HoopKidz/HoopElite Basketball is the premier Washington, DC area Basketball instruction and training program. Over 15,000 trainees!
For both Boys & Girls, Ages 3 thru College level, HK/HE conducts instruction, training, Clinics, & Summer Camps.
12/04/2025
We're back for 2026! The Georgia Interstate HS Basketball Classic returns to Athens, GA on Saturday, January 10th 2026 with some of the Best Boys Basketball teams in Georgia meeting up to establish Basketball supremacy! Woodward Academy, Cedar Shoals, Etowah, Paideia plus NC's Victory Christian (Charlotte) and more!
10/21/2024
The hidden NIL economy of college sports College athletes are finally getting paid. But how? And how much? A Post analysis of $125 million in payments reveals the patterns and disparities of a murky NIL market.
10/11/2024
National Signing Day did not die — it may be its most thrilling yet The NCAA Division I Committee eliminated the National Letter of Intent program on Wednesday, leaving questions about the future.
I've sat down to write this easily a hundred times since the passing of Coach Butch McAdams, my Mentor, Friend and first 'Basketball Advocate". This has just been a really hard thing to do. It's the end of an Era for many of us of a certain age. With Coach becoming an Ancestor , it's a realization that many of the real Basketball Men are now gone. He was the 'Keeper Of The Flame of D.C. Basketball'. He was it's Basketball Historian, X & O guy, Coach and Advisor, Teacher and Radio Personality.
Like some many Young Players in D.C., Coach McAdams literally picked me off the Playground at Ft. Stevens (Luzon) when I was 13 years old and told me I could be a "great player one day". In those days, Butch could literally put a player on the Basketball Map by validating you. He knew all the developing players in the D.C. area and Coached the best selection of Jr. High School age kids via his St. Paul and Augustine Church teams. Being chosen for those teams was one of my first Basketball highlights. He often reminded me that I walked in the Gym and told him that "there wasn't a better player in there than me" (I didn't remember that lol). From that Coaching and early guidance, Coach became my Advisor and Friend. He has been involved in my every major life decision since. Where I went to High School, College, Work/Career and Marriage were all done with his advice and Counsel.
What I'm most proud about our relationship over the years is the respect he returned me for my Counsel later as I became an Adult. I was a Guest on Radio Show 15, maybe 20 times over the years. He had me lecture at Maret, work with and help his Nephew get a Basketball scholarship. Coach often called me to ask my opinion on Players and Coaches. Most importantly, Coach showed me and all my Basketball contemporaries how to live. How to respect others, how to present ourselves and how to make the best of what we had.
Coach was my first Guest on the Basketball Radio Show I began in 2010. It was only fitting since he was at the beginning of everything Basketball for me.
Sending my Prayers and Condolences to his Wife, Sister and extended Family. Coach, Thank You. Well earned, Well Done...
02/17/2024
Saddened to hear this morning of the passing of Charles 'Lefty' Driesell. Lefty goes rightfully so to take his place among the Basketball Ancestors. A Coach, Ambassador of the Game and the Best Recruiter in College Basketball, Coach Driesell was a Basketball Influencer of Highest Order. Appreciation for our conversations and his advice. Prayers and Condolences for Chuck and Family. Rest In Paradise Coach...
12/05/2023
NCAA proposal would allow schools to pay their athletes directly The proposed economic model could transform college athletics by furthering the divide between well-resourced schools and everybody else.
07/16/2023
The NBA Wants Your Attention All Year Long Las Vegas Summer League, NBA Con, and the newly announced In-Season Tournament are making the NBA a year-round product.
07/12/2023
Kyrie Irving Signs New Signature Shoe Deal With ANTA - Boardroom Kyrie Irving has landed a new deal with Anta. Nick DePaula has the latest on one of footwear's most influential athlete's recent move
07/11/2023
NBA: No Full Team Ownership By Sovereign Wealth Funds Adam Silver says the NBA still wants teams to be controlled by individuals as foreign money pours into American sports.
07/01/2023
HILLSMAN HEAVY: Final June Basketball 6/30/2023 June basketball is in the books in Georgia, as summer leagues and play dates all wrapped up this week. All in all, Georgia did another wonderful job with the month of June from the GBCA and On The …