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HSH Twitter Roundup: Jabari Brown’s Words of Wisdom

(Jabari Brown, photo by Kelly Kline)

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As much as we’re on Twitter around here looking for the most up-to-date info on high school basketball, we often find ourselves cracking up over some of the tweets we see each day. For a new installment to HSH, we decided to take a look at some of the best tweets by (and about) some of the best players in the nation and post them here. Check out some of the best tweets from the past 24 hours: MORE >

J-Mychal Reese drops 52 points

J-Mychal Reese

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Bryan (TX) combo guard J-Mychal Reese scored 52 points in a 113-79 win over Belton (TX) on Tuesday night. Reese, a junior, went 18-of-21 from the field, including 6-of-8 beyond the arc, and added six assists, five rebounds and three steals.

“I was just hitting shots and my teammates kept giving me the ball and telling me to shoot,” Reese told Brazo Sports. “Everything I shot was just going in. The basket got bigger and bigger. Once I hit that first [three-pointer] I felt it and I kept letting it go.” MORE >

HSH Twitter Roundup: Big Decision for Isaiah Austin

(Isaiah Austin)

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As much as we’re on Twitter around here looking for the most up-to-date info on high school basketball, we often find ourselves cracking up over some of the tweets we see each day. For a new installment to HSH, we decided to take a look at some of the best tweets by (and about) some of the best players in the nation and post them here. Check out some of the best tweets from the past 24 hours: MORE >

HSH 1-on-1: Rasheed Sulaimon can’t be stopped

Rasheed Sulaimon

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Strake Jesuit College Prep (Houston, TX) combo guard Rasheed Sulaimon knew that after following up a stellar sophomore season with an even more stellar AAU summer, he’d have to adjust to being the primary focus of opposing team’s defensive strategies.

“It’s still been really tough,” said Sulaimon. “I’m three games in and I’ve seen pretty much everything that you can see defensively. I feel like I’m learning new ways to adjust every game and it’s been fun. The season’s young and I feel like I’m ready to have another big year.” MORE >

Giving thanks for the game

Rodney Purvis

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Before they glaze the ham, carve the turkey and cut the cake in honor of Thanksgiving, we got a few of the nation’s top high school players to chime in on what basketball skill they are most thankful to possess: MORE >

L.J. Rose Diary: UNC offer vs. Staying in State

L.J. Rose

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Second Baptist School (Houston, TX) junior point guard L.J. Rose is one of the most gifted lead guards in the country. Despite suffering from a nagging ankle injury all summer, he’s got every college from North Carolina to Kentucky to Arizona trying to lure him to their campus. Still rehabbing from surgery to repair a fracture in his fifth metatarsal, Rose has agreed to give HSH exclusive access to the life of a high school superstar by chronicling his thoughts in a regular diary. MORE >