Chase adams basketball 10th grade

When Salt Lake Community College point guard Chase Adams was in seventh grade, a video of him showcasing his spectacular ball handling was posted on the YouTube basketball channel BallislifeMidwest.

In the video — which currently has over 16 million views — Adams breaks ankles, ball fakes and runs circles around competitors twice his size.

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Already well-known among the Chicago basketball circle at the time, his popularity grew significantly after the video went viral.

&#;In Chicago, everybody knew who I was, but after that video, it made things national,” Adams said.

“I was only in seventh grade. I got my first [college] offer when I was in eighth grade from Bradley University.”

As one of the highest-ranked point guards in the nation coming into ninth grade, Adams started high school optimistic, but he said everything changed when his brother — who Adams called his best friend — passed away.

“I wasn’t really connected with basketball,” Adams said.

“I was kind of out of it menta