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Broken Bates Still Is A Player

Featured, Mens Pro Basketball01/21/202313Views 0Likes 0Comments

Emoni Bates can absolutely play basketball. It seems as though the wheels are coming off of his career though. He is currently at Eastern Michigan playing on a bad team, getting the opportunity to develop. He's also not playing well overall, but shows flashes of greatness. Most basketball pundits have written him off as a…

Best College Options For Tough Players

Featured, M College Basketball, W High School Basketball01/09/202322Views 0Likes 0Comments

There are a lot of sexy colleges that highly recruited player can go. The rest of the lower level players and transfers will have to choose different schools for different reasons. If you like physical play, rebounding and defending or still need time to develop as a basketball player, here's my list of schools that…

Handle The Truth And The Rock

Featured, M College Basketball, W College Basketball01/05/202330Views 0Likes 0Comments

There are many reasons that the game of basketball has become the second most popular game in the world, trailing only soccer. Factors like low cost to participate and easy access to basketball courts help that cause. The ability to enjoy the game alone or in a group also play a part in the game's…

Next Generation: Freaks As Forwards

Featured, Mens Pro Basketball, Trending01/02/202320Views 0Likes 0Comments

The lead forward position has spawned into a super position. Lifting the big from the block to the perimeter has revolutionised the game. The job description of this position is simple. Cover ground offensively and defensively. Shoot the cover off the ball. Block shots. Handle the ball like a guard. Switch all screen and roll…

Choose The Best College To Go Pro

Featured, M College Basketball01/01/202318Views 0Likes 0Comments

Basketball is a beautiful sport that should be enjoyed by everyone. Values like teamwork and camaraderie can be learned from playing the game. The world of professional basketball is a different beast all together. Remember that professional basketball is about being paid to play. That can take on a lot of forms in today's professional…

Parent An Athlete

High School, W High School Basketball12/01/202218Views 0Likes 0Comments

College basketball coaches sit and watch basketball tournaments discussing players. Height, weight, body build, hand size are some of the physical attributes coaches evaluate. His or her Academics. The final question is always about his or her parents. Several college coaches have said they prefer not to recruit players from a single parent home…

The Socially Unacceptable Draymond Green

Mens Pro Basketball11/16/202217Views 0Likes 0Comments

There has been a lower tolerance for bullying, sexism, and violence in society. The social media court of opinion has taken a stand that morality is important, I think. In sport we've seen an uptick behavior that is considered socially unacceptable. Phoenix Suns majority owner Robert Sarver, Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka and Cleveland Browns…

Be Coachable

BB Reads, Featured, High School, W High School Basketball11/01/202228Views 0Likes 0Comments

This summer I've spent a lot of time in work out facilities watching the next generation of athletes prepare for the upcoming season. Before the summer started, I would have bet that the players are different in that they don't work hard. What I've found is that the parents are different, especially as it comes…

Turn Pro

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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…

Top 20 Basketball Father-Son Combos

Basketball History, NBA All-Time, Top This & That06/01/202222Views 0Likes 0Comments

#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…

Top 75 Women’s Basketball Players

All Time W Pro, Basketball History, Top This & That, Womens Pro Basketball01/30/202270Views 0Likes 0Comments

Like our list of Top 75 Men's basketball players, the Women's Top 75 list is comprised of women we felt accomplished both individually and collectively in side of their teams. Lastly, we also rated these elite athletes on their influence on the generations that followed. #75 Paula Goncalves Atlanta-1996 (Reproduction/Instagram)FIBA Hall of Fame Women’s Basketball…

Mama, Duke Is Stealing All Of The Players Again!

High School01/19/202212Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…