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Black History
40 years ago the All-American team was all-black for the first time.
• Tresa Brown - North Carolina
• Janet Harris - Georgia
• Becky Jackson - Auburn
• Yolanda Laney - Cheney State
• Janice Lawrence - Louisiana Tech
• Pam McGee - USC
• Cheryl Miller -USC
@richyNrich
Just for factual reference he’s still alive and fighting for his life. The cops said the guy pulled a gun on them and pointEd it at the officers chest and said Die, which the cop then drew his weapon and thus the video.
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🐠 🐠🐠🐠🤷🏾♂️
Last night I felt the West Virginia/Iowa game wasn’t officiated fairly. Some stuff was egregious and out in the open and ignored. I was disappointed.
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Yall remember when Kelsey Plum needed 54 pts to break the Division 1 NCAA scoring record, so she went out and dropped 57 of them thangs. 57 wet lemon pepper joints all flats, no ranch! 57 of her teams 84 points. 3’s off the catch, off the bounce, runners, floaters, just an
THIS!!!! So relevant on so many levels!
“IM GOING BACK TO PLAYING DEFENSE!”.....the level of trust out here if folks you’ve helped, wild!
I got a stack of unpaid invoices from “friends”. Protect yourself! Defend yourself, family, honor and business!
#RIPNippseyHussle
I hope parents pay attention to college games. Look at what happens 90% of the time:
*jump stops
*pivots
*ball fakes
*one dribble pull ups
*hard cuts
*defending face cuts
*basic box outs
So much more, but pay for TRAINING that does that, not that Holleration or Trickeration!
This is my homie Brandon Mason! One of the nicest guys you’ll ever come across!
Get loose my man! Locally he’s known as the Dancing Ref...
#spreadlove
#havefun
Players out here getting trained and worked out to do moves that they MAY do once or twice in their lifetime. If you can't jump stop, make basic passes, box out, defend and/or execute basic concepts then stop with the Cirque Du Soleil Trapeze stuff. Practical works!
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#11
almost got that man killed🤦🏾♂️
#Twitter
help me out.....Did he at least pinch the man before getting blown by? Then he couldn’t even help his teammate up after that vicious assault & battery of that wicked dunk😂😂😂😂
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#gemsinthegym
A players be having offers early, then no offers later. Meanwhile there are players with 0 OFFERS early, but solid offers later. Run your race! Don’t worry about what every one else has, just keep running. Just perform right, you’ll get your worth eventually.
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Bree Hall
@GamecockWBB
is not fully appreciated nationally. She is versatile, defends, vocally leads and knocks down 3’s at a very good rate. She makes winning plays.
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#NCAAWBB
COACHES Leave: Did what's best for them and their family.
PLAYERS Transfer: They are quitters.
COACHES Leave: Couldn't pass up a great opportunity.
PLAYERS Transfer: Soft, entitled, not committed, OH & btw sit out a year. We need to change the narrative.
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Y’all pray for my God Son. Just got word he is in the hospital and has Covid-19. He’s severely dehydrated, of course we can’t see him, but we are staying prayerfully positive.
#spreadlove
Why would a coach fight a high school players transfer? Honestly I truly don’t get it. These are kids. If they wanna transfer so be it. I personally do not feel like them sitting out a whole year is cool!
Maybe I’m being close minded, so give me other perspectives🤷🏾♂️
What is a “EYBL Sponsored” affiliate?
What does that mean? Does it mean I just change my club team name to your team name and get discount on gear while you eventually take my best players to the REAL EYBL team?
Folks be getting robbed in broad daylight, lol
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I don’t wanna hear nothing about size no more! I have seen so many guards 5’6” and below with multiple offers or who have already committed, and I see why! You can be short, but you gotta be a dawg defensively, mentally tough and not a liability offensively.
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Your best offensive players should get the most shots! This is not radical thinking. Offenses should have definitive direction and focus to the best and most efficient offensive players. It should not be TAKE TURN offense where everyone gets the same amount of cracks at it, nope!
Hey beautiful people! Figured since my daddy told me to pull up my diaper and get on the line for my first official hoop workout & sprints, then I should introduce myself to the world. I’m Kamryn. 😂😂😂
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#ikid
#shesagem
Who lost 250 followers recently?....me that’s who., lol! Imagine speaking on wanting fairness, equality,
#blacklivesmatter
, police brutality and injustices, and some folks like “nah, I’ve had enough. I must unfollow him” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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#moretocome
The trainer who masters teaching off the ball player development will make a lot of money. Players have no idea what to do when a teammate has the ball, no feel, low IQ, AND because 99.9% of training is w/ball in their hands.
#gemsinthegym
College coaches being AT an event and college coaches being AT YOUR game at said event, are two very different things!
Traveling 2,500 miles to play 4 games at an event with 400+ college coaches but 0 at your games is some cold math! But you did go 3-1, bravo🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
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Please don’t tell me how a kid won’t fit your “size” or “system” when you’ve never won more than 12 games in a season! Seems to me it’s a broken “system”. I’d suggest recruiting players that can play then build a style of play around THAT personnel.
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Talking w/a D1 coach this morning. We are going over some evals and he says “Kam you’re right, that kid can play, but she’s a mixtape kid. We want efficiency. She’s gonna wanna come and dribble the air out the ball. That’s not gonna work for us. Who else you got?”
