As for Drive Nation’s grassroots boys and girls basketball and girls volleyball programs, still in their relative infancy, the early dividends have been eye-opening. Participation in basketball (K-12th grade) and volleyball (2nd-12th grades) has mushroomed to more than 2,000 – despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Drive Nation’s Nike Elite Youth Basketball travel-team program already boasts four alumni who were picks in the two most recent NBA drafts: 2021′s No. 1 overall Cade Cunningham (Pistons) and 2020′s No. 21 Tyrese Maxey (Sixers), No. 24 RJ Hampton (Magic) and No. 43 Jahmi’us Ramsey (Kings).