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BrodieiD™. Your jersey. Your team name. This summer.
Introducing BrodieiD™. Our new personalization.
Put it in lights.Work colleagues are the most underutilized source for adult basketball teammates. Athletic co-workers who don't know about your basketball background. Former teammates from high school or college who've moved to your city. Gym regulars you've been nodding at for two years. These are your first calls.
The direct ask works better than the vague suggestion. "I'm putting together a rec league team for Brodie this spring — are you in?" gets a yes or no. "We should play ball sometime" gets a maybe that never converts.
The most underrated option. Every quality rec league has a free agent pool — individual players who registered without a team and get placed on balanced rosters. This is how a lot of adults end up with their best basketball crew. You show up, you're assigned to a team, you play together for ten weeks, and you've made friends you didn't know you needed.
The downside: you don't control who you play with. The upside: you meet people outside your existing circle who are committed to showing up every week.
Register for a league with a strong free agent and team-building system. Brodie places individual players on balanced rosters — you get teammates who are vetted, committed, and playing at your skill level. The team becomes the crew. Most Brodie players who register as free agents come back the next season with the same group.
Find your city at brodierec.com.
