The Pro Training Center and IMG Basketball Academy had, quite possibly, the best collection of pre-draft talent in any gym around the country today.
With NBA scouts and reporters on hand, some of the country’s top players (some already declared for the draft, others still undecided) battled to impress while under the tutelage of coaches David [...]

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Getting to know… UCLA’s Jrue Holiday

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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2009

Every spring, basketball players from the U.S. and abroad come to the IMG Basketball Academy with hopes of a future in professional basketball. From sure-fire NBA lottery picks to players simply preparing for a tryout with a lower-level pro club, each player in the Academy’s pre-draft program has a different story and background. They share [...]

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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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IMG Basketball pros share floor together…

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Posted: Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

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 [...]

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