Devan Praska

Accountant | CPA | Entrepreneur

[One Motive Sports @OneMotiveSports]

Clips from Mason Walters @masonwalters24 introduction to European and pro basketball today!

19 points
6 rebounds
3/5 from 3 for Kouvot in a tough loss against Kataja

Bright future ahead for Mase! #OMS

[Jon Chepkevich @JonChep]

Mason Walters has agreed to join the Phoenix Suns for NBA Summer League, I’m told.

Averaged 12.2 PTS, 5.4 REB, 2.0 AST, 1.0 STL as a starter for Wyoming this season.

[One Motive Sports @OneMotiveSports]

OMS Family Mason Walters @masonwalters24 is back at another NBA facility today as he’s in Denver to workout with the Denver Nuggets! The 6’9” Forward from Jamestown, North Dakota worked out with Memphis last week and is pushing for a Summer League invite and beyond! Let’s go!

[Jamestown Men’s Basketball @Jamestown_MBB]

Excited to welcome Casey Bruggeman as the new Head Coach of the University of Jamestown!

Full release: https://t.co/Diw7N5hgxA

#JimmiePride

[Creighton Men’s Basketball @BluejayMBB]

Harvested a Win

[CreighTakes @CreighTakes]

Shaka has quickly become one of the most unlikeable coaches.

What’s even happening here? Does he have eligibility left? @NCAA

[North Dakota Football @UNDfootball]

FLAGSHIP U!

#UNDproud | #LGH

[Craig Doty @CoachDoty]

Last year we put names on the back of our game jerseys.

This year we put names on the back of our practice jerseys as well.

After reading Malcolm Gladwell’s, “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference,” I felt something as simple as connecting the team name on the front of the uniform to the player’s family name on the back could add value.

What value can it add?

1) There is an added sense of belonging for student-athletes when their last name is associated directly with the school’s name and brand identity.

2) The Stickiness Factor. The stickiness factor is the ability of certain things to capture our attention and stay in our mind compared to others. Names on jerseys help student-athletes be recognized and remembered for their performance. This can assist in recruiting, NIL, fan and community connection and more.

3) Teams that are player-focused understand it’s all about the student-athlete. At the end of the day most modern athletes want their name on their jerseys.

4) Family association: Deion Sanders said it best when he was coaching at Jackson State, “Is it that expensive to put the darn names on the back of the jerseys? Don’t you think his mama and them want to see their baby’s name on the back of the jerseys? Don’t you think his siblings, his family, his friends, his loved ones? That’s the kind of stuff we take for granted. I don’t. I’m very detailed. That guy worked his butt off, did what he had to do, changed his whole thought process. We can at least put his darn name on the back of his jersey.”

5) Player ownership of performance: A student-athlete represents the name on the front of the jersey and on the back. It is more difficult to run from their performance, production, wins and losses when their name is attached to it. This goes for practice as well if names are on the back of practice uniforms.

[Mo Dakhil @MoDakhil_NBA]

Ban the charge, rotate over and try to play defense instead of just getting in the way. Being a traffic cone is not playing defense.

[Tony Clements @TonyCMKE]

Need to have a conversation about the block/charge call pretty soon

Joel Embiid, Ja Morant, and now Giannis have all recently taken the same dangerous fall

[🥤 @34for2]

I’ve said it and I’ll say it again…

An off-ball defender sliding in and uppercutting taking a charge is the most dangerous play and has no place in the game

[Mason @masonwalters24]

Go Cowboys!! Committed✅
@wyo_mbb

[Jamestown Men’s Basketball @Jamestown_MBB]

The 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 team in the country with back-to-back-to back trips to Kansas City.

#JimmiePride | #LeadThePac

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

If you didn’t say it was classless when Caitlin Clark did it to her opponents then don’t say it about Angel Reese either.

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

Parents….if you can find a court that still has frequent pickup basketball, save the money on a trainer and drop your kid off there! NOTHING will improve their game better than that!

[#23 Barstool Bluejays @BarstoolJays]

If anyone wants to be even more sad/angry this Monday morning about last night, watch @RealJayWilliams cook on First Take

[Devan Praska @devanpraska]

@MarchMadnessMBB @Aztec_MBB @GoAztecs @SDSU @MountainWest Refs the second half….

[Creighton Men’s Basketball @BluejayMBB]

Who else woke up feeling…….. ELITE 😎

#GoJays x #marchmadness