Krysten Peek has been covering high school and grassroots basketball for the past seven years for Rivals.com. In this series, she takes us back to when some of the NBA’s biggest stars were just getting started in high school.
Zion Williamson and LaMelo Ball, two players who garnered immense pre-NBA hype, faced off in an AAU blockbuster that is perhaps the greatest grassroots basketball game of all time.
It was July 2017 and near the end of the AAU season. Adidas held its final tournament at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas, and Zion vs.