AYBT Nationals in Grand Rapids

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I was able to watch some talent close to home this weekend at the AYBT Nationals in Grand Rapids. Most the teams were from out of state at the High School level, but I was able to watch Wayland and Kent City. Each team was without their top player as they were just getting done with a big AAU week so we had some younger players stepping up and leading their teams. Here are five that caught my eye.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":731480,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='924012' first='Addison' last='Sikorski']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'0u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12124","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Wayland ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"UTS","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Addison has size and was a great rim protector with multiple blocks.  She rebounded well on both ends of the floor.  I lost track of how many times she was at the free-throw line from going up strong after an offensive rebound.  She was definitely not afraid of taking the contact!  Another thing that I liked about Addison was her ability to kick the ball out to a shooter after drawing multiple defenders in the post. 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