Whether you want to become a better infielder, develop your bunt technique or increase pitching power, youll find videos, articles and interviews with some of the games top minds to help you become a better player. We were the #1 ranked AAU team in America with Russell Robinson, Sundiata Gaines, and Ronald Ramon leading the way. And he, too, uses car analogies to describe today's young NBA players, referencing mileage. His mother, Elnora, was an all-state basketball player for Scott County in the mid 80s. He was the first modern NBA player to be as impactful off the court as he was on the court. Kevin Braswell- Georgetown, Europe 23.2% (117/500), % of foreign route NBA players Over hyped. -Won Peach Jam in 98 The team also featured man amongst boys in high school Tim Thomas. Across all the tourneys we played in those years, I think we lost 4 games out of hundreds 1 to Riverside Church, 1 to some team from Detroit, 1 to a team from Baltimore in the 99 National Championship, and I think 1 to the NJ Boys/Girls club. A long and athletic defensive team beat Nerlens Noels BABC, Andrew Wiggins CIA Bounce, Theo Pinsons CP3 All-Stars and Julius Randles Texas Titans. We can safely say the MVP will come from a group of five: Joki, the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Mavericks' Luka Doncic, the 76ers' Joel Embiid, and the Celtics' Tatum. That team with Ron and Lamar was great and so were the ATL Celtics with Dwight, Josh, etc. 2003 Atlanta Celtics - Dwight Howard - NBA. Yet heres Porter today, a max-contract player with one of the most well-rounded skill sets in the NBA. ): 14.6%, Nike EYBL 2005 Friends of Hoop Seattle - Spencer Hawes - Washington, NBA. People in California still talk about the summer Lebron teamed up with Oakland to give the whole country a show. The exception to this rule are usually international players who did not grow up in the United States. STAPLES CENTER FALLS graveyard silent and still, a sellout crowd staring at the rookie beneath the basket, surrounded by medical personnel. Lamar Odom has told stories about this, we know hes not the only one, I guess no one up here has ever heard of Boo Williams huh ? High school basketball still provides an attractive avenue for mid-level recruits, and the popularity of digital . Yolonzo Moore- Hartford, And a couple of other pieces that went on to play D1 basketball, Hello, I was just visiting your site and filled out your feedback form. So there are several instances of teams with multiple NBA players that were also together all the time. 33% (163/500), % of NBA players that are adidas alumni It's impossible to enforce. That certainly can shorten a career span. Although LeBron James, Sebastian Telfair, Dwight Howard , an Ohio player now unkown named Chris Poellnitz, and Dwain Williams had the most hype. '", Bryant looks back on what he did at that age. CLEARLY you need to do your research and get your facts straight. Silver says it's an issue the league is looking into. Do you play or train in that sport for more than eight months of the year? The NBA players from the school mostly played in the early days of the league, including Max Zaslofsky, the NBA's scoring champion in its second season in 1947-48. But even that anecdotal information is alarming enough that the NBA and USA Basketball, in October 2016, unveiled its first-ever guidelines for youth basketball, which recommend, among other strictures, delaying specialization for young players in basketball until they're 14 or older; limiting high-density scheduling based on age-appropriate guidelines through high school; and ensuring rest from organized basketball at least one day a week and extended time away each year. You're like, 'How can a kid jump 38 inches when they can't even stand on one leg?'". Picking the right AAU/grassroots program is important. Jaron rush Eric Barkley also played significant minutes as the distributor. This is particularly impressive considering that 20% of the league played before the wide-spread acceptance of the shoe circuits in 2010 (over the age of 28). CBC had Ryan Harrow (Kentucky), Noah Cottrill (West Virginia), Mychal Parker (Maryland), etc.I know they lost another game to Cleveland Basketball Club when they were 15-U as well. a couple of points. Throughout his career, Bryant has railed against American youth basketball for failing to develop players' skills, often noting that overseas