You seem to have a good grasp of most of your problems, except for this one:
This is the single most common problem among kids your age. First, 12.5% is low enough for most people to show abs. But who cares??? You do, and that's a problem because at some level you're allowing this to interfere with getting stronger and bigger, which you know you need to do. Somebody has convinced you that 16% bodyfat is a problem on the court, and that same person apparently fails to understand that 6'3" at 165 is a much bigger problem on the court.
Abs are a side effect of training, not an indicator of training. If all you want is abs, just diet and do situps.
Just out of curiosity, what was Michael Jordan's bf%?
When you get your squat up to 225x5x3, you will have spent about 6 weeks getting to the baseline strength of most untrained athletes your size. The number in your mind should be 365x5x3, and that should take you about 6 months, if you eat enough -- which I suspect you will not do.Let's say I progress to a 225x5 squat at 185lbs and 16% body fat. Would my SVJ go up?
And see the other discussions on these boards about SVJ, I'm not going to discuss this again.
If you eat enough and do no distance running AT ALL, yes. I am not optimistic.Also, I plan to work on basketball skills 3-4 days a week during Starting Strength so I can maintain as much skill as possible during weight gain. I will also be sprinting and dunking a couple times a week to maintain my forefoot/glute dominant movement efficiency. Will this affect my progress? Will eating more be enough to continue to make good gains?