Basketball
from a fan’s perspective
It’s not college,
he’s headed for a pro career
Isaiah Todd 6-10 power forward was verbally
committed to Michigan. Notice the
sentence read was. Todd’s mother
announced her son changed his mind and decided in favor of a pro career. As this is written it’s unclear if it’s
Europe, Australia or the G-League for Todd.
Stay tune for his decision later this summer.
History made
The Gatorade Player of the Year has been awarded every year since
1986 to the top high school player in the nation. The names of the past read like a who’s who
of basketball. The list includes the
names of Alonzo Mourning, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Bradley Beal, they
represent just a few of the names who went on to outstanding college and NBA
careers apart from LeBron.
James, Greg Oden and Brandon Knight won the award as juniors
and repeated in their senior year. Whenever
top high school basketball players are mentioned Emoni Bates is the first name
that rolls off our lips. We’ve been told
all season Bates would be NBA ready by the time his high school class graduated
in 2022. He’s been named 2020 Gatorade
Player of the Year; he’s managed to achieve a feat many of the past greats
never accomplished.
Monday morning
blues
Mizzou colors are not blue however it certainly was Monday. Mizzou lost two prospects, one could have
chosen Mizzou the other, well that’s a different story. Justin Turner had Mizzou on his radar along
with his present school Bowling Green, he decided in favor of returning to
Bowling Green. As for Josh Christopher that
was a different matter. The five-star
prospect had a relative on the Mizzou staff, but the general belief Michigan would
be the ultimate destination. That
thought process turned out to be incorrect Christopher would choose Arizona
State over Michigan and Mizzou.
Really
Is this true, a Bleacher Report story involving Anthony Davis? The account claims the Knicks refused to part
ways with Mitchell Robinson to acquire Davis.
On the Knicks depth chart Robinson is listed as the reserve center, the author
claims the team of Steve Mills and Scott Perry refused to part ways with
Robinson. You might remember the Lakers
had Robinson in for a workout prior to the 2018 draft.
After playing no basketball and his game being extremely raw
the Lakers were reported to be considering him.
We didn’t believe he’d be a first-round draft pick but thought he would
be chosen by the Lakers later. The
Knicks beat the Lakers with their second-round pick ahead of the Lakers. After a short period, it appears Robinson is still
highly thought of by Knick management.
The question with the change at the top i.e. hiring Leon Rose will this
situation remain the same? We have no
idea; this is a developing story.
Yao versus Shaq
In 2003 the Big Man battle was still an essential part of NBA
basketball. Although the prospect of two
behemoths going head to head excited many in the NBA community. The Rockets drafting of Yao Ming could prove quite
interesting. Yao Ming all 7 foot 6
inches and 310 pounds was matched against Shaquille O’Neal 7 foot 1, 324 pounds. We didn’t realize it at the time, but we’d be
eyewitness to the first meeting of these two future Hall of Fame players.
All week the entire NBA was ripe with anticipation with the
first meeting of these two giants, the veteran O’Neal and the rookie Yao. January 17, 2003 at the Compaq Center former
home of the Rockets the teams faced one another. Yao would block the first two shot attempts
by Shaq, he would win the battle scoring 31 points and 13 rebounds. Yao’s Rocket team would win the war although
the Big Man only scored 10 points along with 10 rebounds for the game. The Rockets were winners 108-104, check out
the link below.
