🇯🇲Orange, NJ Played college basketball at St. Joe’s Univ. (PA). Former Pro (overseas). Utilizing 🏀 to create opportunities for our youth.
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NCAA basketball has changed so much. 🏀 Remember when the timeline was filled with high school commitment announcements? Now it’s mostly the transfer portal, NIL and roster moves. The recruiting landscape is definitely different. 👀
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Opening Day of college football and one thing stands out: commentators talk nonstop about transfers, but you rarely hear about the true freshmen anymore. Those freshmen guys arrived on campus with something to prove too. #CollegeFootball #CFB #CFB2026 #toughtimes
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It’s 2026 and the AAU season is almost over… parents are still driving hours, paying tolls, booking hotels, buying 2–3 meals a day just to watch their kid play 1 minute on Saturday and 47 seconds on Sunday. Whole season felt like a very expensive internship .
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Transfer Portal just won the NCAA championship. International/FIBA talent is raising the bar. HS players this spring/summer: coaches are watching more than your game—maturity, character, body language, how you handle adversity. Talent gets you seen. Who you are keeps you there.
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In the next 5 years, don’t be surprised if international players dominate college basketball—different skill sets, high IQ, and a deeper talent pool changing the game.
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NCAA 🏀 players now operating as high-value contractors, the days of coaches ruling with an iron fist are over. We're entering a world where practice times, load management, etc. will be negotiated, not dictated. It's a pro partnership where the talent holds the keys to the gym.
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If you want to play college 🏀, train with PURPOSE. The game changes at the next level—IQ, spacing, footwork, shooting under pressure, defense, and decision-making matter. Watch NCAA 🏀 and attend a practice. Build skills that TRANSFER, not just highlights.
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I grew up in the 90s when parents didn’t attend AAU games. You got dropped off, prayed the gym had AC, and hoped your ride came back on time. Now every game got full‑court press PARENTS, tripods, livestreams, and postgame film sessions. Times done changed. Evolution is crazy.
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ADULTS (30+) : making open‑gym mixtapes. Bro, nobody is offering you a scholarship to Planet Fitness University or LifeTime Fitness Prep. You’re hooping with accountants, cashiers, and that one uncle dressed like he’s starting for the ’93 Bulls. Social media got folks DELUSIONAL.
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NCAA 🏀 isn’t waiting anymore. Coaches aren’t recruiting HS “projects” who need 1–2 years to develop . If you can’t help right now, they’ll grab a grown man from the portal who can. Development used to be a plan — now it’s a luxury nobody thinks they can afford.
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The carry epidemic is out of control. NCAA, HS, NBA — everybody’s dribbling like they’ve got the ball on a string, and officials just keep it moving. At this point, is the rule outdated or are we just pretending not to see it?
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🇯🇲DUVAL 💯 SIMMONDS🇯🇲 retweeted
Yeah I have not stopped watching completely but my viewing hours way way down starting last season
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NCAA 🏀 is getting tougher to watch. A few ⭐️s are stacking NIL deals bigger than G‑League salaries, while teammates next to them aren’t seeing $1. That gap changes everything - the chemistry, pressure, the whole feel of the game. NCAA 🏀 is shifting fast & everyone can feel it.
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NCAA 🏀 is spiraling. You’ve got pros coming back after 3-5 years overseas and somehow getting NCAA eligibility, coaches “fining” players by withholding NIL money, & HS athletes getting squeezed out because scholarships are disappearing. The system is breaking in real time.
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Watching a European pro team sub out an American import guard for a 16-year-old U16 international 👀
This happens more than people realize—but as global talent keeps rising, foreign roster spots may get a lot harder to come by. #justathought
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CONGRATS to @dawnstaley -- DTHS, UVA, ABL, WNBA, Team USA, Owls & Gamecocks women's basketball coach. 1 of the best PGs (M or F) to lace up.
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