Few names outside of coaching circles knew of the name Takayo Siddle prior to last season.

To put it bluntly, Anthony Tarke wasn’t prominent on the basketball radar a year ago. Nobody is blunter with that assessment than Tarke himself.

This summer was a huge one for KK Robinson. The six-foot point guard picked up several offers and showed the Nike EYBL circuit that he is for real. 

Downtime isn’t really something that exists in the basketball odyssey of CSKA Moscow forward, budding filmmaker, and hoop ambassador Kyle Hines.

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — From Andrew Wiggins to Jamal Murray to R.J. Barrett, Canada has had a steady pipeline of high-major Division I and NBA talent in recent years.

FC Barcelona Lassa survived a do-or-die situation in its best-of-five EuroLeague Playoffs series against Anadolu Efes Istanbul with an 82-72 home win in Game 4 to set up a do-or-die battle for the fourth and last Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four spot at Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul on Wednesday. 

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Nimari Burnett showcased himself in front of a who’s who of college coaches this past weekend at the Nike EYBL stop here as his recruitment continues to take off.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Jabri Abdur-Rahim is a veteran of USA Basketball Junior National Team mini-camps, and the 6-foot-7, 200-pound wing from Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, enjoyed his latest experience last week at the Final Four.

TINTON FALLS, N.J. — Scottie Lewis, the 6-foot-5 wing from the Ranney (N.J.) School and the Team Rio AAU program, is focusing on two SEC schools at this point — Florida and Kentucky — but has no timetable for a decision.

NEW YORK — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim believes Darius Bazley would have helped his NBA stock rise more by spending the upcoming season playing for the Orange in the ultra-competitive Atlantic Coast Conference instead of opting not to play organized ball at all.

Kentucky and Duke both went undefeated on their recent foreign trips, with the Wildcats going 4-0 in the Bahamas and the Blue Devils 3-0 in Canada.

Adam Zagoria will write a weekly column for FloHoops.com. His first story deals with Naismith Hall of Famer Larry Brown, a basketball lifer who can't quit the game at 77.

When James Bouknight went down with a torn left meniscus in January at the Hoophall Classic, he wasn't sure when he would be able to return to the court.

Jalen Lecque won't be on the recruiting trail for the final NCAA evaluation period this week, but he remains in high demand for college coaches.

AUGUSTA, Georgia — A who's who of big-time Division I coaches turned out Friday afternoon to watch Mark "Rocket" Watts of The Family Detroit at Peach Invitational.