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Showing posts with label point guard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label point guard. Show all posts
Tyrone Banks Jr. will head to Texas to play college basketball
Portland Trail Blazers Damian Lillard is off to a hot start
Athletes who come from smaller schools sometimes do not get the respect they deserve due to the talent level that they are playing against on a weekly basis. It's time to respect Lillard. He's the real deal and will take the Trail Blazers to another level. Through the first three games of the season, he's averaging 21.3 points per game, 9 assist per game, and 4 rebounds per game. He's the third player in NBA history to post per-game averages of at least 20 points and 9 or more assists through his first three games in the league. The other two were Oscar Robertson and John Wall. Lillard is my pick for the Rookie of the Year(most will have Anthony Davis). Stay tuned, this is just the beginning.-SoSportz
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Class of 2013 SoSportz JUCO Athlete Malik Wood from Bismarck State College in North Dakota
MALIK WOOD-(click name to see SoSportz profile)
Position: Point Guard
HT/WT: 5'9 150lbs
Position: Point Guard
HT/WT: 5'9 150lbs
Favorite Athlete: Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson
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Class of 2012 SoSportz Athlete Tyeca Reviere from Reading High School in Reading, Pennsylvania
TYECA REVIERE-(click name to see SoSportz profile)
Position: Point Guard
HT: 5'1
Position: Point Guard
HT: 5'1
Favorite Athletes: Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, Kevin Garnett
Personal Website: www.revieresisters.com
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Class of 2015 SoSportz Athlete Brandon Lee from Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, Virginia
BRANDON LEE-(click name to see SoSportz profile)
Position: Point Guard
HT/WT: 5'8/160lbs
Favorite Athletes: Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose
Position: Point Guard
HT/WT: 5'8/160lbs
Favorite Athletes: Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose
*All athletes and sports fans, become a member of SoSportz by joining free at www.sosportz.com. We are Changing the Game! "Success Is Contagious"
Believe the Hype!
SoSportz.com- Opposing players are saying it's the system, some fans are still not buying it, and some people think he's getting the hype because of his race. In reality, Jeremy Lin is just a very good basketball player playing at a very high level for the New York Knicks. Sports are all about getting an opportunity and once you get the opportunity, taking advantage of it. Yes, he was the last man on the roster but that doesn't mean he wasn't a good basketball player. He's been playing this way since high school but he's finally getting the playing time and recognition that he's earned. Lin will have some up and down games but the numbers he has been putting up is who he is. I'm on the Linsanity bandwagon and he will lead the Knicks deep in the NBA Playoffs. Believe the Hype!
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| New York Knicks point guard, Jeremy Lin, is here to stay. |
Class of 2015 Point Guard Tomas Texidor from Maloney High School
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| Tomas Texidor- Point Guard at Maloney High School |
Tell everyone about yourself?
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What was your best game?
My best game was when I used to play for the Boys & Girls Club in Meriden, CT. But hopefully, I'll have great games throughout this season my other 3 years of high school.
Why are sports and education important to you?
Sports are important to me because I can be myself and it also opens a variety of opportunities for myself. Getting letters, meeting different hoopers all-around the world, showing coaches and scouts my skills, and just becoming a better person all-around. Education is important to me because I can't make it anywhere without it. Getting good grades is something I love doing. I'm keeping my teachers, parents, coaches, others, and myself proud. School's always first, no matter what.
What can you do to make yourself better at your game?
I need to get faster, so that my crossovers and everything else will become way quicker than it is now.
Who is your favorite player?
My favorite player is Russell Westbrook. He's fast, he can score when he needs to, and he could definitely drop dimes. He plays with heart, and confidence. He's definitely someone I look up to.
What advice can you give other student-athletes?
Just work hard, and never give up on your dreams. Stay committed, and don't stop working. Even if you make it, never stop.
Any shout outs:
S/O to SoSportz! Thanks for everything!
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Derrick Rose Front-Runner for MVP (Twitter: @SoSportz)
SoSportz.com- D Rose should be the NBA's 2010-2011 MVP. He's a player that's one of the most dynamic athletes in the league and in professional sports. Explosive, quick, smooth, fast, great, un-guardable are just some of the words that describes Rose. He will one day be one of the greatest point guards to ever play the game. The scary thing is that he will continue to get better and better.
