Adidas Nations, the premier international grassroots basketball program is holding their event this weekend. Practices, pool play and college counselor games are being held August 2-4. The championships are played at Long Beach City College on Monday, August 5 and ESPNU will air four hours of coverage from the Adidas Nations event in Los Angeles. The network will show games from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET Monday.
Last year Peyton Siva, Wayne Blackshear and Gorgui Dieng were chosen to be counselors at the Adidas Nations Camp. This year Russ Smith, Montrezl Harrell and Chris Jones got the honor. There are 29 current U.S. college players, who are competing on four teams. The counselors are taught and put through drills by coaches and pro-type players. They also get to scrimmage a lot against other top players. The experience should help all three get better especially Jones who is already turning heads at the event.
Louisville commitments Shaqquan Aaron and JaQuan Lyle are also participating in the event with several Louisville recruiting targets.
The Cardinal targets on the Adidas Nations rosters include Trey Lyles, Myles Turner, and Jalen Johnson from the class of 2014. Stephen Zimmerman, Carlton Bragg, Tyler Dorsey, Jalen Coleman, Daniel Giddens, Josh Jackson, Jaylen Brown, and Perry Dozier Jr are among the prospects from the class of 2015.
Be sure to tune in on Monday to check out some of these guys.