At this point, I was 22 going on 23. I had already played in Mexico’s top league and had been part of the Pacers G League team. Then I suffered a career-altering ankle injury and went 17+ months without playing in a league. At that point, coming back to basketball felt like a distant thought, let alone coming back as the player I once was. And honestly, my pride almost sabotaged the whole thing. Once you’ve played at a certain level, you never want to go below that level. You set a standard for yourself, and for me, that standard had already been set. In my mind, the ABA was a step down. Almost embarrassing for a player of my caliber. But I swallowed my pride and reached out to the coach. It wasn’t just any team, either. It was a brand-new team made up mostly of guys who had never played beyond high school. A few games in, I realized there was actually some solid talent in the league — overseas players, college guys, and even another G League player or two. Then came the biggest challenge. We lost our first 9 games. I remember thinking I was too good to be in this league. But eventually, I had to be honest with myself: If I was really too good for this league, we wouldn’t be 0-9. That realization changed everything. I swallowed my pride. I moved differently. I became a different type of leader and a different type of player. We started becoming competitive. Then we started winning a few games. And somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, I started becoming myself again. Looking back, I realize this was always the path I needed. Maybe the league was a step down. But I wasn’t too good for it. I wasn’t above it, and I certainly wasn’t above anyone in that locker room. The challenge was never really the league. It was me. Once I understood that, everything started to come together. I moved on to the next league, and before I knew it, I was back playing in Canada’s top league. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and take a step back.

Hey, hope yall having a great weekend. So what I basically did was woke up a little late because u know, it’s the weekend and I wanna some extra sleep. Woke up and stretch and ate a great breakfast meal. After I hop on the game with the whole group chat of my friends. Also today, I went biking for like 2 hours with my big bro and my dad. And thats all

I am trying to master the finger roll finish, but I don’t know any techniques. I’ve watched some videos, but didn’t help as much. Got any advice?

Elite scorers aren’t defined by having one unstoppable move. They’re defined by their ability to find different ways to score when the defense takes something away. Ethan put on a clinic against the #4 team in the state—and what stood out wasn’t just how much he scored, but how many different problems he could solve. Backdoor cuts. Attacking hard downhill off closeouts. Mid-range pull-ups. Floaters. 3s. Leaking out in transition. Hook shots. Playing off two feet. Using his pivot. Creating advantages without the ball just as effectively as he created them with it. That’s multi-level scoring. Elite scoring is ultimately a decision-making problem. The defense changes the constraints—space, angles, timing, positioning, help—and the scorer has to adapt the solution. Research on skilled movement supports this idea: high-level performers benefit from being able to use different movement strategies while maintaining a consistent outcome. The best scorers aren’t just good at scoring one way. They have multiple answers. With the ball. Without the ball. At the rim. From the mid-range. From 3. In transition. Against a closeout. With their back to the basket. On two feet. Off movement. Different tools. Same objective: get a bucket. And Ethan showed nearly every one of them in a single game against a top-5 team in the state. Multi-level scoring. Trainer: @Logan Hinton, a former 5 year pro across three countries. Train Like a Pro!