My mom completes her move-in with me today. My mother was the addict of all addicts growing up. Being able to support her later in her life (22 years clean) is one of the greatest accomplishments of my life. For any kid in a tough home situation, it is possible!!!
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On a personal note, my mom is 19 years sober today!!
This is a day I can truly say I never believed would happen for my mom.
For all of those struggling with addiction, it IS possible - one day at a time!!
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My mom is 21 years sober today. Growing up, she was the “worst of the worst” from an addiction standpoint. To say I never thought this day could come is quite the understatement.
LOVE YOU MOMS!!!
Wimberly Park Apts. Duncanville, TX on the corner of Link & Jellison is where I grew up. Drug addicted mom who relied on food stamps & gvmt aid. Formed the Wimberly Park Runnin Rebels with Johnny, Jabari, Marcus, & Cozea - who took me in as one of their own.
This is for THEM!!!
Congratulations to our main man
@bballjkey
for being named to the
@Hoophall
Morgan Wootten Award Selection Committee. This award recognizes career achievement for 🏀 coaches all over the country.
Players,
Take a few days to relax and stay off your feet as much as possible.
Let your body recover.
Honestly analyze your game and once recovered WORK ON YOUR WEAKNESSES while continuing to hone your strengths.
Use this time until HS season starts to improve!!
Kids,
WBB is NOT a revenue producing sport for 99.9% of the schools, it exists financially because of a law - Title IX.
This means the chances of you getting an endorsement deal are VERY SLIM!!
NOBODY hopes you get a deal more than me, but keep your EDUCATION the TOP PRIORITY!!
A common theme in convos with dozens of college coaches this week is the kid they were watching wasn’t as good as the hype...
The one who gets hurts the most when WE (media/evaluators, club/high school coaches, etc) overhype a kid is..............
THE KID
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Obviously TOUGH for all of us in the tight knit DFW bball community. A LEGEND at Dallas Lincoln, a state champion her senior year at Dville, a MCDAA and 3-time AA at Texas. An even better human being - sweet spirited & kind. Prayers to all family & friends, Tiff will be missed.
What if you were judged on everything you did wrong as teenager???
Lets NEVER forget, these are kids and our responsibility to help them learn from their mistakes...
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Most underrated thing about Dawn Staley is her in-game ability to manage her team and make adjustments. We all talk about her ability to recruit, but need to make sure we continue to recognize her ability as an ELITE basketball coach.
Updated Power Rankings: South Carolina and Stanford remain 1-2, and UConn is up to No. 3. But a pair of preseason top-five teams fell out of the top 16. Creighton, Utah and Maryland moved in.
Save The Date‼️
2027s & 2028s this is YOUR 🇺🇸 camp!!!
One day, 3X3 only.
This camp has featured MANY of the top players in the country over the course of the last 3 years.
📍Dallas, TX
🗓️ 10.5.24
📧 First round of invites coming soon
My mom is having knee replacement surgery today. 🙏🙏🙏 for a successful surgery and that we survive each other the next couple of weeks post-surgery - 😂😂😂
Kids,
Just because we would never publicly post your weaknesses doesn’t mean we dont see them. As you continue on your basketball journey and your opponents scout you & your teams game(s) thoroughly - your weaknesses will be exploited. WORK on them....
FILM DONT LIE!!!
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In Texas, we COMPETE-COMPETE for every inch of space in every way imaginable...
I am PROUD of every club’s work, whether you rock with me or not!!!
Our kids are getting endless opportunities becuse of it - we are ALL winning!!!
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I dont often brag on my own kids, but to say I’m proud of Jait is as big an understatement as I could give.
On-track to graduate in under 4 years with law school on the horizon.
Your accomplishing every goal you set for yourself so many years ago…
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY JAIT!!!
Finalizing Best Of The Best initial invite list.
📧 coming soon..
Verbal commitments from many of the top kids in 🇺🇸 including
#1
️⃣‼️
2027 - 2028s only with REAL 💨
3X3 - 1 day only
Dallas, TX
The entire crew of
@ShaneLaflin
&
@KPannell71
will be in attendance.
I hear a lot of negativity around summer 🏀, but see 1000× more positivity. Major SALUTE to all of the people involved in making the youth's dreams come true. Keep doing what your doing and let the negativity fade into oblivion!!
Anybody telling a kid they have to play on any certain circuit to be considered for french fries, is FLAT LYING!!
If you are good enough, we will find you - BELIEVE THAT!!
Worry about your game!!!!
🎉
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NUMERO UNO for a reason, 2024
@thesarahstrong
put on a 🎥 tonight!!!
30 pts, 13 rebs
10/12 fg
7/8 3pg (only missed 3 was from 3/4 court just before the halftime buzzer)
3/3 fts
@ESPN_WomenHoop
❌
@PBRhoops
On the same day my mother (begrudgingly) begins her transition to living with me full time, we celebrate her 22nd year of sobriety!!! To say I never thought this day would be possible is the biggest understatement I could ever make…LOVE YOU MOMS!!!
