Congratulation to James Watson for commiting to Washington State for the 2008 recruiting class!

Congratulation to Trevor Williams (ranked 273) and Da Vaughn Thornton (Ranked 574) for being the only 2 players in Colorado to be ranked by hoopscooponline.com in the 2009 class.

Congratulation to Tru-Playaz Basketball Club member Trevor Williams who has been selected for the Nike Hoops Jamboree. Only 120 players in the entire country were chosen for this honor. Trevor Williams will compete June 12 - 16, 2007 in St Louis, MO against some of the top players in the country. Good Luck and God Speed!!!!!

Trevor Williams gets high praise after Nike Hoop Jamboree. This is what John Stovall of Prep Spotlight had to say about Trevor Williams after the Nike Jamboree ... 6'11" 250 -5- Denver, CO. (Denver Lutheran) -Trevor is a raw and athletic low post player. Very under publicized and under rated nationally. I expect Trevor to bust onto everyone's radar soon. He reminds me a lot of David Harrison (Indiana Pacers) at the same stage. Trevor is like a bull in a China shop right now but he does do some good things. If Trevor continues to develop look for him to be a consensus top 50 player. Right now I would say he is top 75 in the 2009 class nationally. AAU Team: ??? High Major. Dave Telep from Scout.com also had some nice things to say: Liked him very much. Thought he had a chance to be a productive high major prospect. Great attitude in a tough setting and a good kid. Didn’t know a lot about him going in and was very impressed.

Congratulation to Tru-Playaz Basketball Club member Andrew Zehnder. Andrew Zehnder from Standley Lake High School will be joining the University of Colorado Men's Basketball Team as a walk on for the 2007 - 2008 season! Job well done and Good Luck!!!!!

Congratulation to the Tru-Playaz Basketball Club JV team for winning the April 14-15, 2007 MAYB Tournament and doing it with Class! Click here to see MAYB Results

To all my former players from the Colorado Pro-Am, Colorado Basketball Club, Colorado Jr All-Stars, Colorado Storm Basketball Club and Tru-Playaz Basketball Club this video is dedicated to you.

Stay tuned, we will have a video of 18 years of games that have been recorded of the Colorado Pro-Am, Colorado Basketball Club, Colorado Jr All-Stars, Colorado Storm Basketball Club and the Tru-Playaz current and past! Our goal is to have it ready by August 30, 2010

Coach Tree's Bio 

Name: Antonio "Tree" Adams 

Born: October 10, 1965

Birth City: East St Louis, Illinois

High School: Collins High School, Chicago, Illinois

Year of Graduation: 1983

Best High Memory: Playing Marshall High School at the University Of Chicago Circle for the City Title

United States Marine Corps: 1986 - 1994

Best Marine Corps memory: Platoon 1046 Honor Platoon as a squad leader I gave my stripe to one of my teammate for losing 60 pounds

2 year college: Labette Community College

4 year college: Regis University

Major: Computer Informational System

Minor: Business Administration

Wife: Crystal Adams

Children: Antonio Hearn, Tasha Adams, Antonio Adams

Tru-Playaz Basketball Club: 1991 – Present

Former Club Names: Colorado Pro-Am, Colorado Jr. All-stars, Colorado Basketball Club

The first time I coached: I was 13 years old when I first started coaching.  There was a group of high school players hanging on out on the play grounds at Lathrop Elementary over on Homan and Douglas Park.  So I spoke with the Janitor to see if he had any rims that we could hang up for the courts outside.  He went into the basement and found the old rims and made me responsible for putting them up and bringing them down everyday, the janitor did want these to be stolen.  So I became responsible for putting them up everyday.  So I met with the players that would use the courts as a hang out area to see if they would like to play basketball.  This is how I got started.  So I would hold an official practice everyday at this court, but it would not stop there.  Richard a security guard from Marshall High School asked me if I would like to go into business with him and we started a men's summer league.  Richard made the money and I enjoy coaching a Men's team in the summer league.  At the age of 13 I was just excited about coaching not making money even though I grew up on welfare.  The league was important to me as must as it was importantf to the players.  Everyone knew my mom Miss Clara Muhammad who carried the same name as Elijah Muhammad wife.  So out of respect when players came to play at the Lathrop Elementary Men's Summer League they would leave their guns and knives in the car or at home.  I would hear players whisper that is Clara Muhammad's son.  So the court would become the neutral grounds for all gangs, Vice Lords and Disciples.  At that time I did not realize why this was important until I got older and understood what my mom was involved in and why people like Wallace Dean Muhammad and others were best friends with my mom.  But basketball was the only thing on my mind.  The best part about this is watching Randy Brown who played for the Chicago Bulls and his brothers all live right across from the school would now use this as a practice ground.  Tony Brown, Paul Beene, Marcus Liberty and the list can go on of the players that would start working out at this court.  This was the best time to be a coach on this court to me.

To check out Coach Tree's Workout over the Christmas Break, December 27, 2008 please click on link: Tru-Playaz Basketball Club December 27, 2008 Workout Video