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Remember the original “Twin Towers”, consisting of 7’4 Ralph Sampson and 7’0 Hakeem Olajuwon on the Houston Rockets during the mid 1980’s? Although they only played together for a few seasons, they were an impenetrable duo in the painted area, proving to be the model for positioning two 7 foot plus big men in the [...]

University of North Carolina swingman PJ Hairston has the perfect combination of size, strength, and deep perimeter shooting to one day be a prototypical shooting guard at the next level. Despite having a breakout ’12-’13 campaign, where he averaged 14.2 ppg, 4.2 rebounds, and shot nearly 40% from behind the arc for the Tarheels, the [...]

It was a surprising decision when promising Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart decided to return to college rather than going pro after his freshman season.  It’s even more rare he did so despite being projected as a Top 5 pick and the best floor general available among all prospects. Many scouts and NBA General [...]

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Remember high scoring, highlight reel high school point guard Aquille Carr, who was once one of the most sought after players in the 2013 recruiting class? Although he is only 5’7, he regularly showed off some insane handles, took pride in posterizing much taller defenders, and even made a commitment to attend Seton Hall University [...]

With the advent of newer and more advanced training techniques, we’ve seen a lot of players do some pretty spectacular things with a basketball in both the collegiate and high school ranks. Of course, what is most impressive is the amount of athleticism being displayed by today’s youth as I’m simply amazed by what players [...]

With the 2013 NBA Draft officially in the books, it’s time to take a look at one of the potential players in the running for the top overall selection next season, namely University of Kentucky recruit Julius Randle. He’s a 6’9, high scoring forward, hailing from Texas, that should be one of the superstars of [...]

Going back to the latter parts of the collegiate season and into March Madness, University of Kansas shooting guard Ben McLemore was regarded as the best shooting guard prospect for the 2013 NBA Draft. After showing some incredible athleticism and at times, lights out perimeter shooting during his redshirt freshman season in Lawrence, McLemore was [...]

For the 2nd time in 3 seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers have secured the #1 overall pick in the upcoming 2013 NBA Draft.  Putting all of the conspiracy theories aside, that’s a pretty quick shot in the arm when it comes to not only recovering but rebuilding after Lebron James left Cleveland for South Beach a [...]

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