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Director of Southern Assault! 3SSB members! 4x adidas champs. Mcdonald All American selection committee member 🍔🍔🍔

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@coachvonzell1
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3 years
My sister fought as hard as she could !! Your at peace now Sis ! I will always love you ! Rest In Peace ❤️🏀
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2 years
Twitter family ! Please keep our family member Gethro Muscadin in your prayers ! He was is a horrible accident and is now fighting for his life ! Each prayer is truly appreciated ! @boogclay
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5 years
How many times you have to transfer HS ,change select teams or transfer colleges before you realize the problem is YOU?!!!!
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6 years
NBA doesn't care about the stars next too your name while your in HS.. you can watch any NBA game and see 5 star HS recruits riding the bench behind 2 or 3 star HS recruits
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4 years
If dunking was no longer allowed in basketball! Are you still as good ? Well that’s how I evaluate 🤷🏾‍♂️
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4 years
If your Son is what you think he is ! You will never have to post about him ! Others will ! All you have to do is retweet
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2 years
Rest in peace Gethro ! Thank you for the laughs ! The smiles ! The trust you gave to me and my family !! Love you G ! #heartbroken #unbreakablefamily
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5 years
Just because your kid plays varsity basketball it doesn't mean he is ready for High level 17u basketball..its 2 different levels of basketball
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1 year
Bigs recruited off potential !! Guards recruited off production !!
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2 years
Parents ! Everything you say in the car or at dinner table shows in your kid play ! It’s a reason they won’t pass or will not pass to a certain players ! Can’t get a TEAM to play as a TEAM if your only about your individual! 100% of team drama starts at HOME !! Read 100 times
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3 years
I don’t care care How ELITE you are individually ! YOU will have Bad games and plenty mediocre games !! It happens !! Only your secret haters will magnify it ! But real basketball evaluators get it
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4 years
Recruiting lol
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3 years
Just a FYI ! All team drama starts at home at dinner table or in the car !!
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3 years
Please keep my family in your prayers ! #cancersucks
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2 years
🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
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5 years
It's TRUE. Coaches play favorites. They favor players who give them the best chance to win, who have great attitudes, who work hard everyday, who embrace their role (regardless of what it is) and who support the program culture!
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3 years
After watching so much basketball! You can tell who grew up dribbling vs cones compared to those that grew up playing 21 hustling for every rebound to win
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2 years
Read it 50 times
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4 years
Coaches are really telling kids they are not allowed to shoot midrange jumpshots due to analytics.. 3pts or layups only .. guess they never watched jordan or Kobe
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2 years
God will take a NOBODY and turn them into SOMEBODY infront of EVERYBODY without asking ANYBODY! #imawitness 🙌🏾🙏🏾
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3 years
When you continue doing things the right way !!! God will always bless you !
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2 years
All kids want to play guard regardless of their true position ! Due to the position the parents feel they want them to play !! Well it’s only 2 true positions in basketball 🏀! Bench and on floor !!
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4 years
Nobody decisions get questioned more than the person volunteering time away from family for free !
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3 years
You do not have a “TEAM” until each player excepts their role ! Until then you have individuals !
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2 years
I’ve been the select basketball Doormat ! Was a automatic victory for years for opponents ! I’ve been the mediocre team doing car washes/ standing on corners begging! Sleeping 6-8 maybe 10 in a room ! If you can’t speak on where I come from ! Don’t hate on where I’m at Now
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5 years
with only 2 live periods this year .. majority of college coaches are watching baller TV live and replays ... so every weekend is live period .. remember that when your not giving full effort
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2 years
Dear Select coaches! We rarely hear Thank You ! We are the only ones that’s expected to fight for kids scholarships while being Criticized by the parent and Disrespected by the parent! If you haven’t heard it ! Thank you for helping kids from one coach to another !
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I’ve seen guys coach in shades , head phones , with back packs on !! But I’ve never seen this until today ! Check out coach shoes
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2 years
Happy Birthday sis ! I know your turning up in heaven!! Love and miss ya !!
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3 years
Happy birthday sis !!💔
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3 years
Directors that’s connected!! Do not just use your connections to just help your kids ! Once your kids are signed put your ego to the side and help other kids that wasn’t fortunate enough to wear your uniform without wanting credit ! If your about the kids like you tell others🤷🏾‍♂️
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3 years
Damn college basketball is the new grassroots basketball! It’s no longer earn it , fight for it or wait my turn !! To many are ruined by praise/ worship in Hs instead of being saved by criticism/adversity
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After taking a year off from coaching ! Being a director sitting back and enjoying watching our guys perform and coaches giving their all ! Gave me the itch I’ve been waiting to see would pop up and it has .. I will be returning to the sidelines next spring /summer ///
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2 years
4 levels of basketball! 8th grade down ➡️ HS / select ➡️college at all levels ➡️Pro overseas or NBA !!! Not all can adjust to the Fact that at each level you start as a NOBODY again!! And I’ve watched PRAISE create egos that kill opportunities! Humble yourself or GOD will !!!!
