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http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/9736402/American-kids-flunk-Basketball-101- Good article...

lmfao this is possibly the stupidest thread i've ever seen. You can say Jordan had Pippen but Kobe had Shaq and now Gasol. Not only did Jordan play in a completely different era but in a completely different game. It was a way more physical game where hand checks weren't called, and you had to earn your points. Also, think about the competition he had compared to what Kobe has to go through, not even close to each other. Jordan is better than Kobe, case closed.

As someone who played AAU ball for 2 years, I can say that this article is fairly accurate. Almost all of the drills for the teams I played on (as well as a couple of my friends teams) were offensive oriented. Defenses consisted of mostly man to man and some teams had a lackluster zone. On offense, rather than emphasizing the whole team, options are limited to a couple players at the most. Often those offensive sets consist of one or two players dribbling for 15 seconds and hucking up a contested shot. AAU is great if you want to learn how to be an offensive superstar, but useless if you want to be a defensive player and a good teammate.