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OUT OF THESE OPTIONS who is MOST responsible for a players improvement/development?
A. AAU Coach
B. Trainer
C. High School Coach
Speak into the 🎤
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The growth of 6’2” 14 yr old Toby Fournier from June to October, sheesh! Well throw it down young lady, throw it downnnnnnn!
#bangout
#flushit
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Player Transfers: soft, quitter, that’s what’s wrong with this generation.
Coach Takes Another Job: All about a better opportunity, it’s their alma mater, wanted to be near home, more money, always wanted to coach at a higher level etc.
Be fair both ways folks.
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Y’all gonna let these folks NO DAYS OFF you to death. No days off got some of y’all games looking tired! It’s ok to take days off. It’s part of your recovery and mental wellness! Rest, relax and get away from the game sometimes. It will have your ON days that much better!
I think this is definitely something to talk about. It’s also one of the reasons I will always remain affordable and even scholarship hardship situations. Opportunities are everything.
S/O to the trainers teaching basic fundamentals and basketball game concepts. I know those trainings look boring, and they don’t get lots of views, oooohs & ahhhhhs, but they work. Keep that going! Don’t succumb to the shenanigans. Stay the course.
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#fundamentalreps
I took my time to let this simmer and digest in my mental. I am candid and critical, but I felt some type of way about this. Coaches in postgame press conferences acting like they didn’t recruit & coach the players that just played is played
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#dontatme
I don’t care what y’all say or who comes for me but Liz Cambage just comes with baggage. Always whining, inconsistent and for a 6’9” “big body Benz” she doesn’t play big, hence just 3 out of 23 games w/double figure rebs. Who that tall averaging 6.4rpg😩
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I spoke to 3 people today who have known me for many years in hoop. They had no idea I have a actual job, like a J-O-B! “I thought you just did basketball”, “wait a minute, what do you do?”, lol!
I’m a Child Support Deputy good people. 27 yrs strong.
I got a lil Edumacation😏
I’ve been trying to turn over a new leaf, but y’all just won’t let me be great.
What in the Mary Lou Rettons do we have here......Y’all Doing This Or Nah?
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@Blacknye11ow6
Did the death threats towards hercome out of her? Did the slander towards her come out of her mouth? Did “stupid” and “flunky” come out of her mouth? Did “thug” and “ghetto” come out of her mouth?
If you play Club/AAU ball and have social media, then you see offers happening all the time! It can give the impression that EVERYBODY is getting them, so you’re probably wondering where’s yours. These things are not just being handed out like free pretzels on a Southwest flight!
Coaches leave after 1 or 2 seasons to take a “better job”, “dream job”, “closer to home” job, or “do what’s best…” for their family job and it’s celebrated, but players transfer and it’s not quite celebrated & loyalty is questioned…..Why🤷🏾♂️
I’m convinced some college coaches offer some kids simply off a list or cause another school offered.
I thought everybody from the player to the coach were looking for a “fit”🤷🏾♂️
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Update: my God Son is out of the hospital, self-quarantining, feeling good. He said that hospital discharge process “was crazy and overwhelming”, but aside from that he’s good. Thx for the prayers. Keep them high.
#spreadlove
I hope these kids appreciate having their parents, family and friends at their games. People travel near & far to support them! I was 38 yrs old when my mom saw me play for the first time. Be motivated, play hard, show respect & appreciation to those supporting you!
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I need folks to include these FG percentages when they post these points scored. 7/21 shooting, with 6 Hot Apple Turnovers, 4 fouls, and having a funeral on every screen that’s set on you, but you scored 20 pts is NOT good! Let’s promote efficiency!
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@Bigl6192011
But all that she spoke about has gone on for a year. So win or lose these things were there. Death threats were there, sexualizing her was there, calling her a flunky was there, a thug etc etc etc was all there…prior to last night. So win or lose that was there.
There is no HEIGHT that guarantees you’re a hooper! Some of these coaches are missing out on ballers, cause they don’t fit their 5’10” or higher criteria.
I dig preferences, but we in the business of hoopers, production and wins.
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When college coaches tell me they're trying to win, but a player HAS to be a certain height to play for them, like you just gotta have that 5'10"+ kid that's super average! But the 5'7" perimeter monster you cool on? You trying to win or look the part?
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Blessed! I’m so grateful!!! I am not bragging, but I just wanna thank God! I went from living paycheck to paycheck to saving enough money to purchase a data plan that allowed me to download this picture God is GOOD😏😊
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Be who you are when you’re recruiting these kids. Y’all talk about all the reasons, oh my bad, y’all call them EXCUSES for players hitting the portal, but let’s talk about lying coaches, moody coaches, lack of transparency or not building a real relationship with players too🤷🏾♂️
There’s not a lot of dribbling at all by
@UConnWBB
It’s spacing, cutting, passing with precision, and patience.
In other words fundamentals!
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S/O to the parents with great character, manners, consistency and who embrace the full experience of the hoop journey their kid is on. They enjoy the HIGHS, support their kid through the lows, and don’t belittle or contradict the coach THEY CHOSE for their kid🙌🏿👏🏿
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Colleges Coaches: I understand you have a grid and plans laid out, but if you have an opening in your schedule, instead of sitting and chillin’ on your phone, venture to another court! You might find a GEM!
The disinterest in the game you’re in front of shows🤷🏾♂️