Remember when.....
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I can so clearly remember buying every paper then taking my kids to a swim club we used to go to, sit by the pool and read about our newest bounty as a friend who was a nova fan jeolously stood by
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hahaha that made me laugh, didnt realize Marcus was 30, he was solid but not 30 and yes if he only passed him the ball haha, Ty was a nice guy in person though, Eddie was too, that was my soph year at the hall
Dan
What I remember is you and I at a Converse sponsored tournament at SH when the rumor spread that Barrett had committed to us and I went up to Amaker and asked him if it was true and he said he couldn't talk about it but it was a very good day for SH.
I knew it was true because Chris Chavannes was there and he told me.
When I asked Amaker about Barrett his jaw dropped because everyone thought at that time he was going after 19. Taliek Brown.
If you remember you and I went to the little gym to see St. Anthony's play against a team ( and I can't remember which one ) to see a player on it that SH was interested in.
Not one guess??? With the three NYC PGs that year of Brown, Cook & Barrett in the top 20, it was Jaamer Nelson who I was thinking of.
St joes is thee team that gives hope to the little guys. The true bball first schools that root gor the blue collar underdogs.
List is fascinating to look back upon. Zach Randolph, #11, has had the best pro career. When everything shook out, the Big East had 4 of the top 9 players signed or verbally committed: Eddie, AB, Darius Miles (verbal to St. John's but went pro out of HS) and Omar Cook (St. John's). Add in #19 Taliek, the third of the "holy trinity" of NYC PG's who landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated as all went to Big East schools (obviously Uconn getting Brown).
Neil Fingleton was the 7 footer from the UK, I believe, who went to Carolina and never panned out. I believe Adam Boone also went to Carolina and was part of that same class (also never panned out).
Besides Randolph, not many of the top 50 had impact pro careers. A bunch of guys who stayed in the league for a while as role players and carved out nice careers, but weren't stars: Jeffries, Wallace, Duhon, Wilcox.
Neil Fingleton was the 7 footer from the UK, I believe, who went to Carolina and never panned out. I believe Adam Boone also went to Carolina and was part of that same class (also never panned out).
Besides Randolph, not many of the top 50 had impact pro careers. A bunch of guys who stayed in the league for a while as role players and carved out nice careers, but weren't stars: Jeffries, Wallace, Duhon, Wilcox.
Possibly the most overrated HS player in the history of basketball. Maybe you can't teach height but that height better have an ounce of athletic ability or BB skills. He had neither.
BTW he was a little more than a 7 footer. He measured in at 7-6.
Yup that's right. And the Holy Trinity had very solid college careers, though Cook left after year 1, in which I think he either led the country in assists or was second. But none reached the level as pros that some thought.
Apparently he had a career better suited for acting (e.g. Game of Thrones) than for basketball. Sadly, he passed away reportedly due to heart failure this past February (R.I.P.).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Fingleton
