OVERTIME – Overtime is a digital sports media company that started in 2016. It has since launched the professional basketball league, Overtime Elite League (OTE). OTE was developed for top high school players, offering them the opportunity to play professional basketball, while also earning an annual salary of up to $10 0K. OTE’s transformative model […]
After every NBA draft, we the fan want to know who the winners and losers were. The 2022 draft had some twist and turns in the top three picks. Paolo Banchero being drafted first overall was unexpected. The third pick Jabari Smith, was widely considered the first overall pick prior to the draft. Chet Holgren though, […]
The NBA has a program called NBA Cares. Sam Smith, an ABA (American Basketball Association) great and pioneer who helped blaze the trail for the sport of basketball and more importantly, for helping break race barriers in America on and off the court, was the most recent former ABA player to die waiting on help […]
#20 While not the best two players to make the list, they certainly are the tallest. As you would expect, both Manute Bol and Bol Bol are known for being exceptional shot blockers. Manute lead the NBA in that category in two of his first four seasons and ended his career averaging over three blocks […]
The Central Valley All-Star Game highlights the best girls and boys at the 7th and 8th grade levels in the Fresno area. Established by Fresno basketball legend Demetrius Porter, the game showcased growth of Fresno area basketball, primarily the ability for young players to shoot the basketball but also an increase in one-on-one play, understanding […]
Harlem World has a sleeper. 6’1” Maurice Odum (c/o 2022 PG-West Oaks) is moving up the ladder of scores from the guard position. “Mid-range Moe” came to our attention via basketball mind and talent evaluator Travis Best. Best was adamant that this fly kid from Harlem with basketball blood from his father and uncles who […]
Here we go again. The Duke Blue Devils are hogging all the nation’s best high school basketball players. They are about to kick everybody’s butt. Again. Is any other university going to get in the way? What happened to all that fight you teach your players in practice every day? Where is the work from […]
There is one basketball player that comes around every few years that has the IT Factor. Everything works. Jump shot falls. The handle on the basketball is pure and effortless. The passes thrown are make it through traffic. Meet Judea “JuJu” Watkins (G-C/O 2023), the one of the best player in her class. We’ve been […]
The University of Wisconsin has always found a player that can score the basketball. Most of them are local jewels hidden from national view to prevent recruitment by universities outside of the midwest. Couple that with the fact that very college coaches outside of the midwest cities that are not named Chicago or Detroit, these […]
Student-athletes are more like athlete-students. Universities in the United States have found a way to get athletes to believe that they should be able to maintain academic excellence all the while performing at a high level on the playing field. I argue that the likelihood of being able to accomplish this feat low. Very low. […]
