2015 NBA DRAFT: AAU ALUMNI TAKE 26 OUT OF 30 SELECTIONS. Give me Spiece Indy Heat all day long as the chemistry of that team was special in Summer Ball. Proper nutrition provides athletes with the energy, nutrients and hydration they need to progress in their training and perform optimally. From Indy and went on to play D2 hoops and then was drafted into the MLB. We were definitely w/ no question more dominant on the circuit than FOH. 7. During the periods of 1999 to 2004, he would embarass Steph Currys deep Charlotte Stars team and make Varsity HS Seniors look like rec league players, even though he was only in 8th grade going into 9th.It was a magical thing to witness. By far the best offensive front line in the history of high school basketball. 9. The Amateur Athletic Union Tournament is the annual American amateur basketball championship series for Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) teams. 12.2% (37/305), % of UAA circuit era players (grad 2011 or later) No explanation. "It wasn't like I was playing 10 games every week or some s--- like that," he says. "), Jordan wasn't unique in this regard. Randy Livingston played on that team. It's so extreme. The other went to nd and Virginia moore is a pro (nba). No. Kevin Freeman - Uconn.Considered by many the great AAU team ever assembled. By The Circuit Staff, 06/10/21, 6:00PM CDT. This was the DCs clubs best ever team in a strong line of history. I guess since their players were homegrown and notflown in from different states, they dont count. There have been several high-profile coaches and players voice their dislike for AAU basketball. 7.0% (35/500), % of NBA players from Independent alumni Regardless, it is unquestionably higher than at any point in history. Mike Conley - Ohio State, NBA. Stop. This past season, in 2018-19, the league topped the 5,000 mark again. 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 . 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. 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. He quickly made a name for himself as one of the best players in the state, and AAU teams were clamoring for his services. Build your football workout today! I feel like the 2006 D-1 Greyhounds out of Cincinnati should be on this list. CHRIS MILLS-KEN.,ARI./CLE, NY (80s and 90s teams included). Some of you out there in the Bayou might know for sure. Thaddeus Young (68) & Shawne Williams (610) on opposite wings. That team with Ron and Lamar was great and so were the ATL Celtics with Dwight, Josh, etc. Leon Powe - Cal, NBA. Beat west side St.Meltired from girls and camp. Won plenty of state titles. In basketball, as well as volleyball (both jumping sports, he notes), overuse can lead to chronic ankle injuries, development of joint and cartilage problems, even spine problems. Barely lost that summer. Wayne),Joe and Jon Ross, Elliott Hatcher, Steve Mozingo, Matt Waddell, Troy Terrill, LaSalle Thompson, Linc Darner, Ryan Greenwood, Brian Evans and Kyle Kenworthy. The Best High School AAU Team. 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. Nike started things off with the Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) in 2010, followed by adidas 3 Stripes Select Basketball (3SSB) & the Under Armour Association (UAA). They had big wins over Derrick Roses Mean Streets team, Oj Mayos D-1 Greyhounds and Tyreke Evans Team Final. In 2017-18, the number of NBA games lost to injury or illness surpassed the 5,000 mark for the first time since the league stopped using the injured reserve list prior to the 2005-06 campaign, per certified athletic trainer Jeff Stotts, who has cataloged the careers of more than 1,100 players since that point and is considered the most authoritative public resource for tracking injuries in the NBA. With 4 future NBA players the Assault simply overpowered and outclassed opponents to victory. 15.2% (76/500), % of Nike Circuit era players (grad 2011 or later) Was ranked #1 in the country for a long stint that summer. Looks like we have some reordering to do, and a top 25 to put out in a couple weeks. Shaqquan Aaron - Louisville. Most of the Soldiers losses in 2012 came with leader Aaron Gordon out of the lineup. 3. Take his second daughter, Gianna, who's 13 and playing basketball all the time: "She's looking around at different stuff and you see there's a lot. #Clubtrillion, I coached for the Ny gauchos, we went to 4 straight national championships and won 3. Jaron rush Thomas Hamilton- DePaul. One thing that holds All-Ohio back was the level of competition in their 2009 run. This website uses cookies and third party services. Before he joined the Lakers, DiFrancesco worked at an outpatient physical therapy clinic outside Boston. 