Zion dunk. Oh my
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He stole that one from me. He does it okay but he needs to elevate a little more like I taught him.
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That's cool and I know all the hype but I think the jury is still out on this kid until he faces up with some D1 competition.
Close friend of mine coaches HS basketball in Asheville. He coached against Zion this season and said he's the real deal.
I'm not saying the kid isn't for real or not, but one glaring fact that no one has really talked much about is ... the kid has not faced any real competition. He may have a lot of tools in the box, but the SC HS Independent (Christian) conference(s) aren't very good as a whole compared to 3A and 4A competition. He's a lot of flash, and personally, I just don't see him playing for Martin.
I believe he played against Dorman this year who won the 5A state championship, and I heard they beat them. Maybe not against a Frank Martin team but doubt all the services are off by a lot.....1 and done, but I'd certainly take him for a year! Particularly since Sidarius leaves a major point production shortfall.
This kid has done it on the AAU circuit which is a much better gauge of his talent than who he plays against with his HS team.
Some of you folks may want to educate yourselves on the subject at hand before downplaying the kid's obvious skills based on the fact that he plays for an SCACS school.
Some of you folks may want to educate yourselves on the subject at hand before downplaying the kid's obvious skills based on the fact that he plays for an SCACS school.
But here is the thing, I read after we beat dook that it was still something that 80% sure thing he was going to dook and even quempsum was ahead of us in terms of his recruitment.
What are some of you guys talking about? He has played against the elite of his class and higher ups in AAU and camps and has dominated.
Duke? Now, that would be a sight to see. Zion vs Coach K and his favorite player, 'Tripper'.
Ok. I admit I don't know anything about AAU ball, but I just don't get why he is in private school. The weekly competition he would face in a public school conference, would dwarf what he faces every week in a weak private school conference.
Maybe his parents feel the education he is receiving is better in private school.
I know...strange concept right...education actually playing a part in an athletically gifted kid's life.Blows your mind, don't it?
And again...the AAU competition he faces far outclasses what he would face in public school overall anyway so your final point is a moot one.
Why so condescending? I'm not making any argument re: private vs public education or even home schooling for that matter. I'm talking pure basketball. So he plays AAU ball part of the year, and does extremely well against the competition, and part of the year, he runs past, jumps over, and dunks against a bunch of nobody's that do nothing to challenge him on the court so that he can get a private school education. I'm not putting down public or private education, I would just like to have seen him not essentially take 1/2 the year off while finishing his private school education. I would much rather have seen him lead his 4A HS team to a state championship.
I don't care if he cannot shoot. We need him for our image. We need to prove that big time recruits have come to SC.
I'd rather him be able to shoot. Our image is fine right now. Never been better. We've had our fair share of Rolando Howells, Bud Johnsons and Tony Kitchens that never lived up to the hype but boy our image was good
Is it only me or does the "oh my" part of the title of this thread sound........feminine or soft? Just odd, lions Tigers and bears "oh my" lol
Dude can flat out dunk, hope we get him but I hope he doesn't see the "oh my" lol
Disclaimer:nothing wrong with being soft or feminine if that's how u are
Its you. You're either too young, or too old, or look too deeply for trivial nonsense to offend you.
Some older folks (or very conservative) take offense using the term "Oh my God!" as they see it as blaspheming. It becomes "Oh my word" or simply "Oh my." I once had a friend's mother who was very conservative tell me that "Word," "gosh," "golly," and "goodness" were a synonyms for "God," that "gee" and "geez" were short for Jesus, and even though I wasn't aware, I was tempting hellfire and that's the reason she had to call my mother.
Some younger folks only think of the George Takei meme.
And some folks think you must be a lady sipping on a mint julep, fanning yourself in the sweltering August heat when you utter this simple word pairing. Maybe they secretly want to be that perspiring young lady, who knows?
But it boils down to this: they're just words. Let it go.
