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All-Army basketball team tryout invitations extended to Fort Myer Generals varsity hoops team members are becoming an annual tradition.
The tryout camp convenes this week at Fort Bragg, and three Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Soldiers are displaying their defensive and scoring talents in North Carolina.
David Lee, Kevin Clark and Lavor Postell are all getting a shot to play at the All-Armed Forces level. The two-week All-Army selection camp will whittle a tryout roster to a 12-man team by the end of October. By Halloween, the Generals trio hope the final roster will be full of treats instead of tricks.
Two tricks of the hardwood Lee will demonstrate will be his point-scoring potential and defending.
“I think my ability to shoot and make open shots and play good defense will help me [at the camp],” said Lee, who was an All-Army team member in 2012. “From my [All-Army] experience, you have to be able to defend. The teams who defend usually win the tournament.”
Clark also is an All-Army and All Armed Forces veteran. He understands every part of his game must be at top form for the tryouts.
“As a big, as a forward, I have to come in and be athletic,” he said. “I have to show them I can run the floor and how versatile I am offensively and defensively.”
While Lee and Clark have Armed Forces all-star experience, Postell has played at basketball’s pinnacle: The National Basketball Association.
The St. John University standout played parts of three seasons with the New York Knicks.
“He played in the NBA, and he’s been around a high level of basketball,” Lee said of Postell. “His leadership and experience will definitely help him.”
| Date Taken: | 10.16.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.16.2014 12:12 |
| Story ID: | 145207 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VIRGINIA, US |
| Hometown: | CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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