To everyone claiming how “slept on” you are and how you deserve more minutes:
This is what keeps you on the floor.
Giving all-out effort on defense by rotating multiple times, moving your feet without reaching, keeping your hands up and contesting.
Purdue HC Matt Painter w/ a great take on recruiting rankings 💯⬇️
"Me and you and our grandmothers can sit down and say these 20 guys are the best in the country. But from like 21 to 300 it's a crapshoot. How do you know what's inside somebody?"
“It’s your job to make me play you. If you want to play, make me play you. Make it so that I’m an idiot if I don’t have you on the court.” 💯‼️
— Gregg Popovich
“Your contribution doesn’t have to be 25 points.... Your number one contribution is the energy that you bring to what we’re doing.”
- Coach Geno Auriemma
(h/t
@BallisPsych
)
Russell Westbrook in high school:
➩ 5'8" and 140 pounds as a freshman
➩ Didn’t start until he was a junior
➩ No recruiting letters until the summer of senior year
Trust the process and put in the work.
Never cheat yourself!
Finish every rep, finish every play and hold your teammates to the same standard 💯
Team cultures of sustained accountability and attention to detail see continued success!
Purdue (
@BoilerBall
) head coach Matt Painter's advice to high school players looking to compete in college?
→ You have to get over yourself.
🗣 When you get to the next level, it’s back to square one and it’s all about the team!
LA Sparks assistant
@BobbieKelsey
speaking the truth!
“You can’t get it on the pillowcase. You can’t nap your way to being a great shooter ... put the phones down, stop FaceTiming, stop tweeting and get your butt in the gym!”
🗣 GET IN THE GYM! 💯
Every parent can learn something from LeBron here:
Bryce didn’t have a good game shooting the ball, but LeBron makes sure he doesn’t hang his head and tells him with great detail where he succeeded and that he’s proud of him.
That’s all it takes. 💯
Desmond Bane’s journey ⬇️
High School: 0-star recruit.
College: 4-year player.
Pro: Drafted late first round by the Celtics (traded to the Grizzlies).
Signed a 5-year, $207M max extension.
Run your own race 💯
✅ 31.6 PPG
✅ 9.0 RPG
✅ Gatorade POTY in Michigan
✅ Gatorade NPOTY
✅ First sophomore to win NPOTY
The sky is the limit for Emoni Bates and the best HS hooper in America just getting started. 🔥🏆
(h/t
@Ballislife
)
@PrepHoopsMI
Bad players don't take much seriously.
Average players take games seriously.
Good players take practice & games seriously.
𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 take academics, nutrition, warm-ups, individual work, weight room, conditioning, film, practice, and games seriously. ✔️
Ja Morant threw Shaq Buchanan this ridiculous lob that absolutely would’ve been the greatest dunk in the history of elimination games.
The fact that they had the audacity to try this in a super close OVC title game w/ a tourney bid on the line is unreal
𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:
No college coach expects you to play well every game.
As a matter of fact, most colleges WANT to see you on an off day so that they know what they’re getting when things don’t go your way.
🗣Allow yourself to be human. Today is a new day.
1 minute and 20 seconds of Tyrese Haliburton being sneaky and baiting the other team into a turnover during his time with the Sacramento Kings.
(via
@WorldWideWob
)
“Everyday there’s going to be 6 or 7 guys just like you… and 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩. Now that’s how our guys get better.” 🔑
Coach Calipari w Immanuel Quickley during an in-home visit in 2017.
10 things that require zero talent:
Being on time
Work ethic
Effort
Body language
Energy - in practice & on the bench
Attitude
Passion
Being coachable
Doing extra
Being prepared at all times
🗣 CONTROL THE CONTROLABLES!
There is no excuse for failing at these 10 things! 💯
We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Ryan James as National Analyst & Event Director🚨
RJ has contributed to Prep Network since 2012 and will continue to thrive at the National level.
Welcome, RJ!
Full release below 👇
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Stop focusing on how bad things are right now, just keep working on yourself and the results will show." -
@CuttinosLife
Mentally strong people don’t waste time comparing themselves to others.
They’re busy getting better. The only person you should compare yourself to is the person you were yesterday.
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮.
Tre Jones deserves all the credit in the world. Forced two huge timeouts in the second half and did an excellent job of defending without fouling on the last possession.
Best on-ball defender in CBB.
🚨🚨 ATTENTION HOOPERS 🚨🚨
If you have a passion for the game of basketball and you want to use it as a vehicle to take you everywhere you want to go in life, LISTEN UP to Chris Paul speaking facts 💯⤵️