players were far more advanced on the fundamentals. Never lost a single AAU game in the Midwest region. But his father, Otto Porter Sr., believed it would be better for his sons development to train and play in their hometown. Though yet to see him at his very best,but finally starting to hit his prime, Lou may already be the best example the world has seen that anything is possible in this world if you really put your mind to it. It broke up the monotony, but also cross-trained them after years of hyperfocus on basketball. Write a reply here: destineylylazo75@gmail.com, Jimmy King NBA Latest sports news, for all pro sports, college sports, high school sports, and more. P2P: 1.4% (1/71) The team from Washington (FOH) had 2 future NBA lottery picks (a year apart in age) on the same high school team and didnt even make the state tournament that year! http://articles.dailypress.com/1992-07-26/sports/9207260235_1_hampton-roads-allen-iverson-williams. AAU doesnt mean jack. Team Michigan 91 featuring Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose and Voshon Leonard not on the list. One of the first findings was the majority of these athletes -- about 70% -- had specialized in tennis, and the average age that they'd begun doing so was 10 years old. CORY ARNETT-UNO/POR & OVERSEAS 7. "He might have played pickup ball with some friends, but he wasn't working eight hours a day at some gym with some shooting coach." His rookie season is over, 14 NBA minutes after it began. While there, he saw scores of young athletes who had suffered serious injuries -- back, knee, hip -- that one might expect to find in those who worked for decades in hard-labor jobs. The NBA brought DiFiori aboard in 2015 as its director of sports medicine; he'd been studying youth sports and overuse injuries for more than 25 years and was the lead author and led the working group that published Overuse Injuries and Burnout in Youth Sports: A Position Statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. Unlike LeBron and the others who either were Goliath like human specimans or total flops, Louis has now become who those around him saw as a pre-teen/teenager reluctantly due to sounding crazy saw in the kid. No. Seriously, name another AAU team that was so dominant for so long. Running around my school and doing different things like that to stay in top shape so I could compete at a high level. In 2013, Porter told USA Today that hes definitely glad to have not played AAU.. 1990 Jersey City Nj Boys Club 13year old National Championship Team ,, Led by Carlos Cueto (St. ANTHONYS, Richmond U) Jason Roberts St Marys (Wagner U) , Ned Felton St Anthony , (James Madison U ) Leopold Diaw Marist , ( Kilgor Jc , St Peters College ) coached by Ed Riche ,. N Dirk Nowitzki , Steve Nash *, Larry Nance , Don Nelson *, Joakim Noah , Swen Nater , O Shaquille O'Neal *, Hakeem Olajuwon *, Charles Oakley , Lamar Odom , Jermaine O'Neal , Tom Owens , P Chris Paul , Paul Pierce *, Robert Parish *, Gary Payton *, Bob Pettit *, Scottie Pippen *, Q Chip Schaefer, the Bulls' director of performance health, refers to this trope as "millennial bashing" -- and this from the man who served as the head athletic trainer during the Bulls' 1990-98 heyday, when they were led by the standard-bearer for NBA toughness: Michael Jordan. Of those 305 players, 77.1% played on a modern-day shoe circuit - 53.4% from the EYBL, 12.2%from adidas 3SSB, and 11.5% from UAA. HM: 74.3% (26/35) Hes not about stats, Wizards head coach Scott Brooks said of Porter at a press conference announcing the deal. "), Jordan wasn't unique in this regard. And if Bryant's path had been more typical, more mainstream, filled with basketball-packed summers, would he still have played for 20 NBA seasons, the most ever for an NBA guard? Mike King- George Washington, Europe His alma mater, Scott County Central High School, has an enrollment of 181 people. My shooting, my ball-handling, a lot of footwork. Jerry Stackhouses AAU team was legendary. DWAYNE BRYANT-GEORGETOWN/OVERSEAS, Gotta go with that Riverside group that had Ron, Elton, and Erick being number 1, especially since they are all from the same area and they played most of the summer together not just a tournament here and there, but im not sure how the Southern Cal team that had Chandler, Sampson, Fox, Childress, and Bozeman didnt make the list. Jahlil Okafor- Duke future first overall pick Ask Clark to describe what that player looks like, biomechanically, and he offers an analogy: Imagine a car with a powerful engine, one carefully engineered and maintained for years. 