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| Team Charlotte 2019 |
After
a great showing at CP3’s tournament this past weekend in Winston Salem, NC,
where Antijuan Love's 2019 Team Charlotte team stood toe to toe with some of 2019’s elite, the Charlotte, NC based team
could make some serious noise when the National Youth Basketball League (NYBL) season tips off this weekend. In Keyford Langley’s event, Team Charlotte
defeated the defending AAU National Champion CP3 by a comfortable margin; later
took down the Upstate Warriors and the Queen City Thunder, before losing to Team
Florida in the championship game. For
the sake of full disclosure, Langley’s team was incomplete and was not expected
to compete in the tournament portion of the event, but was forced into action
after All-Ohio Red was an unexpected no-show.
With that said, Team Charlotte’s performance in Winston Salem was nothing
less than impressive.
Team
Charlotte is best described as “an up-tempo team that loves to get out in
transition, press, trap and get up in your face defensively,” said Coach Love. Team Charlotte’s top guy is Zeb Graham Jr. (5’11/PG/Fort Mill, SC)
who has been described as one of the best PGs in a state full of talent.
According to Love, Graham finished with 32 points against CP3 and dropped
another 29 points on Team Florida. Other key pieces to Love’s squad includes Raquan Brown (6’2/SG/Charlotte, NC),
who is big and can reportedly play all 5 positions; Matthew Smith (6’3/PF/Charlotte, NC), who is an excellent rebounder
and shot blocker; and Nas Tyson
(6’0/SG/Monroe, NC), who is described as super-fast.
Formally
known as Charlotte Elite, Team Charlotte is sponsored by former NBA and Tarheel great Jeff McInnis and Under Armour, and is off to a 10-4 start to the new season.
That does not include an impressive run at the winter league in
Charlotte where Love’s team only lost 2-3 games against high school aged
players. When Love’s team arrives in Washington D.C. on Saturday for the tip-off
of the NYBL they will be a virtual unknown.
When asked how competitive his team would be in the NYBL Love responded, “I have no clue how competitive we’ll be; I don’t know what’s out
there. I know we will be competitive,” continued Love. We just want to fly under the radar,” said Love. With guys like Keyford Langley
picking you as his “NYBL sleeper team,” we’re not sure how long Love expects
to sneak up on teams. Team Charlotte will make their NYBL debut Saturday
morning at 9:15am when they face off against Bmores Finest.
Nybl will expose them! Cp3 was wounded and under man. This is no direspect but nybl teams will be loaded and healthy!
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ReplyDeleteThe hate is real! Who from CP3 was wounded? I wasn't in Winston as I live in Texas. I heard that Team Charlotte was good and CP3 just got out played.
ReplyDeleteKeyford doesn't sign off of scrubs believe that! CP3 is still the cream of the crop! This weekend will tell who is real..
ReplyDeleteNot sure wounded was a good word as I didn't see them play but was told they only had 6 players there because of a last min sch change and not sure who those 6 players were...
ReplyDeleteThe lower rated twin and #23 didn't play. All others were their. DMV SPECTATOR I seen TC up by as many as 27.
ReplyDeleteHow do you mention the three teams that went undefeated by a large point spread for 2021 (New World, Takeover, and West Coast Allstars) as an afterthought to highlighting 3 kids from 2021 Team Izod that didn't even go undefeated. Please spread your media coverage and be fair to the teams who do it with the entire team and not just one or two players. Having watched all of the 2021 undefeated teams,Team Takeover had a wealth of talent versus one player doing it all. Please don't focus all your efforts and media coverage on the teams that the majority of the players are reclassified. You would be doing an injustice to some of the newer teams that entered the NYBL and did great and deserve the notoriety.
ReplyDeleteGuess what? That team that beat cp3 gone be in NC pool play .. NC States.. . Orlando FL... 14U!! And don't lose nobody... See ya there... :)
ReplyDeletecp3 demolished charlotte in ncaau states today, on another level from charlotte
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