Archive for 'Basketball'
Julius Randle tours North Carolina colleges
What’s up world. It’s your boy Julius Randle and I’m kicking off my first blog of 2012. First, I want to talk about how proud I was that my team and I were able to go [...]
Sulaimon feeling the Duke hate early
RALEIGH, N.C. — Rasheed Sulaimon leans back on the padded chair inside the lobby of his swanky hotel on the eve of his High School OT Holiday Invitational debut in Raleigh, N.C. He’s stylishly underdressed in [...]
Basketball prodigy Satnam Singh Bhamara could be India’s Yao Ming
THIRTY OR SO YEARS AGO, in the Indian state of Punjab, in a tiny village surrounded by rice paddies, miles from the nearest home with air conditioning or even with glass and screens on all its [...]
Purvis, Gill set on protecting home court
RALEIGH, N.C. — In his four years at Upper Room Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.), Rodney Purvis has lost just 10 home games. That’s pretty remarkable by most standards, but for Purvis it’s 10 too many. “I’m [...]
Holiday Classic: Quick Shots Day 1
Seven-foot center at Holiday Classic One of the most intriguing players at this year’s event is 7-foot-1 center Cheikh N’diaye of Army-Navy Academy (Carlsbad, Calif.). The Senegal native has lived in the United States for approximately [...]
Miller Grove G motivated by mother’s memory
FORT MYERS, Fla. — On every trip to the free-throw line, and at the end of every nail-biter or blowout, it never fails, Davante Provost always positions his feet, takes a deep breath and tells his [...]
Prestonwood routs Grace Prep for COP title
FORT MYERS, Fla. — In his everyday life, Julius Randle is as carefree and as happy-go-lucky as they come, but in basketball, he’s intense, obsessive and never lets anything roll off his back, least of all [...]
Nerlens Noel swats his way to dominance
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nerlens Noel is a nice guy so he’s willing to give you the first one. It’s only when you’ve become a repeat offender that he can’t help but to feel some kind [...]
No. 1 pick Irving says the top is a process
Don’t misunderstand Kyrie Irving, he totally gets it. The validation of being the top-ranked player at your position and the respect that accompanies that appointment is priceless. “I can totally understand that,” said Irving, who was [...]
NBA lockout: What did HS players learn?
After a grueling 161 days of countless meetings, finger-pointing and accusations which at times got nasty, NBA owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement last Thursday. The ratified deal ended a work stoppage that [...]
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New draft rules could impact prep prospects
This will probably lead to even more going to college which is a good