Kaya Birsen is one of the few multiple division ‘All-CBL’ selections, making it onto the 14U Second Team, while also making the 12U First Team (and overall season MVP) in 2022. In the 14U division, the smooth point guard led his team to an undefeated season while bringing stability and understated leadership to the London Elite backcourt. Averaging 12 points per game alongside 5 assists, ‘The Businessman’ conducted winning business as usual for an outstanding season for the division champions.
Asa Oyerinde‘s game isn’t wholly reflected in his statistical output. OWE’s defensive demon is the division’s best on-ball defender and often plays like a ‘one man press’, in disrupting opposing guards attempts to initiate offence. Tough, resilient, quick and capable – they dynamic young guard has an insatiable appetite for the ball on the defensive end of the floor and has a presence that has to be prepared for if you plan on getting the ball over the half-court. His offensive game is also gathering momentum with a steadily improving jump shot that compliments his dribble drive game. However, make no mistake, his calling card is on the defensive end and he was, without doubt, the best in the league in that category.
Jen Florin-Sefton had the most consistently productive season for a competitive Barnet Bulldogs squad who comfortably made the playoffs in the 2022 season. Punchy outside shooting and a feisty competitiveness fuelled this standout guard to his best ever season in the CBL, earning 2 game MVP’s in the process. Able to find a way to score in a variety of ways, this frenetic young hooper doesn’t back down and has the game to back it up. An excellent season for an emerging talent.
Deniro Burt has the potential to be the best of a bountiful bunch of ballers from the undefeated London Elite 14U squad someday in the future. Taking into account the obvious talent and sky-high pro potential of Finals MVP Nathaniel Djagonaly and consistently excellent play of Kaya Birsen, that statement speaks volumes for what the explosive wing could become. He is quick, plays at the rim, confident, agile and has the dexterity and confidence that all bode well for his future, if challenged and developed in the right ways. A lot of raw potential, but his athletic talent is easy to see, even for the untrained eye. He projects as a guard at the next level up, but once he strengthens his ball handling ability and refines his outside shot (which is coming…), watch out.
Nathan Agbesi is the immovable force who dominated the middle for the Brent Panthers all season long. His size and incomprehensible agility for a player so big was literally unstoppable across the division, during many phases of key Panther victories. Quick feet, soft hands, incomparable strength and an ability to get down hill with force was a scary sight for defenders throughout the league. Once he refines his touch around the basket and establishes consistent footwork on the block, he’s a certified double-teamable threat every time he touches the ball, as evidenced in phases this past season.