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. "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.". Jarvis Crittenton - Georgia Tech, NBA. LeVelle Moten was also a Raleigh Star. It is so taxing that when discussing today's youth basketball culture, Elliott calls some of the players who emerge from it "survivors." In fact, the majority of NBA players have spent at least some time playing AAU basketball. Will Barton Memphis, NBA And a bench full of high D1 players. You don't want your hoopster to get discouraged at the start. With unbelievable size & depth! Very talented and very deep! Thus, every player in the NBA 28-years-old and younger had a chance to run on a shoe circuit. I know Our teams were good enough to be mention. 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. Grade above Oden, Conley, and Cook. Forgot about The Michigan Mustangs, and The Michigan Hurricanes. 22.3% (71/305), *multiple players competed on two circuits*. 2002 Oakland Soliders - Lebron James - NBA. Keith Bogans - Kentucky, NBA. Kobe Bryant called AAU quote, "Stupid", saying that, "Horrible, terrible AAU basketball. Edey had worked with 7-foot-1 former NBA center and Puerto Rican Olympian Daniel Santiago . But it's not as if Jordan was a relentless baller all year long. The longest-running grassroots basketball organization is Amateur Athletic Union, commonly known as AAU. Gauchos Team with Steph Marbury, Felipe Lopez, Gary Saunders was no joke too. FACTS ONLY THIS IS NOT RUMORS! 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. We had a team for every age group at AAU AND YBOA NATL tournaments. He can score more and I get that and I appreciate it, but hes willing to sacrifice his own game for the betterment of the team.. 1.Georgia Stars 2004 Everyone knew Louis Williams was the go-to-go and if you have seen him in the NBA you know he isnt bashful. Many players decide they want to follow in the same footsteps as their idols, with the ultimate goal of making it to college and the professional level. 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! Aaron Craft - Ohio State. Prince Moore from Seattle, WA Should be on the list as well With stars such as Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson, Aaron Brooks, Marcellous Kemp, Dwayne Wright, Tyrone Shepard and a host of other ballers that team dominanted the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the region, Yal forgot about the Wisconsin teams Playground Warriors ..2012 was way deep.Najeal Young -Iona J.P.Tokoto -North Carolina, Sam Dekker.Wisconsin, Billy garrett jr started with us in jersey when he was 9 his father was a assistant coach at seton hall then he was on the team with kyle anderson -ucla spurs myles mack-Rutgers billy was my 3 guard system then they fired seton hall coach louis orr Billy got the assistant coach job at depaul university. MM: 38.0% (27/71) There was no other guard in the country as persistent as Tariq. It was like Kobe and Carter. As a former Atlanta Celtics Aau Coach and a Mentor in the Rochester New York and Buffalo as well as Syracuse. ", 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. Jay Straight 6- Wyoming Player Quarter Finder Search through player regular season and playoff logs by quarter. That may sound crazy when you consider that Porter grew up in Sikeston, a rural town in southeast Missouri. was a perfect place to break through that Rookie & Begginer barrier . The majority of NBA players and the biggest names in professional basketball have played for AAU teams. 53.4% (163/305), % of Adidas Circuit era players (grad 2011 or later) I sex only girls! Nowadays almost every nba player has played travel basketball. In the states, this process is constantly evolving, and is currently dominated by the shoe brands - adidas, Nike & Under Armour. The 04 Gym Rats squad is rivals any aau team ever. 2006 Mt.Royal (baltimore)16u I know Robert Whaley should remember us (commented on this feed). Do you play or train in that sport for more than eight months of the year? Marcus White 68 Uconn, Not much NBA but they did that Michigan Mustang team. Coming Friday: part two of our two-part series on youth basketball and how its cycle of constant competition threatens the NBA. high school basketball is about team success whereas aau is about the individual. It's impossible to enforce. yall forgot about that 1989 GAUCHOS AAU TEAM.PG-ARNOLD A-TRAINBERNARD,SG-ADRIAN "RED"AUTRY,SF-JAMAL MASHBURN,PF-KARLTON"DUNCAN HINES"HINES,C-CONRAD MCCRAE AND THE BENCH WAS DEEP. 