In His embrace, I find unbounded grace,A life bestowed, a gift from realms divine,With gratitude, I see each smiling face,My family, a treasure, pure and fine. The days we share, a tapestry so bright,Woven with love, by fate’s own skillful hand,As laughter, love, tears, and dreams taking flight,Thy blessings, Lord, in every moment stand. ThroughContinue reading “Thy Blessings, Lord”
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That’s okay.
Over the past few years, as I’ve wrestled with my mental health, I’ve learned a valuable lesson: Sometimes in life, no matter how hard you try, you aren’t enough. And that is okay.
LinkedIn at Midnight
“And the Sun Devils tack on the extra point, making it 41-14 late in the fourth quart…” **Click** Art turns off his TV, scribbles some game notes in an old spiral notebook. It’s the same notebook he’s recorded thousands of other box scores in from his time as SUU’s gameday announcer. Once hailed as theContinue reading “LinkedIn at Midnight”
Counseling An Increasingly Diverse Body of Student-Athletes
Student-athlete counselors are essential to the intercollegiate athletic experience for student-athletes, as academic athletic values have been found to be mutually reinforcing (Simon, 2008). Because of the mutually beneficial relationship that athletics and academics boast for many student-athletes, competent and effective counseling for student-athletes is essential to ensure the success of student-athletes, who have demandingContinue reading “Counseling An Increasingly Diverse Body of Student-Athletes”
2021 NBA Draft Diary
Joined by my favorite basketball minds, I give you the first annual Hayden Coombs draft diary. Our draft day roster includes:– Hayden Coombs: Your host and resident NBA Draft guru.– Skyler Coombs: My big brother, who is much more rational with ACC love than I am.– Bryson Lester: Comm director for the Big Sky, loverContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Diary”
NBA Draft Experts 2021 First Round Mock Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of first round 2021 NBA mock drafts from six draft experts. And, yes, I did just describe myself as a draft expert.
2021 Final NBA Draft Mock
Round 1 # Team Player H P Team 1 DET Cade Cunningham 6-8 G Oklahoma St. 2 HOU Jalen Green 6-6 G G-League 3 CLE Evan Mobley 7-0 F/C USC 4 TOR Jalen Suggs 6-4 G Gonzaga 5 ORL Scottie Barnes 6-9 F Florida St. 6 OKC James Bouknight 6-5 G UConn 7 GS JonathanContinue reading “2021 Final NBA Draft Mock”
2021 NBA Draft Tiers
Tier 1: Potential All-NBA PlayersCade CunninghamEvan MobleyJalen Green Tier 2: Potential All-StarsScottie BarnesJalen SuggsJonathan KumingaAlperen Sengun Tier 3: Potential High-Level StartersJames BouknightKeon JohnsonFranz WagnerJosh GiddeyMoses MoodyDavion MitchellJalen Johnson Tier 4: Potential Rotation Players/StartersCorey KispertUsman GarubaZiaire WilliamsIsaiah JacksonJosh CristopherJT ThorKai JonesTrey MurphyJosh PrimoMiles McBrideIsaiah ToddDaishen NixDay’Ron SharpeJared ButlerBrandon Boston Jr.Bones HylandRokas JokubaitisTrey Murphy IIIVrenz Bleijenbergh TierContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Tiers”
2021 NBA Draft Mock 1.5 – Post-Combine
Round 1 # Team Player H P Team 1 DET Cade Cunningham 6-8 G Oklahoma St. 2 HOU Evan Mobley 7-0 F/C USC 3 CLE Jalen Green 6-6 G G-League 4 TOR Jalen Suggs 6-4 G Gonzaga 5 ORL Scottie Barnes 6-9 F Florida St. 6 OKC Jonathan Kuminga 6-6 F G-League 7 GS JamesContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Mock 1.5 – Post-Combine”
2021 NBA Draft Combine Losers
Greg Brown: I have mixed feelings on Brown because during measurements and athletic testing, he looked amazing. In fact, prior to the 5-on-5 games, I had him as a major riser because he looked like an elite, explosive athlete. While he is those things, he was so bad in 5-on-5, I couldn’t imagine any GMContinue reading “2021 NBA Draft Combine Losers”
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