him the streak. In the second half, the two players combined for one of the prettiest plays of the game where Otto pulled off to the side on a fast-break with no numbers and flicked a pass to a slicing Whittington. As there was some traffic around, I assumed Whitt was going to just in for the lay-up – but instead he kept rising and elevated for a powerful dunk. Despite an impressive rebounding night by Otto where he cleaned up ten boards, for many the above the rim the story was...
Jabril Trawick versus the NBA
No one plays with more heart, or a bigger chip on their shoulder than Jabril Trawick. And that's never more apparent when he goes up against NBA players. This is conjecture, but from tweets, and more importantly, demeanor, Jabril makes it clear that he thinks he belongs on the floor with everyone. From refusing to defer to Jeff Green in the opening weekend, to swatting him last weekend (and taking it repeatedly at Greg Monroe as you'll read later), Jabril seems to draw near limitless intensity when he's playing an NBA caliber player. And Nolan Smith brought the best out of him. The two players were jawing at each other early and the ref gave both a warning loud enough that the entire gym could hear. But it was Jabril, with his uninterrupted intensity that would cause Smith to break first. The two were going back and forth all night, but it was Smith who stepped over the line and got slapped with a technical after whining about a Jabril swipe at halfcourt that led to an easy dunk – and on the ensuing possession he had two fouls on Jabril under the basket, one of which included a cheap shot. Coach Rodney finally had to take him out and Smith, the picture of class, took off his shirt in the middle of the court as he walked over to the bench. Jabril bullied his way to a 13 point half where he was perfect from the floor. On a full court drive he used a hesitation move near the foul line and than rammed his way to a pretty scoop lay-up. After the play, Hollis Thompson's mom, a charming woman, turned to the recapping press holding court in the back row and said, "You better include that in your write-up."
Speaking of Hollis though, there wasn't a whole lot to report – especially in an invisible first half. He came out strong in the second, pouring in 9 points, mostly in a short spurt, on perfect shooting. Hollis was the model of efficient basketball – his offensive rating, if someone took the time to keep painstaking play-by-play notes of KL, would have been through the roof (as I suspect it will be this season). He had some success with spot up threes and when he drives he gets fouled or scores often. But whether or not he can demand the number of possessions it takes to be a lead man is a question that was left unanswered.
Back to the game, despite Jabril's personal victories over Smith, that didn't mean the Tombs ran away with it, as technical fouls would dominate the game due to Kenner Rule: 7+ personal foul = technical. Jabril's tough on ball defense outside of the perimeter lead to him fouling the quicker Smith (who would return). And after holding the lead for most of the whole game, Team Turner's pressure started to get to the Tombs as Otto was stripped in the backcourt as he received an inbounds pass and Greg Whittington lost his handle. It looked like a devastating turning point for the young team.
But it wasn't.
The young men steadied themselves, and went to a surprising hero on the last two possessions. The game was first returned to a tie by the type of play that makes all of us in the Otto Porter fan club swoon: Otto swooped in to tip a ball at half court and gathered it for an easy transition dunk. Then it was all Mikael Hopkins. First he had the shorter Mamadi Diane on hips in the post and with surprising confidence, Hopkins executed a strong post move and drew the foul – and calmly sunk both shots. Then down one, Hopkins again went to the hoop, this time with the talented 6'8 Jared Cunningham d'ing him up – he muscled his way to the hoop but missed the shot, which was collected by a Tombs teammted – missed and then finally, and with the thunderous approval of the McDonough crowd, was tipped in by Hopkins giving the Tombs a one point lead.
Don't take my word for it, a Casualite risked being forced to re-take alcohol edu or whatever else lies within DOPS jurisdiction to take this excellent footage of the closing minutes
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KENNER LEAGUE July 31, 2011
Roderick Turner has a soul mate.
The head coach of the eponymous Team Turner has long distinguished himself as the Kenner League's premier tactician...but, really, for the screaming. They come for the basketball, they stay for the 30-second timeout dressings down after four possessions.
Amazingly, another coach has challenged for the Kenner League throne as the screamiest of them all. The Hoop Magic/Team Symonds coach lacks the technical acumen of Rodney--he's far more interested in questioning calls--but makes up for it in a voice-cracking pitch that would make the Hanson brothers blush.
(What is it with naming the team after yourself? When I get my own Kenner League team, ain't no chance it's going to be "Team FLHoya". I had a contest on Twitter the other week to pick a Georgetown business to name my team after--look for "Pleasure Place" in summer 2012.)
The battle on the court? Meh, take it or leave it. The better Turner-Symonds showdown was on the sidelines. Not a call went unchallenged, no octave unhit. Shoot, Rodney was calling out Symonds for complaining about fouls.
Must've helped. Turner is still the undisputed King of Scream, but Hoop Magic got the W and a better playoff seed.
HOOP MAGIC 69 TEAM TURNER 60
Something to hit the high notes:
Michael Jackson ft. Janet Jackson, "Scream"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo&ob=av2e
Team Turner has been playing without some of their better players--Grievis Vaszquez and occasionally Adrian Bowie--of late, and it's hit them hard in the standings. Once one of two 1-loss teams in the league, this marked their third loss of the weekend.
Hollis Thompson: 15pts, 6-9 2FG, 1-3 3FG, 5RB, 1STL, 3TO
After three games in three days, I'm not overly sold on the idea of Hollis Thompson as a ball handler, or someone who can regularly attack from the perimeter. Team Turner's shorter roster has shoved Hollis increasingly into a two-guard and even point guard role, and it's clear from Rodney's shrieking that he's looking for Hollis to be more assertive with his offensive game.
I'm not sure Hollis has the handle to match at this point. He tends to rely on a similar first move, and always shot fakes in the same manner. His finishing is hit or miss--he'll go for spurts of strong finishing, but the mean is closer to what Hoya fans saw last season (a bit of the Temple/Missouri syndrome). He isn't quite strong enough to battle through contact, and his moves aren't enough to completely breakdown a defense. He's kind of caught in between thoughts, almost.
That being said, he always has at least one scoring spurt in a game--usually, of late, at the start of the second half. His shooting isn't lights out by any means, but it's fairly top drawer by the standards of this Kenner League.
If anything, this is what we want of Hoya players in the summer: to face good competition and be challenged to grow as players. Maybe Hollis isn't totally suited to be a guard with ball handling/creating responsibility; maybe he's a wing player and a scorer who can knock down shots. But we don't know that until we see it on the court--and better for everyone to find out Hollis' strengths and weaknesses during the summer than feel the way through in November/December.
Can he be a primary scorer? Like a lot of things about this year's team, I'm not sure, but I figure it's definitely possible.
With the win, Hoop Magic (4-4) took 3rd place in the Hyper Dunk division. The loss--the third in three days for Team Turner (4-4)--dropped Rodney's Heroes to 3rd in the Hyper Air division.
Roderick Turner has a soul mate.
The head coach of the eponymous Team Turner has long distinguished himself as the Kenner League's premier tactician...but, really, for the screaming. They come for the basketball, they stay for the 30-second timeout dressings down after four possessions.
Amazingly, another coach has challenged for the Kenner League throne as the screamiest of them all. The Hoop Magic/Team Symonds coach lacks the technical acumen of Rodney--he's far more interested in questioning calls--but makes up for it in a voice-cracking pitch that would make the Hanson brothers blush.
(What is it with naming the team after yourself? When I get my own Kenner League team, ain't no chance it's going to be "Team FLHoya". I had a contest on Twitter the other week to pick a Georgetown business to name my team after--look for "Pleasure Place" in summer 2012.)
The battle on the court? Meh, take it or leave it. The better Turner-Symonds showdown was on the sidelines. Not a call went unchallenged, no octave unhit. Shoot, Rodney was calling out Symonds for complaining about fouls.
Must've helped. Turner is still the undisputed King of Scream, but Hoop Magic got the W and a better playoff seed.
HOOP MAGIC 69 TEAM TURNER 60
Something to hit the high notes:
Michael Jackson ft. Janet Jackson, "Scream"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo&ob=av2e
Team Turner has been playing without some of their better players--Grievis Vaszquez and occasionally Adrian Bowie--of late, and it's hit them hard in the standings. Once one of two 1-loss teams in the league, this marked their third loss of the weekend.
Hollis Thompson: 15pts, 6-9 2FG, 1-3 3FG, 5RB, 1STL, 3TO
After three games in three days, I'm not overly sold on the idea of Hollis Thompson as a ball handler, or someone who can regularly attack from the perimeter. Team Turner's shorter roster has shoved Hollis increasingly into a two-guard and even point guard role, and it's clear from Rodney's shrieking that he's looking for Hollis to be more assertive with his offensive game.
I'm not sure Hollis has the handle to match at this point. He tends to rely on a similar first move, and always shot fakes in the same manner. His finishing is hit or miss--he'll go for spurts of strong finishing, but the mean is closer to what Hoya fans saw last season (a bit of the Temple/Missouri syndrome). He isn't quite strong enough to battle through contact, and his moves aren't enough to completely breakdown a defense. He's kind of caught in between thoughts, almost.
That being said, he always has at least one scoring spurt in a game--usually, of late, at the start of the second half. His shooting isn't lights out by any means, but it's fairly top drawer by the standards of this Kenner League.
If anything, this is what we want of Hoya players in the summer: to face good competition and be challenged to grow as players. Maybe Hollis isn't totally suited to be a guard with ball handling/creating responsibility; maybe he's a wing player and a scorer who can knock down shots. But we don't know that until we see it on the court--and better for everyone to find out Hollis' strengths and weaknesses during the summer than feel the way through in November/December.
Can he be a primary scorer? Like a lot of things about this year's team, I'm not sure, but I figure it's definitely possible.
With the win, Hoop Magic (4-4) took 3rd place in the Hyper Dunk division. The loss--the third in three days for Team Turner (4-4)--dropped Rodney's Heroes to 3rd in the Hyper Air division.
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DCX 81 Team Turner 66
DCX kept their slim playoff hopes--they're the only GU-affiliated team not currently in playoff position--alive by upsetting division leader Team Turner 81-66. The first half was slow paced and defensive (esp for a TT game) until DCX broke off about a 10 point run--their first half dynamo was, of all people, AU's Troy Wroblicky--to take the lead. Turner led 31-29 at halftime, thanks to Hollis Thompson's three point play on a putback at the buzzer.
DCX owned the second half, as Team Turner's vaunted (keep in mind...at Kenner League, half cooked hot dogs are vaunted) press was little resistance. Jamal Olasuwere was assertive and influential, and Henry Sims took full advantage of playmaking opportunities on the break.
Team Turner didn't look too interested, but it was still strange to see that team down 17 at one point late in the game.
Hollis Thompson: 18 points, 7-13 2FG, 0-6 3FG, 4-6 FT, 9 RB (5 off), 1A, 2STLS, 1TO
I reckon that's probably the most shots Hollis has ever taken for one of Rodney's teams. Hollis was TT's primary ball handler for the early part of the game, and he wasted little opportunity to shoot, pulling up from distance (his "pass" move was a pull up shot fake) and occasionally attacking the glass. Aside from some garbage time points late though, this wasn't especially productive, as Hollis's long range shot was off and his drives met stiff resistance.
In fact, most of Hollis' tallies came from others' misses. The offensive glass was a theme for Hollis in the first half. A peculiar stat I noted: at halftime, Hollis and Henry both had four offensive boards, but Hollis led in second chance points 7-0. Credit where it's due there...but kind of a backwards game for Hollis...
DCX kept their slim playoff hopes--they're the only GU-affiliated team not currently in playoff position--alive by upsetting division leader Team Turner 81-66. The first half was slow paced and defensive (esp for a TT game) until DCX broke off about a 10 point run--their first half dynamo was, of all people, AU's Troy Wroblicky--to take the lead. Turner led 31-29 at halftime, thanks to Hollis Thompson's three point play on a putback at the buzzer.
DCX owned the second half, as Team Turner's vaunted (keep in mind...at Kenner League, half cooked hot dogs are vaunted) press was little resistance. Jamal Olasuwere was assertive and influential, and Henry Sims took full advantage of playmaking opportunities on the break.
Team Turner didn't look too interested, but it was still strange to see that team down 17 at one point late in the game.
