Jennifer Azzi se libera de las presiones
Excelsior: La entrenadora de basquetbol colegial en Estados Unidos fue la primera en la División I en reconocer que era homosexual
Read MoreSer exitoso no significa evitar fallas, sino salir adelante, dice Olympica Jennifer Azzi
NBA academies to include camps for top female players
ESPN: The NBA is expanding its international academies to include developmental camps for top female prospects.
Read MoreMeet Kobe King-Hawea, the Female Baller Blazing a New Path to the Pros
Bleacher Report: On her 18th birthday, Kobe King-Hawea found herself in a most welcome setting: The Los Angeles Lakers practice facility. A native of New Zealand and a daughter of a hoops-obsessed father, King-Hawea was named after Kobe Bryant, and now she was balling in the old stomping grounds of the Black Mamba.
Read MoreNCAA plans Next Generation Sunday at 2018 Men’s Final Four
NCAA: Program partners with NBA Academies, USA Basketball to provide educational and athletics opportunities for potential future college athletes.
Read More17-Year-Old NBA Superprospect Sekou Doumbouya Gets His First Taste of NBA Life
Bleacher Report: It’s a few hours before Team LeBron takes on Team Steph, and many of the NBA’s power brokers are packed into the Lakers’ practice facility for a different high-stakes hoops game. There are no active All-Stars here. Instead, this court is crowded with top teenage prospects from all over the world. And one has nearly every executive and scout transfixed. At 6’9″ and a skinny 210 pounds, he’s nearly impossible to overlook.
Read MoreYoung basketball players from around the world enjoyed the experience of a lifetime at their own all-star weekend in El Segundo
LA Times: Kobe spent the weekend working out at the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo. But don’t start pulling Bryant’s retired jersey down from the Staples Center rafters just yet. Kobe King-Hawea is a sharp-shooting 18-year-old guard from Victoria, Australia, who grew up in a household in which most of the kids were named after NBA All-Stars.
Read MoreNBA Draft Report: Taking stock of the talent at Basketball Without Borders
The Athletic: As the basketball has become an international game, the NBA has continued to find ways to identify the best talent. One of the critical events in that mission every year is Basketball Without Borders, an All-Star weekend event that brings together about some of the best teenagers the world has to offer.
Read MoreEvaluating the Top International Prospects at Basketball Without Borders
The NBA wrapped up another successful iteration of its Basketball Without Borders Global Camp over the weekend, bringing together many of the world’s top teenage prospects and mixing them together into a development-oriented setting. A whole host of scouts and executives from all 30 NBA teams attended the three-day event, which moves each year with All-Star weekend and has become a must-scout opportunity, also including elite international girls prospects for the WNBA to evaluate.
Read MoreScouting Basketball Without Borders: Long-term draft prospects
ESPN: Last weekend’s Basketball Without Borders Global Camp in Los Angeles gave NBA executives an opportunity to evaluate 43 players from 30 countries, continuing the camp’s emergence as one of the top scouting events on the calendar thanks to the impressive talent assembled.
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