Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Davon Reed, one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2013 out of the Princeton (N.J.) Day School, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG heading into his senior season. Here’s his third entry:
What is up, fans?
It has been a long summer. The second half of my summer has been hectic, to say the least.
After Kevin Durant Skills Academy I followed by journeying to Las Vegas for Lebron James Skills Academy. That was such an exciting and humbling experience. I got to match up against the best competition in the country at every position. I did my thing while I was out there, really igniting my July.
The greatest part about Lebron camp was getting a once and a lifetime chance to watch the Olympic team practice in person. It was just so amazing to see so much talent on the floor at once and everyone playing so hard as if they wanted to prove the were the best on the court.
It really motivated me to try and bring that same approach to the court for the rest of the summer. Following Lebron Camp my tour continued to DC where I participated in Skills University.
This camp was the start to the live period where coaches could officially come and watch us play. There were tons of coaches from all over to come and watch the talent. The camp was another great opportunity and being able to play in front of the coaches just made it that much better.
Next up was possibly the biggest event of the whole summer; EYBL Nike Peach Jam. During Peach Jam our Team Final squad lost our opening two games. We pulled together and quickly turned the tide running through our next three games; but it would not be a strong enough effort make it out of pool play.
Upset with the underachievement we had to turn the reset button on and journey to Atlantic City for the AC Live tourney. This tourney was also filled with a great amount of talented teams and players and again we fell short in the quater-finals.
Although we didn’t win a much as I’m sure we all wanted to, it was a great two years playing with Team Final. I really developed and grew with some great teammates that I can now call my friends.
I’m so thankful to have been a part of every tournament, camp, etc. in all areas through out the country. Now with about a month left in the summer I plan on implementing everything I have learned this summer into my game and continuing to master my craft.
As far as my college process, I’m still figuring out as much as possible about each of my final schools. I will most likely be narrowing my list down again within the next few weeks.
Once I take my official visits to those select schools, I feel I will be more than comfortable enough to make a decision on where I want to attend school.
Follow Davon Reed on Twitter
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Davon Reed, one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2013 out of the Princeton (N.J.) Day School, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG heading into his senior season. Here’s his third entry:
What is up, fans?
It has been a long summer. The second half of my summer has been hectic, to say the least.
After Kevin Durant Skills Academy I followed by journeying to Las Vegas for Lebron James Skills Academy. That was such an exciting and humbling experience. I got to match up against the best competition in the country at every position. I did my thing while I was out there, really igniting my July.
The greatest part about Lebron camp was getting a once and a lifetime chance to watch the Olympic team practice in person. It was just so amazing to see so much talent on the floor at once and everyone playing so hard as if they wanted to prove the were the best on the court.
It really motivated me to try and bring that same approach to the court for the rest of the summer. Following Lebron Camp my tour continued to DC where I participated in Skills University.
This camp was the start to the live period where coaches could officially come and watch us play. There were tons of coaches from all over to come and watch the talent. The camp was another great opportunity and being able to play in front of the coaches just made it that much better.
Next up was possibly the biggest event of the whole summer; EYBL Nike Peach Jam. During Peach Jam our Team Final squad lost our opening two games. We pulled together and quickly turned the tide running through our next three games; but it would not be a strong enough effort make it out of pool play.
Upset with the underachievement we had to turn the reset button on and journey to Atlantic City for the AC Live tourney. This tourney was also filled with a great amount of talented teams and players and again we fell short in the quater-finals.
Although we didn’t win a much as I’m sure we all wanted to, it was a great two years playing with Team Final. I really developed and grew with some great teammates that I can now call my friends.
I’m so thankful to have been a part of every tournament, camp, etc. in all areas through out the country. Now with about a month left in the summer I plan on implementing everything I have learned this summer into my game and continuing to master my craft.
As far as my college process, I’m still figuring out as much as possible about each of my final schools. I will most likely be narrowing my list down again within the next few weeks.
Once I take my official visits to those select schools, I feel I will be more than comfortable enough to make a decision on where I want to attend school.
Follow Davon Reed on Twitter
