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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your son doesn't sound like he's good, either. Definitely stick to tennis and football. There's nothing worse than than a team that places every child instead of making cuts. [/quote]

His team put up 5 points. If OP's son was remotely skilled, they should have been able to score more by themselves especially in the second half when the other team backs off. A team down that much should be getting every possible foul call, so just constantly driving for layups should give him a ton of foul shots. [/quote]

True, but that assumes someone can at least in-bound to him, which may not be the case.  Moreover, he might not be good enough to dribble through traffic by himself to the hoop.[/quote]

[b]Someone can inbound to him. The other team is not doing full press if they’re up by 20+[/b]. I agree OP’s son is not as good as she thinks. It may be true that a coach said something like “at least Joey is pretty good on JV, he should be able to lead the team.” That does not mean the same as he is Varsity material. OP, you’ve got a lot of good advice. Your son will learn a lot, including how to score more than 5 points as the start of the team. It will be good for him and maybe he will be good enough next year for 8th grade. Your husband’s opinion is horrible. That’s is no attitude to have.[/quote]

Your kids must not play in DC.  DCPS middle school basketball is all about being aggressive, and you will definitely have teams pressing when they are up by 20+.[/quote]

Actually my kid is an 8th grade player for DCPS. I stand by my statement. I doubt OP’s kid plays on DCPS and I don’t agree with your statement about DCPS playing full press with 20 point lead but we can agree to disagree. My kid plays PYBL where they do in fact still do full press with large leads because point differentials count for playoffs. They still let the other tram inbound. My son’s team beat a team by 30+ points last week but they had at least one other player score 20 points or more.

The best kids will make the varsity team, period. Kid is 7th grade so it could have gone either way. I agree with PP, he really should be playing travel and using middle school as a way to get extra minutes. Although he needs to be on a developmental type travel team not just any 13U team as the really good ones will be varsity level boys with a few reclass kids, with a few dunking. 7th grade really is a pivotal year for boys in basketball. If OP states where she lives, I’d be happy to give a few Recs.[/quote]

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