Hollis Thompson: 18 points, 7-13 2FG, 0-6 3FG, 4-6 FT, 9 RB (5 off), 1A, 2STLS, 1TO
I reckon that's probably the most shots Hollis has ever taken for one of Rodney's teams. Hollis was TT's primary ball handler for the early part of the game, and he wasted little opportunity to shoot, pulling up from distance (his "pass" move was a pull up shot fake) and occasionally attacking the glass. Aside from some garbage time points late though, this wasn't especially productive, as Hollis's long range shot was off and his drives met stiff resistance.
In fact, most of Hollis' tallies came from others' misses. The offensive glass was a theme for Hollis in the first half. A peculiar stat I noted: at halftime, Hollis and Henry both had four offensive boards, but Hollis led in second chance points 7-0. Credit where it's due there...but kind of a backwards game for Hollis...
I'd like to give a shout out to Coach Rodney Turner and his team Team Turner. Hollis "Hollywood" Thompson is the lone Hoya who plays for Coach Turner. Hollis played well and Team Turner came out with the 72-64 victory over the 6th man sports to go 4-1. Another Len Elmore sighting in McDonough gymnasium. At least Mr. Elmore will know what to say about our Hoyas and especially the five freshmen on ESPN or CBS.
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TEAM TURNER 76 Town Tavern 64
In our final Hoya-related game of the afternoon, some Kenner League box-checking. Rodney called his first timeout 60 seconds into the game, Greivis Vasquez threw a no-look pass that didn’t need to be a no-look pass, dunks were missed, and Team Turner tried to run the entire game.
It didn’t come as easily as normal for Turner’s Angels. Despite a double-digit deficit, Town Tavern (mostly AU and minor conference players) came to life midway through the second half and through sheer effort more than anything else took a surprising 57-54 lead. It was short lived--Rodney must be yelling something inspirational--as Team Turner blew things open with a 18-3 run over the next 4+ minutes and coasted to an easier victory on paper than the game’s developments suggested.
Hollis Thompson: 15 points, 5-12 2FG, 0-2 3FG, 5-6 FT, 7RB, 2A, 3TO, 4STL, 2F
There was a time when I thought Rodney’s teams were a bit of a black hole for Hoya players. The Turner squads tend to have a high concentration of quality players (they regularly compete for the KL title) and run most of the game, both of which tend to limit the number of scoring chances for younger Hoya players. One year, Rodney and the crowd even exchanged un-pleasantries over not playing some Hoya player or other late in a blowout. Hollis Thompson’s time last year with Team Turner was a mixed bag, if I recall.
This being said, Hollis might have a pretty good situation this summer. This afternoon, he slid into the point guard position when Greivis Vasquez was a few minutes late arriving to the game, and continued to alternate PG duties when Vasquez went to the bench. Is Hollis a natural point guard? No. Will he be expected to handle point guard duties this season? Gosh, that’d be scary.
So why is it relevant that Hollis gets to run point for 10 minutes a game with Team Turner? In my view, Kenner League is sometimes a bit of a selfish league. Which is to say: the players who get to exhibit their skills (be it passing, shooting, creating, whatever) tend to be the ones that always have the ball in their hands, and these tend to be the point guards or two-guards who handle the rock a lot.
If nothing else, we got to see today what kind of moves Hollis can make from the guard position, as he makes a likely transition from a 3-slash-4 to a 2-slash-3 in Georgetown’s offense. The moves were...well, a bit predictable. Hollis today heavily favored a cross-over move and a drive to his left. It worked on occasion: the best move ended with a lefty bank shot in traffic, but most of the day Hollis struggle mightily to finish at the rim. He’s kind of in between two places right now as a creator: he’s neither strong enough to finish in traffic (like Jabril Trawick does or Austin Freeman used to) or skilled enough yet to break down a defender. His FG numbers today reflect a lot of blocked shots and difficult attempts in traffic. A work in progress, is what I’d call it.
His athleticism does have its benefits--like many Hoyas, he uses his length well in the passing lane, and when given space he can leap pretty well.
Something to note: Hollis has quite noticeably bulked up in his upper body. He’s not exactly He-Man, but the difference is apparent even at first glance. The extra strength will help.
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In our final Hoya-related game of the afternoon, some Kenner League box-checking. Rodney called his first timeout 60 seconds into the game, Greivis Vasquez threw a no-look pass that didn’t need to be a no-look pass, dunks were missed, and Team Turner tried to run the entire game.
It didn’t come as easily as normal for Turner’s Angels. Despite a double-digit deficit, Town Tavern (mostly AU and minor conference players) came to life midway through the second half and through sheer effort more than anything else took a surprising 57-54 lead. It was short lived--Rodney must be yelling something inspirational--as Team Turner blew things open with a 18-3 run over the next 4+ minutes and coasted to an easier victory on paper than the game’s developments suggested.
Hollis Thompson: 15 points, 5-12 2FG, 0-2 3FG, 5-6 FT, 7RB, 2A, 3TO, 4STL, 2F
There was a time when I thought Rodney’s teams were a bit of a black hole for Hoya players. The Turner squads tend to have a high concentration of quality players (they regularly compete for the KL title) and run most of the game, both of which tend to limit the number of scoring chances for younger Hoya players. One year, Rodney and the crowd even exchanged un-pleasantries over not playing some Hoya player or other late in a blowout. Hollis Thompson’s time last year with Team Turner was a mixed bag, if I recall.
This being said, Hollis might have a pretty good situation this summer. This afternoon, he slid into the point guard position when Greivis Vasquez was a few minutes late arriving to the game, and continued to alternate PG duties when Vasquez went to the bench. Is Hollis a natural point guard? No. Will he be expected to handle point guard duties this season? Gosh, that’d be scary.
So why is it relevant that Hollis gets to run point for 10 minutes a game with Team Turner? In my view, Kenner League is sometimes a bit of a selfish league. Which is to say: the players who get to exhibit their skills (be it passing, shooting, creating, whatever) tend to be the ones that always have the ball in their hands, and these tend to be the point guards or two-guards who handle the rock a lot.
If nothing else, we got to see today what kind of moves Hollis can make from the guard position, as he makes a likely transition from a 3-slash-4 to a 2-slash-3 in Georgetown’s offense. The moves were...well, a bit predictable. Hollis today heavily favored a cross-over move and a drive to his left. It worked on occasion: the best move ended with a lefty bank shot in traffic, but most of the day Hollis struggle mightily to finish at the rim. He’s kind of in between two places right now as a creator: he’s neither strong enough to finish in traffic (like Jabril Trawick does or Austin Freeman used to) or skilled enough yet to break down a defender. His FG numbers today reflect a lot of blocked shots and difficult attempts in traffic. A work in progress, is what I’d call it.
His athleticism does have its benefits--like many Hoyas, he uses his length well in the passing lane, and when given space he can leap pretty well.
Something to note: Hollis has quite noticeably bulked up in his upper body. He’s not exactly He-Man, but the difference is apparent even at first glance. The extra strength will help.
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Who is this Cunningham? - Donning black tights underneath his yellow Team Turner jersey, former Cleveland State forward Jared Cunningham looked like another ex-college guy trying to work his way overseas. When the ball went up, he proved himself much more, dropping 19 points and leading Team Turner to a 76-64 victory over Town Tavern (guys from American University).
Cunningham did it all over the floor - driving, pulling up from mid-range and hitting long distance spot ups. To Jared's credit, his impact greatly exceeded a guy that finished with 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds as a Cleveland State senior in 2009-2010.
Asked afterward of his plans, the 6'8" Cunningham indicated he's trying to get overseas to play.
Cunningham did it all over the floor - driving, pulling up from mid-range and hitting long distance spot ups. To Jared's credit, his impact greatly exceeded a guy that finished with 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds as a Cleveland State senior in 2009-2010.
Asked afterward of his plans, the 6'8" Cunningham indicated he's trying to get overseas to play.
Team Turner Ft. Hollis Thompson versus Town Tavern American University and Friends.
The first Casual look at Hollis was a promising one: him strolling onto the floor with a sleeveless underarmor shirt, with clearly added muscle, and then, jersey secured in place, he lit up warm ups, stretching together a number of improbably threes that had him smiling to himself. The ease wasn't to last.
Kenner League for the most part can be broken down into two categories: those who have something to prove and those who do not. Those who have something to prove are the likes of Hoya freshman, mid-major players, townies, seniors like Hank or post-graduate Chris Wright going all out. On the other side, there's NBA players, or seniors like Austin last year who are clearly the best player on the court and looking to get others involved. Hollis seemed to have the mindset of the latter on Saturday – his defense, despite being in Rodney's halfcourt trap, wasn't urgent and he didn't seem particularly aggressive. One of the main problem's being that Hollis is on one of the most talented teams in the league and didn't show any pride in being lost in the shuffle of Greivis, Maryland's Adrian Bowie, Mamadi Diane and even Jared Cunningham who played for Cleveland State. The super talented team as a whole played without much urgency, allowing the scrappy American U heavy team to claw into the lead with a few minutes left before Team Turner broke it open again.
After the draft saga that signaled the future is now for Hollis, the expectations have taken a serious bump and, at least for one day, the questions remained in my mind as to whether he can be a go-to player. His three wasn't there expect on one spot up, but he did show a pull-up move with a lean back to create space a la Austin Freeman. Whether he can assimilate a pull up over an on ball defender will be an interesting (crucial?) part of his development. Unlike Jabril who's using the three to keep defenders honest, Hollis seems to need the three first to allow him to fully utilize his driving ability. Going to the rim is clearly his focus this KL; when he attacked the rim and drew a foul at the basket after two missed jumpers, Rodney yelled, "It's about time – go to the basket!" Overall, he did so with mixed results. His long strides let him get into the lane, but once there, he often had a toss-up between a high difficulty lay-up or a foul call. He was able to make progress, but often failed to shake a defender for an easy look. He also had some trouble finding the space for a shorter range pull-ups, getting a few shots rejected. Despite wondering how on earth we had him playing the four, that time should come in handy -- I impressed by his rebounding. He seemed to utilize his athleticism best when he soared for a couple of boards. I think there's still a learning curve for Hollis to figure out how he can be an effective wing player on a high level, so it left me disappointed that he acted if he had little to prove while the rest of the Hoyas played with so much more fire in their games.
The first Casual look at Hollis was a promising one: him strolling onto the floor with a sleeveless underarmor shirt, with clearly added muscle, and then, jersey secured in place, he lit up warm ups, stretching together a number of improbably threes that had him smiling to himself. The ease wasn't to last.
Kenner League for the most part can be broken down into two categories: those who have something to prove and those who do not. Those who have something to prove are the likes of Hoya freshman, mid-major players, townies, seniors like Hank or post-graduate Chris Wright going all out. On the other side, there's NBA players, or seniors like Austin last year who are clearly the best player on the court and looking to get others involved. Hollis seemed to have the mindset of the latter on Saturday – his defense, despite being in Rodney's halfcourt trap, wasn't urgent and he didn't seem particularly aggressive. One of the main problem's being that Hollis is on one of the most talented teams in the league and didn't show any pride in being lost in the shuffle of Greivis, Maryland's Adrian Bowie, Mamadi Diane and even Jared Cunningham who played for Cleveland State. The super talented team as a whole played without much urgency, allowing the scrappy American U heavy team to claw into the lead with a few minutes left before Team Turner broke it open again.
After the draft saga that signaled the future is now for Hollis, the expectations have taken a serious bump and, at least for one day, the questions remained in my mind as to whether he can be a go-to player. His three wasn't there expect on one spot up, but he did show a pull-up move with a lean back to create space a la Austin Freeman. Whether he can assimilate a pull up over an on ball defender will be an interesting (crucial?) part of his development. Unlike Jabril who's using the three to keep defenders honest, Hollis seems to need the three first to allow him to fully utilize his driving ability. Going to the rim is clearly his focus this KL; when he attacked the rim and drew a foul at the basket after two missed jumpers, Rodney yelled, "It's about time – go to the basket!" Overall, he did so with mixed results. His long strides let him get into the lane, but once there, he often had a toss-up between a high difficulty lay-up or a foul call. He was able to make progress, but often failed to shake a defender for an easy look. He also had some trouble finding the space for a shorter range pull-ups, getting a few shots rejected. Despite wondering how on earth we had him playing the four, that time should come in handy -- I impressed by his rebounding. He seemed to utilize his athleticism best when he soared for a couple of boards. I think there's still a learning curve for Hollis to figure out how he can be an effective wing player on a high level, so it left me disappointed that he acted if he had little to prove while the rest of the Hoyas played with so much more fire in their games.