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4 years
Daughter baked me my birthday Cake !!! She is a PRO #3stripelife #3SSB
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4 years
Scottie Pippen made his Route ! As a manager and begged for a scholarship! Got one and played ! Went # 5 in the draft from a NAIA school ! You will be found regardless of where you go !
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5 years
Couldn't be more proud of this group! High character! High IQ! No ME guys! all TEAM FIRST guys! Amazing summer 17-1 in Adidas 32-2 Overall !! CHAMPS !!!
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I dont care what level your playing .. YMCA, rec center, middle school, high school, college , NBA / overseas... Your Body language matters..
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5 years
We should do a Texas Peach finals finale (Nike, adidas,UA) Urban, YGC36, PB Nation, Harden, Basketball U, Hardwork, Houston hoops, Drive nation, Pro skills, Titans, and Mudiay .. One Court tournament to end summer season!
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3 years
Dear parents ! If you have to throw shade / hate towards someone else kid ! That means your kid is not what you think they are ! Everyone race is different ! If you focus on yours you might get the results your desperate for faster ! #hatersneverwin
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2 years
Officially old ! I’m a grandpa (V-pa lol) great Christmas! Got to hold my grand daughter for the first time ! Have to get her a southern Assault onesie with the /// on the back !!!
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2 years
Keep your GPA high !! Ivy League will recruit you ! Very slim chance that you would have to worry about the transfer portal because very few can get in
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6 years
Can never please everyone in your program ! Charge a fee they complain! Completely free they complain! Not the best player complain!Teammate get a offer they jealous ! Win game doesn’t matter if their kid not the leading scorer! No way to win
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4 years
just a reminder
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7 years
Stop worrying about level of univ and go where ur loved and wanted ! If not u will be on the transfer list heading back 2 the level u denied
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You can have the athletic player that can just dunk ! Give me guys thats coachable , defend , rebound , and can give buckets !
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3 years
Received text asking why I’m not tweeting about this past weekend! Well 3 reasons!! 1 - I’ll always respect our opponents! 2- if U really are what you think U are in this game you do not have to post scores seeking validation! 3- if it’s what you expected why tweet! Just retweet
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6 years
In today’s HS games ! When a player is on fire his teammates will not go back to the hot hand until it cools off ! It’s all about ME instead of WIN
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3 years
Early offers as a freshman means NOTHING! Need for that university means everything when your Hs senior year starts . That university has 3-years of recruiting grad or juco transfers, & hs players . Things change ! That offer not Loyal
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When your a program , player or director of event and your below average or average in this grassroots 🏀 world ! More people will love you ! But once you become a threat!! That love turns into jealousy !! Being Good or great is not for a weak individual in this business..
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2 years
Talked to a over 15 NBA scouts in the past week and they all have something in common! They said they never look at rankings because it clouds their judgment! They go to games to watch PLAYERS!
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Kids look at me like I’m responsible for helping change their lives ! But have no idea they are the reason my life changed
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Rest in heaven sis ! Missing our crazy conversations ! Check game playa ! Let me holla at ya !
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2 years
We on this app tweeting like it’s the FIRST TIME a kid switched teams, a shoe team lose to a independent, a elite player didn’t perform to their ranking !! This been happening for 30 plus years !!! 🛑 the 🤡 tweets and focus on getting kids to college which is a challenge itself
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I remember how i use to say “I don’t need or want a shoe deal !! Im getting it done as a independent why would I take a deal !! Got that call and signed within 1 min of getting the email ! Moral to the tweet ! Just be quiet and focus on your program and help KIDS
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2 years
Southern Assault will have a Unsigned Sr team ! Doesn’t have to be kids from our organization! You can be from any program and you will still go on your original team alumni list ! Team will play in 3 events with 2 being April live period! If interested contact @bigbook15817
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2 years
Yo JALEN WILSON !!! @thejalenwilson !!! Your a MF CHAMPION!!! Let’s goooooooooo #unbreakablefamily !! Turn up @lisawilson3434 and D !!!
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Doesn’t matter how talented your team is on paper ! If one parent and their kid cares about their individual stats over team success!! It will NOT WORK
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3 years
In every situation in life !! More people will applaud your failure than applaud for your success!!
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5 years
I see nothing wrong with this !! Basketball generation is SOFT !! all a chain reaction to the cant whoop your kid or CPS is called , the No fail policy in school etc.. most dangerous person to be around is a person that doesn't understand consequences!
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I’ll be happy when this type of coaching finally goes extinct as this generation of coaches retire and fade away.
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Dear middle school down parents !! Dont get hype over your kid fake national ranking !! The moment you get to HS your nobody again and have to impress a entirely different group of evaluators that’s experienced and know what a Real PLAYER looks like
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2 years
When you do not take the classroom or the game serious but you tell everyone Basketball is your love ! You get to drop a list like this !
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3 years
Pray for my sister as she fight this battle with cancer!
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Y’all know what @TeamFortWorth means to me. Been rocking 20+ years. She has done a lot for the game, players and their families. She is in a battle right now! I’d love to get your support, even just a RETWEET! Thanks! 🤞🏿🖤🙏🏿 #spreadlove #gemsinthegym
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5 years
High percentage of team drama and disconnections starts at home at the dinner table or on the car ride home !!
