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Blue Chip Jr NBA Championship – All-Star Weekend – Winter Season – Tryouts!

Congrats to the Blue Chip Jr NBA 2020 Fall Championship Teams!!

Great job competing players and coaches. Good job cheering and not coaching from the stands to the parents! Games were intense, zero technical fouls, winners and losers showed great sportsmanship!

Congrats to the League Champions!

High School Champions – Heat

Check out the dramatic finish! 12 seconds left Suns with 2 point lead…….

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14U Champions – Timberwolves
12U Champions – Lakers

12U Championship Game – Exciting from beginning to end!

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10U Champions – Warriors

FINAL RESULTS

ALL-STARS

Great games by players showcasing their skills on All-Star Saturday. Congrats to this seasons All-Stars and we look forward to seeing you represent Blue Chip in our regional leagues, club games and tournaments!

10U All-Stars

10U Blue

#PlayerPosition
0JaSim Rice1 Guard
6Kendall CruzForward-Center
7Rhett Durden1 Guard
9Cayden AlvarezSmall Forward
33Jaidyn WhiteSmall Forward
71Jason Gillespie1 Guard

10U Skills Champ
Jason Gillespie

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10U 3 Point Champ
KJ Jones (Sudden Death Win Over Jaidyn White)

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12U All-Stars

12U White

#PlayerPosition
18Liam ChapmanSmall Forward
19Cooper GreerCenter, Small Forward
30Nathan Li1 Guard
58Coady SheilsPower Forward
75Israel Garza-TongeForward-Center
87Connor YatesSmall Forward

12U 3 Skills Champ
Connor Yates

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12U 3 Point Champ
Dylan Scheets

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14U All-Stars

14U Blue

#PlayerPosition
9Krishiv Singh2 Guard, Guard
40Jesus Rice1 Guard
48Ethan Young1 Guard, Power Forward
53Jack ProtivaSmall Forward
80Michael ShawPower Forward

14U 3 Skills Champ
Jagger Hamilton

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14U 3 Point Champ
Jesus Rice

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Photos of the Season

WINTER REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Register now for Winter (Jan-Feb) season activities. This is an especially important part of the season as as soon as teams are formed they can immediately start practices as Winter season basketball activities for many players is usually team preparation for AAU Spring /Summer tournament season as well as our normally very active recreational/competitive Spring Jr NBA Season (Mar-May)

It looks like we will enter our teams into the North Florida Basketball League. Our teams that have Rec/developmental competitive players will play in Division 2 and 3 of the league and wear our 2020 Uniform.

Division 1 & Tournament Teams

Our Division 1/Tournament teams will play in NFBL Division 1 as well as Club v Club games and local tournaments to prep for spring AAU Season starting in March. They will wear our 2021 tournament uniform.

Our top 10, 7 & 8th grade players, will get an amazing opportunity to play for a special invite only Spring AAU program coached by Creekside Basketball’s coaching staff, which is a part of our new HS prep/feeder program.

We currently have a full 14U tournament Team and are currently assembling all ages and grades from 4-10th to start tournament play this spring or to develop as our tournament teams for 2021/22.

To tryout to be a part of the Blue Chip Tournament player pool (Gym practices currently $150/mo) fill out our player info form here:

If you were selected to the All-Star game for Spring or Fall 2020 you should tryout!

Coach Laettner and BC Staff review player information submissions and will inform players of the next tryout opportunity or recommend next best steps.

Blue Chip Jr NBA Update

WINTER REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Register now for Winter (Jan-Feb) season activities. This is an especially important part of the season as as soon as teams are formed they can immediately start practices as Winter season basketball activities for many players is usually team preparation for AAU Spring /Summer tournament season as well as our normally very active recreational/competitive Spring Jr NBA Season (Mar-May)

AMAZING FINISH TO OUR GAME OF THE WEEK

Great rematch game between last year’s Championship game. Check out the last 30 seconds for an amazing finish!

Standings and Leaderboards

Photos of the Season Updated Weekly

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Blue Chip Jr NBA Update

Opening Weekend Preseason Update

Another weekend of fun games with passionate players, coaches and fans competing and playing hard!

We typically follow the rules guidelines established by USA Basketball – Jr NBA but have been tweaking the rules this season since we have more of a mix of rec and competitive teams who are usually better separated into 2 divisions of 4 or more. This season we have 5-7 team division configurations with some teams being formed and brought by coaches and other teams with a mix of new and experienced players assigned to coaches by the league. We are trying to allow the competitive teams to play at their level while trying to provide a competitive balance for newer less experienced players at the 12U and below levels.