10. JAMES MOSES-IOWA/OVERSEAS Demarcus Nelson - Duke, NBA. This year he carries a highly anticipated to fail , 1st year post-Kobe era LA Lakers , very young team to a suprisingly decent season so far and continues to baffle coaches on how to guard him off the bench, as their back ups dont stand a chance. Don McLean, ucla nba, McDonalds all American Randle's leg simply snapped. [deleted] 3 yr. ago. allaninq 3 yr. ago. HM: 73% (27/37) Adreian Payne - Michigan State - NBA. Lets have some love for the ROC, What about the Super Friends out of Detroit.Chris Webber. Basketball is a fast-paced sport that requires explosive strength, top speed, agility and fine-tuned on-court skills. Playing Up 2 grades with this team . What about the Atlanta Celtics team with Ronald Blackshear,Jermaine Jones,Donnell Harvey an I forget the others.I think they had another NBA player on the squad.Blackshear played overseas for years after getting cut by the Knicks.Jones played for years in the NBA an Harvey was also a lottery pic.That team won a ton of games an championships an was one of the Celtics best teams ever! Tennessee Vols -JP Prince (67) at the point w/ Wayne Chism(69), Tyler Smith (67), along w/ University of Memphis Pierre Henderson Niles (68) was a overpowering/dominating front court. As Randle is wheeled away on that October night, Lakers head strength and conditioning coach Tim DiFrancesco sits at a high-top table inside the players' lounge adjoining the Lakers' locker room, studying the replay on a large flat-screen television. Greg Oden- One of the largest High School phenoms of all time. Says Clark, "All the specialization is helping the player become more skillful and more powerful and more athletic, but at the same time they're not working on the things that prevent injuries and help them recover. To power workouts and games, and to ensure a strong recovery, elite athletes take care to eat properly and to hydrate before, during and after workouts and competitions. "They're 18, 19 years old when they get to the NBA," Padua says, "but they're starting their careers playing 90-plus games a year that much sooner. I spent a lot of time doing my fundamentals. 2006 Southern California All-Stars - Kevin Love - UCLA, NBA. Soon thereafter, they examined about 530 high-level tennis players aged 12 to 18 in the Midwest. They had big wins over Derrick Roses Mean Streets team, Oj Mayos D-1 Greyhounds and Tyreke Evans Team Final. With 4 future NBA players the Assault simply overpowered and outclassed opponents to victory. Jayanthi and a team of fellow researchers had reached a similar conclusion in a separate 2013 study. In the past decade, the aforementioned three shoe brands have launched circuits. An image that would leave him a one-&-only in NBA history. Thats something I prided myself on, getting that extra time in the gym, working on ball-handling, working on my footwork around the rim, things like that. Bey Mousa Kieta Syracuse, Europe Brandon Jennings - NBA. This was the 5th National Championship Title that this particular team won. Almost every aspiring hooper imitated MJ in some way. And a bench full of high D1 players. The 1986 NIKE ARC team out of California had 7 future NBA players on it and we only lost 2 games in 3 summers, even beating the NY Gauchos with Lloydd Daniels running the point. The 04 Gym Rats squad is rivals any aau team ever. Our team identified the current landscape of the NBA, breaking down each roster and where each individual professional played their AAU/grassroots basketball. Isiah Thomas - Washington, NBA. Hard nosed forward Jon Brockman did the dirty work for FOH. Lamar Odom - Rhode Island, NBA. ", Still, one issue remains: there are no means of enforcement for even the most well-intentioned of NBA guidelines. I was able to that during the offseason and the summer, Porter said. 4. Regardless, it is unquestionably higher than at any point in history. Marcus White 68 Uconn, Not much NBA but they did that Michigan Mustang team. There was an AAU team in New York that had both Lew Alcindor and Charlie Scott on it and I guarantee they would have beaten any team on this list. VC on a team from NJ? Eloy Vargas UF/UK, Kenny Boynton UF, Kieth Clanton UCF, Brandon Knight