The Arizona All-Stars Youth Basketball Club System and the K-9 Basketball Academy have teamed up to form an elite squad of youth basketball players that will concentrate primarily on playing in the local area's top tournaments. The merger will focus on combining the best players from both systems to challenge Arizona's existing top youth baskeball club teams.
As the level of participation rises in Arizona's competitive youth basketball community, more youth club teams are being created to address the popularity of basketball club competition that is taking place throughout the entire state of Arizona. With this growth, a clear distinction is taking place between the average teams and the more advanced level of play club teams.
With the multiple tournaments taking place throughout the state, more often than not, the winners of these tournaments usually turn out to be the same few teams who dominate the field. In order to create more top tier local competiton, the K9/All-Stars initiative will give many of the best players in the state the opportunity to play more often together and against the state's traditional dominant teams.
At the end of the day, traveling outside of Arizona in order to play against the best competiton will not necessarily be a must since the top level of competition will be right here in the neighborhood. The hope is that the K9/All-Star merger will motivate other organizations to also create elite teams so that Arizona conitnues to grow in reputation as a youth basketball center for both multiple talented players and teams.
