Well I might as well throw what I believe is one the best teams I will say: Eddy Curry may have eat himself out of the NBA but was by the most dominate HS center I have ever seen! (I was able to put) a variety of different things into my game and fine-tune what I was about and what my game was about, Porter told STACK. As one of four children of Wanda and Wayne Pratt, Durant grew up loving sports with. Almost every aspiring hooper imitated MJ in some way. Id definitely have to agree with the GA Stars team with Louis Williams, among many others. True to form, Porter spent much of the offseason working on defense. Playing mostly in 17u tournys and winning trophys with The Lou Williams show leading the way, Box-&-1 and even Triangle-&-2 were not options, as it only made things worse for their opponents. Latest on Miami Heat point guard Tyler Herro including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN The facility also hosted Klutch Sports' Pro Day for. Memphis and Team Penny are nowhere to be seen in the top 10 most influential if we limit our dataset to just those players. As the numbers indicate, playing on a shoe-circuit is not the only successful route to the NBA; 22.3% of the American-born players in the NBA 28-and-younger (after inception of shoe circuit) competed on an independent AAU program. ", NBA commissioner Adam Silver is standing before a lectern prior to Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Finals between the Warriors and Cavaliers. I'm not sure," he says. A lot of the people commenting could not write nor research themselves out of a paper bag, but thats just my opinion. His alma mater, Scott County Central High School, has an enrollment of 181 people. A lot of these rosters can be hard to find. They simply didnt lose when at full strength. Fags still weird! Team Cant touch this was tough. LeBron played with The Hurricanes at one point. Kendall Smith - UNLV.Won the 2012 Nike Peach Jam behind the play of big 3 Gordon, Bird and Johnson. Half of these teams didnt even stay together for more than a couple showings they were forced to assemble for. JAMES MOSES-IOWA/OVERSEAS Here's are some examples: Steve Kerr: "Even if today's players are incredibly gifted, they grow up in a basketball environment that can only be called counterproductive. Eric Barkley - St Johns, NBA . Its stupid, Kobe Bryant told ESPN. This New Jersey based team will forever live in AAU lure. Sean Mosely Maryland, Europe And still, despite these collective efforts, the NBA continues to receive players who are broken down by the time they get there. While there are pitch counts in Little League, there is no equivalent in AAU. "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.". HM: 73% (27/37) Daniel Hackett - USC, Italy. 5. 2. Do you really want to have your kid limping around the rest of his life? allaninq 3 yr. ago. He adds, "What they put their bodies through is so rigorous. His mother, Elnora, was an all-state basketball player for Scott County in the mid 80s. Even tho he declared to his close friends that he would skip straight to the league his junior year in HS if they let him, everyone needed to witness for themselves . Today, "AAU" is a catch-all term for grassroots leagues and also the largest multisports organization in the country, with more than 700,000 members. Jayanthi and a team of fellow researchers had reached a similar conclusion in a separate 2013 study. Eric Gordon-top 5 Indiana HS basketball talent of all time. First, many of these teams were not that good and lost games along the way, because they were essentially thrown together and didnt practice and had stars that missed a bunch of games. Mike King- George Washington, Europe 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. MM: 22.9% (8/35) In some situations, athletes gain an edge with prescribed use of safe supplements. The contact page on your site sends you these messages to your email account which is the reason you are reading through my message at this moment correct? 2006 Southern California All-Stars - Kevin Love - UCLA, NBA. As far as star power while still in high school, I dare put many teams from New York ahead of them. Ron Reece 72 all American. Interesting list. With Beal and John Wall providing much of the offensive firepower for the Wizards, Porters looking to maximize his contributions any way he can. I feel like the 2006 D-1 Greyhounds out of Cincinnati should be on this list. Otto Porter Sr. has six brothers and Elnora has five. 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 Strange Fix That Made Otto Porter One of The NBAs Best Three-Point Shooters, Christian McCaffrey Says Playing Multiple Sports is The Best Thing Hes Ever Done, How DeAaron Fox Become The Fastest Man in Basketball. DON MCLEAN-UCLA/WAS 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. Kid simply refused to be denied. Each team playing in The 8 had a connection to the NBAer guest-coaching the club: either the NBA star used to play for the program, such as Anthony Davis with Chicago-based Meanstreets, or the . koreleone Young Future defensive Goliath's Josh Smith and Dwight Howard teamed to make the Celtics a dominant force. Kendrick Perkins - NBA. -Beat Washington D.C. in Nationals Realistically he was a top 3 player in that class behind Oden and Durant. 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. Bird, Oscar, etc. Can you dribble with your left? With unbelievable size & depth! 