Prep, "Academy", and basketball factories - Let's talk about them.

Pros? Cons? For whom are they right? For whom are they wrong? Do they actually help? Are some just grifting? Are they single-handedly destroying the magic of high school basketball?

To be clear, this isn't a private vs public debate. I'm not referring to a school like St Vincent St Mary, Lebron's alma mater. SVSM competes for Ohio's state title. I mean the programs that don't play under the umbrella of a state association. Montverde, Link Academy, Prolific Prep, AZ Compass.