joe clay

[joe clay @natron32]

Saturday Work! 💪🏾🏀
@BaronClay12 6ft, 165lbs, 2028, 4.0gpa
@Ballard_Hoops

[Baron Clay @BaronClay12]

Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Southern Indiana

[Ballard Basketball @Ballard_Hoops]

Join us for a morning of fun and basketball!! Kids have a blast at our clinics. Sign up now-

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[joe clay @natron32]

Wow!

[Tennis TV @TennisTV]

No stopping that 💪

#japanopentennis

[Baron Clay @BaronClay12]

Thank you @coachp_funk and evansville staff for having me up for practice
#unofficialvisit

[Baron Clay @BaronClay12]

Thank @CoachSteeleMU and @CRichyRich23 for the unofficial visit to Miami OH

[NextUpRecruits @NextUpRecruits]

Baron Clay (@BaronClay12) of Ballard HS (Louisville, KY) had Miami (OH) in for him at practice this morning. The 6’2 PG was on an unofficial visit to Miami Ohio over the weekend. Clay is one of Kentucky’s top 2028 prospects.

[Ballard Basketball @Ballard_Hoops]

Let’s do it!

[joe clay @natron32]

Internet for the win! 🤣🤣

[William A Goldsborough @WmAG_V]

I HATE THE INTERNET!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Tyrese Haliburton reveals what Kevin Durant did after his Achilles injury that changed how he thinks about the word respect, and how much he cares about if he gets it

“And after I got hurt, I realized how many people have checked on me. Checked on me, like, actually checked on me, how I'm doing. Not just, like, ‘How you doing?’ and keep it pushing. Like, have come and visited me or whatever. That's what I really value and what I really care about from people that I love and I respect. That's what matters to me.”

“I don't know if, as a competitor, do I feel like I'll ever get the respect that I deserve? Probably not. But I view it in a sense of, like, it doesn't really matter because basketball, I can only play for a finite amount of time. And then when I retire, people are going to have debates and it won't really matter because it's all people's opinion and the way that they view the game of basketball.”

“I hope that they respect the man that I am and the person I am. That's what matters more to me. As far as a basketball player, you can't please everybody, bro. Everybody's gonna have a problem with my game or something that I do. I don't shoot enough. It doesn't look the way it's supposed to look. I don't defend well enough. Like, it could be whatever.”

“I don't care. As long as my teammates, everybody, as long as they respect me, that matters more to me. And the guys who are like my superheroes to me growing up, KD, Steph, Bron, like, go down the line, I feel like they respect me. And in the game of basketball, if those guys respect me, I don't give a shit what anybody else thinks. You know what I mean? Like, truthfully. So I know it's a loaded answer, but it's kind of just the way I view it.”

“That's what I'm saying. And people I look up to, I can go down the line, especially those three, because to me, in my generation, that's like the big three. When I got hurt, KD flew to Indy to visit me. He was out there for All-Star, but he came early to come see me. Came to my crib. He was chilling with my dog, throwing the toy with my dog, like, to check on me. I was like, ‘Okay, he's forever. We forever cool.��”

“You know, Bron and Steph both called and checked on me. When I got shingles and I said what I was going through, they both called me, checked on me. LeBron, during the Finals, I got so many voice memos from Bron during the Finals, which was like the craziest thing ever. But that's like the big three to me. So the fact that they show love, I'm like, in the world of basketball, what else matters? You know what I'm saying?”

[Ballard Basketball @Ballard_Hoops]

Thank you to Coach Painter and Coach Lusk for coming in today!

[NextUpRecruits @NextUpRecruits]

NEWS: Purdue was at Ballard HS (Louisville, Ky.) today checking out 5⭐️ 2029 - 7’0 C Mason Grivna—Grivna is Kentucky’s #1 2029.

[joe clay @natron32]

Top 5 Fed match! 🎾💪🏽

[Tennis Hub @Tennis4Ar]

🚨 نهائي فيدرر ونادال 2017 … مهما مرت السنوات يبقى عالقاً بالذاكرة .🏆
هدية لأحبائك … ولنا جميعاً 🎁🥹

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Matt Painter on recruiting gym rats

“If you’re calling guys and they are constantly with their girl or they are anywhere but the gym, even if they are really good, they probably aren’t our guy”

(Via @ischumanwrites 🎥)

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Damian Lillard says too many highly regarded young players are surrounded by “yes men” that tell them they are great

Once they get to the next level, when their talent isn’t enough to get them through, they struggle with working hard and being stable 🗣️

[Ballard Basketball @Ballard_Hoops]

Thanks to Coach Benson and the Arizona Wildcats for stopping in today!

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

In 2018, Nike let Roger Federer walk rather than pay him roughly $10M a year. He signed with a small Swiss running brand called On instead, and took an ownership stake.

When On went public in 2021, that stake was worth around $300M. His career prize money from 20 Grand Slams and 24 years of tennis was $130M. The equity made him more than double what the entire playing career did.

Kylian Mbappé just ran the same play.

He'd worn Nike since he was 8 years old. Twelve signature Mercurials. His contract quietly expired on July 31 and he let it die, and the reporting on the On deal describes equity in the company, his own signature sub-brand, direct work with the product teams, and a term around ten years.

So he's now a part-owner of an $11B company that sells its first football boot in 2027. Nike was paying him to advertise Mercurials. On has him sharing in whatever the boots earn, which for a 27-year-old with a decade-long deal is a very different bet.

On also knew exactly who to send. Thierry Henry came in as Director of Football and reportedly played a big role in getting the deal done. Nike had 19 years and unlimited money and still lost him to a recruiter.

Federer's version of the trade took two years to pay off. Mbappé's boot hits the market before his next World Cup.

[Prep Hoops Kentucky @PrepHoopsKY]

Duke will be at Ballard tomorrow for 2029 C @Mason_Grivna33. Evansville and EKU will be there for 2028 @BaronClay12

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

Bryan Shelton reflects on everything his parents sacrificed to give him the chance to play tennis, and the lasting impact they had on his kids, Ben and Emma too.

[joe clay @natron32]

Best sport! 🎾❣️🥹

[José Morgado @josemorgado]

What a moment in the end…