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FAZIL ITSINZI- PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Tell everyone about yourself?My name is Fazil Itsinzi and I play basketball. I am a 5'7 point guard from Portland High in Maine. I've been playing basketball for 6 years. Last year I got mentions in CT to be a great upcoming point guard in the state. I play for an AAU team that goes by Yellow Jackets from Portland Maine. I average close to 4 assist per game as well as 10+ points.
What was your best game?
My best game was when I played a team that goes by Keenebuck and we were down 20 by half. I had 26 points, 3 turnovers, and 6 assist at the end of the game. I had 13 in the 4th quarter and with the help of my teammates we beat them by 6
Why are sports/education important to you?
Sports and education are important to me because if there wasn't any basketball program in my school I wouldn't be as dedicated and focused as I am in the class room. I know the great progress I make in the classroom makes my parents happy and they have no reason not to let me play basketball. I have good grades and good attendance in all my classes. I have a 3.2 GPA and I am going to continue my success on the court and off.
What can you do to make yourself better in your sport?
For me to get better in sports, I have to have trust in myself meaning I have to be confidence in everything I do on the court and be a leader. Almost 5 out 7 days of the week I am doing basketball workouts, basketball courses, and I do all these steps each day just to get better. I know the season is over but I am dedicated to be the best I can be.
What is your dream college?
I feel like I would be great at Wake Forest University. I like the new coaching staff which this year is Jeff Bzdelik. I felt like when he coached the Denver Nuggets back in 2005 he made them a run and gun team and I feel like that's my style of play. He would help me a lot to mature in the game.
If a College Coach ask you, how can you make our team better, what would you say?
I would have to say leadership and have the heart to take on any challenge there is. I know my height wouldn't give me a lot of advantages so I would use my speed and my leadership to do whatever I can to make the results worth living with. I would make sure everyone is in position and I wouldn't let the game get out of hand. I would take everything my coach would expect of me, use what he expects, and as well as what it takes to win. Also, I'll be the coach on the floor.
What advice can you give other student-athletes?
Be somebody. Make sure you give it all you got no matter what the results are. Just know when things aren't going good that means you have to take the negative and work harder to make them positive. Most importantly, play every game like it's your last and just to play with you heart.
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KAHLIL DUKES- CAPITAL PREP
Tell everyone about yourself?I am Kahlil Dukes, I am a fourteen year old freshman at Capital Prep in Hartford, Connecticut. I strive to be the best basketball player I can be and I take pride in putting work in the gym, classroom, and hopefully seeing it pay off when grades come out and when its time to perform on the basketball court. I been playing basketball since I was born and I made my first basket at the age of three. I play AAU for the Connecticut Basketball Club (CBC) and of course my high school, Capital Prep.
I lead the state in scoring this year (29.1ppg) and all freshman in the nation. I got first team All State honors recently and I got first team all conference. So hopefully, I get a state championship next year. My plan is to make it to the NBA and then its a new beginning. Then hopefully I have Hall of Fame dreams and more.
What was your best game?
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My best game for me this year was probably against Windham Tech in Willimantic, Connecticut. I finish the game with 34 points and 12 assists, and a few steals I remember. It was a team effort though because my teammates finished the best all season that night, and two other players had over 20 points. We won 112-104 I think and that was our last season game before the playoffs.
How does it feel to be All-State as a freshman?
All State as a freshman feels real good. All year I had doubters and criticism that I had to manage and play through. I also had a lot of expectations for myself that I set to reach, and other people had expectations for me as well. Somehow I found it in myself to lead our team to the state tournament quarter finals as a freshman and lead the state in scoring. I finish the season w/ 669 points (29.1ppg) and I average 3 assists a game. I faced a lot of box and ones and different defenses all season, in the quarter finals I actually faced a 1-1-3 which I never seen or heard of. But really I just wanted to learn as much as I could, play every game like it was my last because I wanted to be remembered, and now, I can call myself an All Stater.
Why are sports/education important to you?
Education and sports are important to me because they both help me eventually become a professional at what I am blessed at, and that's basketball. Without education, you cannot make it to college. Without college you cannot make the money you need to live a dream. And without money, you cant live at all. Money rules the world, so I try to stay up on my grades and stay in the gym working on my game to get that big time scholarship I am after. Right now my GPA is 3.5 so I'm trying to maintain that or keep it somewhere around there so that I am not nervous when it comes to SATs. And as far as basketball, all I got to do is keep the mentality I have and everything hopefully will go the way I planned. I also pray a lot for those two things to be successful so I guess that's why I'm doing so well so far in my high school career. Just got to keep it going, never sleep, consistency was my favorite word my whole freshman year and it always will be.
