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Friends Central was 2-0 in the MAPL-FSL tournament. won by 30 over Peddie and beat Hill by 10. either Friends or Abington was best team in tournament. will be a fun league. those 2 and ANC (rak xmas, malcom gilbert, savon goodman) will win the league. My money is on JT5/AFS. kid does not let his team lose. Here are my thoughts on Amile:

Amile Jefferson- man this kid has improved since last yr. looks a little taller and a little stronger. very long and can still play with a little mean streak like all philly kids. listed 6'8 in the program and i will give him that. plays the PF/C position for his team b/c he is tallest guy. B/c of that has a nice post game. Good footwork in the post. used an array of up and unders, drop steps, and spin moves to get guys up in the air to get the advantage. Blaise Mbargorba- listed at 7'0 but probably more 6'10/6'11 from Peddie went against him in the post. not so much in first half b/c of fouls but definitely in 4th. he would bite on alot of amile's fakes. but when he stood his ground he blocked him a couple of times. Although Amile is long and smooth he does not get great elevation--similar to greg in that way. runs kind of like greg too where his feet don't leave the ground too much. so he needs to work on explosiveness but is a craft/nifty post player. Amile will be a matchup nightmare b/c he can also play on the wing/perimeter. at times he had a high dribble which at his length is not good b/c it is susceptible to steals but i also saw him show a real low controlled dribble. he used that to get in the paint at times or to run the break. Showed off a nice jumper. hit his only 3 pt attempt from the corner and was 6-8 from the FT line in 1st game. it looked like his left hand comes under the ball a bit but the ball has a nice rotation to it and goes in. but that is something he needs to work on. otherwise the kid has all the tools and will make the school who gets him very happy.

BTW- many coaches in the house for Sunday's action.  Wake Forrest, GW (Donyell Marshall), Temple, Xavier, Penn to name a few off the top of my head.  But JT3 was the ONLY head coach i believe.