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Learned of my cousin Joey’s passing late last night. Although Joey led a different life than me, he always made sure I was good. Would come and put money in my pocket as a kid. Sheltered me from trouble, believed in me before I did. Invaluable part of my life.
RIP
LOVE YOU JOEY
In talking to my mom last night about her sobriety "birthday", she said something that struck a chord.
"For years everyone else tried to help me, but I didnt get clean until I looked in the mirror & held myself accountable".
#TOUGH
Being a good grade school player does not guarantee being a good HS player.
Being a good HS player does not guarantee being a good college player.
Being a good college player does not guarantee being a good pro.
Varying degrees of development happen for all.
#Levels
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“All the stuff where coaches give you two, three, four, five basketballs to dribble, nonsense...This is how you get buckets.”
Kobe dropping knowledge on his students at the
@MambaSportsHQ
Getting on this plane back home and just can’t concentrate....
This should remind us of how this game we ALL love CONNECTS US!!
Lets enjoy whatever time we have left together and let all the other stuff dissipate..
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If you’re a true 🏀 fan, I can not stress enough the need to go to a small school classification state championship. Currently at Oklahoma 2A state champ with entire town populations supporting their kids - SUCH A GREAT ENVIROMENT!!!
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Kids,
May sure to THANK all of the people involved in your 🏀🏀🏀 journey today. Parents, extended family, coaches, trainers etc all put a ton of time in to help you be as successful as possible.
To ALL that make July basketball possible - SALUTE!!!
HS PLAYERS,
If you know a freshman who just had her first week of workouts at the college level - use this time to ask how she is feeling about it and the difference at the next level thru 1 week....
Bet you are surprised by the answer!
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Geno Auriemma gives his thoughts on the high number of players in the NCAA women's transfer portal:
"If you can't play for me, you can't play for us - you can't play anywhere at this level. Those 850 players in the portal? 300 of them are not going to find a school to go to"
An all-time Dallas LEGEND who LOVES it so much.
@jasonterry31
and I’s relationship has been built by GRINDING in the same gyms together for years. REAL RECOGNIZE REAL‼️
Players,
If you just got cut, it is SUPPOSED to hurt. This is HARD..
After you decompress, take time to make an honest evaluation on where you could have been better and IMPROVE on those areas.
This is NOT the end, but just the BEGINNING!!
On the eve of WBB coaches ability to go to scholastic events, it’s important to note that WBB coaches have gone from 110ish days 2 seasons ago to 65 days this HS season to use on scholastic games/practices.
Make EVERY opportunity count, they are more limited than ever!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beloved moms!!! Mom has been clean for over 20 years and now is sponsoring others walking that same path. Super proud of her. Her path is a testimony that anybody can do it - one day at a time!!!
BREAKING: Stanford’s Kiki Iriafen has entered the transfer portal with a “do not contact” mark, a source tells
@TheNextHoops
.
She averaged 19.4 ppg and 11 rpg as a junior.
CRAZY day of WBB today!!
Maybe the best non-conf day of the year??
Duke/South Carolina 1100 am
Oklahoma St/Miss. St 100
Stanford/Baylor 100
Arkansas/Kansas 200
Florida/Oklahoma 200
Texas Tech/Houston 200
Texas/Georgia 300
Notre Dame/UCONN 300
West Virginia/Texas A&M 700
For the first time in WBB history, we have more “qualified” players for each level than schollys. This has been the case on the mens side for a long time. I’m guessing that 200+ players in the portal will end up having to take loans for college. Hundreds more HS players the same.
TOUGH losing my 2nd Grandmother in just a matter of months.
Goes without saying, Grandma Key will be DEARLY MISSED!!
I want to THANK the entire Premier Basketball Family and especially
@MarkWilliamsBB
&
@ShaneLaflin
for their support.
RIP Grandma Key
I was sitting next to a future pro who hadn’t seen 2021 Kyndall Hunter (
@kynskillz
) before. Told him Kyndall was about to take over and sure enough...
#Killer
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Major thing I noticed this weeekend is that there was a disconnect in team chemistry in many cases because teams hadn’t been together for a month. New live period schedule proposal…
No April, 1 in May, 1 in June, 2 in July, scholastic back to the end of Sept.
Extremely emotional day for me as I move Jait back to Austin and into a place of her own. Struggling with the fact this was probably her last summer with me at home, but couldn’t be more proud of the path she is on.
LOVE YOU JAIT!!!
Welp!! Jait is officially off to college. Going home and realizing she was no longer living there was one of the strangest feelings I’ve ever had. Much appreciation to all those that reached and out checked on me over the last couple of days, keep checking on me!!!
#ProudDad
THANK YOU to the 2019 class for all the work you have put in. Having seen many of you for the last 7 years, it's hard to believe this is your last summer. Be PROUD of what you have invested into yourselves and into the game.
DFW Preseason Top 20
@PBRhoops
style!!!
Can SGP carry the mantle all year?
How will Dville respond?
Are the young guns at DeSoto ready?
Anybody else in 6A ready to make a run through their region?
Frisco Liberty/McKinney North headed for another showdown in 5A?
JPII/Bishop Lynch?