UK, Peshon Howard Maryland, Raymond Taylor FIU , all played high level D1 and high level pro. After running the numbers, our team found that playing AAU is one of the most important things a prospect can do to improve their chances of going pro; nearly every American-born player competed for a grassroots club. Taylor King - Duke, Villanova. Can you shoot properly? C. J. Through dozens of interviews over the past two years with NBA team and league officials, current and former players, AAU coaches, parents, youth players, researchers, medical and athletic training . Think Ron, Lamar, Elton were not the best players on the team! Had one of the most impressive lineups ever and shout out to Wisconsin Playground Warriors that got that win in Championship game with the Dieners. Check out more workouts and drills in our soccer training video gallery. Plus, Alade Aminu and Daniel Emerson were quality players down low. . The majority of NBA players and the biggest names in professional basketball have played for AAU teams. 2. Steven Headache Smith NBA He also mentors future All Stars like Deangelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, and 18 year old Brandan Ingram through the young years he struggled through, while backing up A.I. Vince Carter - North Carolina, NBA. James Moses Iowa over seas For even more volleyball training content, check out our volleyball video library. As 15 year olds, Lil Wayne and Young Money would hang around their practices at Pace Academy off West Paces Ferry, along with NBA scouts vetting Lou. Those two teams were the top two in Ohio and HATED each other, so you better believe that every single Ohio AAU person was at the game when it went down. 2001-2005- Raleighs Finest was one of the more dominant AAU teams in the Country. Not sure that kind of dominance has ever been seen in AAU history. I think Duane Spencer and Jerald Honeycutt might have played with them as well, but dont quote me on that. Tune In to see how it went!Nike EYBL: https://nikeeyb.com/2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/MoreMots. I know Our teams were good enough to be mention. "It wasn't like I was playing 10 games every week or some s--- like that," he says. That requires me to play a lot of the four (power forward). Najeeb Echols- 68 mizzou P2P: 2.8% (1/35), Independent Meanwhile, key institutions in the sports science community would begin to see the effects. Direct quote of, top 10 team I have ever seen, How is the Michigan Mustangs not top 10 really Bret Darby Anthony Robertson jason Richardson Desmon Farmer DeAndre Hulett Robert Whaley Kevin Torbert. In truth, it wasn't until Bryant was about 15 or 16 -- a few years after having moved back to the U.S. from Italy, where his father had played professionally -- that the Lakers icon says he started playing AAU. I can only imagine he saw an image of himself dominating the NBA while having more fun than anyone along the way, hanging with celebs in his spare time and never let go of it. 53.4% (163/305), % of Adidas Circuit era players (grad 2011 or later) By The Circuit Staff, 06/10/21, 6:00PM CDT. While many coaches around the country will acknowledge the AAU systemone that has amateur basketball players on often-sponsored and often-shifting travel teamsisn't perfect, Mike Duncan, CEO. The Flint Affiliation organization as a whole deserves mention here. Most of these teams were put together for 1 tournament then went to another team. Andre Roberson- NBA It's so extreme. How many games might that equate to? Trust. Their conclusion: Those who were highly specialized in one sport (at the exclusion of other sports) and played it year-round were at a significantly higher risk for serious overuse injuries, such as bone and cartilage injuries and ligament injuries. Michigan Mustangs wow not mentioned this shit fake, 1980 Riverside church team,,,,, Mike moses, Steve burt, Richie adams, Gary springer, ronnie williams, ed pinkney, Alex hooper, , to name a few, those teams Im sure were great but cant use the word ever 11 Future NBA Players. Through STACK, youll find the explosive workouts, conditioning and full-body strength training you need to get bigger, faster and stronger on the lacrosse field. Almost all of the sport's young stars played AAU (Amateur American Union) ball during their. They simply didnt lose when at full strength. A team of Indiana and a Wisconsin kid (quincy owens) they lost in championship game to syf. Savvy article . Some of you out there in the Bayou might know for sure. But the brakes, the suspension -- their ankles, hips and core -- while often neglected, remain tasked with enduring the brunt of the body's force. The Best High School AAU Team. 1. 