Words. Sean Sweeney
Aquille Carr has always been different, and now one of the most unique players we’ve seen on the high school level officially made his decision on where he’ll be playing next year. He’s not going to Seton Hall – Carr will be following in Brandon Jennings‘ footsteps and heading overseas to play professionally in Europe. He announced it on senior night while dropping 52 points in Princeton Day’s 121-82 win. MORE >
Words. High School Hoop
To continuously state the obvious, the talent on its way to Lexington is just stupid. Watch 6-11, Class of 2014 beast Karl Towns (St. Joseph’s, Metuchen, N.J.) steamroll his way to a quadruple double the other night in comically-dominant fashion:
Words. High School Hoop
Oh boy. From the weekend’s high school basketball news comes word that John Calipari‘s super class continues to grow and add elite firepower.
Dakari Johnson, 6-10 monster from national powerhouse Montverde, officially committed to UK on Saturday. Dakari’s a beast. Watch this footage of him destroying at the City of Palms on his way to wrapping up the MVP award. MORE >
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Florida’s Montverde Academy has evolved into a national power on the high school scene – a development that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. Yesterday, new broke that Ben Simmons, a 6-8 superstar player from Melbourne, Australia will be enrolling at the school where he will run with fellow five-star prospects Dakari Johnson, Kasey Hill and D’Angelo Russell.
How good is Simmons? He dominated the American competition at the adidas Nation and Pangos tournaments this summer, and is considered to be a top prospect in the class of 2015. NBADraft.net’s scouting report on the smooth lefty says that he has a “chance to be special.”
Watch him work here: MORE >
Words. Patrick Cassidy
Jabari Parker apparently really enjoyed this.
In a nationally-televised press conference at Simeon Career Academy, just minutes ago Parker announced that he’s going to be a Duke Blue Devil. MORE >
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Skullcandy has been one of the few non-apparel brands that has been able to make real, authentic inroads in basketball culture in recent years. The brand already has deals with legit NBA endorsers like Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Kyrie Irving, James Harden, and Andre Iguodala, and now they’ve gone and forged a relationship with two of high school’s most legendary programs. MORE >
