Abundant 2025 Guard Talent at the Sunshine Showdown: Part 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There were so many guard standout players at the Sunshine Showdown that we might need 4 or 5 stories to list them all. There were shooting guards who were spot on with their jumpers from the corners of the court. Many of the guards could get down hill in a hurry and score the basket or set up their teammates for the scoring opportunity. A lot of guards were agressive on the defensive end and were good on-ball defenders. In part one of our guard articles, we hilight some of the 2025 guard prospects who performed well at the Sunshine State showdown. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["221649"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":889090,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='221649' first='Markeli' last='Jones-Tynes'] (2025) has the ability to get to the rim and has that switch she can turn on.  Her ability to get by the defender with that first step is lethal.  Jones-Tynes  also has greet footwork in the paint.  She had 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