It seems like it is a split on deciding what is best when dealing with full court press and using zone defense schemes. In general USA basketball directs most 12U and below activity be limited to man to man defense only and no to limited full court defense. The reasoning is to allow the developing players to apply their skillset and athleticism to compete vs using coaching schemes to exploit weak players with traps, double teams and zones that most players at that age are not physically developed enough to overcome. Once players get to 13/14 they are usually physically developed enough to be able to make passes that can overcome traps and double teams. At this level Coaches should manage subs and encourage the players, not admonishing their players and whining to the refs.

For teams with 10U-12U players with lots of experience and exceptional skill, we prefer them to play normal basketball rules to prepare them for higher level basketball, so for coaches we will have a Zoom meeting to discuss Monday night 10/19 8pm

https://zoom.us/j/9046147219

When we are out of the COVID pandemic and back to a normal season we will have fully formed competitive and rec divisions.

COVID-19 Procedures

Please remember that we must comply with SJCS guidelines that we established in our facilities use contract so please do not jeopardize our opportunity to play in an amazing gym. If you are sick please stay home and if you come to the facility you must complete the COVID certificate before entering and wear a mask unless you are an active participant.

On your device go to bluechipelite.com/covid to get your certificate each time you enter.

All Games On Youtube

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Standings and Leaderboards

Photos of the Week

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Blue Chip Jr NBA Weekly Update

Opening Weekend Preseason Update

Lots of exciting games for the first week of Fall Season with several buzzer-beaters and close games. There were a few lopsided games but the losing teams continued to battle to the end and we look forward to them getting more practice in and competing harder to get regular-season wins and place well for the championship tournament.

Coaches, please continue to be cognizant of the fact that this season there is more mixing of competitive and recreational players on our teams, with some teams having more, newer to basketball, recreational players, so please watch the sportsmanship. Lets work as a basketball family, looking to provide the best competitive experience for all our players. Our most skilled competitive players will have the opportunity to represent Blue Chip and compete against fully competitive teams from other clubs and academies across North Florida.

When we are out of the COVID pandemic and back to a normal season we will have fully formed competitive and rec divisions.

COVID-19 Procedures

Please remember that we must comply with SJCS guidelines that we established in our facilities use contract so please do not jeopardize our opportunity to play in an amazing gym. If you are sick please stay home and if you come to the facility you must complete the COVID certificate before entering and wear a mask unless you are an active participant.

On your device go to bluechipelite.com/covid to get your certificate each time you enter.

Clips of the Week

3 Point shot FTW by Jaidyn White

Dunk by Jorden Flowers

Standings and Leaderboards

Photos of the Week

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Blue Chip Jr NBA Summer Season Wrap Up!

10 Weeks ago we were unsure if we were going to be able to get a full season of basketball in for our players. But thanks to our amazing players, coaches, parents, staff and fans we made it! Along with the normal challenges that running a youth sports organization presents…. In 9 weeks during this delayed season full of unprecedented new challenges we

  • Had 34 awesome teams
  • Approximately 615 practices dealing with terrible summer weather
  • 162 games with many exciting endings
  • 9,256 COVID tool checkins
  • Thanks to our diligent face cover wearing spectators and staff we had no reported COVID-19 infections traced back to any of our events.
  • An awesome playoff weekend with little conflict, besides intense competition.
  • Incredible All-Star event with our top 30% players playing their hearts out.

Thanks again to everyone involved and we hope you continue to join us in making the basketball experience for our community’s youth athletes so good that they choose the game of basketball as their #1 sport!

THE NETS
THE TIMBERWOLVES
THE KINGS
THE HEAT

BLUE CHIP ALL-STAR GAME

Coach Laettner enjoyed watching and evaluating the top 30% performing players for Summer season. We had visits from school coaches scouting players and watching game tape. Great job to the players for giving us more exciting games for us to watch!

16U GAME WINNERS
16U GAME WINNERS
12U GAME WINNERS
10U GAME WINNERS

Blue Chip Elite Player Pool Tryout Invites!

