Written Thursday July 30th at 4:40 PM
When looking at the league you can't really judge summer league. As I read in Scott Bernstein's article Burney Bytes, I saw that he wrote about how Pontiac beat Walled Lake Central 58-52 in Detroit on Wednesday night.
Yes there is a lot of excitement for Ronald McDonald, Jaylen Kelso, and Israel Williams but you got to look at it from a different value.
Summer League is a lot different from the fall. Walled Lake Central whom went to the State Quarterfinals last season might have not had their full team there at all, it's still summer vacation.
The Phoneix will play in the White this winter for coach Ben Kelso but the teams in that league are much tougher than Walled Lake Central. West Bloomfield, Avondale, and Bloomfield Hills will be solid teams this winter and the district is no easy cupcake either as Pontiac will see Orion and state powerhouse Clarkston in Waterford this spring.
Pontiac had a good season last season only to get destroyed in the second half by Troy Athens in the district semifinals.
Summer league doesn't indicate where a team is at. You got tryouts to go through and a program to develop. That's where I have a problem in which you need that sub varsity program to develop your team throughout the season. Pontiac will be good this season but what about in seasons to come when guys like McDonald and Williams aren't there???
That's a question for another time.
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