Team Turner NIKE Pro City
Grevis Vasquez
D.C. Nike Pro City is displaying professional talent.
July 5, 2011 – Last weekend marked the beginning of 2011 D.C. Nike Pro City action at Georgetown’s McDonough Arena. Formerly known as the Jabbo Kenner League, Pro City pits professionals from leagues across the globe and domestic collegiate student-athletes in summertime hardwood battle. Fans get to witness some of the best of both worlds.
This series, Pros and Pro City will focus on the play for pay guys.
Greivis is giving - A member of the National Basketball Association’s Memphis Grizzly franchise, Greivis Vasquez has returned to the Nation’s Capital, a region he knows well having starred at Montrose Christian School (MD) and then the University of Maryland. Though he actually hails from Venezuela, Greivis is a District-Maryland-Virginia area guy for sure.
As a guard that averaged more points in the playoffs than regular season – evidencing greater comfort and production as the season went on – many would assume Vasquez would put up shots in abundance during the summer. While during his first game he did score – primarily from deep on the perimeter. His 14 points were crucial in Team Turner defeating Clyde’s, Sunday
But his impact exceeded those buckets; Vasquez was an impressive floor general, finding teammates for easy shots in all situations. You could call him the Dr. of Dimes, treading needles and dropping no looks.
Such passing was impressive to say the least. But why the insistence on doing it?
“I’m a point guard” said Greivis afterward of his penchant for finding teammates. “And that’s what point guard’s do. I get guys around me the ball. I make my teammates better”.
Vasquez also was chatting on the floor, leading his teammates, pumping himself up and attempting to demoralize his foes. Let’s see, passing, scoring and chatting…same ‘ol Greivis.
Fans should come see him in Pro City before July 23rd, as that’s the date Vasquez confided “I’m going to Venezuela” then.
July 5, 2011 – Last weekend marked the beginning of 2011 D.C. Nike Pro City action at Georgetown’s McDonough Arena. Formerly known as the Jabbo Kenner League, Pro City pits professionals from leagues across the globe and domestic collegiate student-athletes in summertime hardwood battle. Fans get to witness some of the best of both worlds.
This series, Pros and Pro City will focus on the play for pay guys.
Greivis is giving - A member of the National Basketball Association’s Memphis Grizzly franchise, Greivis Vasquez has returned to the Nation’s Capital, a region he knows well having starred at Montrose Christian School (MD) and then the University of Maryland. Though he actually hails from Venezuela, Greivis is a District-Maryland-Virginia area guy for sure.
As a guard that averaged more points in the playoffs than regular season – evidencing greater comfort and production as the season went on – many would assume Vasquez would put up shots in abundance during the summer. While during his first game he did score – primarily from deep on the perimeter. His 14 points were crucial in Team Turner defeating Clyde’s, Sunday
But his impact exceeded those buckets; Vasquez was an impressive floor general, finding teammates for easy shots in all situations. You could call him the Dr. of Dimes, treading needles and dropping no looks.
Such passing was impressive to say the least. But why the insistence on doing it?
“I’m a point guard” said Greivis afterward of his penchant for finding teammates. “And that’s what point guard’s do. I get guys around me the ball. I make my teammates better”.
Vasquez also was chatting on the floor, leading his teammates, pumping himself up and attempting to demoralize his foes. Let’s see, passing, scoring and chatting…same ‘ol Greivis.
Fans should come see him in Pro City before July 23rd, as that’s the date Vasquez confided “I’m going to Venezuela” then.
Team Turner NIKE Pro City
Coach Roderick Turner and the LEGEND John Thompson! Great day today as The Team Turner Pro City beat Awash/MADNESS 90-72. Led by the scoring of GTown Hollis Thompson, former University of Virginia Mo Diane and great play by Eugene McCory. Humble, Grateful and Patience! GODBLESS!
Team Turner NIKE Pro City
I got a chance to see Hollis play and boy he has gotten bigger and it even looks as if he grew some. First half seem like Hollis was trying to get his wind, but before the 1st half ended Hollis turned it on. Running the floor for fast break layup. Hollis looked like a different player. He was aggressively in attack mode especially in the second half. His team Team Turner blew out the legnedary Awash mob, by a very convincing margin. Hollis' intensity on defense and offense was enormous he basically took over in the 2nd half. Looking bigger, stronger and quicker. Hardly no mistakes. He was doing everything on both ends of the court. Rebounding, getting steals, passing the ball and playing great team basketball. Hollywood looks a man possessed out on the court. Coach Rodney dapping him before and during the game and even challenging him during warmups I thought this was great. Coach Rodney knew his best player was back. I could Hollis has been shooting a great deal he was knocking down three's from all over the place. Off the dribble in transition three pointers. Hollywood is BACK!
Team Turner NIKE Pro City
Team Turner Pro City - Brandon Jennings, Coach Roderick Turner, Grievis Vasquez, Terrell Stoglin. Tough lost today after being up 12 at halftime against Takeover! Gametime for Sunday July 10, 2011 is at 5:30 pm.
Team Turner Nike Pro City
Team Turner Hoyas Gameday! Team Turner Pro City ( Greivis Vasquez , Brandon Jennings, Mo Diane) vs. Team Takeover (Ty Lawson, Chris Wright) tonight 6:30pm - Georgetown University McDonough Arena! Team Turner!
Team Turner 72 CLYDE’S 60
Team Turner of course is the half-eponymous squad of Coach Rodney, the Tasmanian Devil of the Kenner League. Give the man some credit: his teams are always good, and often the only outfit in the KL to subsist on a diet of coaching-like substance.
Tacticians are a dime a dozen, and hardly entertaining for a summer league crowd. No, Rodney brings the laughs—and the announcer seated next to him broke down laughing today—because he screams with all the urgency and intensity of someone who hasn’t been told first prize is just a t-shirt.
He was in fine form today, calling his first timeout after a defensive breakdown. The score? 4-2 Team Turner. Later, he broke up a 2-on-1 fast break with another ill-timed huddle session.
At this rate, it could have only been better had Greivis Vazquez emerged from the locker room and suited up for Rodney’s Heroes.
Looks like it’s my lucky day.
Of course, it’s not the same now that he’s in the NBA and has nothing left to prove. He did dust one off from the back catalog: the no-look pass that didn’t need to be a no-look pass.
Team Turner of course is the half-eponymous squad of Coach Rodney, the Tasmanian Devil of the Kenner League. Give the man some credit: his teams are always good, and often the only outfit in the KL to subsist on a diet of coaching-like substance.
Tacticians are a dime a dozen, and hardly entertaining for a summer league crowd. No, Rodney brings the laughs—and the announcer seated next to him broke down laughing today—because he screams with all the urgency and intensity of someone who hasn’t been told first prize is just a t-shirt.
He was in fine form today, calling his first timeout after a defensive breakdown. The score? 4-2 Team Turner. Later, he broke up a 2-on-1 fast break with another ill-timed huddle session.
At this rate, it could have only been better had Greivis Vazquez emerged from the locker room and suited up for Rodney’s Heroes.
Looks like it’s my lucky day.
Of course, it’s not the same now that he’s in the NBA and has nothing left to prove. He did dust one off from the back catalog: the no-look pass that didn’t need to be a no-look pass.
WASHINGTON - An annual rite of summer in the District begins this weekend when Nike Pro-City League basketball action takes place at McDonough Arena on the campus of Georgetown University.
The Nike Pro-City League (formerly the Kenner League) is among the top summer college basketball leagues in the country and is annually held at Georgetown, affording basketball fans a chance to see current, future and former competing head-to-head over the summer.
The schedule for the 2011 season is set to begin on Saturday, July 2, with five games filling the slate. The first game, featuring Higher Level against Beyond Belief, starts at 1 p.m. Other games will be played at 2:20 p.m. (Town Tavern vs. A. Wash/Madness), 3:40 p.m. (The Tombs vs. Startin 5), 5 p.m. (Team Takeover vs. The Clyde's) and 6:20 p.m. (D.C. Assault vs. Boss Auto).
Georgetown players will be spread out among six teams in the 14-team league, which will feature two divisions.
Among the returning players, senior guard Jason Clark (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) will play for Team Takeover, while senior centerHenry Sims (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) and sophomore guard Markel Starks (Washington, D.C./Georgetown Prep) will play for DCX.
Junior forward Hollis Thompson (Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola) will play for Team Turner, while sophomores Aaron Bowen (Jacksonville, Fla./QEA) and Nate Lubick (Southborough, Mass./St. Mark's) are on the roster for Clyde's. Sophomore center Moses Ayegba (Kano, Nigeria/Progressive Christian [Md.]) will play for Hoop Magic.
The Tombs will include all five Georgetown incoming freshmen, Tyler Adams (Brandon, Miss./Brandon), Mikael Hopkins (Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha), Otto Porter (Sikeston, Mo./Scott County Central), Jabril Trawick (Jenkintown, Pa./Abington Friends) and Greg Whittington (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) as well as sophomore John Caprio(North Caldwell, N.J./Seton Hall Prep).
The two league divisions are the Hyper Dunk Division (which includes The Tombs and Hope Magic) and Hyper Air Division includes DCX, Team Takeover, Clyde's and Team Turner.
Regular season games will be played every weekend (there are no games on July 4) at McDonough Arena and the schedule closes out on Sunday, July 31.
Quarterfinal games will be played on Thursday, Aug. 4 and Friday, Aug. 5. Semifinal games will be played at 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 and the championship game will be held on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 3 p.m.
All parking for Nike Pro-City League games will be in the Southwest Garage off the Canal Road entrance to the University.
The Nike Pro-City League (formerly the Kenner League) is among the top summer college basketball leagues in the country and is annually held at Georgetown, affording basketball fans a chance to see current, future and former competing head-to-head over the summer.
The schedule for the 2011 season is set to begin on Saturday, July 2, with five games filling the slate. The first game, featuring Higher Level against Beyond Belief, starts at 1 p.m. Other games will be played at 2:20 p.m. (Town Tavern vs. A. Wash/Madness), 3:40 p.m. (The Tombs vs. Startin 5), 5 p.m. (Team Takeover vs. The Clyde's) and 6:20 p.m. (D.C. Assault vs. Boss Auto).
Georgetown players will be spread out among six teams in the 14-team league, which will feature two divisions.
Among the returning players, senior guard Jason Clark (Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell) will play for Team Takeover, while senior centerHenry Sims (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) and sophomore guard Markel Starks (Washington, D.C./Georgetown Prep) will play for DCX.
Junior forward Hollis Thompson (Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola) will play for Team Turner, while sophomores Aaron Bowen (Jacksonville, Fla./QEA) and Nate Lubick (Southborough, Mass./St. Mark's) are on the roster for Clyde's. Sophomore center Moses Ayegba (Kano, Nigeria/Progressive Christian [Md.]) will play for Hoop Magic.
The Tombs will include all five Georgetown incoming freshmen, Tyler Adams (Brandon, Miss./Brandon), Mikael Hopkins (Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha), Otto Porter (Sikeston, Mo./Scott County Central), Jabril Trawick (Jenkintown, Pa./Abington Friends) and Greg Whittington (Columbia, Md./Oakland Mills) as well as sophomore John Caprio(North Caldwell, N.J./Seton Hall Prep).
The two league divisions are the Hyper Dunk Division (which includes The Tombs and Hope Magic) and Hyper Air Division includes DCX, Team Takeover, Clyde's and Team Turner.
Regular season games will be played every weekend (there are no games on July 4) at McDonough Arena and the schedule closes out on Sunday, July 31.
Quarterfinal games will be played on Thursday, Aug. 4 and Friday, Aug. 5. Semifinal games will be played at 2 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 and the championship game will be held on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 3 p.m.
All parking for Nike Pro-City League games will be in the Southwest Garage off the Canal Road entrance to the University.
Team Turner AAU 3rd place finish
Team Turner Volunteering at So Others Might Eat
Team Turner Team Turner X-MEN (JV) -(formally Hoyas) (65) vs. Maryland Flames (58) - Justin Hackley - 19 points (7 of 8 ft) Shawn Sookdea- 13 points (5 of 7 ft) Doug Farley - 12 points (4 of 5 ft) Jared Stamp - 10 points (3 of 4 ft) Mike Kelly Jr. - 7 points (1 of 3 ft) Tyler Green - 4 points. Great job we have a bye until this upcoming Thursday! X-MEN!
