Twin Cities NBA players 2025-26 season includes 11 former metro boys basketball standouts on NBA rosters from Hopkins, Minnehaha Academy, Apple Valley and more.
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‘Basketball State’ champions MN hoops history
Gabe Hostetler’s documentary “Basketball State: The Land of 10,000 Hoops” pays tribute to Minnesota’s trailblazers in boys and girls basketball, and is set to stream on a streaming platform soon.
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Pro-Am League full of local talent
The Twin Cities Pro-Am at Minnehaha Academy showcased the metro area’s finest in collegiate and professional basketball.
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Former prep stars in the NBA
With NBA season upon us, this week’s column will feature a few former metro area high school players who are currently on league rosters.
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Former prep stars could impact NBA draft
Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area will definitely represent at the 2020 NBA draft.
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‘Fantastic Four’ prep photos of the week
Tyus Jones, shown here representing Apple Valley in the 2013 boys’ basketball state tournament, recently started his fourth NBA season as a 6’2” point guard for the Timberwolves.
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‘Fab Five’ prep stars of the week
This week’s “Fab Five” photos feature five boys’ basketball players — Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham Hall), Tre Jones (Apple Valley), Tyrell Terry (DeLaSalle), Wendell Matthews (Columbia Heights) and Lu’Cye Patterson (Brooklyn Center) — who played well in the boys’ basketball tournament a couple of weeks ago. Cretin-Derham Hall won the Class AAAA title; Apple Valley was runner-up; Columbia Heights place second in AAA competition; DeLaSalle emerged as […]
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Three prep stars garner success
It’s been quite a summer for three of the state’s top prep basketball players. One made a verbal commitment to play in college while two others led the USA to gold while establishing themselves among the nations’ top prospects. Here is a quick recap of their accomplishments! Tre Jones Jones, the top-rated point guard in […]