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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 3834397, member: 127"] Nationally though the AAU scene is quickly changing. Now NBA players and influence is increasing it’s effect on youth AAU basketball. Former and current NBA players have their own AAU teams. Penny Hardaway now at Memphis had his own AAU team, Marcus Smart, Durant, Westbrook, Chris Paul, Melo, Bradley Beal, James Harden, Damian Lillard, Derrick Rose, Kyle Lowery, John Wall etc all have created their own youth club basketball teams sponsored by the Nike, Adidas, Under Armour etc brands. This isn’t even counting a college coach like Juwan Howard jumping straight from an NBA job. It is quickly changing the recruitment, youth player development scene thus college recruiting. Not just Mike is facing these changes so are most programs who can’t rely on older prior AAU , youth club relationships to fill their rosters and get top players. It’s all resulted in a very NBA centric youth scene at younger and younger ages. [/QUOTE]