Category Archives: Prep Stars

Tony Wroten Jr. Becomes the Huskies Most Highly Touted Recruit Ever

Tony Wroten Jr. verbally committed to the University of Washington during his press conference at Garfield High School yesterday. I decided not to make any posts prior to this monumental day in Husky history. My last post on Tony Wroten stirred ...

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Phillip “The Gift” Heath was a Basketball Player at Rainer Beach

Phillip “The Gift” Heath is a body builder from Seattle, Washington. He attended Rainer Beach High School where he was the starting point guard on the basketball team. As a senior in 1998, Heath helped lead Rainer ...

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Ranking Seattle’s Top Basketball Recruits

With school starting it’s about time to get out my rankings of the best high school basketball players in the Seattle Metro Area.  The top five is essentially the top five basketball recruits in the whole State of Washington but I thought I would keep the title more related to this Seattle Basketball Blog. ...

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Tony Wroten is on Top of the Country Again

Tony Wroten Jr. has long been the crown jewel basketball recruit of Seattle.  Wroten was ranked as the best player in the country his freshman and sophomore years by most recruiting services.  This all changed before his Junior season when ...

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Martell Webster’s Mother was Likely Killed by the Green River Killer

Of all the Seattle basketball players, Martell Webster should earn the most community respect and support. His mother, Cora McGuirk is thought to be one of the ...

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Seattle Basketball Phenom: Jashaun Agosto

Normally I would not post about a basketball player so young but this kid has youtube videos encroaching five million views. Jashaun Agosto is 12 years old and was born in Seattle, Washington. He may have the most internet fame ...

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Seattle Basketball: Around the NBA 7/22

Jon Brockman signed a contract with the Bucks and is now a millionaire. Luke Ridnour will compete for and likely win the starting job from Jonny Flynn in Minnesota. Quincy Pondexter improved every game at summer league and the Hornets seem very pleased with their draft pick. Nate Robinson signed ...

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Jamal Crawford: Seattle’s Old Money Baller

Going into his eleventh season Jamal Crawford is the second most grizzled NBA veteran from Seattle only behind Jason Terry.  Jamal has deep roots in Seattle and is now playing role of big brother to all the other Seattle basketball players.  He graduated from Rainer Beach High School which also produced the talent of Nate ...

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Introduction to SeattleBallers.com

I just launched this site yesterday with the first post profiling Aaron Brooks.  I will be doing an off season review of each of the fifteen Seattle players who played in the NBA during the 09-10 season.  I will be posting them in semi alphabetical order of last name and tomorrow an article on ...

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Aaron Brooks: Point Guard for the Houston Rockets

Aaron Brooks graduated from Franklin High School in Seattle and will be the first local NBA player to be previewed on SeattleBallers.com this off season.  His route to the top has not been an easy one but his tremendous work ethic is evident from his increasing success at each new level. As a freshman in high ...

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