33% (163/500), % of NBA players that are adidas alumni -Won Peach Jam in 98 That All Ohio team is still one of the more impressive ones of recent memory. You can browse players in the entire NBA or per team. What Silver could not have known was just how steeply injuries -- and especially injuries to young players -- would impact the NBA the very next season. SEAN ROOKS-ARI./LAL,LAC 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. Check out hockey drills and workouts from goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere, defenseman Duncan Keith, the University of Michigan hockey team and others. Randy Livingston and the Louisiana Spartans were way overrated. Do your research. They have more miles at a younger age and then, when they get to the NBA, they're less mature structurally and physically. Think Ron, Lamar, Elton were not the best players on the team! -Won AAU Nationals in 95 By The Circuit Staff, 06/10/21, 6:00PM CDT. Taylor King who was a grade school legend, lit up the outside for SCA. Rumor has it that Kobe Bryant played point with Hamilton & Carter at the off guards. The issues, DiFiori says, have only grown more pervasive in the age of specialization. Its not that Porter wasnt good enough to play AAUplenty of teams wouldve loved to have him. Randle's leg simply snapped. Thats saying something with all the players that have come through the state of Indiana. Prospects begin playing year-round on a professional club team during their high school years in an effort to get noticed by scouts. They won 2 AAU national championships as stated by Kevin Freeman. Josh McRoberts - Duke, NBA. Men against boys till acl injuries. Aaron Craft - Ohio State. Check out STACKs workouts and drills tailored specifically for hockey players. Mayo and Bill Walker were freaks in high school. STAPLES CENTER FALLS graveyard silent and still, a sellout crowd staring at the rookie beneath the basket, surrounded by medical personnel. Before he joined the Lakers, DiFrancesco worked at an outpatient physical therapy clinic outside Boston. 1. Want to play on the next level? The 04 Gym Rats squad is rivals any aau team ever. Randle's leg is broken. An image that would leave him a one-&-only in NBA history. Whole list of College guys that beat BABC and beat Riverside Church. Mac Irvin adidas fire with me! And Illinois Warriors with me and Darius Miles, Yao dunk Darius. A number of high-profile basketball figures have criticized the state of AAU basketball in recent years. What about the Louisiana Spartans? Jabari Bird - California. -Beat Riverside Church @ the Peach Jam with Barkley From 2015-18, Williamson became the most famous high school player since LeBron James en route to being the top attraction in college basketball. Hes finally panning out like those lucky enough to cross the youngster thought he just might. Thus, every player in the NBA 28-years-old and younger had a chance to run on a shoe circuit. High school basketball still provides an attractive avenue for mid-level recruits, and the popularity of digital . Basketball is a fast-paced sport that requires explosive strength, top speed, agility and fine-tuned on-court skills. Learn best practices from athletes who have achieved success and the experts who have helped them. We won the AAU title in 99 and 01, and took 2nd in 00. 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. Aaron Pogue: 69 bruiser that played D1 bball at Cleveland State. Some kids prefer the smooth Kobe fade-away, while some are drawn to the swagger of the Allen Iverson step-over. KEVIN FRANKLIN-NEVADA/OVERSEAS Lost only 2 games. So there are several instances of teams with multiple NBA players that were also together all the time. Kevin Wayne Durant was born just outside of the nation's capital, in Suitland, Maryland, on September 29, 1988. Founded in 1888, AAU has been around since the inception of basketball. Cliff Alexander- Kansas 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. Take your game to the next level with softball drills and workouts at STACK.com. I was fascinated by the insight Does anyone know where my company would be able to obtain a fillable IRS 14039 version to fill out ? 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. Highlighted by point-forward Joe Hanel, that team rarely was second to loose balls. "), Jordan wasn't unique in this regard. I can remember each of those because it was such a huge and rare deal when we lost. John Wallace (Syracuse U- Toronto, Knicks and Miami Heat) as well as. There is no clear culprit. Finding a year-round club to compete with is crucial, and finding the right fit isnt always easy. Greg Ostertag NBA We had a team for every age group at AAU AND YBOA NATL tournaments. 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. Could count the number of games they lost in 2 years on one hand. They also had Kerry Kittles and Scotty Thurman. 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. 95 CMH Kansas City Left early to catapault Lincoln Park H.S to win championship at Proviso West. In addition to off-season lacrosse workouts, youll find plenty of on-the-field drill for all lacrosse positions. And according to Stotts' database, the four highest tallies of games missed by young players in their first two seasons have occurred in the past four seasons. Mayo and Billy Walker. "I'd like to think I'd be able to figure something out, but the reality is, I'd have to figure something out, because I put so much on my body.". ", Says Jayanthi: "Kids are broken by the time they get to college.". Looks like we have some reordering to do, and a top 25 to put out in a couple weeks. 1994 New Jersey Patterson AAU - Kobe Bryant - NBA. 