The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

NEXX Basketball, an organisation founded by Bahamian national team and former professional basketball player JR Cadot, will be launching his ‘Dream Again’ Basketball Camp next month.

Cadot, a former NCAA division one player at Texas Christian University in Dallas, Texas, who has since retired from playing professionally, will stage the camp from June 27 to July 15 at the Remnant Tabernacle of Praise Gymnasium on Carmichael Road.

However, Cadot said because space is limited due to the COVID-19 health and safety protocols, they will only be able to accommodate the first 70 boys and girls between the ages of 9-17 years.

Sponsored by Bahamas Faith Ministries, Aliv, Asa H Pritchard/Teatime and CP Louis Private Bus Co./Transit, the camp is designed to teach the fundamentals of the game with emphasis on individual offensive and defensive skills as well as teamwork.

“It’s a basketball camp for kids who are interested in learning the game,” Cadot said.

“We want to encourage, inspire and build young men and women on and off the court.

“The kids are our future and so we want to invest in them by providing them with the opportunity to teach them the skills that we have provided as pros,” he said.

Cadot, a devoted Christian, said his aim is to build from the foundation because he believes that “a house without a foundation, would eventually fall.

“So, we want to be able to teach them the proper skills so that they can build their own foundation going forward and be better prepared to become better basketball players.”

Having gone through the process himself, Cadot said he learned a little late in the game when he enrolled in Sheridan Junior College in Wyoming where he played from 2008-2010 that he realised how important it is to have that foundation.

He said he’s looking at several of his former teammates on the men’s national basketball team and those playing overseas as professionals to come in and assist, along with a former NBA Academy coach, whom he won’t name yet.

Through the camp, Cadot hopes to provide the exposure for the participants for several basketball scouts who either will be in town or will be viewing the camp online.

Each morning, the participants will go through their basketball drills. After a break, they will be instructed in some life skills experiences and the perspective from executives on why and what is needed for them to make the national teams.

At the end of the day, they will have friendly 5-on-5 full basketball games to make it a fun experience at the same time as they put into practice some of the lessons that they will be taught from the instructors. Interested persons are urged to contact Cadot at 535-9354 or email nexxtbasketball@gmail.com for more details.

The registration deadline is June 20.