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! Not only did we beat LeBrons team, we beat Dwights team as well. Nearly every NBA player participated in an AAU event at the youth or high school level, and the organization is running strong to this day. OJ Fisher you are correct! Maximize your performance with workouts, drills and advice from coaches and athletes from some of the top college wrestling programs in the nation in our wrestling training video library. BABC: Nerlens, MCW, Shelden, Goodluck, Niang, Pressey, Bull, want me to keep going? WOW!! And a lot of them don't make it out to the other side." Donte Greene Syracuse, NBA Our team identified the current landscape of the NBA, breaking down each roster and where each individual professional played their AAU/grassroots basketball. We won the AAU title in 99 and 01, and took 2nd in 00. Daniel Hackett - USC, Italy. Jahlil Okafor- Duke future first overall pick Eric Gordon - Indiana, NBA. Juan Dixon- Maryland, NBA NBA Players Who Attended Thomas Jefferson Sidney Green, left, played 679 games in the NBA. This event is certified by the NCAA and will be open to college coaches to attend at the high school level. Nearly all of them played basketball. But his father, Otto Porter Sr., believed it would be better for his sons development to train and play in their hometown. Left early to catapault Lincoln Park H.S to win championship at Proviso West. I had to be like, 'No. How can you forget the BABC AAU NIKE EYBL National Championship team of 2011. 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. Since nobody from TX on this list, I thought Id mention a team that I had a hand in. Tim Thomas - Villanova, NBA. This list is tough but a lot of snubbs. "He very easily could have played overseas," says Jackson, now an . Just ask around. So to help, he'd have players participate in different sports during the summers, like boxing, swimming and beach volleyball. (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. Wow this list consist of players who had names and made it to NBA that doesnt make your team great. Back in the players' lounge, DiFrancesco studies the replay again and again, stopping, rewinding and playing again. 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. Rumor has it that Kobe Bryant played point with Hamilton & Carter at the off guards. That certainly can shorten a career span. Internationally operates differently than the United States. VC on a team from NJ? This New Jersey based team will forever live in AAU lure. Even one of the worlds most famous rap artists became his biggest fan in Toronto, releasing a song 6 man about the Raptors 6th man of the year award winning gem. a couple of points. Memphis and Team Penny are nowhere to be seen in the top 10 most influential if we limit our dataset to just those players. 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??? But while the upsides of specialization are unclear, there are few doubts about the downsides. Can you dribble with your left? High school career [ edit] Loss in Arizona by 1 Pt in OT without Kevin Love, Renardo Sidney & Daniel Hackett. For example: that 7- to 8-year-olds play only one game a week (length: 20-28 minutes), one practice per week (30-60 minutes), and no more than three hours per week of organized basketball. Almost all of the sports young stars played AAU (Amateur American Union) ball during their teenage years, as the leagues long been known as a place for players to face elite competition while gaining exposure to college and pro scouts. Within our defensive scheme, we play a lot of small ball. But before that, it's just skill s---. 2005 Friends of Hoop Seattle - Spencer Hawes - Washington, NBA. It consisted of Alan Henderson,(I.U. As far as star power while still in high school, I dare put many teams from New York ahead of them. Jerry Stackhouses AAU team was legendary. No NC teams Come on man! Research shows that to significantly improve sports performance, overall athleticism and physical ability, athletes must complete training sessions in addition to playing their sport. Almost all American-born NBA players have taken part in AAU basketball, so this list is not exhaustive at all. [1] It started in 1897 and has continued until present. Sean Mosely Maryland, Europe Marcellus Sommerville 68 Iowa/Bradley 11.5% (35/305), % of independent AAU players (grad 2011 or later) Soon thereafter, they examined about 530 high-level tennis players aged 12 to 18 in the Midwest. Back then we had: Jordan Clarkson- NBA But also (against the) bigger guys, holding my ground and becoming stronger in that situation., For privacy reasons YouTube needs your permission to be loaded. 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. Almost half of the players currently rostered in the NBA competed on a shoe circuit team. ", Says Jayanthi: "Kids are broken by the time they get to college.". AAU has no control. I believe he played for two Raleigh Stars and a Charlotte team. Do you really want to have your kid limping around the rest of his life? We are AAU HISTORY, Louisiana Spartans won 6 nationals in a row, whoever made this list dont know shit, only going off of current nba players, How do you not include Mark Titus as a notable player of the Indy Heat? Putting together a list like this is always hard so, I have no qualms with the job the writer did. -Beat the Atlanta Celtics 4xs 5. CORY ARNETT-UNO/POR & OVERSEAS (Loaded) the whole Purdue Team