2004-2005 Memphis Nike YOMCA These players have appeared in at least 1 NBA game. "What our orthopedics are telling us," Silver says, "is they're seeing wear-and-tear issues in young players that they didn't used to see until players were much older.". high school basketball is about team success whereas aau is about the individual. They were the most hyped up AAU team Ive ever witnessed. Check out the 96 Bloomington Red team which won NIKE Vegas Tournament and several others that summer. Ditto what LJ said you forgot the 1999, 2000, 2001 NY Gauchos led by Sundiata Gaines, Russell Robinson, and Ronald Ramon, coached by Marc Jones. Ron Reece 72 all American. That's a pretty common thing. It's a tough deal. Yes just about all American nba players have played aau ball. Just gonna leave this here: 1992 squad of rising JUNIOR Allen Iverson, who put it on seniors McCinnis, Capel, and Stackhouse in this game for the 1992 AAU title. Back to back AAU champions. But before that, it's just skill s---. But, he adds, "We are cautiously optimistic. Later, at NBA pre-draft combines and individual workouts, he evaluated high-level college players who consistently couldn't perform basic movements, such as squats, lunges or balancing on one leg. In addition to off-season lacrosse workouts, youll find plenty of on-the-field drill for all lacrosse positions. NBA Players Who Attended Thomas Jefferson Sidney Green, left, played 679 games in the NBA. "It's an epidemic," says Leo Papile, who founded and has coached the Boston Amateur Basketball Club on Nike's Elite Youth Basketball League circuit -- arguably the most prestigious grassroots circuit -- for four decades. Id also agree somewhere in here I saw someone mention the D-1 Greyhounds with O.J. The AAU has a reputation for using teens as assets for a product that values shoe deals and exposure more than development. We were a real team not a collection of flown in talent. A tough and gritty team they were able to beat Belmont Shore, Dream Vision and Team Texas. Sports performance training is the physical and mental process of working toward specific athletic, performance or fitness goals through a regimented program. Copyright 2023 Legends Clothing Co. | Website builder by Shopify, Comments have to be approved before showing up, Good Old Boys - Jason Williams & Randy Moss, 10 Greatest High School Basketball Teams of All Time, Best Playground Basketball Courts in America. You will also see a player's pre-draft team . They beat out the 16u Atlanta Celtics with Crittendon, Dwight Howard, Brandon Rush, and Josh Smith, and the 17u Stars w/ former NBA players Patrick Ewing Jr. , Morris Almond , Georgetown & Ga Tech Legend Matt Causey & Shareef Abdur Rahims younger brother whom they handily beat at legendary Run N Shoot Gym in the heart of Atlantas roughest parts. The Clique, led by the greatest coach in the state Mr. It was either at Pitt Jam Fest or King James. Learn best practices from athletes who have achieved success and the experts who have helped them. and added. True to form, Porter spent much of the offseason working on defense. Putting together a list like this is always hard so, I have no qualms with the job the writer did. Back then we had: Jordan Clarkson- NBA For more details, please see our, Copyright 2023 STACK Powered by Stack Sports. 1996 Riverside Church NYC - Ron Artest- St Johns, NBA. As he continued to mature physically, he began participating in pick-up games with his army of basketball-playing uncles. Though that gap in ages -- from 17 or 19 to, say, 21 -- might not seem large, Schaefer, the Bulls' director of performance health, calls it critical for the development of musculoskeletal and support systems that help young players withstand an NBA workload. To all the old school guys who say those teams from the 70s and 80s would have beat all these teamsget over your nostalgia. Youll find the basketball workouts and drills youre looking for to take your game to the next level. Nearly all of them played basketball. They have more miles at a younger age and then, when they get to the NBA, they're less mature structurally and