YoungBuckets AAU

YB 2030 and 2031 teams are looking for Forwards/Bigs to run with us for our July tournaments. If you are interested please shoot me a DM!

With all the kids committing to middle schools and high schools now I decided to do something special. We are headed to Sarasota for vacation this week. My wife isn’t in this pic but she went to Furman so she will be fine.

We brought two rivals together and put them on the same team. Masterpiece 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽👌🏽

As I reflect on last weekend for 2029 at Adidas, 2030/2031 at MSCS, 2032 (new team) at KB sports. I realize it isn’t always bad to leave a tournament with wounds and battle scars. If you really play high level AAU you won’t go undefeated. In a world of AAU where everyone wants exposure, early offers that don’t exist, and whatever other “glory”, I think I have found my niche in this game. I want to bring high level basketball to Northeast Georgia by playing and performing against the best competition in the world. I want to provide the kids with the best platform I possibly can without giving into unnecessary expectations. I want to genuinely appreciate the people who want to be here and stay far away from the ones that don’t. This isn’t my career, I put far more $ into this than I’ll ever get out. But at the end of the day, if I know I pushed a group of kids to be better basketball players and humans. I am winning. We just want to provide a solid place for kids to get better in all aspects of life and sports without turning this into a “money grab”. We have kids who will get the right offers in due time, we also have kids that will have great lives beyond basketball. Thank you to all of the players and parents who appreciate YB. You guys make my time worth it.. Off till July!

I can’t post my big 3 without posting the 4th founder of YB. my dawg from day 1. This dude is my OG big man. Now days you will still see him sitting on our bench watching games here and there. We have had some good times. I will always have love for Ja and his parents 🤞🏽

YB wouldn’t exist without the boys in this picture. This is my big 3. Although we split up, I love these boys and I will cherish every memory we made over 4 years. It’s always good to see some of my guys at these events. I miss every kid who used to go to war with me 😤🤞🏽

You will never catch our teams ducking from smoke. Our program is the standard for Northeast Georgia..

We had a full circle life moment this weekend. Cole, my little undersized guard who ALWAYS managed to play up a grade decided to come suit up for coach Cross again one last time. This kid has always been a hooper and it’s crazy seeing him all grown up. I have learned in AAU you have 2 types of people. Loyal ones, and people who stab you in the back. This kid and his parents have been “coach cross” supporters since day 1 and idk if they will ever know how much that means to me. .brooks1 I have had a hell of a time coaching you and I really got to enjoy seeing you play this weekend in the Live period. I can’t wait to see all of the things you accomplish as an adult and I can’t wait to answer any questions you may ever have about life. This is why I coach. This is why I exist. You my dawg for life twin 🤞🏽🫱🏾‍🫲🏽