2022 NBA Offseason thread

[DJ Fieri]

The part you highlighted is something Ric Bucher made up. It's not just Kyrie upset about either. Other reporters said Bucher was full of shit

Wiggy bought it hook, line, and sinker as did others on here....

 

[Shanemansj13]

Just watched More than a Game. Pretty sure I saw it back in the day. Crazy how a group of friends became one of the best high school basketball teams of all-time. That senior year they were playing all top teams all over the nation who had top players and dominating them.
Pretty crazy I got to see them play at Canton McKinley too.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Just watched More than a Game. Pretty sure I saw it back in the day. Crazy how a group of friends became one of the best high school basketball teams of all-time. That senior year they were playing all top teams all over the nation who had top players and dominating them.
Pretty crazy I got to see them play at Canton McKinley too.

I mean... one of those friends was Lebron so....lol

But yes it was a sensation like none other for HS hoops.

 

[tlance]

I don't think they really want him to shoot corner 3's...I think they just want him to stand in the corner so he's out of the way.

Yeah.

Just imagine how many times he would hit the side of the backboard from there.

 

[WiggyRuss]

The part you highlighted is something Ric Bucher made up. It's not just Kyrie upset about either. Other reporters said Bucher was full of shit

The part you highlighted is something Ric Bucher made up. It's not just Kyrie upset about either. Other reporters said Bucher was full of shit

yah I saw his reply....

it seemed sane

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

I mean... one of those friends was Lebron so....lol

But yes it was a sensation like none other for HS hoops.

Shhh

 

[Stakesarehigh]

yah I saw his reply....

it seemed sane

His truth

 

[Shanemansj13]

I mean... one of those friends was Lebron so....lol

But yes it was a sensation like none other for HS hoops.

Yeah definitely, that team still had crazy chemistry.
Lebron had to be the most popular high school player since KAJ

 

[Shanemansj13]

yah I saw his reply....

it seemed sane

Fake quotes are not he still has the history of being a looney

 

[bksballer89]

The part you highlighted is something Ric Bucher made up. It's not just Kyrie upset about either. Other reporters said Bucher was full of shit

Hope so because that is some wild shit to request

 

[Wamu]

Just watched More than a Game. Pretty sure I saw it back in the day. Crazy how a group of friends became one of the best high school basketball teams of all-time. That senior year they were playing all top teams all over the nation who had top players and dominating them.
Pretty crazy I got to see them play at Canton McKinley too.

If I remember the story right LeBron's kept the same core of friends since elementary school.

By the time his jr. year started so many people wanted to watch him play that St. Vincent's St. Mary's home games were moved from the school to the single worst CBB arena in the country. Akron U's super-duper mega POS the JAR. There are H.S. gyms in the area nicer than that dump.

 

[Shanemansj13]

If I remember the story right LeBron's kept the same core of friends since elementary school.

By the time his jr. year started so many people wanted to watch him play that St. Vincent's St. Mary's home games were moved from the school to the single worst CBB arena in the country. Akron U's super-duper mega POS the JAR. There are H.S. gyms in the area nicer than that dump.

yeah I guess they didn’t have much of a choice, it was right down the road and it held a lot of people. They also played some in Columbus. It got to the point they were basically traveling all over the country for away games though. Strange that Dambrot left to coach Akron than St V’s were way more popular than Akron lol

 

[Wamu]

yeah I guess they didn’t have much of a choice, it was right down the road and it held a lot of people. They also played some in Columbus. It got to the point they were basically traveling all over the country for away games though. Strange that Dambrot left to coach Akron than St V’s were way more popular than Akron lol

Oh they had a choice. Technically LeBron should have gone to Akron Central Hower because of where he lived. But St. V's bought him and his friends.

True story. When Antoine Winfield Sr. was playing in H.S. his team played a game at St. V's. I was at this game. St. V punted. Antoine took off with the ball and would have scored a TD. But the lights in the stadium were turned off during the play.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Shanemansj13]

Oh they had a choice. Technically LeBron should have gone to Akron Central Hower because of where he lived. But St. V's bought him and his friends.

True story. When Antoine Winfield Sr. was playing in H.S. his team played a game at St. V's. I was at this game. St. V punted. Antoine took off with the ball and would have scored a TD. But the lights in the stadium were turned off during the play.

Yeah that St V’s gym was awful, so anything was better

 

[ElPatron1]

I used to think that- but then he got swept by the Celtics and looked like dog shit.

I still think Durant is great--- but I am now hesitant to say he is #2 in the league......I would group him with some guys that a case could be made for. I absolutely do not think he is in-arguably the #2 player in the NBA anymore at age 34.

Players that our better imo

Lebron, Curry, Giannis, Embiid...I would take all 4 of those over Durant.

 

[Wamu]

Yeah that St V’s gym was awful, so anything was better

For a CBB court the JAR is a joke. Wadsworth, Hudson, Copley, Firestone. Hell even North had a better gym.

And to make matters worse the JAR is named after James A. Rhodes. The jackass governor that signed off for the national guard to murder protestors at Kent State back in 1970.

 

[bksballer89]

Same T-Mac

 

[tlance]

Oh they had a choice. Technically LeBron should have gone to Akron Central Hower because of where he lived. But St. V's bought him and his friends.

True story. When Antoine Winfield Sr. was playing in H.S. his team played a game at St. V's. I was at this game. St. V punted. Antoine took off with the ball and would have scored a TD. But the lights in the stadium were turned off during the play.

St. Vincent is a private school.

Would be curios to know what percentage of NBA players who attended American High Schools went public.

I would bet that percentage is pretty low.

Most public school simply can’t compete with advantages top private school basketball programs can offer.

 

[Wamu]

St. Vincent is a private school.

Would be curios to know what percentage of NBA players who attended American High Schools went public.

I would bet that percentage is pretty low.

Most public school simply can’t compete with advantages top private school basketball programs can offer.

I would think a very high number of elite high schoolers have played at private schools. And you're spot-on about public schools can't compete with those private programs.