Brandon Bass - AAU Basketball

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Brandon Bass - AAU Basketball

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Brandon Bass, a power forward for the Dallas Mavericks (NBA) team, gives details on AAU Basketball. ?In high school, I went to Canterbury High in Baton Rouge where I didn?t get started getting recruited till our junior season. I played AAU basketball that?s where I really got colleges to start recruiting me. I went out to Texas and California and played there in front of a bunch of college scouts. I found out about it late, I found out about it when I?ve seen a Sports Illustrated about LeBron, I think he was in high school too. And that at that time they were talking about him being on the Mc Donald?s All American Team.I was figuring out a way where I could be on that team, so what I did was I tried to find what I needed to do and they said I needed to play AAU and play against the best players in the country. So I found a team to play on with, the New Orleans Jazz, it?s a really popular AAU team and I played there, the rest is history. Any small town where you don?t get too much recognition, I would advise them to go find the biggest AAU team or travel team that travel around the country where there?s a lot of scouts looking for talent. Oh it reminds me it was fun you know, I went to Texas and played in the Kingworld Classic where I played against the best talent in the world. Where some of the same guys that I played against there are in the NBA right now with me like Travis Outlaw, LeBron James. I didn?t actually play with his team because he lost the game, I was suppose to play against him in the championship. But I mean most of the guys my age I played against them at the AAU, then I played them at the McDonald?s or at the Adidas All- American Game.?

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StackBasketball

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