After more than 1,100 regular season NBA games, 120-plus playoff games and 7 NBA Finals games, Bob Delaney has seen just about everything as an NBA referee.
Still, the veteran knows he has to stay on his game to keep up with the players and spends a portion of every offseason at IMG Academies. Utilizing Bollettieri [...]

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IMG Basketball Academy Getting Ready for Season

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Posted: Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

For majority of the summer campers that come through IMG Academies the norm for them is stay for a a number of weeks then go home to their respective schools with their new found skills. IMG Basketball Academy enrollment is no different, the campers numbers start to tapper off while the full time numbers start [...]

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‘Going back to Cali’

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Posted: Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Having a very impressive Summer League Derrick Caracter is back at IMG for short period of time before going back to ‘Cali’.  Why is Caracter here? To relax, recuperate and get some extra work in with Coach Dan Barto. We sit down with Derrick to debrief about Summer League, his game and going to LA.

When [...]

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Blakely A Clipper

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Posted: Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Marques Blakely, pre-draft student of Coach Dan Barto has made the L.A. Clippers roster.
Sbnation.com has the full story.

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“The Young and the Restless”

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Posted: Monday, July 26th, 2010

The show ‘ The Young and the Restless’ revolves around the rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis. The idea of being young and restless conveys the thought of taking advantage of all you can while your young and full of vigor, being restless for success and going [...]

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At a time when the nation’s financial situation and basketball popularity are both thriving, the Chinese National Basketball Team is searching for ways to grow the program into a world power.
So, Coach Chen, who has coached Yao Ming and others, traveled across the world to visit IMG Academies and find out what makes the Academy [...]

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Entering his sophomore year at the University of Arizona, Kyryl Natyazhko decided to spend much of his summer playing for his home country of Ukraine during the Euro U-20 tournament.
Judging from SI.com’s Luke Winn, Natyazhko, an IMG Basketball Academy alum, impressed more than anyone at the tourney.
From the column:
Over in the Division A tournament in [...]

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Caracter on Top of the Ladder

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Posted: Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Derrick Caracter is on top of the ladder-’The Rookie Ladder’. Caracter’s character and performance is shining on the court as he makes a big impact in the NBA Summer League.

According to NBA.com Derrick Caracter is ranked number 1 overall for rookies performance in the 2010 NBA Summer League.
NBA.com: Rookie Ladder reports: Caracter had his third [...]

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If IMG Academies could count the famous and influential people that have graced this campus, the tally would too numerous to count. However if IMG Academies where to count the number of Hall of Famers, philanthropists, radio and television personalities, and originators  of their own language, the count would come to one— Dick Vitale.

The very [...]

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Raiders Tune In to Dicky V

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Posted: Monday, July 12th, 2010

Looking to move on from last season and get some extra practice in, Ransom Everglades players stop by at IMG Basketball Academies. Focusing on sharpening dribbling, shoot selection and overall fundamental skills the players get a little more than they bargained for from this trip.

After drills the campers where instructed to sit in semi-circle because [...]

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