To everyone claiming how โslept onโ you are and how you deserve more minutes:
This is what keeps you on the floor.
Giving all-out effort on defense by rotating multiple times, moving your feet without reaching, keeping your hands up and contesting.
Purdue HC Matt Painter w/ a great take on recruiting rankings ๐ฏโฌ๏ธ
"Me and you and our grandmothers can sit down and say these 20 guys are the best in the country. But from like 21 to 300 it's a crapshoot. How do you know what's inside somebody?"
D3 to the
@nbagleague
๐
NCAA D3 legend Jack Davidson has signed a deal with the Greensboro Swarm! Davidson is the all-time leading scorer at Wabash.
โItโs your job to make me play you. If you want to play, make me play you. Make it so that Iโm an idiot if I donโt have you on the court.โ ๐ฏโผ๏ธ
โ Gregg Popovich
โYour contribution doesnโt have to be 25 points.... Your number one contribution is the energy that you bring to what weโre doing.โ
- Coach Geno Auriemma
(h/t
@BallisPsych
)
Russell Westbrook in high school:
โฉ 5'8" and 140 pounds as a freshman
โฉ Didnโt start until he was a junior
โฉ No recruiting letters until the summer of senior year
Trust the process and put in the work.
Never cheat yourself!
Finish every rep, finish every play and hold your teammates to the same standard ๐ฏ
Team cultures of sustained accountability and attention to detail see continued success!
โYouโre going to have good days, horrible days and in between days.
๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐... because you need all of them.โ
@RealDealBeal23
Purdue (
@BoilerBall
) head coach Matt Painter's advice to high school players looking to compete in college?
โ You have to get over yourself.
๐ฃ When you get to the next level, itโs back to square one and itโs all about the team!
LA Sparks assistant
@BobbieKelsey
speaking the truth!
โYou canโt get it on the pillowcase. You canโt nap your way to being a great shooter ... put the phones down, stop FaceTiming, stop tweeting and get your butt in the gym!โ
๐ฃ GET IN THE GYM! ๐ฏ
Every parent can learn something from LeBron here:
Bryce didnโt have a good game shooting the ball, but LeBron makes sure he doesnโt hang his head and tells him with great detail where he succeeded and that heโs proud of him.
Thatโs all it takes. ๐ฏ
Desmond Baneโs journey โฌ๏ธ
High School: 0-star recruit.
College: 4-year player.
Pro: Drafted late first round by the Celtics (traded to the Grizzlies).
Signed a 5-year, $207M max extension.
Run your own race ๐ฏ
โ 31.6 PPG
โ 9.0 RPG
โ Gatorade POTY in Michigan
โ Gatorade NPOTY
โ First sophomore to win NPOTY
The sky is the limit for Emoni Bates and the best HS hooper in America just getting started. ๐ฅ๐
(h/t
@Ballislife
)
@PrepHoopsMI
Bad players don't take much seriously.
Average players take games seriously.
Good players take practice & games seriously.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ take academics, nutrition, warm-ups, individual work, weight room, conditioning, film, practice, and games seriously. โ๏ธ
Ja Morant threw Shaq Buchanan this ridiculous lob that absolutely wouldโve been the greatest dunk in the history of elimination games.
The fact that they had the audacity to try this in a super close OVC title game w/ a tourney bid on the line is unreal
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐:
No college coach expects you to play well every game.
As a matter of fact, most colleges WANT to see you on an off day so that they know what theyโre getting when things donโt go your way.
๐ฃAllow yourself to be human. Today is a new day.
1 minute and 20 seconds of Tyrese Haliburton being sneaky and baiting the other team into a turnover during his time with the Sacramento Kings.
(via
@WorldWideWob
)
โEveryday thereโs going to be 6 or 7 guys just like youโฆ and ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโ๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ. Now thatโs how our guys get better.โ ๐
Coach Calipari w Immanuel Quickley during an in-home visit in 2017.
10 things that require zero talent:
Being on time
Work ethic
Effort
Body language
Energy - in practice & on the bench
Attitude
Passion
Being coachable
Doing extra
Being prepared at all times
๐ฃ CONTROL THE CONTROLABLES!
There is no excuse for failing at these 10 things! ๐ฏ
We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Ryan James as National Analyst & Event Director๐จ
RJ has contributed to Prep Network since 2012 and will continue to thrive at the National level.
Welcome, RJ!
Full release below ๐
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Stop focusing on how bad things are right now, just keep working on yourself and the results will show." -
@CuttinosLife
Mentally strong people donโt waste time comparing themselves to others.
Theyโre busy getting better. The only person you should compare yourself to is the person you were yesterday.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
๐ฝ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ.
Tre Jones deserves all the credit in the world. Forced two huge timeouts in the second half and did an excellent job of defending without fouling on the last possession.
Best on-ball defender in CBB.
Most schools that see you will decide ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ to recruit you.
It's up to you to ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ.
๐จ๐จ ATTENTION HOOPERS ๐จ๐จ
If you have a passion for the game of basketball and you want to use it as a vehicle to take you everywhere you want to go in life, LISTEN UP to Chris Paul speaking facts ๐ฏโคต๏ธ