NBA Past, Present and Future?

by Aggrey Sam After flying out to DC last Tuesday and stopping by my grandmother’s crib, I made the drive to Charlottesville, Va., for the NBPA Top 100 Camp, which I attended two summers ago and is probably my favorite event of the AAU/camp circuit. This year promised to be the same, as the group assembled at the University of Virginia featured the cream of the crop across the nation in the Classes of 2010 and 2011. Needless to say, I was excited. The best thing about the camp, however, as corny is it sounds, takes place off the court. Current and retired pros were there in abundance, and the time they put in with the kids was quite admirable. From guys like Mo Evans, Carl Landry, Ryan Bowen, Donyell Marshall, Lindsay Hunter and Mark Blount (the latter two really got into it) among others, helping out some of the nation’s top high school coaches on the sidelines, to former NBA players like Tim McCormick and Purvis Short running the show (with help from Dave Telep of Scou...