# @tristan.delapena1 on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRvfv2bjqYx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37477570-tristandelapena1-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-02T01:15:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Tristan dela Pena (@tristan.delapena1) — https://gondola.cc/tristan.delapena1

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So if a player is pretty good and they want to play at the next level, they’re not getting offers, they’re not even in the top 5%, but they have a huge desire to make it.

Should they be posting online, showing their best abilities so that coaches actually notice them?

That’s a good question.

That’s an interesting question.

So here’s my answer to this.

If that player’s desire to play at the next level is extreme, okay, and he genuinely believes he can do this and wants to do this, then yes, I would say he should.

Some people might say, oh, that sounds crazy, but again, I’m talking to the player who loves basketball.

I’m talking to the one who—this is what he wants to do.

If you’re that guy, then yes, you should absolutely be showing yourself online because you need every advantage you can get.

You need to understand that it’s super hard to get to the next level right now because of NIL and because of a lot of other things and a lot of coaches just aren’t looking at high school players.

It doesn’t mean you can’t make it.
It just might mean it might take a little longer.

You might have to go to prep school.
You might have to do a year or two JUCO, and that’s okay.

As an ex-player, I’m telling you, it’s the funnest time of your life.

But the biggest thing I’ll say is you guys now have the advantage of social media.

The first point of contact for a coach is often important.

I was the assistant coach at UBC for a year.
If I’m there and I see no posts, and then I go on another guy’s page and I see five posts and it’s all basketball-related and it’s real basketball—it’s actual game clips—I’m now a little intrigued.

If I heard about these two players, now I’ve actually seen one before I’ve really seen his film.

So understand, you’re looking for every advantage you can get.

So my advice would be: for those guys who really want this, yes.

For the people who are there to pretend, maybe take one year-end high school mixtape.

But for everyone else who loves it, yes, those are the people I’d recommend doing this.

Now, again, basketball mixtapes can be for everybody, but for the guys looking to make it to the next level, you can use this to your advantage.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Tristan dela Pena | @tristan.delapena1 | https://gondola.cc/tristan.delapena1 | Videographer |

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