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4 years
College freshman! It’s upperclassman at the Univ ur about to attend! The day you committed they watched your highlight videos! They have a dream also !! Best believe if u treaten their opportunity! 1st day on court they coming for you! Teammates when Season start ! Enemies now
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Stop complaining about not playing the position you THINK you are ! And play the position the coach put you in for the TEAM to be successful! It’s only 2 positions in basketball! On the court or on the bench
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3 years
Be careful who you pretend to be ! You might forget who you are !
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3 years
Want to say thank you to everyone for the prayers and words of encouragement ! CG touched many in the basketball 🏀 community and will be missed !! Continue to pray for our family and information will be communicated soon #restinpeaceCG
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2 years
Regardless of how elite they say you are or how long you have been considered elite /the man !! At some point you will just be a role player ! Then it’s can you adjust or will your ego kill your career
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4 years
Everything comes back in a circle !! Crazy when the person that treated you like s**t When you was at the bottom is begging for your help to get back up ! In the words of a good friend ! Treat the janitor the same as the CEO ! Never know when the roles switch
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4 years
A 5 star talent with 1 star character is a deadly mix ! Too much Ego kills talent
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4 years
Nobody cares what HIgh school you going too ! You want real attention post what college you graduated from after you receive your diploma! Now that’s something to announce #life #bossmoves
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6 years
March madness is a prime example the reason to stop recruiting based off rankings and start recruiting based off who fits your system
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5 years
kids can have the exact same talent but Majority rather recruit a big name loser than a no name winner !!
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3 years
Sometimes you just do not know if the time and effort we all put into kids to give them a opportunity is appreciated ! But days like today when receiving multiple text from players heart about how they feel about myself and the organization reassures me that it’s all worth it !!
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4 years
DEAR MEDIA ! Always remember the coaches has relationships also ! So when you bash players to college coaches to eliminate a kids opportunity to help a personal relationship of yours ! just KNoW we find out exactly what you said to that coach to put doubt in his mind
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4 years
How good are you when your not scoring!?
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4 years
Do what’s best for the kids ! Selfishness will have their Hs season canceled
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5 years
I've never not had a college program brag about their strength coach.. but why is it always a kid being talented but skinny or not strong a excuse not to recruit/offer him ! if your strength guy is the best in the business
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2 years
You cannot be in a leadership role and be mean/ disrespectful to others but expect others to respect you because of your Title !
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3 years
Forever in my heart ! Thank you sis for pushing me & not allowing me to settle! God broke my heart 💔 to prove to me he only take the best ! You earned your wings ! Go be great ! Love you ❤️❤️❤️
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6 years
Advice !
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3 years
When your about that 3 stripe life and you get your team in the gym for the first time and it’s click on all cylinders !!!! #👀
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Dear PLAYERS that signed a NLI ! Call or text the people that helped you and say thank you! The ones that was sacrificing time away from family to give you an opportunity ! A Thank you from your parents doesn’t count for a thank you from you personally !
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2 years
Lost another good guy in the basketball 🏀 world in Dfw smh
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3 years
We first learned to like each other ! Then Went through some tough games together and learned to love each other ! Now we fight for each other ! #Unbreakablefamily #3SSB #3stripelife #lovecreatesfight
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Potential is what you COULD BE !!! Production is what you ARE !!!
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3 years
From being on the HS level the past 18 years coaching and dropping down to middle school down to coach ! I learned a lot this weekend! It’s like the beginning of the scheme! 9 out of 10 teams cheat and the one that’s not is in last place ! Seen a kid pull up driving
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6 years
I remember having 12 on the team and only 3 rooms per trip for coaches and players !! We made it work and nobody complained
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3 years
Has to be one of the funniest I’ve seen ! I’m saying fam you know college coaches can’t get out yet lol 😂
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3 years
Feels amazing when your in this for the right reason & from the first college game yesterday to today & you can’t move because young men from the organization is playing hour on the hour on tv ! Nothing more rewarding than watching them live part of their dream ! True blessing
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2 years
When you win a lot ! The program recruits itself !
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Blessed to see another year! Im so thankful for all of the amazing people in my life and my Southern Assault ///family ! Thank you all #45
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When a player get the media on their side ! They can play a bad game and be listed as a standout ! But once media have their mind mad up that player can kill it and never be mentioned!!! It’s ok to be wrong and admit it ! It makes your evaluations more relevant
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3 years
The game of BASKETBALL is way bigger than you, me and everyone involved! It was here before us and will be here after us ! Create your lane in this game and stay in it
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NBA, college, HS coaches get paid to coach!But the coach that does it ALL for free for someone else kid get all the blame for the negativity
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3 years
Your funeral gathering will be more packed than your birthday gathering because many rather see you on your back rather than on your feet !
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5 years
Heard numerous times that last year was a down year talent wise for our program.. if this is what a down year look like I cant wait to see what a good year looks like!! #unbreakablefamily #YGC36
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As a program if you never stood on the corner begging for donations, car washes , selling candy to raise money or staying 6-8 per room because you didn’t have the funds ! You didn’t get it out the MUD !!!
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