A man on a horse rides off into the sunset | Photo by Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty Images In May 2008 and little known basketball blogger named Matt Moore signed on to this site with the promise of covering “the NBA Draft, the D-League, the CBA, the PBL ( I know, I know, what the holy crapola is the PBL. No, it’s not bowling. We’ll get to it. Hang in there.), European competition, and some of the processes about personnel decisions.” As you can see by that mission statement, a lot has changed in the ensuing years of developmental basketball, but one thing this site certainly accomplished was ..read more

Patrick Breen/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC It’s slim picks when it comes to still-recruitable members of the 2022 HS class of Seniors as we flip the last 2021 calendar page to the first of 2022. With just seven top-100 prospects still uncommitted, this is going to be the second-to-last column on the 2022 crop of talent, so let’s get it popping before we move on to the last installment of the class and the 2023 DJ Wagner-led group of hoopers! The NCAA keeps going. The 2021-22 season started a few weeks ago and most colleges have already played at least 10 games through the start ..read more

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The NCAA season is already going down, and the 2022 HS class of Seniors is pretty much over when it comes to kids picking the places they’ll bring their game to next. So here we are here once more to cover everything related to those decisions in the fourth monthly installment related to the 2022 HS class and one of the very last given the status of the class. The 2021-22 season is finally rolling, folks. It was a hard and long hot summer, but college hoops have arrived once for all and with them a good bunch of freshmen doing it on the court for the fi ..read more

Jordan Walsh (Icon Sportswire/Getty) The NCAA season is inching closer than ever with just days to tipoff as another crop of 10+ players chose their next stops with hopes of eventually making it to the L during the month of October. We’re here once more to cover everything related to those decisions in the third monthly installment related to the 2022 HS class. While last month saw 17 players pick places, this month we’re down to 16—not that concerning...—and 14 of those 16 kids are top-75 prospects compared to just 11 who made their decisions through September. All of it per 247Sports Composi ..read more

Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images In a new piece, Dakota Schmidt breaks down the likes of Petr Cornelie, McKinnley Wright, Matt Lewis, DeJon Jarreau, Jamorko Pickett, and Dru Smith Note: this is the second part in an ongoing series breaking down the interesting players to keep an eye on for the upcoming 2021-22 G League season. Go here to read part one, which examined some prospects from the Central Hub, Petr Cornelie, Grand Rapids Gold A half-decade after the Nuggets selected him with the 53rd pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, the French big has finally made his way state-side to join Denve ..read more

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Dakota Schmidt breaks down some players for fans to keep an eye on within the central region of the 2021-22 G League Showcase Cup. On November 5th, the 2021-22 G League season will tip off with an exciting nine-game slate, which will feature the league debuts of Mexico City Capitanes and Birmingham Squadron. Along with that night reintroducing the league to fans that haven’t seen any action since March11th, it will also bring the brand new G League Showcase Cup format. The Showcase Cup is going to be a 14-game tournament that will start on the 5th and conclude ..read more

Shaedon Sharpe/Canada Basketball | Canada Basketball Forget everything we’ve discussed up to this past month because the recruiting train got off the rails. As many as 17 (!) top-100 players picked places, the top-2 players in the class did so among those in that group, four top-10 prospects overall choose their next destination... and we’re here to cover everything related to those decisions in the second monthly installment related to the 2022 HS class. If you’re one with bad memory, fear nothing. You can pretty much start from zero with this month's crop of prospects. Not only did as many a ..read more

Photo by Melanie Fidler/NBAE via Getty Images With the 2021 NBA Draft in the rear-view mirror, it is time to get a look at the 247Sports Composite Rankings to see how scouts and talent finders fare back in 2020 in relation to where college freshmen were ultimately selected this summer. If you are an avid reader of Ridiculous Upside, you probably know what the 247Sports Composite Rankings are and how they have been more or less reliable in order to predict where players are picked in the different NBA drafts and how they have performed over their careers. As no player from this year’s draft has ..read more

Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images Coming Wednesday, comments will look different. Hey everyone. I’m Seth, and I oversee all of our NBA sites. This Wednesday will be a big day for our community: we’re moving our comments to a brand new platform, developed especially for SB Nation. All of our basketball communities will be moving to the new platform, and I’m excited about the change. Some of you may already be familiar with this new platform as it rolled out to our NFL communities last year and to many of our soccer sites over the summer. Over 30 updates to the platform have bee ..read more

Photo by Ashlee Espinal/NBAE via Getty Images With the 2021 NBA Draft in the rear-view mirror, it is time to get a look at the 247Sports Composite Rankings to see how scouts and talent finders fared during the past few years in relation to where prospects were ultimately selected this summer. If you are an avid reader of Ridiculous Upside, you probably know what the 247Sports Composite Rankings are and how they have been more or less reliable in order to predict where players are picked in the different NBA drafts and how they have performed over their careers. As no player from this year’s dr ..read more