Noticing Future NBA Hall of Famers and NBA talents Early when they Were Kids

Carsen Edwards and DeAaron Fox

Youthful start doing amazing things on the basketball court at the age 10

Being very athletic and growing up with athlete’s all around me. I knew talent when I witnessed it on site.  Summer 2008 I received a phone call from my cousin, informing me that her son was having an AAU Basketball Tournament in the Washington DC area, and wanted me to attend.  While attending that basketball tournament, I witnessed something very special about the young boys that I was summoned to see play basketball.  Wow, amazed by the skills, I had seen this one before.  I got chills watching these kids handle the basketball like the first time I saw Allen Iverson, when he was going to the eleventh grade .  I remember it like it was yesterday on Langley Air Force Base, Hampton Virginia. When kids have the IT factor, you can spot it easily if you have game yourself it doesn’t matter what brand they’re rocking.   You could tell that a few of these kids had IT and were destined to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) if they continued to work hard.   Amazed by these kids’ confidence, commitment and skill level of the game.  I  simply had to know the blueprint for these kids’ early success to the game of basketball. Asking my cousin what were the secret ingredients for these kids’ success?  She would stress the importance of developing these kids and keeping them working on a consistent basis. You must work with them, she stressed, and it was obvious that someone was working with these kids, and it was amazing a true blessing to view.

Carsen Edwards and De’Aaron Fox continue to do amazing things on the basketball court as professionals.

I just had to know the blueprint for these kids’ early success. What were the  secret ingredients for these kids’ success?  She stressed the importance of developing them and keeping them working on a consistent basis. You must work with them, she stressed even sternly. True example of Tony Robbins quote, “Repetition is the Mother of Success.”

Years later It was no surprise to me that my cousin and his back court mate would both make it to the NBA.  Carsen Edwards, De’Aaron Fox and I’m sure a few others may have seen some time in the NBA.  However, I would instill the same blueprint for my daughter’s training foundation years later based on that conversation and witnessing that amazing backcourt.

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