One thing to consider when doing strength training for athletes is what role the athlete plays in the game. As a guard, you need to remain quick, agile, and explosive when you cut to the basket. You also better have an explosive vertical leap (doesn't necessarily have to be high if you can get off the ground quicker than a guy who is taller than you, you have a good chance of beating him). That being said, you can train for hypertrophy as long as you can maintain your speed, agility, and leaping ability. That is where "specificity of training" comes in to play considering HST is not designed (in it's most basic form) to improve speed, agility, and explosiveness. That doesn't mean you cannot do it, it just means those areas you will have to train for in a different manner such as doing some plyometrics, explosive lifts, suicides, etc... Also, your nutrient intake will have to increase somewhat if you are going to be playing basketball, lifting weights, and doing all the drills we grew to love in practice. Otherwise, a few things will happen: you'll gain strength, but no size (okay, we can deal with that), or you'll burn out and either your basketball game or your weight training will suffer (or both).