Who are the best AAU Teams of All Time?
I am sure there are many more teams out there that deserve notice but these old school teams make the cut simply because of the resume that these players have built over the years. The Grassroots curcuit is continuing to churn out dominating prospects and as the years go by it is certain that this list will change.
– NEW JERSEY PATTERSON AAU 1994 – Kobe Bryant – NBA. Vince Carter – North Carolina, NBA. Tim Thomas – Villanova, NBA. Rip Hamilton – Uconn, NBA. Kevin Freeman – Uconn.
Considered by many the great AAU team ever assembled. They won 2 AAU national championships. This New Jersey based team will forever live in AAU lure. Its hard to imagine they lost much.
- ATLANTIC CELTICS 2003 – Dwight Howard – NBA. Josh Smith – NBA. Randolph Morris – Kentucky, NBA. Jarvis Crittenton – Georgia Tech, NBA. Brandon Rush – Kansas, NBA. Mike Mercer, Georgia.
The most intimidating front line in the history of traveling basketball.
- OAKLAND SOLDIERS 2002 – Lebron James – NBA. Kendrick Perkins – NBA. Leon Powe – Cal, NBA. Demarcus Nelson – Duke, NBA. Ayinde Ubaka – Cal.
When Lebron James showed that had three of the top 10 players in the entire nation. The Oakland team went on to win ever major tournament they played in together.
- BABC AAU 2011 – NIKE EYBL National Championship team of 2011
That team featured Nerlens Noel(Kentucky, 76ers), Wayne Selden(Kansas,Grizzlies) Georges Niang(Iowa State, Pacers), Goodluck Okonoboh(UNLV), Jake Layman(Maryland, Trailblazers), Rene Castro(Butler, Duquesne)
- NIKE ARC 1986 – Chris Mills (Kentucy, NBA ) Sean Higgins (Michigan, NBA ) Sean Rooks- (Arizona, NBA) Leron Ellis (Kentucky,NBA) Don McLean (UCLA, NBA) Derrick Martin – (UCLA, NBA)
- TEAM SUPERFRIENDS 1989 Chris Webber, ( MI, NBA) Juwan Howard MI, NBA), Jalen Rose ( MI, NBA) and Voshon Leonard (Minnesota, NBA) , Howard Eisley ( Boston College, NBA)
- MAC IRVIN FIRE 2012 – Jabari Parker- (Duke,NBA) Jahlil Okafor- Duke future first overall pick, Cliff Alexander- Kansas Billy Garret Jr- DePaul Thomas Hamilton- DePaul
- CMH KANSAS CITY 1995 Mike Miller – (Kansas, NBA) Jaron Rush ( Missouri, NBA) Kareem Rush (UCLA, NBA)
Cory Maggette (Duke, NBA) Earl Watson ( UCLA, NBA) Maurice Evan -( Texas, NBA) - All-OHIO RED 2009 – Jared Sullinger – Ohio State, NBA. Aaron Craft – Ohio State. Adreian Payne – Michigan State – NBA. Juwan Staten – West Virginia. Jordan Sibert – Ohio State, Dayton.
– SPIECE INDY HEAT 2004 – Greg Oden (OSU, NBA) Josh McRoberts (Duke, NBA) Mike Conley (Ohio State, NBA) Daquan Cook (Ohio State, NBA) Eric Gordon (Indiana, NBA).