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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best teams are all year round, until they get to high school.  In high school they break for high school season.  After that, it’s back to business [/quote]
They break for the spring, but just jump right on their AAU teams.  AAU basketball is far more competitive than high school basketball.[/quote]

This is very misleading and the majority of the time not true. They're different, because in AAU you're playing with your peers and usually a longer bench. You routinely see kids who are good AAU players struggle in High School because the games are different, the people you play with are different (largely older), and the scouting is different. Really good players can usually make adjustments, but I have seen the opposite happen way more often.[/quote]
Only if politics comes into play.  The best AAU competition is showcase basketball.  Meaning a kid has to know how to move without the ball and make plays when they have it.  And defense is mandatory.

A player who needs plays designed for him isn’t really that good of a player, but they can be made to look better than what they are and that’s usually at the expense of other players on the team.[/quote]

Most of this isn't true and you're just interchanging a lot of words to make it seem like you know what you're talking about. "Showcase" basketball isn't team basketball. It's bad basketball. Unless you are on an EYBL/3SSB/UAA team, it's all largely BAD basketball. That's why "good" players in AAU largely can struggle when there is actual basketball being played. Good players need plays designed for them because of the scout, if you're not trying to free up a good player, you're negligent.[/

There are kids who don’t play defense, small and unathletic, have low field goal percentage, and possess a low basketball IQ, average 20 points per game because the coach keeps calling plays for them.  I’d bet your kid has some of those characteristics.

Now kids playing showcase have to play defense, move without the ball, go get the ball, and know what to do when they get the ball.  Those are the kids scouts are offering basketball scholarships to.[/quote]

DP.  Who wrote this?  You seem to have no idea how grassroots basketball or college recruiting work.  Kids get recruited:

1. Playing for a high school that coaches follow. 
2. Playing for a shoe circuit team. 
3. Playing center court at a live period tournament.  
4. Sending film and building a relationship.

Showcases are generally money grabs with zero recruiting value.

Pro tip: COACHES make scholarship offers, not “scouts.”   There are scouting roles, but that’s not a typical job title in NCAA basketball.  
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