This crossover is completely, utterly ridiculous
Let’s get this out of the way first: Erick Neal is NOT a current high school player. He just was until about two months ago. Neal, a Dallas star at Lincoln High, is a future point guard for UTA, the...
View ArticlePHENOMenology: LaMelo Ball might be as dominant a middle school prodigy as...
Comparisons to superstars are a dime a dozen for top young athletes, and names like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are thrown around far too often in basketball. They’re all unfair. With...
View ArticleVIDEO: LeBron "Bronny" James Jr. sure looks like the truth
Here’s the latest proof that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. The play you see schooling the opposition in the video above is LeBron James Jr., or Bronny to his family and friends. The...
View ArticleMaking of an AAU team: Team Wall finalizes its roster, sets sights on adidas...
Jalen Harris will run the show for Team Wall this season. / PHR USA TODAY High School Sports has been given access inside the making of the new AAU program started by Washington Wizards star John Wall....
View ArticleMaking of an AAU team: Team Wall wants to build chemistry headed into its...
Kyran Bowman says he can help Team Wall build chemistry faster. / 247 Sports USA TODAY High School Sports has been given exclusive access inside the making of the new AAU program started by Washington...
View ArticleMaking of an AAU team: With namesake's mentoring, Team Wall takes court for...
USA TODAY High School Sports has been given exclusive access inside the making of the new AAU program started by Washington Wizards star John Wall. Here is the latest installment, focusing on the...
View ArticleFBI confirms official investigation into Elevate Basketball Circuit, founder...
The Elevate Basketball Circuit was cancelled after just three days, with Founder David Kelly mysteriously disappearing — Elevate Basketball Circuit The questions around the sudden collapse and...
View ArticleAAU offers free team entry for squads left stranded by Elevate Basketball...
The Elevate Basketball Circuit was cancelled after just three days, with Founder David Kelly mysteriously disappearing — Elevate Basketball Circuit As the FBI continues to investigate the now defunct...
View ArticleMaking of an AAU team: Team Wall sets sights on an undefeated run in Indy
Team Wall is focused on going 4-0 in Indianapolis. / adidas USA TODAY High School Sports has been given access inside the making of the new AAU program started by Washington Wizards star John Wall....
View ArticleMaking of an AAU team: Team Wall takes its lumps in Indy
USA TODAY High School Sports has been given exclusive access inside the making of the new AAU program started by Washington Wizards star John Wall. Here is the next installment. Team Wall coach...
View ArticleJosh Jackson's scoring spree highlights Weekly Awards
Chef of the Week In sports the term “cookin” is reserved for a player who goes on a scoring spree or gets hot during a game and makes big plays on the offensive end. This week’s “Chef of the Week”...
View ArticleDraymond Green, LaMarr Woodley form AAU program in home state of Michigan
Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors has formed an AAU program based in Michigan (Photo: Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports) Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and Arizona Cardinals...
View ArticlePro stars Draymond Green and LaMarr Woodley focusing new AAU program on...
LaMarr Woodley says GreenWood Elite focuses on academics. / USA Today Sports Arizona Cardinals linebacker LaMarr Woodley and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green started their new AAU program...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with spring sports?
I have been a sports writer for about three years now, and I have never seen anything like the lack of interest in spring sports. It seems like every baseball or softball game I go to, it would be...
View ArticleVIDEO: Could Team Wall's breakout player be a future athlete in a different...
Few AAU teams are more intriguing than the 2015 Team Wall squad. If you didn’t already glean that from this excellent series authored by colleague Jason Jordan, go back and take a closer look. Yet, of...
View ArticleGary Trent Jr. excelling as different kind of player than his former NBA star...
Gary Trent Jr. (Photo: 247Sports) HOUSTON – One of the younger players who participated this weekend in the Nike EYBL session was Gary Trent Jr., son of the former NBA player with the same name. The...
View ArticleDennis Smith Jr. and Edrice Adebayo put on a show for Team Loaded (N.C.)
The combination of Dennis Smith Jr. and Edrice “Bam” Adebayo brought the house down with an array of dunks this weekend for Team Loaded (N.C.) at the Hoop Group Southern Jam Fest in Hampton, Va.
View ArticleWhat to watch for headed into Nike EYBL Minneapolis
Here are five things to consider headed into the fourth and final session of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League’s regular season in Minneapolis which runs from May 22-25. Harry Giles III is looking...
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