Notable NBA Champions who played their high school basketball in Illinois:
- Jalen Brunson (Stevenson)
- Anthony Davis (Perspectives)
- Dwayne Wade (Richards)
- Isiah Thomas (St. Joes)
- Kevin Garnett (Farragut)
- Fred VanVleet (Auburn)
- Iman Shumpert (Oak Park River Forest)
- Shaun Livingston (Peoria)
- Andre Iguodala (Lanphier)
-Mark Aguirre (Westinghouse)
- George Mikan (Joliet Catholic)
- Tony Allen (Crane)
- Juwan Howard (Chicago Vocational)
- Mo Cheeks (DuSable)
- Antoine Walker (Mt. Carmel)
- Michael Finley (Proviso East)
- Don Nelson (Rock Island)
- Jack Sikma (St. Anne)
The list goes on. Who’s your favorite Illinois hooper from this list? 👇
Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard to @PaperCityMag on Rockets' new uniforms, learning things from watching the NBA Finals and being driven by way the season ended. "It's good basketball," Sheppard says. "And the more you watch, you can learn. Just the intensity and stuff of the games is crazy. . .
"Anytime you lose in the tournament early, you want to get back and beat that."
Sheppard took part in @DICKS House of Sports and Fanatics fan games event, showing his competitive side in a soccer simulator. Also played cornhole with several Rockets fans.
Meet Mariah Bryant, a 24 year old BSN Trauma ICU Nurse in Nashville & the girlfriend of @ArionCarter. She is fully recovering from Stage 2 Breast Cancer with Chemo Treatments. Her hair started falling out so she had him cut off the rest & he surprised her by cutting his too. 🥹🥰
This is all so insane. We found this when we got back to our room. And then someone even sent cupcakes to our room. I genuinely don’t understand how it got to this point. We’re just normal World Cup tourists.😭😭
Imagine being drafted as Chiefs RB Priest Holmes’s heir➡️Larry Johnson
♦️1st Team All-Pro (06); 2nd Team(05)
♦️7500+ All-Purpose Yds; 60+ TD
♦️Most carries in a season: 416
🔹Unanimous All-American (Penn St)
🔹2000+ rush yards as a Senior; 8 YPC
🔹Father is Ohio State DL Coach
WVU retired my number yesterday. 🏔️
My family — this is yours.
@PatMcAfee — you made this happen. Love you, brother.
My teammates — WE built this.
Everyone who reached out — I felt it all.
Mountaineer forever.
Even with the NBA Finals heating up, H-Town’s got big news of its own.. new Rockets uniforms! President of Business Operations, Gretchen Sheirr, let us in on the journey, from the first ideas to today’s pop-up shop. They knew exactly what details had to represent the past, present and future of Rockets' basketball!
#ChalkTalk #HTownSportsTalk
📍 Indianapolis Indiana | Carmel High School’s indoor facility is better than a number of NFL and Division I football facilities I’ve seen. Absolutely first class.
The ketchup and mustard is back!! 🌭🚀
The Rockets hosted a retail pop-up shop earlier today and gave fans their first look at the team’s new look.
Check out some of the new merch, safe to say, Houston approves! 🔥⬇️
Good to see Vernon Maxwell back in the fold with the Rockets. Here’s Maxwell on his return and Houston’s new jerseys.
“Vernon Maxwell, man, who ever thought Vernon Maxwell would be back doing all this? So, kudos to the Rockets, man.”
“Ketchup and mustard, it was one of my favorite jerseys. I always loved wearing it. I knew when I put it on, someone was gonna be in trouble.”