The Grind Hoops
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2025 Border League Takeaways
The annual Border League showcase was this past weekend in Las Vegas and this was certainly one of the more loaded fields in recent memory since the Border League came to existence. The Border League is one of the best preseason events and has been for years now. This year the event featured just about…
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Updated 2025-2026 National Rankings
The end of August is here and the 2025-2026 high school season will be here before we know it in just a couple of months. As always, a lot has changed since the most recent “way-too-early” top-25 national preseason rankings that dropped back in May. About every single program has shifted from top to bottom…
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Adidas 3SSB and Nike EYBL Eye-Openers
The July live period began this past week and I made my way down south to Rock Hill, South Carolina and North Augusta, South Carolina for the Adidas 3SSB Championships and the final Nike EYBL session before the annual Nike Peach Jam. A plethora of college coaches, NBA personnel, scouts, and high level prospects were…
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National High School Transfer List Update
It is finally July and we are just a few months away from the next high school basketball season. As always, there have been shifts with some of the top prospects in the country with transfers happening all around the country. As of today, we have at least over 30 prospects switching schools heading into…
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Class of 2025: Potential One-and-Dones
The 2025 NBA Draft was just a few days ago and now the next set of upcoming stars will be looked at over the next few months heading into the 2026 NBA Draft come next summer. The 2025 NBA Draft headlined Cooper Flagg (Dallas Mavericks), Dylan Harper (San Antonio Spurs), and V.J. Edgecombe (Philadelphia 76ers)…
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National High School Transfer List Update
Just like the college basketball transfer portal, there is also a high school transfer portal that happens every offseason. We are in the month of July and getting closer and closer to the start of the 2024-2025 high school season. Here we can take a quick look at an updated list of some notable transfers…
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The Grind Hoops by Samad Hines 