Since he entered middle school, Derrick Caracter was a household name in the basketball world. By the time he was a high school senior, Caracter was a consensus top-25 recruit and wanted by most of the top college programs. He chose Louisville and, after a rocky two years, left the program. Next year, he’ll play [...]
After a productive rookie regular season this year, the Orlando Magic’s Courtney Lee has flourished in the first couple games of the NBA playoffs. Lee, who spent time at the IMG Basketball Academy last summer before the draft, has increased his scoring from 8.1 points per game to 21 points/game in the playoffs on 53 [...]
Every year, hopeful professional basketball players converge on the IMG Basketball Academy to do their prep work for the NBA Draft. For the past two years, our Pre-Draft, College, and Professional training programs have been under the supervision of Coach David Thorpe, director of the Pro Training Center. Coach Thorpe partners with our own Coach [...]
Tuesday night, three NBA professionals shared the floor together, with one thing linking them all: time spent at the Pro Training Center at the IMG Basketball Academy.
When the Orlando Magic took on the Chicago Bulls, both teams had starters on the floor that trained in our gym this past summer. For the Magic, rookie Courtney [...]