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7/27
..it's been awhile.. after the
indiana heat won the reebok big time tournament yesterday, some
are considering them the best summer team ever, or the best aau
team ever.. the heat, led by dominating big man greg oden, won the
prestigious big time tournament for the second year in a row..
this year ousting the oj mayo led greyhounds.. those who claim
this team is the best ever may very well be right.. this is the
era of aau teams becoming more than just local all-star teams, but
truly state all-star teams.. is it possible that the next great
aau team will simply be a truly national all-star team.. will puff
daddy sponsor a team which features players from all across the
country.. who basically have no home but travel around the country
like basketball nomads looking for any takers.. the day doesn't
seem far down the line, and whichever shoe company sponsors that
team will be laughing all the way to the bank.. yesterday an
article in the las vegas sun reported that brandon rush is
considering usc along with illinois as his final choices.. what a
coup that would be for new usc head coach tim floyd.. usc already
seems to be quietly on the rise with some of the young guards they
have on their roster.. and rush could give them the one year boost
they need to get back on the national radar..
7/15 ..so yes this
is a college basketball blogish sort of thing.. but here i am
sitting here watching jack nicklaus play his last real competitive
hole of golf.. and it's pretty amazing.. obviously the greatest
golfer of all time.. and also one of the greatest professional
athletes of all time as well.. one thing about college basketball,
for better or worse, is that you don't ever grow old with
players.. yes, sometimes a guy comes along who doesn't graduate
till he's 25 or so.. but in college basketball, you only see
players continually improving.. sometimes you see a player like
chris hill or bracey wright seemingly decline or stagnate, but you
don't ever really see players go down hill like you see in pro
sports.. but i think this is a great part of college sports.. no
matter what these guys do after they graduate or go pro.. no
matter how little success they have in basketball later on.. you
can always remember them for their glory days when they were a
kid.. the only aging in college basketball really comes from
coaches.. watching jim phelan coach for 49 years in a row..
these are the only similar comparisons to what we see with jack
nicklaus today.. and as i finish writing this, jack putts in for a
birdie at 18.. amazing that this man is still 99.999% better than
all men at this game.. even though it's been 44 years since jack
won an ncaa championship at ohio state.. imagine saying the same
for a sean may or a ray felton 44 years from now..
7/13 ..the abcd
camp was very solid this year.. give sonny credit for always
bringing in the big boys.. following the camp, my next
project was setting up the new message board on chn.. after all
the technical issues with ezboard, I decided enough was enough,
and that we needed a new board that we host ourselves.. i'm very
happy with the results, and the
new chn
message board is open today.. stop by and sign up today and
get a free t-shirt after you've made 25 posts.. all the old
members and posts have been deleted, so we're starting completely
anew.. so far, the response about the new board has been
positive.. thats all for now, i'll be getting back to my usual
daily college basketball and nba draft posts tomorrow!..
7/06-09
..i'll be covering the 2005
reebok abcd camp for chn all week, so there wont be any daily
dribble updates..
7/05 ..hope
everyone had a nice holiday weekend.. perhaps you enjoyed some
fireworks, or a beach, or maybe a pool.. i took a couple days off
from working on the site, which was much needed.. starting
tomorrow, i'll be at the abcd camp all week in teaneck, nj
covering the top recruits for chn.. unlike previous years when our
abcd coverage was by subscription, this year all the coverage will
be free.. no website, rivals and scout.com included will have
better coverage.. one thing i always enjoy looking at is which
college players end up getting invited to nba summer league
teams.. some fringe nba draft picks were invited without surprise
like anthony roberson and sharrod ford (nets) and jawad williams
(warriors).. but then you have surprise guys which will be out
there as well.. illinoi's backup jack ingram is heading out to
play with the jazz.. as will recent syracuse graduate craig
forth.. the jazz are obviously desperate for some big man talent
if they're giving a look at forth.. then again, big craig had a
somewhat underappreciated career at syracuse.. not that he put up
big-time numbers.. about 5 points and 5 boards per game for his
career.. but its very rare that a 7-footer comes in and starts for
four years at a d1 program.. forth actually came in as a freshman
and averaged 22 mins a game while starting, more than the 20 he
averaged as a senior.. statistically, he remained very similar
over his four years, though he did raise his fg% consistently
while dropping his turnovers and personal fouls.. though the odds
of forth playing in the nba next season are about 0.1%, he could
have a surprisingly worthwhile career in europe..
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