Team Turner Team Turner Hoyas (64) vs. MoCo Select (25) - Robert Wright 14, Steven Ware 21, Eric Hylton 10, Scooter 9, Martin 4, Thomas 6. GO HOYAS and good luck in the playoffs!
Team Turner Final score Team Turner (JV) 34 - Gladiators 32. Hoyas continue pursuit for league championship!
Justin Hackley - 11 points/4 for 7 (ft)
Doug Farley - 10 points/6 for 7 (ft)
Shawn Sookdea - 6 points/2 for 3 (ft)
Mike Kelly Jr. - 4 points
Jared - 3 points/1 for 1 (3pt.)
Justin Hackley - 11 points/4 for 7 (ft)
Doug Farley - 10 points/6 for 7 (ft)
Shawn Sookdea - 6 points/2 for 3 (ft)
Mike Kelly Jr. - 4 points
Jared - 3 points/1 for 1 (3pt.)
Team Turner Hoyas vs. Warriors - Final score 61-31. Hoyas victorious!
Top scorers
C. Thurston - 25 points/4 for 6 from free throw
Sean Sookdea - 14 points
Justin Hackley - 12 points/2 for 2 from free throw
Doug Farley - 4 points
Z. Mindheim - 3 points/ 1 for 1 from 3pt
Tyler Green - 2 points
O. Gillespie- 0
Top scorers
C. Thurston - 25 points/4 for 6 from free throw
Sean Sookdea - 14 points
Justin Hackley - 12 points/2 for 2 from free throw
Doug Farley - 4 points
Z. Mindheim - 3 points/ 1 for 1 from 3pt
Tyler Green - 2 points
O. Gillespie- 0
Team Turner Team Turner Hoyas (71) vs. Emery (59). J. Hackley - 25 points ( 6 of 9 from the free throw line) D. Yancey - 16 points (6 of 8 from free throw line), (2 for 2 from 3pt)D. Farley - 9 points (2 of 5 from free throw line)S. Sookdeo - 7 points (3 of 5 from free throw line)M. Kelly - 6 points (2 of 6 from free throw line)T. Green - 2 points (0 of 3 from free throw line) HOYAS! Humble, Grateful and Patience!
Team Turner Team Turner Hoyas (40) vs. MoCo Blue (13) - S. Ware 5, R. Wright 4, A. Adams 4, Scooter 7, J. Cotton 10, AJ. Wilson 7, Short 2, Martin 1. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK! HOYAS!
Team Turner Great win tonite! Team Turner Hoyas JV (51) vs. Emery Black (48). C. Thurston 15, T. White 9, S. Sookdeo 6, J. Hackley 6, D. Farley 8, M. Kelly 4, D. Yancey 3. HOYAS!
Team Turner Game 4: Team Turner Hoyas (52) vs. Metro All-Stars (45) C. Thurston 22, J. Hackley 14, D. Farley 6, S. Sookdeo 4, M. Kelly 6. HOYAS!
Team Turner Game 2: Emery (74) vs. Team Turner Hoyas (67) overtime. Tough overtime lost but a hard fought game. Team Turner was led by Cameron Thurston with 31 points.
Team Turner Team Turner JV 64 - Md Warriors 32. Led by the scoring of C. Thurston and T. White and great team defense we where able to put this team away early! Good luck this upcoming weekend in the Division 3 National Qualifieding games at the Capitol Sports Complex. PRESSURE BUST PIPES! HOYAS!
Team Turner Team Turner 7th grade 37 - MD Warriors 25. Table did not keep player stats.
Team Turner Great, great day for our Hoyas as the teams went 3-0 in league play. Team Turner 26 - Severn Elite 24. With the score tied at 24 apiece with 5 second remaining Team Turner Adul Adam hit a running layup to win the game! J.Cotton 10, S. Ware 6, A. Adam 8, E. Hylton 2.
Team Turner Team Turner Hoyas (50) vs. KOA Warriors (22) - C. Thurston 15, S. Sookdeo 6, Z. Mindheim 2, D. Yancy 7, D. Farley 6, J. Hacket 10, T. Green 6. HOYAS!
Team Turner Team Turner Hoyas (38) vs. KOA Warriors (16). - S.Ware 10, J. Cotton 14, Tre Woods 4, M. Kelly 2, E. Kincard 8, J. Jackson 2. HOYAS!
Team Turner NIKE PRO CITY 2010
Donnell Dotson
Adrian Bowie
Dino Gregory and Donnell Dotson
Givon Crump
DeMarcus Cousin
TEAM TURNER NIKE PRO CITY 2009
Donnell Dotson, Dino Gregory and Coach Turner
Coach Roderick Turner
2007 Kenner League:Law Firm of Green, Skinn, Lang, Diggs, Campbell & Crawford Win Pro City TitleWritten by Wendall Steven Sunday, 29 July 2007 15:51 A nice crowd was on hand despite an overcast and rainy day at Georgetown's McDonough Arena to see the conclusion of the high school and college/pro summer
The Kenner League or Nike Pro City Summer League has developed quite a reputation as a place to spot future college stars and professional prospects. Since I have been covering the action this summer, the quality of basketball has not disappointed and I'm sure witnesses can attest to that fact.
Georgetown and George Mason look to be in good hands for the future. Guards Chris Wright (St. Johns Military Academy), and Austin Freeman (DeMatha) will carry on the Hoya tradition proudly in the foreseeable future. George Mason guards Isaiah Tate and Cameron Long can flat out do it. Virginia Tech's Deron Washington should be an NBA prospect after next season on sheer athleticism alone but he may have to develop a consistent jump shot and dribble move to make a long career out of pro ball. Mamadi Diane of UVA is another one to keep your eye on.
Jeff Green will be a solid player at the NBA level. He looks and conducts himself like a pro. I think from all in attendance at these games, most would agree he belongs in the league. He is smart, court saavy, can rebound, pass, drive the baseline, defend, sees the floor well and has power and finesse moves.
The Kenner League championship game featured Meyers & Alterman vs Electro-Lite. Many who followed the league this summer were probably surprised that the Tombs or Clydes were absent. The Electro-Lite team featured some solid players in Mamadi Diane of Virginia (DeMatha) and Byron Mouton formerly of Maryland. As a team Electro-Lite were a scrappy bunch lead by a decent guard (Andrew Washington, Delaware) and a fierce competitor of a coach in Rod Turner.
Meyers & Alterman, with the addition of Jeff Green and PG Tony Skinn formerly of George Mason just took it up another level. Meyers were solid with Cameron Long at guard but Skinn's quickness and penetration ability was overwhelming for opposing teams. The inside combination of Green, Lang and Diggs meant for a pick your poison kind of death down low.
During the opening minutes of the game Tony Skinn hit a three pointer followed by Mamadi Diane's turnaround jumper for Electro-Lite. Meyers' James Lang, another solid performer for the Wizards hit a putback for a 6-2 lead. Both teams played even until about five minutes into the game. Skinn really started to take off and established himself by putting constant pressure on the Electro-Lite defense. Meyers worked the ball around well which put inside players like Rob Diggs (GW) and Lang in scoring position for easy finishes.
If Skinn wasn't killing them with his fearless drives inside it was Tyler Crawford killing them from the outside. Meyers & Alterman had the size advantage down low and Skinn recognized it early. Green was making some terrific passes to Diggs for easy buckets. Electro-Lite's Andrew Washington (Delaware) who's known on the Goodman courts as "Sponge Bob" was consistently getting buckets and converting at the line in the first half.
Meyers & Alterman extended the lead as Green, Diggs, Falorin Campbell and Crawford,
all got into the act. At halftime, the lead was 48-37 Meyers & Alterman. Mamadi Diane hit a floater for Electro-Lite to close the lead 48-39. After that it was the Tyler Crawford (Georgetown) and Falorin Campbell (George Mason) show. Jeff Green hit a three, Crawford hit a putback, a basket and a three. Campbell hit two threes and a bucket to open up a sizeable 67-50 Meyers lead. Meyers maintained their intensity on the defensive end which led to scoring opportunities by Skinn, Campbell and Diggs.
Electro-Lite's Andrew Washington began to exert himself in the second half. He and Diane started to convert baskets on the offensive end and make free throws. Diane hit a couple threes and a bucket to erode the Meyers' lead to 85-78 with 1:37 left. Electro-Lite made a late run to get as close as 88-83 after a Cedric Jackson three however Meyers' Diggs made a basket and Crawford converted a free throw to seal the victory.
DeMatha earlier in the day won the high school championship. For basketball images of DeMatha, Georgetown and George Mason, log onto www.dcmetrosports.com and click on the prep sport and college basketball galleries.
Continue to log onto dcmetrosports as we begin our coverage of local high school, college, and pro football.
The Kenner League or Nike Pro City Summer League has developed quite a reputation as a place to spot future college stars and professional prospects. Since I have been covering the action this summer, the quality of basketball has not disappointed and I'm sure witnesses can attest to that fact.
Georgetown and George Mason look to be in good hands for the future. Guards Chris Wright (St. Johns Military Academy), and Austin Freeman (DeMatha) will carry on the Hoya tradition proudly in the foreseeable future. George Mason guards Isaiah Tate and Cameron Long can flat out do it. Virginia Tech's Deron Washington should be an NBA prospect after next season on sheer athleticism alone but he may have to develop a consistent jump shot and dribble move to make a long career out of pro ball. Mamadi Diane of UVA is another one to keep your eye on.
Jeff Green will be a solid player at the NBA level. He looks and conducts himself like a pro. I think from all in attendance at these games, most would agree he belongs in the league. He is smart, court saavy, can rebound, pass, drive the baseline, defend, sees the floor well and has power and finesse moves.
The Kenner League championship game featured Meyers & Alterman vs Electro-Lite. Many who followed the league this summer were probably surprised that the Tombs or Clydes were absent. The Electro-Lite team featured some solid players in Mamadi Diane of Virginia (DeMatha) and Byron Mouton formerly of Maryland. As a team Electro-Lite were a scrappy bunch lead by a decent guard (Andrew Washington, Delaware) and a fierce competitor of a coach in Rod Turner.
Meyers & Alterman, with the addition of Jeff Green and PG Tony Skinn formerly of George Mason just took it up another level. Meyers were solid with Cameron Long at guard but Skinn's quickness and penetration ability was overwhelming for opposing teams. The inside combination of Green, Lang and Diggs meant for a pick your poison kind of death down low.
During the opening minutes of the game Tony Skinn hit a three pointer followed by Mamadi Diane's turnaround jumper for Electro-Lite. Meyers' James Lang, another solid performer for the Wizards hit a putback for a 6-2 lead. Both teams played even until about five minutes into the game. Skinn really started to take off and established himself by putting constant pressure on the Electro-Lite defense. Meyers worked the ball around well which put inside players like Rob Diggs (GW) and Lang in scoring position for easy finishes.
If Skinn wasn't killing them with his fearless drives inside it was Tyler Crawford killing them from the outside. Meyers & Alterman had the size advantage down low and Skinn recognized it early. Green was making some terrific passes to Diggs for easy buckets. Electro-Lite's Andrew Washington (Delaware) who's known on the Goodman courts as "Sponge Bob" was consistently getting buckets and converting at the line in the first half.
Meyers & Alterman extended the lead as Green, Diggs, Falorin Campbell and Crawford,
all got into the act. At halftime, the lead was 48-37 Meyers & Alterman. Mamadi Diane hit a floater for Electro-Lite to close the lead 48-39. After that it was the Tyler Crawford (Georgetown) and Falorin Campbell (George Mason) show. Jeff Green hit a three, Crawford hit a putback, a basket and a three. Campbell hit two threes and a bucket to open up a sizeable 67-50 Meyers lead. Meyers maintained their intensity on the defensive end which led to scoring opportunities by Skinn, Campbell and Diggs.
Electro-Lite's Andrew Washington began to exert himself in the second half. He and Diane started to convert baskets on the offensive end and make free throws. Diane hit a couple threes and a bucket to erode the Meyers' lead to 85-78 with 1:37 left. Electro-Lite made a late run to get as close as 88-83 after a Cedric Jackson three however Meyers' Diggs made a basket and Crawford converted a free throw to seal the victory.
DeMatha earlier in the day won the high school championship. For basketball images of DeMatha, Georgetown and George Mason, log onto www.dcmetrosports.com and click on the prep sport and college basketball galleries.
Continue to log onto dcmetrosports as we begin our coverage of local high school, college, and pro football.
