{"id":87288,"date":"2024-07-25T13:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=87288"},"modified":"2024-07-25T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:31:40","slug":"the-most-notable-player-on-each-of-the-8-remaining-tbt-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/25\/the-most-notable-player-on-each-of-the-8-remaining-tbt-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Notable Player On Each Of The 8 Remaining TBT Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are eight teams remaining<\/a> in The Basketball Tournament (TBT). The quarterfinals will take place on Monday, July 29, and Tuesday, July 30. The semifinals will occur on Friday, August 2 before the finals to declare the champion happens on Sunday, August 4. The tournament began with 64 teams at a winner-take-all event where the winning team takes home one million dollars. Let\u2019s take a look at the most notable player on each of the eight teams remaining in TBT.<\/p>\n

The Most Notable Player On Each Of The 8 Remaining TBT Teams<\/h2>\n

Happy Valley Hoopers – Izaiah Brockington<\/h3>\n

Regardless of what happens from here on out, Izaiah Brockington<\/a> can say that he has played in the NBA. He appeared in one game for the New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> on March 5 of this year totaling four points and two rebounds. He was First Team All-Big 12 in his last college season with Iowa State in 2021-22.<\/p>\n

Eberlein Drive – Archie Goodwin<\/h3>\n

Back in 2013, Archie Goodwin<\/a> was a first-round pick (29th overall) in the NBA Draft. Goodwin played four seasons in the NBA, the first three coming with the Phoenix Suns<\/a>. In his third season (2015-16), the six-foot-five guard averaged 8.9 points in 2015-16.<\/p>\n

Team Colorado – Andre Roberson<\/h3>\n

Selected with the 26th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Andre Roberson<\/a> started 269 games while playing with the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>. In the 2016-17 season, he was named to the All-Defensive Second Team and finished fifth in Defensive Player of the Year voting. Roberson last appeared in the NBA for five games with the Brooklyn Nets in the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n

Forever Coogs – Melvin Frazier<\/h3>\n

In the 2018 NBA Draft, Melvin Frazier<\/a> was taken in the second round (35th overall) by the Orlando Magic<\/a>. He appeared in 29 games for them over his first two seasons and last played in three for the Thunder in April 2022. He dropped a career-high<\/a> 16 points in one of those three outings against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

Carmen\u2019s Crew – Jared Sullinger<\/h3>\n

Jared Sullinger<\/a> was taken with the 21st overall selection in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics<\/a>. The 32-year-old averaged double figures in three-straight seasons from 2013-14 to 2015-16. On February 7, 2014, the six-foot-nine forward had a game<\/a> of 31 points and 16 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Takeover BC – A.J. English<\/h3>\n

While A.J. English<\/a> never played in the NBA, his father (who goes by the same name) played for the Washington Bullets for two seasons. The younger English was a three-time First Team All-MAAC while playing at Iona during the mid-2010s.<\/p>\n

The Ville – Montrezl Harrell<\/h3>\n

Not too long ago, Montrezl Harrell<\/a> was one of the most productive reserves in the NBA. He was named Sixth Man of the Year in 2019-20 with the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>. In the four NBA seasons from 2018-19 to 2021-22, Harrell posted averages of 15.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks. He did not play in the NBA last season due to a torn ACL.<\/p>\n

La Familia – Eric Bledsoe<\/h3>\n

Eric Bledsoe<\/a> was a longtime starting point guard in the NBA. Now 34 years old, Bledsoe made two NBA All-Defensive teams and started 568 games. He twice averaged more than 20 points in a season while with the Suns and averaged 13.7 for his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are eight teams remaining in The Basketball Tournament (TBT). The quarterfinals will take place on Monday, July 29, and Tuesday, July 30. The semifinals will occur on Friday, August 2 before the finals to declare the champion happens on Sunday, August 4. The tournament began with 64 teams at a winner-take-all event where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":87376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,62,3],"tags":[3403,1109,354,133,627,1398,832,3731],"class_list":["post-87288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-aj-english","tag-andre-roberson","tag-archie-goodwin","tag-eric-bledsoe","tag-jared-sullinger","tag-montrezl-harrell","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-tbt"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}