1. Kent Goodman, Twin Valley

What I Like - very solid in every aspect, nice shooter, best passer in the region IMO, plays with a confidence like none other, not afraid to put it up from the volleyball line on most courts and most of the time it's a back-breaker that kills teams...he also has a knack for getting his hands on balls to create turnovers, average ball handling, and very good defensive awareness away from the ball, also very heady and almost never makes a dumb play or tries to do too much

What I Don't Like - athleticism...he doesn't have the athleticism to take too many people off the dribble, he can slice zones apart, but to stop him youre gonna have to have a "no help" defender on him and play him straight up

2. Matthew Baldwin, Twin Valley

What I Like - big boy (6'6) but he has soft hands, understands how to use a defender to get position on the inside...cleans up a lot of junk around the boards, nice turnaround...good defender for TV in their zone defense, discourages anything inside...surprisingly good passer too

What I Don't Like - a lot of question whether he can defend someone away from the bucket, if he were to play in a man-to-man system people could cut TV to death or pull Baldwin away from the bucket...he also doesn't respond well to a defender pushing him out of position on the inside, a lot of times he just takes it and tries to play 6-8 ft away from the goal, which isn't his game

3. Mark Dockery, Twin Springs

What I Like - good shooter, very good offensively, handles the ball well, athletic, handles the ball decent...takes it strong to the bucket, he can play in transition or in a half court game, very versatile and causes match-up problems

What I Don't Like - seems to be lacking on the defensive end, he has the ability and athleticism to lock someone down, it seems like he just doesn't for whatever reason

4. Jamie Hackney, Gate City

What I Like - very athletic, rises above the defense to get a shot off, he gets better all the time defensively and he is very dangerous in transition, has the ability to defend someone like Baldwin, while at the same time he can defend a guard or a small forward...he creates a lot of mis-matches against a man-to-man becuase he can post people who try to stick a guard on him, and he can take big man off the dribble

What I Don't Like - could be better with the ball in his hands, he could be very effective in a press offense if he could bring the ball up against a big man, sometimes takes questionable shots at questionable times

5. Andrew Adkins, Coeburn

What I Like - solid fundamentally, passing and ball handling are both solid...shoots better than average, pretty athletic, coaches son, so he knows the game well

What I Don't Like - mainly what i dont like are all things that will be corrected with experience...feeling runs, playing with a swagger, take control defensively, he has to let the offensive player know that he will dictate what he does...could do a better job of getting hands on loose balls, cause turnovers...stuff like that, that will come with experience

6. Josh Kilgore, Gate City

What I Like - very athletic, strong, leaper who knows how to use his body and skills to get to the bucket...can take about anyone off the dribble...will lock you up defensively, can guard anyone in the region...also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, but that's just an aside

What I Don't like - jump shot...that's been a problem for him...if he could get a jumper to get defenders to play him honest then he could set up the drive better, he has gotten much better with it, but it still could improve

7. Adam Hood, Rye Cove

What I Like - good shooter, ball handler, passer (pretty high up in the assists category if im not mistaken) does everything solid...basically the same game as Adkins from Coeburn, but Adkins is more sound fundamentally and more fliud

What I Don't Like - like i said above, he could be more fundamentally sound and while he has a lot of assists there are also still a bit too many turnovers but he has cut that down some this year, like Adkins, he could take control of his man on defense if he would work at it

8. K.T. VanDyke, Twin Valley

What I Like - exceptional ball-handler, exceptional shooter as well, great form and is clutch in big situations, can blow a game apart with his three ball and the best thing he does is he feels run and knows when to use the three ball

What I Don't Like - he hasn't really shown much aggressiveness on offense, but then again, he hasn't really had to with 3 other 1,000 pt scorers on the team, with that said, he will get his 1,000 later in the year...but for his ball handling abilities he hasn't realy attacked the bucket well..also some weaknesses on the defensive end

9. Drew Justice, Castlewood

What I Like - athletic, runs the floor well, good shooter who can take over a game, a little above average defensively but could do better away from the ball

What I Don't Like - seems like he plays in slow motion with no sense of urgency, not aggressive defensively and doesn't make too many plays besides an occasional block...needs to use his body better when he's on the inside to get some buckets

10. Kevin Viers, Haysi

What I Like - really good shooter, and pretty good ball handler, pretty fair defensively and pretty solid all the way around

What I Don't Like - it's probably a Haysi problem more than anything but "live by the three, die by the three" he hasn't shown much ability to take his man to the hole, and he stands and watches too much on offense

11. Ryan Jones, Haysi

What I Like - great shooter, very good complement to Viers, solid fundamentally, agressive offensively, very experienced and plays like he knows the game well, plays well in the clutch

What I Don't Like - if he could take the same aggressiveness and apply it to the defensive end he'd be an exceptional player, seems like he is saving his energy for the offensive end, not really an "in your face" type of player

12. Jeremiah Lester, Twin Valley

What I Like - fearless on the offensive end, great passer, not afraid to take the big shot or take a huge shot to break a team's back...1,000 pt scorer so you know he has done something right on the offensive end at least...he's strong and can muscle up especially well with other 4's since Baldwin is man'ing the middle for TV

What I Don't Like - sometimes that same fearlessness gets him into some trouble and he'll take questionable shots and force things at times...not very athletic and can't cover much court

13. Lorenzo Miles, J.I. Burton

What I Like - speed, speed and athleticism...he's pretty fast too...he gets a lot of points by being a lot quicker than everyone else and uses this well on the offensive end

What I Don't Like - i don't like that he is just that, an athlete, not really solid fundamentally and lacking very much on the defensive end when with his athleticism and speed if he had the "know-how" and the will to play the right defense he could lock down just about anyone, but it remains that he doesn't and that along with the fact that he doesn't play well with the ball out of his hands is why he is ranked so low

14. Logan Shortridge, Twin Valley

What I Like - great passer and above average ball handler, plays the best D of the twin valley bunch and uses his body well in traffic, knows how to get a man up in the air and then use his body to still get the shot off, can make a big shot in a run

What I Don't Like - tries to do way too much a lot of times, making full court passes that 40% of the time gets intercepted, and he plays like he is mechanical without any fluidity to his game

15. Logan Ball, Honaker

What I Like - he can get inside and score a little bit and is a pretty decent shooter, but his best attribute is his rebounding, he has turned in a couple double-doubles this year and boxes out well and then uses his athleticism to go up and get it

What I Don't Like - plays too "nice" won't mix it up very much and gets pushed away from the bucket too easy, not aggressive in scoring and isn't very good in transition


some Honorable Mention:
Keith Warner, Twin Springs
Tyler Parks, Gate City
Evan Bolling, J.J. Kelly