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Nobody Wants It With JuJu

Featured, M College Basketball01/16/202220Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

50 All-Time Elite Defenders In Basketball History

Basketball History, NBA All-Time, Top This & That12/28/2021633Views 0Likes 0Comments

Extended debates on the best defenders in basketball history prompted this list of all-time elite defenders. Son of basketball legend Randolph Childress and one of the best basketball players in Wake Forest history, Brandon Childress, said "in order to be a great defender, you have to be able to shut the water off" [on good…

Ja From Nowhere

High School11/26/20215Views 0Likes 0Comments

A good basketball player usually comes from a combination of good training, coaching and promotion on a basketball platform in which the player can perform and the world takes notice. Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant from Dalzell South Carolina was initially trained and coached by his dad Tee Morant who played high level high school and…

Top 75 Men’s Basketball Players All-Time

Basketball History, Mens Pro Basketball, NBA All-Time, Top This & That10/20/202126Views 0Likes 0Comments

We decided to create a list with our criteria for the 75 greatest players of all-time. Criteria Impact on winning Individual game transcending era Impact on the rule changes Impact on the generations that followed #75 Paul Pierce 1x NBA Champ 1x Finals MVP 10x Time All-Star 4x…

Trae Young Proves Small Guards Are More Than Shooting

High School02/21/202014Views 0Likes 0Comments

Positionless play has become more commonplace in basketball over the last 10 years. In that, the small guard has found a place as more than scorers and defenders. Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors came along and turned that style of play into championship basketball. Since then NBA teams have been unafraid to invest…

Gonzaga Recruits What It Needs

High School01/18/202011Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the summer of 2013, I watched the NBA summer. Milwaukee was playing. They has just drafted a skinny 6'9" African kid from Greece. He didn't look Greek to me but whatever I thought as I kept watching. They were playing him as a lead guard and he was making a ton of mistakes, missing…

On The Same Paige

M College Basketball01/14/202024Views 0Likes 0Comments

Watching film of Paige Buekers 2020 is amazing. Her ball skills are on point. Her shooting stroke is tight and consistent. With all of that being said, passing is probably her best attribute. Her overall crafty play will keep her on a basketball court for the next 20 years. In Buekers sophomore season, she entered our…

Emoni Bates: Talent vs. Accomplishments

Basketball, High School12/10/201914Views 0Likes 0Comments

With a national ranking service, we at the RUN Sports often find ourselves locked in heated battles over who's better than who in the basketball world. It’s an equation of Talent + Individual Accomplishments + Team Accomplishments. Michael Jordan is considered by many to be the best of all time due to his accomplishments of…

Play With Toughness

BB Reads, High School11/25/201913Views 0Likes 0Comments

The toughness of an athlete is what matters most in sport. Most coaches and recruiters will tell you that. That level of toughness is what helps teams win in basketball. So, what is toughness in basketball exactly? The first commonality is the most obvious and that is the physical toughness. Both played a brand of basketball…

Basketball Play Off Of The Bounce

Featured, High School07/17/201928Views 0Likes 0Comments

We’ve talked about having a GO-move series (triple threat) and its importance. I want to go further in depth about the dribble portion 1/3 of the triple threat. There are only two ways to score in offensive basketball; catch and off the bounce (starting with dribbling the ball to attack). Dribbling the ball comes easy for some, especially smaller…

AAU Culture Impacts Players Decision Making

High School, Uncategorized07/07/201913Views 0Likes 0Comments

AAU basketball has changed the way that players make decisions on high school, travel, college and professional teams. There are very few of the killer personalities. Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant types that don't feel the need to team up with others are few and far between. Today's young players have created the idea of…

Becoming A Great Passer

Featured, High School02/20/201917Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the game of basketball, there is one ball to be shared amongst five players. In The Origins Basketball Dr James Naismith developed a basketball with laces that wasn't conducive for dribbling. The original rules stated that you could not move from your spot on the court forcing everyone to share or pass the ball. As…