re: What Made Trent Johnson So Bad at Recruiting?

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AAU sh**! Is out of control!! Teaching is minimal and the Coaching antics would lead you to believe that HOFers are roaming the sidelines!! Team basketball isn't taught even if they would say otherwise!! The games are showcases for the next level for players and showcases for pay increases for those in power!! Its for delusional parents,talented but fundamentally weak players and greedy AAU coaches and middle men!!! They don't teach at all but inflating kids'egos by having them travel the country showing up for games and rolling the ball out as if they are college and pro athletes is ridiculous!! Many former players with kids despise AAU ball and won't allow their kids to participate!! Many coaches on all levels have grown to hate the circuit in the last 25+ years because it wasn't always this way!! Greats like Kobe Bryant spoke out against it while he was still in the league!!! Successful NCAA teams recruit AAU but those programs were paying players well before the AAU model evolved to its current state a few decades or more ago!!

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