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Played for the great, legendary Coach Ed Palubinskas of Olympic fame and college history. Ed Palubinskas set Olympic scoring records while playing for the Australian Olympic Basketball National Team and is well kwown for shooting accuracy so much that he tutored the great NBA Legend Shaquille O\\\'Neal while with the NBA\\\'s Los Angeles Lakers and currently the NBA World Champion Miami Heat! Ed Palubinskas was great to play for, he made me work really hard and taught me to shoot to convert and with accuracy! Ed Palubinskas is developer of \\\"The Smartball\\\" advertised on the NFL Network and ESPN. http://www.hoops227.atomicshops.com I can remember, as well as I\\\'m sure my teammates can recall \\\'Coach Palubinskas\\\' singling me out after practice to run sprints! I remember vividly \\\'Coach P\\\' stating to me \\\'on the line,\\\' over and over again, so many times that I soon understood how important the game was. The irony is that I didn\\\'t walk out of practice, I ran every sprint he demanded of me and I returned to practice the next day...the rest is history! The State of Idaho\\\'s leading scorer that year at 24 pts/gm. Hard work pays off!\\\" ---Coach Jamaal Al-Din Top Defensive Player at the University of Michigan Basketball Camp http://www.mgoblue.com All-State Varsity Basketball Mountain Home High School Averaged 24 pts/game as State\\\'s Leading Scorer Member of Idaho Sports Exchange Basketball Team which competed in Germany! The Idaho Sports Exchange was coached by Gary Buell of Idaho Falls High School and included former University of Idaho star and NFL player Yo Murphy! \\\"Yo was an even better basketball player, and just think, the whole time we competed in Germany, the guy never tied his shoes! I mean, he literally played with his shoes untied!\\\"---Coach Jamaal Al-Din Received the Treasure Valley Community College Coaches Award from Coach Drake Wallick Played for Coach Charlie Miller at West Virginia Wesleyan College Notable West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats: Press Maravich coached at West Virginia Wesleyan College before LSU. (He is the father of LSU, NCAA and NBA Hall of Famer, \\\"Pistol\\\" Pete Maravich!). Gave scholarship to Trent Whiting of Kuna High School who later attended and starred at University of Utah for Coach Rick Majerus and Brigham Young University. Appeared on Boise ESPN affiliate sports radio station, KTIK Radio in June of 2007, regarding basketball camps and clinics for youth in Boise, Idaho. 1st Annual Jamaal Al-Din\\\'s Hoops 227 Summer Basketball Camp recieved a positive review and was featured on Boise\\\'s ABC affiliate TV Station, KIVI Channel 6 News, which aired prior to game 4 of the 2007 NBA World Championship. Participants represented countries including, Somalia, Pakistan, Columbia, and the United States! Notable Mountain Home, Idaho High School Alumn: David Toy-played running back for the University of Washington and Coach Don James Maury Toy-played running back for UCLA and Coach Terry Donahue Gary Taylor-played defensive back at Stanford University Angela Taylor-played for NCAA National Women\\\'s Basketball Champion Standford Cardinal and currently works for the WNBA\\\'s Minnesota Linx. Brent Pease-former NFL Quarterback Coach Jamaal\\\'s fun facts: Attended Treasure Valley Community College with Alicia Kramer, daughter of for NFL Green Bay Packer and Hall of Famer, Jerry Kramer who now resides in Idaho. \\\"Jerry stays in the news, here in Idaho. I like him,\\\" says Jamaal. Had lunch with then Head Coach, Joe Wolf, of the NBDL\\\'s Idaho Stampede. Joe Wolf is a University of North Carolina Tar Heel Alumn. \\\"I had the filling shrimp skewers. And I believe Joe had the Triple Cheeseburger Round-House Combo Meal with Grade A fry sauce,\\\" exclaimed Al-Din. Met Bill Walton, the former NBA Hall of Famer, near the Boise Capital Building. \\\"This guy gave me his autograph and was sporting a hippie rainbow camouflage shirt and bandana. I swore The Beatles Ghost would assist him in signing his autograph for me,\\\" exclaimed Coach Jamaal. Coach Jamaal\\\'s God-Father is a graduate of The University of Michigan. Go Blue! Jamaal Al-Din\\\'s Hoops 227 is becoming recognized as Boise\\\'s youth basketball commodity for kids! Youth basketball camps and clinics, with tons of community support allows Jamaal to give FREE admittance into many of his camps, etc.! Coach Jamaal has received tremendous reviews from local Boise ABC TV Affiliate KIVI Channel 6 News, recently for his 1st Annual Hoops 227 Summer Camp when kids representing some five countrys attended- Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Columbia, and the United States!

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Kareem Abdul-jabbar, Nba/ncaa Greatness, and "the Skyhook!"
Kareem Abdul Jabbar's "Skyhook" is the mark of greatness! The "Skyhook" was perfected by Kareem, to propel him to NCAA and NBA greatness, multiple championships and the NBA's leading scorer. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and "The Skyhook"- A Perfect Match! Read
By: Jamaal Al-Din | 10/08/2008 | Basketball
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The Best Ncaa Basketball Coaches!
An exciting, creative basketball list and analogy of some of college basketball's (NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, etc.) greatest basketball coaches comprised by Coach Jamaal Al-Din of Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227- the everything basketball website! Read
By: Jamaal Al-Din | 05/08/2008 | Basketball
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2008 Nba-olympics Basketball!
Tune in, and watch the United States Basketball Team in the 2008 Olympics from Beijing China! Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227 says- "red, white and blue!" Read
By: Jamaal Al-Din | 24/07/2008 | Basketball
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Abc Boise Television Affiliate Kivi Channel 6 and Others Say Success for 1st Annual Jamaal Al-din's Hoops 227 Summer Basketball Camp!
Boise, Idaho's (2007) 1st Annual Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227 Summer Basketball Camp was a huge success. With community support from local area businesses to coverage of several media outlets, this could be a possible foreshadowing of things to come for the city of trees! Over 30 area sponsors support Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227 which boast a creative agenda of having 5 different countries represented in it's 1st annual summer basketball camp which was held at Boise's Owyhee Elementary. Read
By: Jamaal Al-Din | 24/07/2008 | Basketball