physically. There were players he'd evaluated who moved so poorly that he says he "absolutely" expected them to suffer injury. San Diego Cougars 1993-Present never had to make or buy a powerhouses team and never got embarrassed. PLAYERS KEPT DROPPING out -- that's all Jayanthi knew for sure. Most players have been playing basketball for a while and use the program to acquire an experience from an elite level of competition that they won't get in their community. Malcolm Delaney Virginia Tech, Europe The so cal Team lost in the final four to blessed ijn. Top 15 5 star player in the country coming out HS (247 sports). Juan Dixon- Maryland, NBA In 2005, Andrew Bynum would make the same jump, to the Lakers, at the age of 17. He was one of only eight players to average at least 13 points, 6 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game last season, putting him in the company of players like Russell Westbrook, Paul George and Giannis Antetokounmpo. His head coach tells him to stay strong. Jim Brewer, Steven Hunter, Shannon Brown, Sterling Brown, Dee Brown, round out the prominent names of players who made it to the NBA. The next step after grassroots basketball is college or the professional level. 95 CMH Kansas City I have 7 consecutive unresponded to texts to prove it, Also team Cant Touch This had variety of talent, SharpShooterSimpson and hes from the Go, Quincy Miller (NBA), Tireq Muhammad (DePaul Walk on), I also think that Savages team was one of the best ever. Develop first-step quickness, serve with power and add inches to your vertical with volleyball training from some of todays top coaches. Mike Mercer, Georgia. James White - Florida, Cincinnati, NBA. Gauchos Team with Steph Marbury, Felipe Lopez, Gary Saunders was no joke too. COLLEGE/PRO Best player in the nation for his grade coming out of high school. Kendrick Perkins - NBA. The Louisiana Spartans with Randy Livingston pounded the New York Riverside Church Hawks in the BCI Summer Prep Championship game at Arizona State University. These guys were incredible and gained instant respect from anyone who crossed their path. Since nobody from TX on this list, I thought Id mention a team that I had a hand in. ", Speaking for AAU, Rod Seaford, a longtime AAU coach and Boys Basketball Executive Committee member and AAU Board member, says, "The NCAA and the NBA loves to lay fault for their ills at the feet of youth sports or AAU. This past season, in 2018-19, the league topped the 5,000 mark again. So many different tournaments and levels; chief_chiba47 3 yr. ago. They had combo guard Cory Dolins who is very close friends with Jabari Parker, SHOCKED to see the 2013 Savage Savages left off the list. Everyone was impressed but not convinced. Taurean Waller-Prince- NBA, Johnathan Holmes- Univ of Texas Josh Selby Kansas, NBA Raleigh razorbacks 1999 featured chris wilcox tyron downey an a few player that got caught up in the game of life that really made this team a force to be cant forget a player named weston taylor possibly the best rebounder in nc aau history won stayes in 99 placed in top ten in 98 national best team to ever come out of north carolina, Anybody on here ever heard of a team called Flint Affiliation??? "It's getting significantly worse," Clark says, "because kids are specializing at such a young age and they're not recovering.". The most intimidating front line in the history of traveling basketball. Hes finally panning out like those lucky enough to cross the youngster thought he just might. Only lose was by 1 to Baltimore Stars in 17u super showcase final. It's like, why? Mike Miller Rip Hamilton - Uconn, NBA. Kevin Freeman - Uconn.Considered by many the great AAU team ever assembled. 1998 DC Assault - Dermarr Johnson - Cincinnati, NBA. Rip Hamilton - Uconn, NBA. Learn how elite athletes supercharge their performance by following scientifically-supported nutrition strategies. 2009 Baltimore Elite It would spark headlines. Was still a 5 star recruit in the top 15. Spencer Hawes was the most dominating center on the circuit at the time, dominating the inside scoring load. 2006 Southern California All Stars loss 1 Game not 2. Wow this list consist of players who had names and made it to NBA that doesnt make your team great. This team either won or went to the championship of every major tournament entered in a 2 year stretch. 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