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/Pro Training Center with coaches Mike Moreau and David [...]

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The last sentence of this diary on SLAM Magazine’s web site sums it up perfectly:
“Either way, these two former teammates know they have bettered one another at the best training facility under superb instruction.”
Sean Brown, a walk-on for the University of Pittsburgh basketball team, joined former teammates DeJuan Blair and Tyrell Biggs at the IMG [...]

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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/Pro Training Center with coaches Mike Moreau and David [...]

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Tabbed as a mid-to-late first-round pick after the college season ended, Pitt’s DeJuan Blair came to the Pro Training Center at IMG Academies in hopes of getting in better shape and improving his game.
With reports coming out of Milwaukee that the Bucks are very interested in taking Blair at No. 10, it’s safe to say [...]

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Getting to know… St. Joe’s Ahmad Nivins

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Posted: Thursday, May 28th, 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/Pro Training Center has a different story [...]

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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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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 by [...]

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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 big-time scorers [...]

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