Coach Laettner and staff are almost finished with season evaluations and will be sending tryout invites to our players who are basketball focused and want to improve their game, play in more competitive teams, divisions and represent Blue Chip at North Florida AAU tournaments and potentially play on our flagship teams. Only select players will receive an invite so keep an eye out for an email late Monday evening for a Thursday tryout. Check your spam and if your player doesn’t receive an invite tell them to work harder next season and stand out from the crowd with their sills and fundamental skills and teamwork. For players who think they should have been invited or already have tournament experience fill out a tryout form here and we may queue you up for our next open tryout.

For those who may not be familiar with Coach Laettner and the tremendous opportunity our player has by having him as part of our community for at least the next 5 years: (he wouldn’t like us to brag on him but he’s)

  • Widely regarded as having one of, if not, the most successful NCAA Division 1 careers ever, playing at Duke, appearing in 4 Final Fours and winning back to back National Championships
  • Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame with the Olympic Gold Medal winning Dream Team
  • Played against Michael Jordan in the “Greatest Game Nobody Ever Saw”
  • Played 180+ games with Jordan as his teammate and played with and against many NBA legends over a 13 year career.
  • NBA All-Star
  • Was the original StretchBig
  • Coach K, one of the most well renown and highest paid coaches in the history of basketball has said Christian Laettner was the smartest player he has ever coached
  • Was a product of basketball development camps and training.

    Considering Coach Laettner’s many years of executing core basketball fundamentals, teaching and coaching the things he learned from Coach K and the NBA teams and legends he has played with and against… There really is no one better in the country, much less North Florida, to lead our coaches and develop the players on how to play the game physically and mentally.

    We are very fortunate to have such an incredible basketball resource living right here in our community who has really taken to the mission we established with the Blue Chip Basketball Association less than a year ago.

Fall Registration OPEN NOW!

Photos of the Week

Lots of Playoff and All-Star photos just posted!

Blue Chip Jr NBA Weekly Update

TOURNAMENT BRACKETS POSTED!

BLUE CHIP ALL-STAR GAME

Our Director of Coaching and Basketball Development, Coach Christian Laettner, and Staff is looking forward to watching the best ballers in the league compete on All-Star Sunday 8/30.

Player invites will be sent directly to players by Wednesday evening.

This event is designed to showcase and prepare our players for upper-level competitive play and tournaments so the games will be AAU/USAB tournament format of four 8 minute quarters with dead ball clock stoppage.

Players on the winning teams will be declared our Blue Chip All-Stars for this season and will be posted on social media and our websites. We also know our Blue Chip, Middle School, and High School Coaches will be watching in person and on our game tape.

ALL entrants, except those ages 8 and under, will need a $5 ticket to participate or spectate. any proceeds from this event will be placed in the set aside for hardship scholarships that will help fund exceptional student-athletes whose families have come under a demonstrated financial hardship. We currently have $180 in the account as a donation from an awesome family whose player could not attend our summer camp but refused a refund. We are blessed to have such a giving community!

This will be a very exciting and fun event. If we have extra time at half we will also have contests for spectators. Tickets will be released by this Friday.

Game Times will be: 10U @ 1pm – 12U @ 2PM – 14U @ 3pm – 16U @ 4pm

GotNEXT!

Another amazing GotNEXT NBA2k Style Streetball Tournament with some of the top ballers in North Florida!

Check out 904 Bucket’s back to back championship winning 3

Fall Registration OPEN NOW!

Photos of the Week

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Blue Chip Jr NBA Fall Registration is Open. Playoffs & All-Star Game info!

Registration for fall is now open! Register now for 10% discount until Sunday, Aug 16th @1pm

JrNBA Playoffs will begin Friday, August 28th and Run Through the Weekend.

Teams will be seeded based on their regular-season record and the tournament will be single elimination.

All-Star teams will be announced Aug 24th and will play in the All-Star Game at the conclusion of the Jr NBA Tournament, which looks to be late Sunday afternoon-evening. Exact times are TBA. Players are chosen based on Season Evaluation, Coach feedback, skill rank at their current natural position and availability.

This should be a super fun event for us to watch as this season’s best players will showcase their skills for our community and our AAU Club, Middle and High School Coaches. This will be a very competitive event and will follow AAU/USAB guidelines with four 8 minute periods w/ dead ball clock stoppages.

This is a free event for our players and $5 for all spectators

Blue Chip Jr NBA Weekly Update

GotNEXT!

Check out the last-second winning shot!

Next tournament date:

BLUE CHIP ALL-STAR GAME

Our Director of Coaching and Basketball Development, Coach Christian Laettner, and Staff have been evaluating players on game day, through tape and feedback from coaches and we are planning on having a Blue Chip All-Star game day at the end of the season. It should be super fun and will be a chance for Coach Laettner to come in and watch all of our top players show off their skills. More details to come.