Coach Turner and LA ELITE Team - RUSSELL WESTBROOKS
Russell Westbrook, Namarr Newson (photos), MellyMel All Day (photos), Marcellous Ryan, Tramond Winzer, Michael D. Blackwell II
COACH DC AND THE BOY'S, AT AN ARC TOURNEY IN LAS VEGAS..IN THE LOBBY WAITING TO BE SEATED TO EAT AT 'FURR'S' A RESTAURANT WE FREQUENTED..ALOT!
Coach Turner and The AAU Team Turner 14u 2010
Cam Thurston
Tyron White
Proverb 16 - 10 A good leader motivates, doesn't mislead, doesn't exploit
I agree. I always bring it up, but it was fun seeing Mike Dunleavy Jr. play an EBC game on ESPN back in the early 2000's. I probably remember him doing better than he actually did, but it was just crazy to realize this normal NBA rookie was actually about 6'10'' and could rain from 30 (in addition to blocking shots at Rucker and dunking).
Kobe against my team at Rucker Park
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"The last two days, we've been announcing that Kobe Bryant is NOT going to be here," EBC founder Greg Marius said. He also asked Power 105's Ed Lover and other local radio DJ's "in the know" not to mention a thing about the Coming of Kobe.
But come he did; the three-time World Champion was "IN THE HOU-U--U-S-E!!!!" with his Murder Inc. posse on Thursday, brashly projecting his goal of breaking local hero Joe Hammond's 25 year-old Rucker League scoring record of 74 points.
The opposing team, The Source, was not going to have any of that. In fact, they were a good hour late, "collecting talent en route" according to insiders. They didn't do too badly: the green-clad powerhouse showed up with Raptors power broker Jerome Williams, speedy Rockets point Moochie Norris, and 6-5 Byron Mouton, a leading roleplayer on Maryland's 2002 NCAA championship squad. "He's here to play Kobe," Source coach Roderick Turner, not exactly a shy kind of guy, acclaimed for all to hear. "Down in D.C., Byron's middle name is defense."
Kobe, who had a phalanx of Men In Black sticking to him like glue before the contest, was indeed body-guarded by Mouton in an equally close fashion once the game began. As a result, though he was routinely spectacular (and, at times, even better than that) his shot had a tendency to stray a bit. And, the street being merciless, the same crowd that went banshee-bonkers when he first stepped on the asphalt, let him know it, too.
"Hey, Kobe, you still have 58 to go before you break the record, man!" one unofficial score-keeper yelled early in the second half. "Where's Shaq?" went another. Mouton, on the other hand, may have served some NBA notice. "Kobe, Shmobe," Turner said at full decibel. "My dude is all about winning.".
Hammond, the 52-year old playground legend who once refused a pro contract -- "The Lakers only offered me $50,000 and I was making twice that on the street," he said -- was safe for another day. With a lopsided grin, he limped over to shake hands with Kobe. "You'll never break my record," challenged the old-timer. They hugged. "Joe Hammond and Kobe, what a picture! Kobe and Harlem, what a picture! The Bone Collector and Kobe, what a picture! Kobe, Hammond, Harlem, Bone Collector, picture, picture, picture!" announcer Boobie Smooth the Politician was going batnuts on the mike.
Point Guard HeavenThe picture painted during the previous day's matchup -- Def Jam vs. Empyrean -- must have been what Point Guard Heaven looks like. Mark Jackson, the third leading assist-and in NBA history, and quirkily creative Bucks speedster Rafer Alston in the same backcourt promised some dishes too delicious to describe.Turned out, the game tasted even better than that. Both quarterbacks had something to prove: Jax, recently traded by the Knicks to Denver, wanted to show he had a lot left in the tank. Free agent Alston felt that he needed to display his primest stuff -- as well as his immensely improving jumpshot -- to potentially interested bidders.
Going at each other with gusto, the two Queens teams -- BOTH coached by Cardozo High School mentor Ron Naclerio who diplomatically stayed neutral in this one -- showed no mercy. The extra-intense action even led to some extracurricular as Alton and his matchup, Shiwon Brown, squared off briefly early in the second half.
"The kids know each other from the neighborhood," Naclerio explained. "When they 're not playing, they're all friends. When they're playing....." Turns out, they played two weeks earlier in a Queens gym, with Jax-less Def Jam getting crushed by 18. So this was Jammin' Time.
"I'm all about winning, that's all I know how to do," Jackson trashed on the Empyrean coach who screamed 'he can't shoot" at him all game. "Just look at the scoreboard, dude, just look at the scoreboard."
Then he turned and shot from 25 feet out. Payback was sweet -- the shot was picture perfect..r's Basketbalh highli
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"The last two days, we've been announcing that Kobe Bryant is NOT going to be here," EBC founder Greg Marius said. He also asked Power 105's Ed Lover and other local radio DJ's "in the know" not to mention a thing about the Coming of Kobe.
But come he did; the three-time World Champion was "IN THE HOU-U--U-S-E!!!!" with his Murder Inc. posse on Thursday, brashly projecting his goal of breaking local hero Joe Hammond's 25 year-old Rucker League scoring record of 74 points.
The opposing team, The Source, was not going to have any of that. In fact, they were a good hour late, "collecting talent en route" according to insiders. They didn't do too badly: the green-clad powerhouse showed up with Raptors power broker Jerome Williams, speedy Rockets point Moochie Norris, and 6-5 Byron Mouton, a leading roleplayer on Maryland's 2002 NCAA championship squad. "He's here to play Kobe," Source coach Roderick Turner, not exactly a shy kind of guy, acclaimed for all to hear. "Down in D.C., Byron's middle name is defense."
Kobe, who had a phalanx of Men In Black sticking to him like glue before the contest, was indeed body-guarded by Mouton in an equally close fashion once the game began. As a result, though he was routinely spectacular (and, at times, even better than that) his shot had a tendency to stray a bit. And, the street being merciless, the same crowd that went banshee-bonkers when he first stepped on the asphalt, let him know it, too.
"Hey, Kobe, you still have 58 to go before you break the record, man!" one unofficial score-keeper yelled early in the second half. "Where's Shaq?" went another. Mouton, on the other hand, may have served some NBA notice. "Kobe, Shmobe," Turner said at full decibel. "My dude is all about winning.".
Hammond, the 52-year old playground legend who once refused a pro contract -- "The Lakers only offered me $50,000 and I was making twice that on the street," he said -- was safe for another day. With a lopsided grin, he limped over to shake hands with Kobe. "You'll never break my record," challenged the old-timer. They hugged. "Joe Hammond and Kobe, what a picture! Kobe and Harlem, what a picture! The Bone Collector and Kobe, what a picture! Kobe, Hammond, Harlem, Bone Collector, picture, picture, picture!" announcer Boobie Smooth the Politician was going batnuts on the mike.
Point Guard HeavenThe picture painted during the previous day's matchup -- Def Jam vs. Empyrean -- must have been what Point Guard Heaven looks like. Mark Jackson, the third leading assist-and in NBA history, and quirkily creative Bucks speedster Rafer Alston in the same backcourt promised some dishes too delicious to describe.Turned out, the game tasted even better than that. Both quarterbacks had something to prove: Jax, recently traded by the Knicks to Denver, wanted to show he had a lot left in the tank. Free agent Alston felt that he needed to display his primest stuff -- as well as his immensely improving jumpshot -- to potentially interested bidders.
Going at each other with gusto, the two Queens teams -- BOTH coached by Cardozo High School mentor Ron Naclerio who diplomatically stayed neutral in this one -- showed no mercy. The extra-intense action even led to some extracurricular as Alton and his matchup, Shiwon Brown, squared off briefly early in the second half.
"The kids know each other from the neighborhood," Naclerio explained. "When they 're not playing, they're all friends. When they're playing....." Turns out, they played two weeks earlier in a Queens gym, with Jax-less Def Jam getting crushed by 18. So this was Jammin' Time.
"I'm all about winning, that's all I know how to do," Jackson trashed on the Empyrean coach who screamed 'he can't shoot" at him all game. "Just look at the scoreboard, dude, just look at the scoreboard."
Then he turned and shot from 25 feet out. Payback was sweet -- the shot was picture perfect..r's Basketbalh highli
Coach Turner, Kobe Bryant and Jerome Williams
Coach Turner, ebc at Rucker Park 2005
Coach Turner and the 12u runner up
The Team Turner AAU basketball team won the Force One Fall League following a 31-23 victory against the Tigers. Bryce Vicks, Miguel Palacio, Julani Chapman, Lennard Long, Chyree Walker and Warren Clementz had string games on offense and defense.
Team Turner also reached the championship game of last weekend’s Maryland Future Thanksgiving Tournament, losing to the Baltimore Panthers in the final after defeating the Dreammakers in the semifinals. Long, Palacio, Chapman, Vicks, Walker, Justin Milstead and Clementz had strong tournaments for Team Turner
Team Turner also reached the championship game of last weekend’s Maryland Future Thanksgiving Tournament, losing to the Baltimore Panthers in the final after defeating the Dreammakers in the semifinals. Long, Palacio, Chapman, Vicks, Walker, Justin Milstead and Clementz had strong tournaments for Team Turner
Women league Champs 2 years in a row! WNBA PLAYERS Rebekkah Brunson and Monique Currie and my Lady Team Turner
Kenner League August 7 RECAP
Post by flhoya on Aug 7, 2009, 11:32pm
"THEY CAN'T BEAT US, GOD!"
Coach Rodney loves a challenge. And he was determined to meet this particular one from the Creator head on. Throughout the second half, the Screamer gesticulated wildly at either a supreme being or the A/C system in McDonough, mad about some call or unfortunate break or what have you.
Rodney would make a phenomenal hibachi cook at Bennihana. Just like the popular chain of Japanese steakhouses, at Kenner League the dinner--or in this case the psycho screamer of a coach--IS the show.
Sometimes it's all we can do to stay interested on those dull Kenner League Friday nights.
Post by flhoya on Aug 7, 2009, 11:32pm
"THEY CAN'T BEAT US, GOD!"
Coach Rodney loves a challenge. And he was determined to meet this particular one from the Creator head on. Throughout the second half, the Screamer gesticulated wildly at either a supreme being or the A/C system in McDonough, mad about some call or unfortunate break or what have you.
Rodney would make a phenomenal hibachi cook at Bennihana. Just like the popular chain of Japanese steakhouses, at Kenner League the dinner--or in this case the psycho screamer of a coach--IS the show.
Sometimes it's all we can do to stay interested on those dull Kenner League Friday nights.
WE ARE ONE 72 Aquamarine Hunger Force 68
After trading threes and no-calls and lots of screaming, Rodney finally got his way, as Hollis Thompson of all people iced the game for WAO with two FTs in the dying seconds.
Good thing he finally got a chance to take a shot.
For the record, Rodney called his customary opening Timeout Scream-a-thon at 14:58 with his team down 6-2, and he broke up their fast break to do it.
Hollis Thompson: 11 points, 3-4 2pt, 1-4 3pt, 2-2 FT, 2RB, 3A
It's very hard to judge his offensive game because you get the distinct sense he isn't being allowed to actually do anything. With the competition for the ball (ahem) on his team, he's put into a lot of situations where it's either catch and shoot or go home.
He catches and shoots most of the time.
So lots of corner threes--at least we know that's his spot--but not a lot of quality looks, to be honest. Haven't been able to see him flash the slasher moves or athleticism much on offense, because he's basically adrift on his team.
Would like to see him compensate for this by being more active on the defensive end, but isn't really happening. Still think he tires from all the fast breaking and pressure defense. Trouble is, at least in summer league guys can take him on the dribble or back him down, and he isn't exactly throwing in hard fouls to check a guy.
One thing I DO like--even if he isn't getting the ball, he's making himself available and putting himself in scoring position, whether it's cutting along the baseline on drive and dish chances, or scoping out an open spot on the perimeter.
Eventually the pass will come.
After trading threes and no-calls and lots of screaming, Rodney finally got his way, as Hollis Thompson of all people iced the game for WAO with two FTs in the dying seconds.
Good thing he finally got a chance to take a shot.
For the record, Rodney called his customary opening Timeout Scream-a-thon at 14:58 with his team down 6-2, and he broke up their fast break to do it.
