See the full team takeover roster on page 98 Howard. Dorsey and Reaves were the first and fourth leading scorers on the team respectively. They play more of a combo-guard role, looking to find their own
cent on 41 attempts this season. That helped him become the thirdbest scoring option on the team as well as a guy who can stretch the defense. Giving respect to his shot from deep opens things up inside for himself and others.
shot a little more than Crawford and Jenifer. They managed to combine for over 23 points per game. As for Howard, he only played in nine games this year but at 6-foot6, the Syracuse commit is one of the most physically gifted guards in the EYBL. Considering he didn’t play a big role for much of the season, he’s a player that you can’t sleep on. Some believe that if he were entirely healthy during the regular season, he would’ve been a shoe-in to score at least 16 points per game. That’s something to look forward to as Team Takeover takes on some pretty offensively-minded squads from Pool A. You’d think that with such a strong, deep backcourt just one of them would be a dagger from three-point territory. Instead, it’s actually Team Takeover’s starting power forward who plays the role of their best deep threat. EYBL-vet Marcus Derrickson has a special touch from the three-point line, where he shot nearly 42 per-
low is Georgios Papagiannis. The 7-foot-1 center from Greece has elite size. Evidently he was the team’s leading rebounder and shot-blocker and he actually does a nice job of staying out of foul trouble, which can be a vice to a lot of big men out there. Papagiannis is very raw offensively, in fact he only shot about 49 percent from the field, where nearly all of his attempts comes at or near the hoop, which is a tad alarming. But his size alone is enough to make an enormous impact defensively. Team Takeover is surprisingly deep, which is great for how they play. In order to escape pool play, they’ll need everyone on the roster to be at their best. Because Stevens wants to push an up-tempo offense and also wreak havoc and cause turnovers on defense, then they’ll need a healthy bunch of players that are in shape to get up and down the court. By pushing the tempo, Team Takeover can take advantage of a lot of the slower teams out there or even push some of the better shooting teams into bad shots and fatigue very quickly.
He’s a big reason why Team Takeover possesses such a diverse offense that can beat you in so many ways. The other guy Derrickson’s long ball is opening things up for down
But it all depends on how well they can run themselves. If you’re judging by how well they did it during the season, then things are looking okay. Sadly, just okay isn’t quite good enough at the Peach Jam, so Team Takeover better be ready for the challenge ahead.
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