2025 was an exciting year across the entire basketball world, from the Oklahoma City Thunder’s takeover of the NBA to A’ja Wilson winning record-setting fourth WNBA MVP award. 2026 is sure to be another banner year for the sport, and while we don’t know exactly what will happen, we certainly have some ideas. Without further...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The only thing hanging on the wall in Scott Perry’s office is a painting that his wife, Kim, had made for him. It includes the new Kings general manager’s six team principles: Competitive. Professional. Team oriented. Accountable. Tough. Disciplined. In the center of the painting is a Kings basketball going into a...
Concordia St. Paul gets it. As the only school in the Twin Cities representing the power Northern Sun Conference in NCAA D2, it has the capability of recruiting players many other D2s wouldn’t due to the program’s location and facilities. Coach Matt Fletcher has taken advantage of that, too. The reigning Northern Sun Interscholastic Conference...
Incoming squad Breeze BC is storming its way onto the Unrivaled circuit with several rising young stars in tow. “Bienvenidos a Miami,” women’s basketball. Some of the game’s finest are taking their talents (back) to South Beach as the second season of Unrivaled is set to tip off on Jan. 5. Co-founded by Napheesa Collier...
It looked like a misprint at first glance a day before LeBron James’ 41st birthday. James, arguably the NBA’s greatest player of all time, has annually been at the top of All-Star Game voting — 21-record years to be exact as an All-Star starter. But for King James, perhaps there is a changing of the...
Holiday Hoops are here in Minnesota. While the Land of 10,000 Lakes doesn’t offer much in terms of tournaments pre-Christmas, the days that follow bring a plethora of absolutely loaded events. Held throughout three separate college in Minnesota’s capitol of St. Paul, the Breakdown Capitol City Classic was the biggest of the three events and...
When Auburn head women’s basketball coach Larry Vickers made the leap in March from mid-major program Norfolk State, he knew the decade he had spent at the historically Black Virginia university would guide him during his next chapter. Over 10 seasons at Norfolk State, Vickers turned the Spartans into a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) dynasty,...
After flying back to Texas from Las Vegas and the Tarkanian Classic, I hopped in a car to Fort Worth for the Grind Session DFW stop. This is the first part of my two part series about players that stood out to me at the event. Photo: Ani Umana/Athlete AI Zion Green, 2027 6’9 PF...
Inglewood & St. Bernards faced off and #1 PG Jason Crowe Jr. finished with 49 points. St. Bernards PG Brandon Granger finished with 30. The post #1 PG Jason Crowe Jr. Gets TESTED By FEARLESS Unranked Guard! appeared first on Ballislife.com.
While BYU is currently gaining most of the attention, many forget that the state of Utah is slowly becoming a high school basketball hotbed and this was evident at the recent Tarkanian Classic. National prep programs such as perennial FAB 50 contender Wasatch Academy and Utah Prep were filled to the brim with D-1 prospects,...