Inside the Shadowy Youth Basketball Talent Factories
- American youth basketball relies on a talent pipeline funded by sneaker and apparel companies like Nike and Under Armour.
- Filmmaker Mike Nicoll spent years exploring the ins and outs of that world for a new documentary, ‘The Spoils.’
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Team Fermin, the AAU program idealized by Pocono Mountain Wes great Christian Fermin, has practice at West High School on May 21, 2024