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 . "I have many kids who are going to go play in college next year," says Dr. Neeru Jayanthi, the Director of Sports Medicine Research and Education at Emory Healthcare in the Atlanta area and one of the leading researchers on youth sports, "and this whole year has just been about trying to get healthy so they can step on that doorstep as a freshman and actually have a chance to participate. Latest sports news, for all pro sports, college sports, high school sports, and more. I guess since their players were homegrown and notflown in from different states, they dont count. These players have appeared in at least 1 NBA game. The Best High School AAU Team. According to Bleacher Report, there was a Porter family member on each of Scott Countys first 11 state championship basketball teams. 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 spent a lot of time doing my fundamentals. That requires me to play a lot of the four (power forward). Kobe Bryant called AAU quote, "Stupid", saying that, "Horrible, terrible AAU basketball. And a bench full of high D1 players. The Oakland team went on to win ever major tournament they played in together. 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. NBA Players Who Attended Thomas Jefferson Sidney Green, left, played 679 games in the NBA. AAU doesnt mean jack. Kobe Bryant believes European basketball players are more skillful than American basketball players, and says it's a growing trend that can be blamed on the greed and coaching at the AAU level. Check out more workouts and drills in our soccer training video gallery. There were players he'd evaluated who moved so poorly that he says he "absolutely" expected them to suffer injury. 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 15.2% (76/500), % of Nike Circuit era players (grad 2011 or later) Jahlil Okafor- Duke future first overall pick The Amateur Athletic Union Tournament is the annual American amateur basketball championship series for Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) teams. The best 4th quarter player and possibly hardest to guard player the league has ever seen ( With the exception of MJ), Louis Lou Will Williams will go down as a legend in his own and nobody will ever match his unique skillset. Juwan Staten - West Virginia. In Part 2 of this two-part series, ESPN reveals how doctors, trainers and surgeons are being forced to rebuild the world's best young basketball players. 7.4% (37/500), % of NBA players that are UAA alumni In the past decade, the aforementioned three shoe brands have launched circuits. 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. Yes just about all American nba players have played aau ball. His eyes are wet with tears. Below is a look at the AAU summer event schedule, highlighted by the AAU Super Showcase July 8-11 in Orlando. -Beat the Atlanta Celtics 4xs Andrew Fitzgerald Oklahoma, Europe We don't get much serious conversation. CORY ARNETT-UNO/POR & OVERSEAS Riverside Church 1987 Kenny Anderson was a magician as he fed Malik Sealy, Adrain Autry, and Brian Reese. 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. Mario Bennett NBA 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). Proper nutrition provides athletes with the energy, nutrients and hydration they need to progress in their training and perform optimally. high school basketball is about team success whereas aau is about the individual. 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. dont know about, maybe best teams of the 90s and 2000 eras how bout that, The 2012 Mac Irvin Fire team got snubbed on this one It's so extreme. Kevin Braswell- Georgetown, Europe That's a pretty common thing. Porters parents instilled in him a ferocious work ethic and a devotion to the fundamentals. ", Seaford, who notes that millions of boys and girls play youth basketball in non-AAU leagues, cautions that the solutions are far from simple: "I don't think the NBA has the power, nor do I think they should have the power to declare what organization can play basketball or when they can play it. Top 15 5 star player in the country coming out HS (247 sports). Maximize your sports performance with advice from todays top coaches and elite athletes. Use the insights and stats from the player pages to make smarter NBA bets. Then decided to go to BCI in Az and blow out every team to win another championship to end our careers. It was noticed in Santa Barbara, California, where teenagers now head into the P3 Applied Sports Science Lab, a training center that specializes in advanced athlete assessment, and P3 officials are alarmed by what they see. Oden, Conley and Cook would eventually team up at Ohio State and make it to the national championship game as freshman. Back then we had: Jordan Clarkson- NBA 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. That being said, college still proves to be the most viable option for most prospects. We've approached the NCAA and NBA with various proposals [only] to get lip service. 2012 Oakland Soldiers - Aaron Gordon - Arizona, NBA. . Write a reply here: [email protected], Jimmy King NBA Yet heres Porter today, a max-contract player with one of the most well-rounded skill sets in the NBA. Officials from one of the most prestigious teams on the Nike EYBL circuit estimate that someone who played consistently between 7 and 19 -- over a span of 13 years -- could easily play more than 1,000 organized games (which doesn't include club-team practices, or pickup games, or workouts with trainers). Players picked in the 2014 first round missed 838 games to injury during their first two seasons, the highest figure Stotts has ever recorded; in 2015, 637, the third-highest tally; in 2016, there were 548 missed games; and in 2017, 751 games, the second-highest. 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