The Grind Hoops by Samad Hines

The spring portion of this year’s AAU season ended just a couple weeks ago and we are now in the month of June. Last month we already put out some of the best prospects who have had stock rising type spring grassroots seasons but we could not fit every single…

photo by Connor Morrissette SBLive The USA Basketball U16 Junior National Team will host a minicamp with only 24 of the nation’s top prospects from the 2023 and 2024 class from May 27-30 at Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, Texas. This will be the first ever USA minicamp since…

Spring is nearing an end and the 2021 grassroots season has been back in the swing of things after not really having any events last spring due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. A few prospects have boosted their stock throughout the last few months across the country and below…

Auburn: Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl has had the Auburn program, a so called only football program, consistent over the last few years and has been an amazing recruiter. The Auburn staff has reeled in multiple high level and consistent prospects over the last few years and that has helped…

COVID-19 has delayed, cancelled, or pushed back a plethora of national events and tournaments during this past high school season and some states did not even have the chance to play basketball this season. AAU has finally begun for most prospects around the country and with no live periods again…

Last year around this time the entire world faced a complete shutdown as the coronavirus entered. This year has been very different, due to the outbreak from last year’s COVID-19 virus and most of the states around the country were able to play high school basketball with a limited capacity…