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NBA Rookie of the Year to Stephon Castle
Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, Castle has become the perfect backcourt complement to Victor Wembanyama.
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On The Same Paige
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…
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Emoni Bates: Talent vs. Accomplishments
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…
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Play With Toughness
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…
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Basketball Play Off Of The Bounce
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…
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Becoming A Great Passer
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…
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Shooting The Ball Is Essential
When I look at players, the first thing that tends to jump out at is whether or not the player can shoot. The origins of basketball start with the ability to shoot. The players who can shoot the ball tend to play the longest and are the most fun to play with. There are many…
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Simple Way To Offensive Basketball
I’ve spent a lot of time on Youtube looking at videos of basketball trainers. Some of the trainers are good. Others not so much. I see a lot tricks with cones and tennis balls. Lots of gidgets and gadgets. Very few of them are teaching the offensive portion of the game from a holistic respective. …
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The Origins Of Basketball
Basketball beginings are different than other sports. It’s pretty clear that Dr. James Naismith developed the game of basketball. Naismith was born in 1861 in Ramsay township, Ontario, Canada. He graduated as a physician at McGill University in Montreal and was primarily interested in sports physiology. In 1891, while working as a physical education teacher at…
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Draft Ready
The NBA draft is here. 60 players will have their names called. It’s a time for young men who have worked and grown their entire lives for this moment to enjoy with family and friends. It can be different. Put yourself in the seat of the draft picks. DeAndre Ayton is probably going to be…
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Passing Greatness
Watching the Eastern Conference finals game 3 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics and listening to LeBron James post game press conference about his passing brought back memories. It brought back memories of when I realised that LeBron wasn’t a regular 6’3 basketball player. It reminded me of when I first witnessed a…