What can you do to make yourself a better point guard?
Well to make myself a better point guard I could do a list of things:
1) I could surround myself by a group of guys who are great point guards or great models as point guards to look up to.
2) I could work HARDER on the fundamentals that are to be mastered by a point guard and focus on those for a few months to a year.
3) I could learn from a premier point guard coach. Like a Calipari (Kentucky Head Coach) or a Coach K (Duke). I also believe more in myself, potentially speaking. So I think the work I can push myself to put in will also better the outcome of becoming a better point guard. And simply learning from mistakes I make on the basketball court, and being a vocal leader.
What is your dream college?
I don't necessarily have a dream college but I am considering Duke, UNC, UConn, and Syracuse for big time. For little school but big conference I'd like to go to Baylor, Marquette, Florida, Butler or UCLA. For me its about the coach, basketball history or tradition of the school, and if I'm gonna be able to come into the system and play early. Other then that, I still need to do a little more research on schools and stuff like majoring. I think I wanna major in marketing, right now I'm considering that. But I still have a lot of time so we'll see.
What advice can you give other student-athletes?
Well for other student athletes, I can only say do what you gotta do and take pride in what you do. I think a lot of players get too big headed, too cocky, too satisfied, and too irresponsible. Sometimes I am even some of those but I try not to be and I have a lot of friends, family, and coaches that help me with being humble and things like that. As an athlete you have to understand that there two things, obstacles and competition.
Obstacles are the bad part, competition is the good part. Playing against someone who is trying to make it to the same place as you is great. There's no reason to be scared or worried that they might show you off. Its a game, somebody wins and somebody loses. You have to have a certain mentality, swagger, and personality about yourself. Go hard in every practice, game, and be smart in the classroom and on the court. Knowledge does anybody well no matter what sport you play or what you do. Try to learn from mistakes. Try to be the best player, student, and person you can be. It is a privilege to play sports, just enjoy yourself and have fun. Meet new people but be careful. Some people you can't trust. If your really talented, some people will try and trick you. Its a dirty game, and its a business. You just got to be smart with everything you do, say, wear, and who you hang around. When its time to perform on the court, field, gridiron, or whatever, then put on a show. When your doing work and you don't feel like it, just remember your trying to make it. Get it done, and do what you gotta do, and you will be successful as a student athlete no matter what sport you play.
Send a shout out to SoSportz:
Shoutout to SoSportz for supporting me all season during my freshman year. Definitely a good program and nice to meet new kids and athletes with the same dreams as us all and be one nation trying to make it to the next level playing sports for a living. Thanks.
PIERRE HAYDEN- ROYSE CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Tell everyone about yourself?I'm Pierre Hayden, I'm a 5'8 Point Guard from Dallas, Texas who goes to Royse City High School and plays for the LBA Seawolves.
What was your best game?
My best game was this year against Frisco Wakeland High School I had 21 points in the first half and finished with 34 points in a loss. They were pretty good.
Why are sports/education important to you?
Sports and education are very important to me. Let basketball use you, don't use basketball. An education is the most important thing in life. Especially mines, I put education first. I carry a 3.4 GPA as of now.
What can you do to make yourself better in your sport?
To make myself better, I can study other players who are older than me and work hard everyday. I have to listen to my mentors, my father, my uncle (AAU coach), older brother Perry Jones (number 9 player in the nation in 2010 class), and godbrother Lacedarius Dunn (Baylor basketball player)
What is your dream college?
I really don't have a dream college. I'm being recruited by a lot of schools so whoever wants me I will go there. I want to go a school who's known for winning, producing good players, and a place I can come right in and play. Just basically where God leads me.
If a College Coach ask you, how can you make our team better, what would you say?
If a coach asked me what I could do to make his team better, I'd respond with anything he needs me to do. I will play D and do all of the little things that need to be done to win. In college anyone can score so I know I have to do something a lot of people do not do. I have to seperate myself from the others.
What advice can you give other student-athletes?
Some advice I can give to student-athletes is to always stay in the books. School is important. Sports will always be there, if sports don't work out you have to have something to fall back on. And for the athlete part, continue to work hard everyday. Never give up and never let anyone tell you what you can't be. Have a dream and go get it. Be humble and hungry.
Send a shout out to SoSportz:
Big shoutouts to SoSportz!!!! I really appreciate you having me on the site. Keep an eye on me this year! God Bless.
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