Hollis Thompson: 11 points, 3-4 2pt, 1-4 3pt, 2-2 FT, 2RB, 3A
It's very hard to judge his offensive game because you get the distinct sense he isn't being allowed to actually do anything. With the competition for the ball (ahem) on his team, he's put into a lot of situations where it's either catch and shoot or go home.
He catches and shoots most of the time.
So lots of corner threes--at least we know that's his spot--but not a lot of quality looks, to be honest. Haven't been able to see him flash the slasher moves or athleticism much on offense, because he's basically adrift on his team.
Would like to see him compensate for this by being more active on the defensive end, but isn't really happening. Still think he tires from all the fast breaking and pressure defense. Trouble is, at least in summer league guys can take him on the dribble or back him down, and he isn't exactly throwing in hard fouls to check a guy.
One thing I DO like--even if he isn't getting the ball, he's making himself available and putting himself in scoring position, whether it's cutting along the baseline on drive and dish chances, or scoping out an open spot on the perimeter.
Eventually the pass will come.
Georgetown University Hollis Thompson
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007Area team wins Entertainers ClassicRoosevelt graduate Eddie Basden hits tournament-winning shot, searches for next NBA jobby Terron Hampton | Staff Writer
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The victory was the first for the area team, which claimed its first EBC America title since a local team began competing in the tournament five years ago.
‘‘The tournament, itself, was a tournament that I wanted to win more than anything,” said Adelphi resident Roderick Turner, who formed the D.C. team. ‘‘To be down there for the past few years and to have D.C. etched in stone as the 2007 EBC America champions means so much to me and the players.”
Eleanor Roosevelt High School graduate Eddie Basden, who spent last season playing with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, hit a game-winning three pointer with 1 second remaining in the EBC America title game against Boston. The shot gave D.C. an 82-79 victory.
Temple Hills resident Andrew Washington, known as ‘‘Sponge Bob” in street basketball circles, claimed the tournament’s most valuable player honors, scoring a game-high 41 points in D.C.’s 104-99 victory against New York City in the semifinal.
‘‘We went down there and had a good outing and that was pretty cool,” Basden said. ‘‘I guess [playing for the D.C. team] is just like if I was in the NBA playing with the [Washington] Wizards. I’m from New York City, but I’ve been here since I was 13. The legends around here kind of molded me into the player that I am today.”
But it was Washington who whole stole the show. Washington has gained notoriety locally playing in various leagues at the Capitol Sports Complex and in the Goodman Basketball League in Barry Farm Dwellings in the District.
Washington displayed a seemingly never-ending energy source to a New York crowd that became enamored.
‘‘ It was just a great experience going up against guys from out of town,” Washington said. ‘‘I think by the time I finished playing those guys, I earned their respect. After the game, the fans fell in love with my game. I can play basketball all day. It’s nothing to me. It’s a habit to me.”
In the first game, D.C. jumped all over New York from the start and took a 20-2 lead from which New York could not recover. The championship game was a seesaw contest throughout and took Basden’s shot for D.C. to pull off the championship.
Washington, a 2002 graduate of Friendly High, has received offers to play in Poland, Spain, France and elsewhere. Washington has also received offers from the Atlanta Vision and Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association.
Meanwhile, Basden is still mulling over his options as he was released by the Bulls following the 2006-07 season. Basden said he has drawn interest from the 2007 NBA champion San Antonio Spurs and the Boston Celtics.
The powerful storm systems that moved along the East Coast last week forced the tournament to be moved indoors to a nearby gym, which drained a little of the atmosphere from the event, which is usually held at a small, often over-crowded court at Rucker Memorial Park.
Turner said he thinks the teams from New York and Boston underestimated the D.C. team because the teams did not generate much in the big name department.
‘‘We went out there and shocked the world,” Turner said. ‘‘I would have to say it was a wonderful event that we enjoy every year, especially this year. When we beat New York, we had the whole place silent and after the game, everyone was coming up to me asking ‘who’s this guy [Washington].’”
E-mail Terron Hampton at thampton@gazette.net
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The victory was the first for the area team, which claimed its first EBC America title since a local team began competing in the tournament five years ago.
‘‘The tournament, itself, was a tournament that I wanted to win more than anything,” said Adelphi resident Roderick Turner, who formed the D.C. team. ‘‘To be down there for the past few years and to have D.C. etched in stone as the 2007 EBC America champions means so much to me and the players.”
Eleanor Roosevelt High School graduate Eddie Basden, who spent last season playing with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls, hit a game-winning three pointer with 1 second remaining in the EBC America title game against Boston. The shot gave D.C. an 82-79 victory.
Temple Hills resident Andrew Washington, known as ‘‘Sponge Bob” in street basketball circles, claimed the tournament’s most valuable player honors, scoring a game-high 41 points in D.C.’s 104-99 victory against New York City in the semifinal.
‘‘We went down there and had a good outing and that was pretty cool,” Basden said. ‘‘I guess [playing for the D.C. team] is just like if I was in the NBA playing with the [Washington] Wizards. I’m from New York City, but I’ve been here since I was 13. The legends around here kind of molded me into the player that I am today.”
But it was Washington who whole stole the show. Washington has gained notoriety locally playing in various leagues at the Capitol Sports Complex and in the Goodman Basketball League in Barry Farm Dwellings in the District.
Washington displayed a seemingly never-ending energy source to a New York crowd that became enamored.
‘‘ It was just a great experience going up against guys from out of town,” Washington said. ‘‘I think by the time I finished playing those guys, I earned their respect. After the game, the fans fell in love with my game. I can play basketball all day. It’s nothing to me. It’s a habit to me.”
In the first game, D.C. jumped all over New York from the start and took a 20-2 lead from which New York could not recover. The championship game was a seesaw contest throughout and took Basden’s shot for D.C. to pull off the championship.
Washington, a 2002 graduate of Friendly High, has received offers to play in Poland, Spain, France and elsewhere. Washington has also received offers from the Atlanta Vision and Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association.
Meanwhile, Basden is still mulling over his options as he was released by the Bulls following the 2006-07 season. Basden said he has drawn interest from the 2007 NBA champion San Antonio Spurs and the Boston Celtics.
The powerful storm systems that moved along the East Coast last week forced the tournament to be moved indoors to a nearby gym, which drained a little of the atmosphere from the event, which is usually held at a small, often over-crowded court at Rucker Memorial Park.
Turner said he thinks the teams from New York and Boston underestimated the D.C. team because the teams did not generate much in the big name department.
‘‘We went out there and shocked the world,” Turner said. ‘‘I would have to say it was a wonderful event that we enjoy every year, especially this year. When we beat New York, we had the whole place silent and after the game, everyone was coming up to me asking ‘who’s this guy [Washington].’”
E-mail Terron Hampton at thampton@gazette.net
Coach Roderick Turner and the 2007 EBC of America CHAMPS!
Francis explodes for 62 points in DC Summer League THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000 9:25 AM CST By Clutch Copyright 2000 ClutchFans.net According to an excellent story/recap from Hoops TV, Steve Francis exploded for 62 points in a 123-112 win in the Kenner League in Washington D.C. The story includes a video of literally about 15 Francis highlights from the game, and at one point according to the article, Francis was "getting ready to break his defender at the top of the key, but instead threw the ball off the guy’s forehead and took it straight to the rack." At one point Steve nailed 7 shots in a row from all over the floor and according to the author of the article, "tighten your belt, pants or whatever you wear and get ready for the co-Rookie of the Year to blow up the NBA next season."
Steve Francis and Coach Turner
August 6, 2010 – Last night the 2010 Nike Pro City Jabbo Kenner League’s playoff season commenced, with a slate of two games on tap. If they are a harbinger of things to come, hoops fans will be treated to great college/pro level hoops action this weekend.
After a lengthy delay brought about by a flash, violent storm in the Washington, DC area, Team Takeover took the floor against Team Turner, albeit shorthanded and under-uniformed – just six players were available at the delayed tip off, and the squad was swathed in only grey tee shirts and various shorts. In fact, Takeover was not full strength – with either players and coaches - until less than 10 minutes to go in the first half. It was then that the squad was also fully clothed in Team Takeover’s orange uniforms as well.
Dino Gregory shoots thru contact in the first half.
Early on Team Turner seemed intent on using their early size advantage, pushing the ball down low (for the record, their roster swelled later also). But Takeover nevertheless withstood that charge, and by the 2:25 mark led 26-19 after back to back buckets from GW University sophomore guard Lasan Kromah (12 points).
In the second half, Turner (the 8th seed) attempted to use its trademark full court defense, but to no avail, falling 59-42. Takeover, which as the first seed held serve, got 12 points from G’Town junior guard Jason Clark, while Bowie State sophomore swingman Dwayne Jackson dropped eight.
Turner received ten points from Maryland senior center Dino Gregory. Givon Crump, a junior Fresno State transfer from Baylor, chipped in eight
2010 Playoffs Jabbor Kenner League
Dino Gregory
August 6, 2010 – Last night the 2010 Nike Pro City Jabbo Kenner League’s playoff season commenced, with a slate of two games on tap. If they are a harbinger of things to come, hoops fans will be treated to great college/pro level hoops action this weekend.
After a lengthy delay brought about by a flash, violent storm in the Washington, DC area, Team Takeover took the floor against Team Turner, albeit shorthanded and under-uniformed – just six players were available at the delayed tip off, and the squad was swathed in only grey tee shirts and various shorts. In fact, Takeover was not full strength – with either players and coaches - until less than 10 minutes to go in the first half. It was then that the squad was also fully clothed in Team Takeover’s orange uniforms as well.
Early on Team Turner seemed intent on using their early size advantage, pushing the ball down low (for the record, their roster swelled later also). But Takeover nevertheless withstood that charge, and by the 2:25 mark led 26-19 after back to back buckets from GW University sophomore guard Lasan Kromah (12 points).
In the second half, Turner (the 8th seed) attempted to use its trademark full court defense, but to no avail, falling 59-42. Takeover, which as the first seed held serve, got 12 points from G’Town junior guard Jason Clark, while Bowie State sophomore swingman Dwayne Jackson dropped eight.
Turner received ten points from Maryland senior center Dino Gregory. Givon Crump, a junior Fresno State transfer from Baylor, chipped in eight
After a lengthy delay brought about by a flash, violent storm in the Washington, DC area, Team Takeover took the floor against Team Turner, albeit shorthanded and under-uniformed – just six players were available at the delayed tip off, and the squad was swathed in only grey tee shirts and various shorts. In fact, Takeover was not full strength – with either players and coaches - until less than 10 minutes to go in the first half. It was then that the squad was also fully clothed in Team Takeover’s orange uniforms as well.
Early on Team Turner seemed intent on using their early size advantage, pushing the ball down low (for the record, their roster swelled later also). But Takeover nevertheless withstood that charge, and by the 2:25 mark led 26-19 after back to back buckets from GW University sophomore guard Lasan Kromah (12 points).
In the second half, Turner (the 8th seed) attempted to use its trademark full court defense, but to no avail, falling 59-42. Takeover, which as the first seed held serve, got 12 points from G’Town junior guard Jason Clark, while Bowie State sophomore swingman Dwayne Jackson dropped eight.
