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Reprising their roles from just a year ago, coaches Mike Moreau and David Thorpe of the IMG Basketball Academy and Pro Training Center are doing NBA Playoff analysis for Scouts, Inc. as part of the ESPN.com network.  Moreau, who directs all basketball programs at IMGA, and Thorpe, who directs pro, college and adult basketball at [...]

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Coach David Thorpe, executive director of the Pro Training Center at the IMG Basketball Academy, recently published his list of the league’s top rookies, separated into first, second, and third team status, and added some of his awards.  Check it out by clicking here. Thorpe also completed his weekly ESPN.com chat, which you can read [...]

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Thorpe Update: Rookies & Chatting on the NBA

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Posted: Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Coach David Thorpe, executive director of the Pro Training Center at the IMG Basketball Academy, published his weekly chat and Rookie Report earlier today on ESPN.com.  In his weekly chat, Thorpe discussed potential draft picks, the playoff race, and the current rookie class.  In his weekly Rookie Report, Thorpe focuses on the centers in this [...]

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Weekly Thorpe Update

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Posted: Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Can you guess the two things the following players have in common? Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Danny Granger, Kevin Martin, Al Jefferson, Devin Harris, Antawn Jamison, Zach Randolph, Joe Johnson, Tony Parker, Stephen Jackson, Michael Redd, Al Harrington and David West. The first should be pretty easy to figure out: All of these guys are [...]

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On-the-Road: Update #2 from Erie, PA

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Posted: Friday, March 13th, 2009

Well, one day in the books.  Each of our teams (we have four teams in this event) were competitive in yesterday’s action, with a number of our seniors and post-graduates getting great looks from the over two dozen college basketball coaches in attendance.  Our spotlight game-of-the-day was the afternoon post-graduate game, where our boys battled [...]

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Thorpe updates his Rookie Rankings

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Posted: Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Coach David Thorpe, the Executive Director of the Pro Training Center at the IMG Basketball Academy, has updated his weekly NBA Rookie Rankings for ESPN.com.  Coming down into the stretch of the season, Thorpe comments that the final stretch of the season is really a mental game as much if not more than a physical one.  [...]

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Pre-Draft Approaches…

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Posted: Friday, March 6th, 2009

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 [...]

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Even more on Russell Westbrook

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Posted: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

A scouting breakdown of Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Russell Westbrook by Coach Thorpe for ESPN.com…

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Our own David Thorpe offers his answer to that question in his latest ESPN.com article.  For Coach Thorpe, Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook and the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose are at the top of the heap.  In Thorpe’s own words: The two explosive point guards are now tied for the top spot in my rankings with [...]

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Weekly Thorpe Chat

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Posted: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Coach David Thorpe, executive director of the Pro Training Center at the IMG Basketball Academy, engaged his weekly NBA chat at ESPN.com on Wednesday.  Read his chat by clicking HERE.

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