The third annual Method Zero Elite Camp was held in Phoenix for 30 elite highschool and faculty prospects who desired to enhance their sport differently. We check out three occasion standouts at every degree over the camp’s first two days.
The Method Zero Elite Camp is an occasion degree occasion hosted by Milwaukee Bucks’ All-Star and former Oakland (Calif.) and Weber State standout Damian Lillard. The three-day occasion was held on the The PHHacility in Phoenix with “Dame Greenback” and NBA participant growth coach Phil Beckner main the on-court expertise coaching for 30 elite gamers (truly 15 highschool members and 17 faculty degree athletes) that wished to get some perception on the coaching strategies of one of many NBA’s hardest-working gamers who developed into an eight-time NBA all-star from humble beginnings.
Lillard performed for the Oakland Rebels journey membership in Northern California within the late 2000’s and was considerably of an neglected highschool prospect in California’s famed 2008 class. He was a Cal-Hello Sports activities all-state choice as a senior, averaging 22.4 factors, 5.2 rebounds and a pair of.3 assists for a 23-9 membership after committing to Weber State earlier than his senior season started. From there’s the place Lillard’s sport took off after creating a novel coaching technique to excel whereas a lot of his friends in highschool plateaued.
The slogan for Method One is “Character, Exhausting Work and Accountability” and is designed for gamers with a relentless ardour to do issues in another way in an effort to take their sport to the following degree. The coaching mannequin round Method One has molded among the best gamers within the NBA and this elite camp is a means for him to share that zeal and coaching technique with younger gamers who aspire to get to the extent Lillard has with the Bucks and Portland Trailblazers through the years.
We check out six of the standouts from the three-day occasion in entrance of NBA decision-makers:
Excessive Faculty Standouts