Turner received ten points from Maryland senior center Dino Gregory. Givon Crump, a junior Fresno State transfer from Baylor, chipped in eight
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The 2009 Jabbo Kenner iteration was chock full of talent
August 19, 2009 – Sunday concluded the 2009 Jabbo Kenner League, to good acclaim. For game coverage, click here. Don’t think this year’s Kenner was a great opportunity for all involved? “I’m just happy they still have it” said National Basketball Association forward Pops Mensah Bonsu after his team, Premier Athletics, lost in quarterfinal action. “You have professional and college players. The best pros in D.C; KD (Kevin Durant), Jeff Green, Beasley (Michael), myself . What more can you ask for? I’ll be competing in it every year”. (Gilbert Arenas, of Washington Wizard and NBA fame, also played a game) Durant noted Kenner is “good competition”, thoughts echoed by others, including international professional Brian Matthews. “It’s good, It’s a great league; good for summertime work. And it’s in DC, where there is always good competition” shared Matthews, a forward, who in college several years ago led the Big East in scoring. Fans of course enjoyed the action, just ask Kent Boone, a well known local hoops aficionado based in Northern Virginia: “This year despite an abbreviated schedule - 55 games in 19 days or so - it was well put together and exciting. Every game was very competitive. It was a great outing and the fan base was tremendous for each team”. Here are the i95Ballerz.com All-Kenner teams, created by consultation with a group of Kenner attendees/coaches. First Team Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder, F – Showed incredible shooting range, but still used his Kenner season to work on ball handling and leadership Jeff Green, Oklahoma City Thunder, F – Played all over the court, and seemingly embraced ball handling as a point of development. Edged Durant for MVP due to the number of games he played in – Green was a constant. Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Toronto Raptors, F – After a slow start, Bonsu started to finish everything around the rim. Hard. Also showed a growing mid-range to three point shooting game Brian Chase, Vive Menorca (Spain), PG – Chase can score and pass. Again proved he’s a prodigious talent at guard. Led Madness/A. Wash to the Kenner crown. Jason Clark, Georgetown University, G – Clark played almost exclusively at point guard, showing the work that will garner him more clock in the Big East this year. Also attacked the rim with abandon, defended and passed. Isaiah Swann, Israeli pro, G - Likely the most consistent Kenner scorer, Swann proved himself a true offensive talent; whether its driving, finishing, posting or pulling up, Isaiah can do it. Adrian Bowie, University of Maryland, G – Has really worked on his right hand ball handling, and become much stronger – the result is a player that mans both guard positions, attacks the rim, finishes, and defends. This athletic performer was named Most Improved Player in Kenner. Second Team Mo Creek, Indiana University, G – Headed to Indiana, Creek shot, defended and passed with the best. What’s most impressive is his offensive performance came within the game’s flow. Darnell Dodson, University of Kentucky, G/F – An all-court performer, Dodson played every position on the court, including defending Mensah-Bonsu in the paint. Has worked hard on ball patting and passing, to go along with a silky jumper. Austin Freeman, Georgetown, G - Freeman displayed increased explosion and speed, likely due to weight reduction. The result is an ability to attack the cup and find teammates. Bryant Matthews, international professional, F – Matthews gets the Hardest Worker award, which he lives up to in games and during workouts; being somewhat undersized for a post-oriented player, Matthews bangs and outworks opponents. Kevin Thompson, Morgan State, C – Was a first team talent, but is tabbed second team due to not playing in all of the Bearcats’ games. Thompson is a physical low-post threat, one that showed he could compete with any frontcourt player in Kenner action. Chris Wright, Georgetown, G – Displayed his entire skill wheelhouse – that of aggressive offensive performer and point guard. Many Hoya fans were happy to see him play both roles. His team suffered in the playoffs without him. Antonio Hayman, Marshall, F – A slasher/finisher, Hayman has worked on his mid-range game and ball patting. Was a constant Madness/A. Wash’s scorer and rebounder. Jeff Allen, Virginia Tech, F –Rough and tumble, Allen always does something that has observers say ‘Wow’, whether that be a strong rebound, fastbreak pull up jumper, strong finish or snazzy pass. |
There was so much talent in the Kenner League this summer, all-event teams 3 and 4 are stellar
August 20, 2009 – In conjunction with yesterday's First and Second All-Kenner selections - picks produced by i95Ballerz.com in conjunction with several knowledgeable observers - teams three and four are presented here. For previous Kenner League coverage, click here. Third Team Chris Matthews, St. Bonaventure, G – Easily a second team performer talent wise, Matthews, to his credit, put his offensive game down – he’s an excellent shooter – to be more of a facilitator for We Are One. Hillary ‘Pops’ Hailey, UMES, F – Hailey sneakily lit up the scoreboard, canning jumpers and slashing to the hoop. Should show and prove in the MEAC this year. Greg Monroe, Georgetown, F/C – Having a good understanding of the game, Monroe uses that and his left hand to his advantage. Chuck Henry, German C league, F – Athletic and fearless, Henry, a tweaner, always impacts the game favorably. Gilbert Arenas, Washington Wizards, G - Only played one game, and excelled in only a half of it, but during that time showed nobody could keep him from the rack. Mike Beasley, Miami Heat, F – Admitting he was using Kenner to get in shape, Beasley still scored when he wanted to. Lack of games put him on the third team crew. Chris Howard, South Florida, G – Having only played two games, Howard would have been a first rounder with more action under his belt; he scored, passed and defended, all at a high level for the Bearcats, including shooting the team to overtime in playoff action. Dwayne Jackson, Morgan State, F – Winner of the Unexpected Player award, Jackson shot and drove himself to widespread respect. Has to be considered in the running for MEAC rookie of the year. Henry Sims, Georgetown, F/C – When remaining active – running the floor, constantly posting, rebounding, blocking shots - Sims excelled. As the tourney went on, he performed in that manner rather consistently. Fourth Team Paul Kirkpatrick, Howard, F/C - Almost named Most Improved player, Kirkpatrick did work by blocking shots, defending, rebounding, and scoring around the tin. Daniel Smith, Morgan State, PG - Smith seems ready to step into the shoes of Morgan's now departed Itchy Bolden, as he can run a show and score. Julian Vaughn, Georgetown, F - Despite having only played a handful of games due to other obligations, Vaughn impressed with his stout, physical play. The Hoyas are banking on that this year. Calvin Brown, Jr, international pro, C - Brown, knows how to play and to use his strength and size, utilizing both to compete despite working himself into shape. Likes to do the little things that produce wins. Rodney Stuckey, Morgan State, F/C - Physical and competitive, Stuckey saved his best offensive performances for the playoff rounds, where he posted and hit mid-range jumpers. Frank Peterson, formerly of UDC, G - Tough and competitive, Peterson, who works with mis-focused youth, takes no quarter on the court. Is a Kenner favorite. Hollis Thompson, Georgetown, F - Defensively played out of position (center) in Kenner action, but in terms of scoring the ball showed he has a sweet jumper, which should bode well for the Hoyas this year. Jay Gavin, VCU, G - Gavin, who has long been known as a shooter did that, but also demonstrated his work on ball handling has paid dividends. Ron Bailey, Publisher  Team Turner Chuck Henry |
2004 Kenner League Champions - The TOMBS!
Kennner QF result/mini-recap
Post by flhoya on 8/11/04 at 22:40
I did make it to the KL games tonight in the end. Glad I finally made it to some of these...always appreciated the notes from others and the sneak preview of the new guys on the team.
Since I'm working out of a hotel and I tried to do stats instead of my normal fan way of watching, this'll be a briefer recap. Just stuff I jotted down on a legal pad, plus my version of stats. NOTE: things I am most likely to have messed up are the # of missed shots and #of assists.
Here goes:
TOMBS won 113-93 over CUTS, Inc.
Score by quarters:
TOMBS 31 33 22 27
CUTS 19 27 24 23
Game was never really close; margin in the teens almost the entire time. Very sloppy; lots of turnovers on both sides, TOMBS talent level was def. superior, but I got the feeling we could've and should've done more.
Starting lineup for TOMBS was Stokes (?, #4), Josh Thornton, Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert, and Byron Mouton. Bench included Swann, Crawford, and Townes. that was all.
Stats/Comments by player (remember, these are inexact):
Stokes: 3 pts, 1-5 from 3, 2 rb, 7 ast, best of which was very early off the backboard on a break to Green for a reverse monster jam. He provided some good energy at the point.
Swann: 8 pts, 4-9, 3 rbs, 4-6 asts, including a great bounce feed at the end to Roy on the post for a perfect setup dunk.
Thornton (a.k.a. Crawford's twin): 14 pts, 1-3, 4-9 from 3, 2 rb, 4-5 ast. He's definitely not bashful!!! Someone must've told him ahead of time to put up a lot of shots, b/c he was firing away from deep 3. Good first step and speed with the ball...we'll be happy in a year +. had 3 fouls by early 2nd quarter.
Crawford (a.k.a. Thornton's twin): 17 pts, 6-7, 1-2 from 3, 2-3 ft, 6 rbs, 1 ast. the 2-3 fts I have listed in separate places for him and thornton, so it was either one, not sure. they wore #8 and #9 and look alike from the stands. Most of these stats were from 2nd half, he really competed at the end. Coach of TOMBS was on him loudly the entire game instructing him on D. Coach actually called 2 angry TOs after D breakdowns, once even killing a tombs 3-on-2 break. I have a looooong in a note about his 3s. good looking jumper.
Green: 23 pts, 11-18, 0-2 from 3, 1-1 ft, 15 rbs (at least 5 off.), 1 ast. I like the guy. Monster first quarter (14pts, 7rb). Filled the lane well for two fast break layups in 1st q.; ended the game with a steal and jam with under 1 min. to go. Very aggressive in the lane on D, and AGGRESSIVE on the glass on both ends--I like that a lot. got beat with turnaround jumpers off post moves a lot.
Hibbert: 11 pts, 4-7, 1-2 ft, 6 rb, 2asts. Went behind the back to Jeff on a 4-on-2 for a dunk late that got the remaining crowd (all 100 of us) to...shift in our seats (Sominex kind of crowd). He IS a project...has a little of the old concrete hands, got stripped a few times, but also showed some nice interior stuff at times. Him and Jeff jumping around going for blocks is fun to watch.
Townes: 19pts, 9-14, 1-1 ft, 6-7 rbs. Yeah, he's pretty good. Oh well.
Mouton: 18 pts, 8-9, 0-3 from 3, 2-3 ft, 4rb, ast. He got pretty angry in the 2nd half when the CUTS strategy for a few possessions was "Kill Byron Vol. 2". also got called for a phantom foul and sulked. Helped out some, but didn't take over as much as Gilbert Arenas did in game 1.
TOMBS plays Semis Friday night at around 8;15 (tonight's game ended at around 9:30 btw) against the team that beat SLAM in the opener.
NONGAME: Richard Armitage and Omari Faulkner were there for Game 1, didn't see them after. The 395 looked nasty near Rosslyn around 10:00 going west. The weather here in DC today was schizophrenic and nasty...but still better than the 2 tropical systems headed for FL.
and
Re: Did Tombs Play Last Night?
Post by flhoya on 8/14/04 at 15:58
I can't really add much to what's been said in the three previous commentaries, all of which I agree with. I made it down to McD just in time to catch the Tombs game. They WERE charging, which sucked, and I very nearly snuck by the "boss" at the table, but ended up paying only 5 instead of 6 b/c they didn't have change (why not just charge 5 so you don't have to keep giving people 4 one-dollar bills back?)
Hard to really evaluate a game which was dictated as much as it was by the other team's having only 5 players at the start. I swore that one of the Nike Air guys fouled out in the 4th but came back in as a sub too--by this point the game was in hand.
"Indifferent" was a good word to describe the game--you just don't get as good a sense of players in the summer league-paced kind of game.
Roy did have a tough game--though the crowd was really on his side once he did put down a shot. He seemed to have a chronic inability to finish AND especially a chronic inability to take the initiative (i.e. take the ball up strong, recognize a clear advantage in the post). Also put up a few ugly looking bunny shots. Hopefully we can, over the course of a few years, teach him into a solid contributer. Hey, we're not asking for Patrick Ewing here--heck, I'd be thrilled if we got another Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje out of this (not a slight to Roy, just that I liked Ruben).
Darian did take over the game at times, but I do want to also give Tyler props for some good play during one of the runs that took the Tombs to a comfortable lead. Showing a good jump shot from 3 and the long-distance 2 range. Hopefully the instruction he's getting on the defensive end will pay dividends later on this season.
Didn't make today's final, hope it went well.
Post by flhoya on 8/11/04 at 22:40
I did make it to the KL games tonight in the end. Glad I finally made it to some of these...always appreciated the notes from others and the sneak preview of the new guys on the team.
Since I'm working out of a hotel and I tried to do stats instead of my normal fan way of watching, this'll be a briefer recap. Just stuff I jotted down on a legal pad, plus my version of stats. NOTE: things I am most likely to have messed up are the # of missed shots and #of assists.
Here goes:
TOMBS won 113-93 over CUTS, Inc.
Score by quarters:
TOMBS 31 33 22 27
CUTS 19 27 24 23
Game was never really close; margin in the teens almost the entire time. Very sloppy; lots of turnovers on both sides, TOMBS talent level was def. superior, but I got the feeling we could've and should've done more.
Starting lineup for TOMBS was Stokes (?, #4), Josh Thornton, Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert, and Byron Mouton. Bench included Swann, Crawford, and Townes. that was all.
Stats/Comments by player (remember, these are inexact):
Stokes: 3 pts, 1-5 from 3, 2 rb, 7 ast, best of which was very early off the backboard on a break to Green for a reverse monster jam. He provided some good energy at the point.
