Pro Am

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

My knowledge is second hand at best, but there is a little more to this than your local YMCA league with some guys that either never played HS or any college level ball. I even worked a tournament a few years ago outside of Chicago that had players that were all former D1 players and some former NBA players that played in this league. I would not consider that the same as an average "wreak league."

Hey, I was just going by what they posted on their website. Under "About Us", they said "The Chicago Pro-Am is a non profit organization that conducts basketball leagues during the winter and summer to provide structure and leisure activities for young adults. These semi-professional basketball games give many inner-city youths, who might not be able to attend professional games, an opportunity to participate and attend a more wholesome recreational facility." And when you check out their teams, the majority listed are high-school age. Maybe I'm wrong, but that sounds like rec league basketball to me. Note that I'm certainly not putting the league down when I say that either.

When I looked at some of the other hits that you get when you Google "pro-am basketball, most of them looked like your average rec league to me also.

Just saying......

[howie719]

most of these pro-am's are very competitive and the level of play is very high. If you have any interest in doing this level it would be a mistake to think it is a glorified rec league. Your average competitive mens A league would take a pounding in one of these games.