@EmmanuelDeLaH0z kicked off season in a big way! 23 carries, 201 yards and 3 TDs in the season opening win. Let’s show him some love in the Player of the Week voting.
Thank you so much to @JomboyMedia for taking us beyond basketball and hosting us at their NYC offices today. As part of our career development cohort our boys got to see behind the scenes of a top media company and discover how to turn an idea into a successful company.
Congrats to senior captain @Jaydenayala_1 for being named Group 1, Third Team All State this week. Much deserved for all your hard work and dedication to making this a memorable season! #WeehawkenHoops
Big day of basketball in the city. @kinghoopsnyc tryouts all morning, followed by checking out @CoachCThompson and NYU looking to punch a Final Four ticket tonight. Ballin in the Big Apple!
All it takes is a 4 year transfer to hit the desk of a coach for HS student athletes to miss out on an opportunity!
We are entering the danger zone for HS kids.
Please be intentional about your recruiting process, pretty soon a lot of your offers and interests will disappear..
Post season won’t care:
If you’re ranked
If you have the best player
That you’re undefeated
That you have an All American
That you won your district/conference
That you’re hurt/tired
What you think you deserve
What you’ve done
Anything can happen! That’s why we play the games!
"This year we're not even looking at high school basketball players...We're losing Deivon, Kadary and RJ and you can't replace them with HS players."
Pitino on recruiting
The sad reality is there’re kids who’re more concerned about scoring 1,000 points, getting social media write ups, seeing what offers they’re gonna get & what AAU team they’re gonna play on instead of developing, staying in the moment & trying to help the team win a championship!
“Cool” basketball is the worst type of basketball - Going half speed and missing reverse layups in layup lines doesn’t make you look cool
Warm ups are meant to get you a good sweat and ready to play - they aren’t an attempt to impress people.
In the coming weeks, put your ego aside & put all of your effort on being 100% unselfish for the TEAM. It’s time to focus on “WE”, not “me”. Helping your team win a championship is more impressive than putting up a lot of individual stats. A championship banner will hang forever!
Weehawken's Jayden Ayala (@Jaydenayala_1) had a big game & is https://t.co/MN2EJY4eq9 NJ Hoopers of the Day for Wednesday - https://t.co/6tTdGxltPB