You short? You slow? So what.
You don’t need excuses. You need the 5 S’s:
Strong. Skilled. Smart. Stamina. Speaking.
✅ You can build strength.
✅ You can train skill.
✅ You can study and get smart.
✅ You can outlast people with stamina.
✅ You can lead with your voice.
Develop this mindset and you’ll tap into greatness.‼️
Game-speed reps. Sweat dripping. Intent behind everything.
Set a standard for yourself.
Walk into the gym with a plan, what you’re working on, and why you’re working on it.
That’s how you separate yourself.
𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔 🏆
Varsity boys basketball go undefeated with wins over SA Johnson, Strake Jesuit, TMI Episcopal & Frisco Heritage.
Congrats to MVP Sun Jinkal (‘27) and All-Tournament picks Nolan Barkley (‘26) and Nico Cajas (‘29)!
#smprepwarriors
OKC’s Mark Daigneault was asked what makes SGA different.
“He wants to be great and he wants to be one of the guys. That’s really unique.”
The best teams aren’t built by working around their best player — they’re built by working through them.
Here’s what it looks like 👇
Bold statement: Emotions beat teams more than their opponents do. The price of admission for championship-level performance is the ability to stay present.
The OKC Thunder’s championship rings have 0-0 Mentality on them — here’s why:
🏀 Illinois head coach Brad Underwood explains his why he changed his rebounding philosophy, their simple rebounding rules, and how these changes helped Illinois become the No. 1 team nationally in recovering missed threes.
1) Read more than you think you should
2) Write down everything, about everything, all the time
3) Build as many relationships as you can and learn to connect the dots between those relationships
4) Never turn down an opportunity to learn or to work
Building Around a Superstar with @CoachLindsayG of USC Women’s Basketball
(2:30) Leaving the NBA for USC
(5:06) What makes USC unique in the current landscape? (6:58) Recruiting JuJu Watkins
(9:41) Building around JuJu Watkins
(13:07) Balancing star power with role players
(17:34) How the NBA prepared Lindsay Gottlieb to coach in the NIL era
(22:08) The dynamic Lindsay and her GM
Pretty good answer by Mark Daigneault on tangible improvements he’d like to see from the Thunder this season:
“I think it can come across as arrogant if presented the wrong way… Improvement is necessary in our situation because everyone else is getting better.”
Dreams do come true.
For 15 years I’ve chased this goal. Thousands of hours in gyms, on planes, behind a laptop, and behind a mic—using my platforms as my résumé, preparing me for the perfect opportunity to begin my NBA career.
I’m excited to share that I’ve accepted a role as a Europe-based International Scout with the Dallas Mavericks.