Swann: 8 pts, 4-9, 3 rbs, 4-6 asts, including a great bounce feed at the end to Roy on the post for a perfect setup dunk.
Thornton (a.k.a. Crawford's twin): 14 pts, 1-3, 4-9 from 3, 2 rb, 4-5 ast. He's definitely not bashful!!! Someone must've told him ahead of time to put up a lot of shots, b/c he was firing away from deep 3. Good first step and speed with the ball...we'll be happy in a year +. had 3 fouls by early 2nd quarter.
Crawford (a.k.a. Thornton's twin): 17 pts, 6-7, 1-2 from 3, 2-3 ft, 6 rbs, 1 ast. the 2-3 fts I have listed in separate places for him and thornton, so it was either one, not sure. they wore #8 and #9 and look alike from the stands. Most of these stats were from 2nd half, he really competed at the end. Coach of TOMBS was on him loudly the entire game instructing him on D. Coach actually called 2 angry TOs after D breakdowns, once even killing a tombs 3-on-2 break. I have a looooong in a note about his 3s. good looking jumper.
Green: 23 pts, 11-18, 0-2 from 3, 1-1 ft, 15 rbs (at least 5 off.), 1 ast. I like the guy. Monster first quarter (14pts, 7rb). Filled the lane well for two fast break layups in 1st q.; ended the game with a steal and jam with under 1 min. to go. Very aggressive in the lane on D, and AGGRESSIVE on the glass on both ends--I like that a lot. got beat with turnaround jumpers off post moves a lot.
Hibbert: 11 pts, 4-7, 1-2 ft, 6 rb, 2asts. Went behind the back to Jeff on a 4-on-2 for a dunk late that got the remaining crowd (all 100 of us) to...shift in our seats (Sominex kind of crowd). He IS a project...has a little of the old concrete hands, got stripped a few times, but also showed some nice interior stuff at times. Him and Jeff jumping around going for blocks is fun to watch.
Townes: 19pts, 9-14, 1-1 ft, 6-7 rbs. Yeah, he's pretty good. Oh well.
Mouton: 18 pts, 8-9, 0-3 from 3, 2-3 ft, 4rb, ast. He got pretty angry in the 2nd half when the CUTS strategy for a few possessions was "Kill Byron Vol. 2". also got called for a phantom foul and sulked. Helped out some, but didn't take over as much as Gilbert Arenas did in game 1.
TOMBS plays Semis Friday night at around 8;15 (tonight's game ended at around 9:30 btw) against the team that beat SLAM in the opener.
NONGAME: Richard Armitage and Omari Faulkner were there for Game 1, didn't see them after. The 395 looked nasty near Rosslyn around 10:00 going west. The weather here in DC today was schizophrenic and nasty...but still better than the 2 tropical systems headed for FL.
and
Re: Did Tombs Play Last Night?
Post by flhoya on 8/14/04 at 15:58
I can't really add much to what's been said in the three previous commentaries, all of which I agree with. I made it down to McD just in time to catch the Tombs game. They WERE charging, which sucked, and I very nearly snuck by the "boss" at the table, but ended up paying only 5 instead of 6 b/c they didn't have change (why not just charge 5 so you don't have to keep giving people 4 one-dollar bills back?)
Hard to really evaluate a game which was dictated as much as it was by the other team's having only 5 players at the start. I swore that one of the Nike Air guys fouled out in the 4th but came back in as a sub too--by this point the game was in hand.
"Indifferent" was a good word to describe the game--you just don't get as good a sense of players in the summer league-paced kind of game.
Roy did have a tough game--though the crowd was really on his side once he did put down a shot. He seemed to have a chronic inability to finish AND especially a chronic inability to take the initiative (i.e. take the ball up strong, recognize a clear advantage in the post). Also put up a few ugly looking bunny shots. Hopefully we can, over the course of a few years, teach him into a solid contributer. Hey, we're not asking for Patrick Ewing here--heck, I'd be thrilled if we got another Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje out of this (not a slight to Roy, just that I liked Ruben).
Darian did take over the game at times, but I do want to also give Tyler props for some good play during one of the runs that took the Tombs to a comfortable lead. Showing a good jump shot from 3 and the long-distance 2 range. Hopefully the instruction he's getting on the defensive end will pay dividends later on this season.
Didn't make today's final, hope it went well.
Lonny Baxters, Coach Turner, Joe Forte, Glen Stokes, Bruce Jenkins, Atilla Crosby
August 12, 1999
Bogans and Forte shine in Kenner play
Former DeMatha duo leads Source Magazine to victory
by Brandy L. Simms
Staff Writer
Former DeMatha standouts Keith Bogans and Joe Forte were two of the nation's most exciting high-school players last season. The two All-Americans led the Stags to a 28-4 record and a top-10 national ranking. Forte, a University of North Carolina recruit, and Bogans, a University of Kentucky signee, caused headaches for opposing teams and were at it again last Sunday in leading Source Magazine to a 100-90 victory over Air Jordan in Kenner League action at Georgetown University's McDonough Memorial Gymnasium. Besides Bogans and Forte, Source Magazine featured a number of former high school and current colleges players from Montgomery County such as Good Counsel's Chris Monroe (George Washington), Blair's Bruce Jenkins (North Carolina A&T), and Einstein's Glenn Stokes, who will head to Florida to play for Tallahassee Community College. As a Blair High senior during the 1997-98 season, Jenkins was a significant talent for the Blazers. His exploits earned him first-team All-Gazette honors. "I love his game," said Source Magazine head coach Roderick Turner, who describes Jenkins as a defensive specialist. "He'll do what he has to do. He'll play defense and when he's open he'll hit the jump shot." Last season, the Silver Spring resident started for a North Carolina A&T squad that had an overall record of 13-15 and 9-9 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. "We had a young team," said Jenkins, who was named to the conference all-rookie team. "We had a coach who didn't know what the system was like. We just didn't put it together at the end of the season but everybody worked hard and we're gonna come back [this season] and play hard." Jenkins said he's looking forward to a schedule that includes American University and Duke. The Aggies tipoff their season when they visit AU's Bender Arena on the Northwest D.C. campus. "That'll be a big game for me," said Jenkins. "Being home, all my family will be there." During Sunday's contest, the Source Magazine team had a size advantage inside with 6-foot-9 Atilla Cosby and 6-8 Lonny Baxter of Silver Spring and the University of Maryland. Cosby once played for DeMatha before transferring to Oak Hill Academy (Va.) where he teamed with former Duke star and recent NBA first-round draft pick William Avery. After playing the last two seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, Cosby recently transferred to the University of New Mexico. During his prep career, Baxter played at a host of different high schools including Rockville's Richard Montgomery High. Against Air Jordan, Baxter was virtually unstoppable, scoring many of his baskets on offensive putbacks. Baxter, a sophomore at Maryland, scored and was fouled with 6:55 remaining in the second half of Sunday's contest. He converted the free throw to give Source Magazine a 76-73 advantage. Moments later, Forte dunked to give his club a 78-73 lead. He then was joined by teammate Bogans. The two players both smiled and headed upcourt. "They work real well together," said Turner, whose Kenner League college team also features 6-9 University of Cincinnati recruit Dermarr Johnson. Johnson played at Kensington's Newport School for two seasons before transferring to Maine Central Institute where he was honored last season as Parade magazine's national player of the year. "Wait till you see DJ to go with Joe [Forte] and Keith [Bogans]," Turner added. "It's gonna be a heck of a combination."
Staff Writer
Former DeMatha standouts Keith Bogans and Joe Forte were two of the nation's most exciting high-school players last season. The two All-Americans led the Stags to a 28-4 record and a top-10 national ranking. Forte, a University of North Carolina recruit, and Bogans, a University of Kentucky signee, caused headaches for opposing teams and were at it again last Sunday in leading Source Magazine to a 100-90 victory over Air Jordan in Kenner League action at Georgetown University's McDonough Memorial Gymnasium. Besides Bogans and Forte, Source Magazine featured a number of former high school and current colleges players from Montgomery County such as Good Counsel's Chris Monroe (George Washington), Blair's Bruce Jenkins (North Carolina A&T), and Einstein's Glenn Stokes, who will head to Florida to play for Tallahassee Community College. As a Blair High senior during the 1997-98 season, Jenkins was a significant talent for the Blazers. His exploits earned him first-team All-Gazette honors. "I love his game," said Source Magazine head coach Roderick Turner, who describes Jenkins as a defensive specialist. "He'll do what he has to do. He'll play defense and when he's open he'll hit the jump shot." Last season, the Silver Spring resident started for a North Carolina A&T squad that had an overall record of 13-15 and 9-9 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. "We had a young team," said Jenkins, who was named to the conference all-rookie team. "We had a coach who didn't know what the system was like. We just didn't put it together at the end of the season but everybody worked hard and we're gonna come back [this season] and play hard." Jenkins said he's looking forward to a schedule that includes American University and Duke. The Aggies tipoff their season when they visit AU's Bender Arena on the Northwest D.C. campus. "That'll be a big game for me," said Jenkins. "Being home, all my family will be there." During Sunday's contest, the Source Magazine team had a size advantage inside with 6-foot-9 Atilla Cosby and 6-8 Lonny Baxter of Silver Spring and the University of Maryland. Cosby once played for DeMatha before transferring to Oak Hill Academy (Va.) where he teamed with former Duke star and recent NBA first-round draft pick William Avery. After playing the last two seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, Cosby recently transferred to the University of New Mexico. During his prep career, Baxter played at a host of different high schools including Rockville's Richard Montgomery High. Against Air Jordan, Baxter was virtually unstoppable, scoring many of his baskets on offensive putbacks. Baxter, a sophomore at Maryland, scored and was fouled with 6:55 remaining in the second half of Sunday's contest. He converted the free throw to give Source Magazine a 76-73 advantage. Moments later, Forte dunked to give his club a 78-73 lead. He then was joined by teammate Bogans. The two players both smiled and headed upcourt. "They work real well together," said Turner, whose Kenner League college team also features 6-9 University of Cincinnati recruit Dermarr Johnson. Johnson played at Kensington's Newport School for two seasons before transferring to Maine Central Institute where he was honored last season as Parade magazine's national player of the year. "Wait till you see DJ to go with Joe [Forte] and Keith [Bogans]," Turner added. "It's gonna be a heck of a combination."
The 1st year that I started at the Jabbo Kenner League the 1998 Champs!
In the championship game of Washington, D.C.'s renowned Nike "Jabbo" Kenner League on Aug. 9, Steve Francis scored 32 points to lead his team to the title. Francis drained acrobatic layups, three-pointers and, in one especially memorable flurry, dunked on four straight possessions. Late in the game the 2,000 fans at Georgetown's McDonough Arena began to chant "Steve, Steve, Steve" and booed lustily whenever another player touched the ball. At this point an obvious question arises: Who the heck is Steve Francis? A native of Silver Spring, Md., the 20-year-old Francis played only one year of high school basketball—as a 5'3" third-string sophomore point guard—because of injuries and academic woes. He has since grown a foot, and last season he averaged 25.3 points and 8.7 assists at Allegany (Md.) Community College, which earned him a ticket to Maryland, the latest stop on a hoops odyssey that has included two high schools, a prep school and two junior colleges in the last five years. "After all I've been through, I have no doubts I'm ready for the ACC," says Francis.
Another Kenner League Championship!
Coach Roderick Turner
NBA Jeff Green, Coach Turner and NBA Roy Hibbert
Isaiah Swann
Darin Townes, former NBA player Sam Cassell and Coach Turner
Coach Turner letting the crowd know that this is Champions number 4!
NBA Coach Doc Rivers and legend Coach Roderick Turner
Coach Roderick Turner aka Blac Riley and NBA Legend Pat Riley
Gilbert Areanas and Coach Turner
Team Turner 2008
Coach Turner Baby Shaq and SpongBOB
EBC at Rucker Park
EBC at Rucker Park
Coach Turner and Drew Washington aka SpongeBob
Coach Roderick Turner
Coach Roderick Turner, DeMarr Johnson and Jeff Green
Coach Turner and the Team Turner 12u team
Lil Romeo and Coach Roderick Turner at the Steve Francis Basketball Camp in Houston
Coach John Thompson and Coach Turner
Coach Turner and the 12u team practice
Coach Roderick Turner
Kenner League Champs Moochie Norris, Coach Roderick Turner and Fred Primus
Pro City Champ Coach Roderick Turner and Jeff Brooks
