Words. Aron Phillips

This past weekend, more than 50 of country’s best high school basketball players honed their skills and put their commitment to training on full display at the first annual Under Armour Grind Session in Chicago. During the two-day event, the players participated in Under Armour’s advanced basketball skills development curriculum with a focus on ball-handling and body control in the morning. The individual drills program was followed by situational basketball and games in the evening. MORE >

Words. Aron Phillips

From September 23-25 in Chicago, more than 50 of country’s best high school basketball players will hone their skills and put their commitment to training on full display at the first annual Under Armour Grind Session. The two-day event will combine Under Armour and IMG Acadamies’ proprietary combine training platform and measurement system, Combine360, with basketball-specific skill development drills and organized scrimmages. MORE >

Words. Sean Sweeney

They call it the “John Wall Blueprint”. People forget, Wall was a late bloomer. For a while, he was virtually unknown. Then he blew up at the Reebok Breakout Challenge and the rest is history. Jonathan Milligan is another cat trying to follow that blueprint. As Dallas’ Jason Terry said upon introducing him to the crowd, Milligan was unknown even in his own state of Arizona before putting in work at the Breakout Challenge. Now, the 6-1 point guard from Casa Grande Union High School is fielding offers from Pac-10 schools. MORE >

Words. Sean Sweeney

He wasn’t afraid, wasn’t shy. He went right at the NBA guys, and had his own little game-within-the-game going on against John Wall. Darrick Wood held his own, and did a few things to stand out. At one point, Wood put down a sideways windmill where it seemed like he jumped, met the rim, then chilled for a split second, before bringing the ball all the way around for a finish. MORE >

Words. Sean Sweeney

About 30 minutes into the workout, I had to say it. “That dude is nice,” I told some other media members. “I like his game.” He was smooth in the drills, and was hitting pull-up bank shots just as easily as he was throwing himself lobs and finishing with tomahawks. A mature game. “That dude” was Seth Allen, an explosive 6-2 scoring point guard from Fredericksburg Christian in Virginia. MORE >

Words. Sean Sweeney

The first time they called his name, Daiquan Walker came strolling out to a packed house at Reebok Headquarters with the biggest smile on his face. Around Philly, he’s one of the up-and-coming Class of 2012 players, a 6-1 PG who can run a team and lockdown the opposition. But until his Reebok Breakout Challenge performance earlier this summer, he was unknown nationally. Not anymore. Big East schools are courting him now. They want him, the same way John Wall wanted him for a personal training session at Reebok Headquarters. Wall handpicked five standouts from the Breakout Challenge to come train with five pros this week. Walker, out of Philly’s Constitution High School, was one of them. MORE >