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Is there better basketball talent in Louisiana than in
Posted on 1/14/10 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 1/14/10 at 12:42 pm
Chicago or New York City?
I grew up in Illinois back in the days when there was ONE state champion in basketball. The playoffs were televised. Teams from Chicago had what looked like incredible talent. A Chicago team normally won the state championship.
Are Louisiana players better, or is LSU just more likely to be able to recruit them?
I grew up in Illinois back in the days when there was ONE state champion in basketball. The playoffs were televised. Teams from Chicago had what looked like incredible talent. A Chicago team normally won the state championship.
Are Louisiana players better, or is LSU just more likely to be able to recruit them?
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Posted on 1/14/10 at 12:49 pm to Old Smokey
Posted on 1/14/10 at 1:01 pm to Old Smokey
quote:
Is there better basketball talent in Louisiana than in
Chicago or New York City?
No.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 1:17 pm to Old Smokey
there are no absolutes
jamie brandon was all world coming out of chicago
would see him playing at foxys and he wasnt even the best player out there
jamie brandon was all world coming out of chicago
would see him playing at foxys and he wasnt even the best player out there
Posted on 1/14/10 at 1:20 pm to LSUMJ
There are better players within 25 miules of here than in thw whole state of Lousiana (Includes New York City and North Jersey)
That said the best football talent is in Louisiana
That said the best football talent is in Louisiana
Posted on 1/14/10 at 1:27 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
I think most kids in Louisiana focus on football and baseball. In basketball, you can only have 5 on the court, whereas the other two sports allow more opportunities. Football and baseball does not require certain sizes and shapes. In basketball you have to be able to jump so high and run so fast. We are country and corn fed in Louisiana which eliminates us from basketball!!! LOL!!!!!!
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:09 pm to Old Smokey
There's talent every where.New Orleans like Chicago it depends on if they can stay in school long enough to get recognized.If they do in NO, they are usually some tough success, hungry, players. But it can be said the same for a player from a town of 100, sometimes too. My experience when I grew up in NO, 1967'. Two out four of the best big men in my senior year,were pull down by streets attitude and drugs. At that Baton Rouge seemed to do better with keeping atheletes in school and produced some state champions. Chicago has a much bigger population and with cold climate, which produces, more inside sports.It really depends on early experience, or a learning nack and \or personal coaching .
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:19 pm to LSUMJ
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would see him playing at foxys and he wasnt even the best player out there
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:22 pm to Old Smokey
Where are you from Smokey? I'm a native southern Illinoisan, and played some high school ball myself. Actually, I thought that Illinois had moved to a 2 class system (A and AA) by the early 90's (when I was in high school). We never made it past a sectional, though we had the goods to do it (and a 2-time championship coach). And you are right, though my school was a small A school--so we would have never played a Chicago team--Chicago King was nearly unstoppable year in and year out. In '93 they had two seven-footers that went on to the NBA.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:30 pm to Old Smokey
Louisiana usually puts out about one 5-star caliber player per year, and had a nice string of them for nearly a decade (Stromile, Brandon Bass, Glen Davis, Greg Monroe, DJ Augustine, etc.)
Unfortunately, Trent Johnson's first three seasons will be three consecutive years without that player in the state. Possible the worst 3-year run of Louisiana talent in history.
Unfortunately, Trent Johnson's first three seasons will be three consecutive years without that player in the state. Possible the worst 3-year run of Louisiana talent in history.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:41 pm to Old Smokey
quote:
Is there better basketball talent in Louisiana than in
Chicago or New York City?
thanks for the laff. metro ny has been supplying excellent ballers to the acc and the big east for years. IMHO the guard play is superior to anything you see in the deep south and everyone can put it on the floor and create shots. it seems like everytime a kid is really good from Louisiana he ends up at freakn' georgetown. hopefully Johnson will end that and get some kids to come south.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:41 pm to Bubba Hotep
How many people in the NY metro area? Chicago metro area? Whole state of Louisiana?
There's part of your answer.
There's part of your answer.
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:51 pm to lyndell18
we are a football - baseball school. the very good talent goes to the basketball powers - kentucky - duke - georgetown
brady got some good talent @ the end baby- tas, , but the fans turned on him like they are doing to miles. all the very good talent goes out state because those people understand that butler, n. iowa, etc. play good basketball -
nj, as that ranter says, has more talent 25 miles of him then we have in the state of louisiana
the final four team we just had & the team we had last year -sec champs - did not draw here, do not think we sold one game out
brady got some good talent @ the end baby- tas, , but the fans turned on him like they are doing to miles. all the very good talent goes out state because those people understand that butler, n. iowa, etc. play good basketball -
nj, as that ranter says, has more talent 25 miles of him then we have in the state of louisiana
the final four team we just had & the team we had last year -sec champs - did not draw here, do not think we sold one game out
Posted on 1/14/10 at 2:59 pm to Tigertown in ATL
quote:
How many people in the NY metro area? Chicago metro area? Whole state of Louisiana?
There's part of your answer.
and weather is another part
Posted on 1/14/10 at 3:08 pm to TIGER62
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the final four team we just had & the team we had last year -sec champs - did not draw here, do not think we sold one game out
Kentucky game???
Tennessee game???
Posted on 1/14/10 at 11:33 pm to byubengalboy
i guess brandon bass, tyrus thomas, stromile, daryl mitchell, marcus thornton, glen davis dont count for much. we lost augustine to texas because of katrina, and we missed monroe to georgetown other than those two we have usually gotten the best player from this area and louisiana, get your facts straight
Posted on 1/15/10 at 12:40 am to cjf33
I know this is off-topic, but I play every Thursday night with a group of predominantly African American guys, and what others have mentioned is true. Several guys are D-1 players, one played in the NBDL, and one played overseas, but they are average compared to the five or six guys who show up high as a kite and without any ambition in life.
Posted on 1/15/10 at 12:50 am to Old Smokey
the talent in Chicago is far superior than Louisiana. You have plenty of great athletes and good player in LA, but the the kids in Chicago KNOW how to play.
Illinois high school bball is a much bigger deal in that state, much like HS football is in Louisiana.
Illinois high school bball is a much bigger deal in that state, much like HS football is in Louisiana.
Posted on 1/15/10 at 12:52 am to geaux99
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Where are you from Smokey? I'm a native southern Illinoisan
Northern Illinois, 80 miles southwest of Chicago. That means "in a corn field."
eta: I graduated from high school in 1963. Things have changed for the better since then.
This post was edited on 1/15/10 at 12:53 am
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