Thanks for the input, Bum. Just a couple of thoughts on what you wrote.
The description of my son was my realistic view of who he is at this point. Though small as a description may be subjective, it is pretty apt as it applies to my kid at 5 foot 9 inches and 131 pounds. That said, he doesn't care that he's on the small side, and he certainly doesn't play that way. As one coach described him recently - "KCDawgjr is small, but he plays big."
When KCDawgjr isn't in the midst of the season, he attends training at a local sports performance clinic geared toward strength/explosive power. He continued it into the fall season until pre-season basketball practice started and he started doing that four days a week. Now here's the rub - he lost 7 pounds in the three weeks of basketball. He just can't keep the weight on with all the running, no matter what he eats. We have him on shakes/extra meals/etc. but still can't get there. Basically he has to eat more than 3,000 calories just to maintain his weight. That's tough for him to do.
(Just as an aside for playing big. He played point guard on the JV last year. He took more charges over the course of the year than the entire rest of the team combined. He's not afraid to mix it up with someone larger.)
We sat down and discussed the pros and cons again last night and he made the decision to play for Team 1. He likes the idea of some one-on-one worked into their training program along with the group practices. He starts his first lesson in November.
Thanks to all for the input.