Fall Registration Information COMING SOON!

Coaching Certification and Interest

We are back in the process of developing our coach certification program and working on training our Jr NBA rec coaches with basic certification and also developing volunteer and paid staff who want to gym train and practice weekly and coach up our teams of players out of the player pool who will be competing in local & AAU tournaments and leagues throughout the coming year. If you have an interest please email us for the next steps in your coaching path with Blue Chip Elite.

Standings and Leaderboards

Photos of the Week

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Game Videos

Blue Chip Jr NBA Weekly Update

GotNEXT UPDATE!

Currently, the 8-10pm slot this Thursday is secured by 7-8th grade does not turn 15 by Sept 1st division. The 6-8 slot is still waiting to be taken. We have a 5-6th grade not older than 13 by Sept 1st team in and some players looking for a team. So High Schoolers or another set of Middle Schoolers could jump in and grab it so spread the word. Lots of people have sent us messages saying they are going to pull up, but it’s based on who completes registration first.

CONGRATS! 18U Champions – The Warriors

There were a ton of barn burners in 18U division this year and playoff weekend was no exception. Sunday was amazing and The Warriors played back to back and were able to outlast the FC Rattlers to win the trophy. This is a great group players that we enjoyed watching and developing over the years and it is bittersweet to see so many of our 18U players now moving on to College and their adult lives. Good luck to you all and we hope to see some of you back as coaches in the league soon! Check out their exciting championship game below.

Coach Farewell

It was an emotional weekend as we had to say goodbye to one of our long time coaches Todd Mullins and his wife Cami and sons Brody and Champ. Blue Chip would not be on the path it is without the passion that Coach Todd poured into these players. Wish Todd well as he moves back to his hometown in Indiana to take care of his elderly father and we hope that we will see him back on our courts coaching at some time in the future.

We will miss you!!

BLUE CHIP ALL-STAR GAME

Our Director of Coaching and Basketball Development, Coach Christian Laettner, and Staff have been evaluating players on game day, through tape and feedback from coaches and we are planning on having a Blue Chip All-Star game day at the end of the season. It should be super fun and will be a chance for Coach Laettner to come in and watch all of our top players show off their skills. More details to come.

Fall Registration Information COMING SOON!

Coaching Certification and Interest

We are back in the process of developing our coach certification program and working on training our Jr NBA rec coaches with basic certification and also developing volunteer and paid staff who want to gym train and practice weekly and coach up our teams of players out of the player pool who will be competing in local & AAU tournaments and leagues throughout the coming year. If you have an interest please email us for the next steps in your coaching path with Blue Chip Elite.

Standings and Leaderboards

Photos of the Week

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Game Videos

Blue Chip Jr NBA Weekly Update

Livestream Status

We spent most of Monday at the school working on the wifi connection and looks like they have our access working. No Guarantees, but we should finally be good to go for this weekend, so thanks for your patience!

COVID-19

We have had a very smooth process using the temp check-in and COVID tool station. Most non-participants have complied with mask-wearing in the facility. A few non-participants have decided not to wear masks or act annoyed with compliance. Please help the volunteer personnel have a pleasant time during you and your guest’s arrival. Make sure everyone has prefilled out their tool and has a mask and wears it when spectating. If you don’t feel well, stay home. Players who are not in the current game should be wearing masks. The schools monitor our activities by CCTV and our contract with them, to be able to use the facilities, requires us to follow CDC guidelines and specific procedures, so please do not be the one sour apple that ruins the batch!

Some of Coach Laettner’s Game Tape Comments

Great offensive sequence below by Blue team. Nice organization, no rush, good composure. they move the ball around with very little dribbling, they fill their spots, and end up with a give and go against a zone leading to layup. Outstanding!

Excellent zone offense below……white team makes 4 passes without the ball hitting the floor. Players are cutting (which moves the defense) and then a cut and replace to the 3pt line and an easy-open jumper is made. Very nice!

Coach Laettner Quote

“I can tell if good or bad basketball is being played without even entering a gym. While I am outside listening, if I hear more shoe squeaks than dribbling, it’s usually going to be good basketball. If I hear more dribbles than shoe squeaks, it’s almost always bad basketball.”

Standings and Leaderboards

Photos of the Week

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Game Videos