moore, martin, hummell. (I learned) the game from my mother and father, and I have so many uncles that I learned from. At that point, prep players were declaring for the draft in droves, and the NBA's allure -- its riches and fame -- helped fuel the rise of single-sport specialization, as players (and their parents) began to focus on the one sport they sought for a lucrative career. This list is stupid. Randolph Morris - Kentucky, NBA. While there are pitch counts in Little League, there is no equivalent in AAU. He'd calculate potential weight-room hours and hope there were enough to build up a tolerance to prevent an injury. While a lot of legend and myth surrounds this team there is more than enough personal account to believe in its existence. Mario Bennett NBA Over hyped. The remaining 19.6% played for independent AAU programs. Use the insights and stats from the player pages to make smarter NBA bets. Trying to be dad early. Theres a legitimate argument for this Choz team to be the #1 AAU team of all-time, it was a special club. 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. Almost all of the sport's young stars played AAU (Amateur American Union) ball during their. Thanks to everyone who put us on game about the older teams of the 90s and 80s. 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An X-ray would later find that Randle had suffered a "stress reaction," a precursor to a stress fracture but without the break. -Won AAU Nationals in 95 Won every major AAU Event (super showcase, Nationals) Boo williams, Nike memorial day invitational etc. Greg Ostertag NBA Kendall Smith - UNLV.Won the 2012 Nike Peach Jam behind the play of big 3 Gordon, Bird and Johnson. Featuring three future NBA All Stars Riverside Church was the most dominant team in the 1990s. For even more softball training, check out softball video library. M Squad ARC 1991 chris mills arizona, nba, McDonalds all American Team Memphis with thaddeus young was loaded as well. Become a better soccer player through the conditioning workouts, speed training and foot drills on STACK.com. What you see on the top of the water is really skillful, very athletic kids, especially now even in high school. 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. CBC 2010 National championship team- Andre Drummond, Kris Dunn, Freddie Wilson, Tavon Allen to name a few. Others would try their hand at the Kareem skyhook or the Dirk one-legged jumper. (AAU) guys spend most of their time traveling, when they can be working on their game. So many different tournaments and levels; The Flint Affiliation organization as a whole deserves mention here. That's a pretty common thing. You should at least be honest and mention that this rating is based on what these players did after high school, not how dominant they were in AAU Nationals, since more than one of these teams advanced while losing a game in pool play or lost in another tournament the same year they won AAU. If a team gave him 38 minutes and a starting spot, he may be capable of an NBA scoring championship. Do not know if anyone pointed this out, but the Glover brothers were every bit as good if not better then the names mentioned. P2P: 0.6% 1/159, 3SSB His mother, Elnora, was an all-state basketball player for Scott County in the mid 80s. In 2001, maybe. Vince Carter - North Carolina, NBA. 1998 DC Assault - Dermarr Johnson - Cincinnati, NBA. MARK GEORGESON-ARIZONA/OVERSEAS koreleone Young P2P: 1.4% (1/71) In 2001, the 15 & under Georgia Stars team with Louis Williams of the Lakers, Jared Cook of the Green Bay Packers, Sharaud Curry the German MVP, Mike Mercer from UGA and formerly an Australia league top player along with The Mosquito from Ball Up and about 7 others who either played D1 Football or Basketball in college; at the age of 15they were named Georgia AAU team of the year. Won the Adidas Big Time in Vegas. Tim Hardaway: Scores 22 points off bench. Pat Beverley. Yet the senior Porter remained steadfast in his belief that the best thing for Jr.s development was to stay put in Sikeston. and added. True to form, Porter spent much of the offseason working on defense. Micha Downs - Kansas, Gonzaga, Europe. As the Orlando Magic's strength and conditioning coach from 2006-12, Joe Rogowski saw young players struggle with simple movement patterns. The issues, DiFiori says, have only grown more pervasive in the age of specialization. (That) allowed me to be very versatile, I (could) add a lot of different aspects of the game into my game, whether that was rebounding, defending, hustle plays, jump shooting. They get to college. ``, Tavon Allen to name a few and made it to NBA that make. 'S strength and conditioning Coach from 2006-12, Joe Rogowski saw young players struggle with movement! Played AAU ( Amateur American Union ) ball during their he played for two Raleigh Stars and Mentor! 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