Standing on the high of the important thing, Basil Evelyn watched intently as former Curie star Cliff Alexander charged up the lane from the baseline, caught a cross slightly below the free-throw line, turned and pulled up. “You gotta get up, big man,” Evelyn mentioned because the ball bounced off the entrance of the rim. Looking at Evelyn, who's 5-5 , strategy Alexander’s towering, practically 7-foot body, you wouldn't assume he’s one of many elite basketball expertise trainers in Chicago. Yet, right here he's in his 15th yr coaching gamers and getting some prepared for the NBA and others able to make it again. “It’s easy to train Kevin Durant,” Evelyn mentioned.