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re: Is Smart Louisiana's Greatest High School Basketball Player in the Past 20 Years?
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:23 pm to kingsdokingthings
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:23 pm to kingsdokingthings
Does Stromile Swift fit within the 20 year window? I think he might, just barely.
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Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:46 pm to kingsdokingthings
Not even top 10. Sorry. Basketball is week these days
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:47 pm to kingsdokingthings
Best player to ever step foot on a Louisiana High School Basketball court since Maples Surop back in the mid-80's
I seent it back then and seent it now.
Game as sweet as anything Ive ever seent. Smart takes it to anutha level.
I seent it back then and seent it now.
Game as sweet as anything Ive ever seent. Smart takes it to anutha level.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 3:48 pm to kingsdokingthings
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Who'd I snub???
Randy Livingston. Wow this site must be full of youngsters. Many folks believe Randy Livingston was the greatest high school player ever . I mean in the whole country
Posted on 3/14/18 at 4:02 pm to Rabbs and QStick
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Also Derenbecker was the 3rd best in the state in his class, why you'd think he'd be in top 10 over last 20 years? He did nothing in college to make a case for him
Just because a recruiting service doesn't view someone as a top recruit, doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't a great high school player. Also, this has nothing to do with how they panned out after high school.
Derenbecker averaged 25 and 10, was Mr. Louisiana twice, and led country day to the state championship in both his junior and senior season.
Tweety Carter was another one who wasn't necessarily a great prospect but was great high school player. At 5'8, I bet he averaged 30 a game over his high school career.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 4:04 pm to luciouslou
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Randy Livingston. Wow this site must be full of youngsters. Many folks believe Randy Livingston was the greatest high school player ever . I mean in the whole country
If the topic was the "best high school players in the past 30 years," Randy Livingston would have been number one.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 5:18 pm to kingsdokingthings
Derrick Zimmerman should be listed. He sneaks into the last 20 years.
Posted on 3/14/18 at 6:45 pm to easy money
quote:Tyrus Thomas was not a highly touted recruit at all. He was clearly one of the most pleasant surprises, obviously.
Tyrus Thomas and Darrell Mitchell should be on this list IMO
Posted on 3/14/18 at 8:19 pm to Lester Earl
Chris Duhon - Salmen High School. Dude was a BEAST. Was the best player in the state then started at Duke and won a natty his freshman year. Or did we forget about that?
Posted on 3/14/18 at 9:12 pm to kingsdokingthings
Make it 25 years.
#1 Randy Livingston - Newman
2 time National Player of the Year.
3 time State Champions
LINK
#1 Randy Livingston - Newman
2 time National Player of the Year.
3 time State Champions
LINK
This post was edited on 3/14/18 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 3/14/18 at 9:38 pm to kingsdokingthings
quote:Mitch has to take one of these spots just for taking Chalmette to the final four. Other than him we've been trash...
8. Matt Derenbecker, Country Day
9. Brandon Bass, Capitol High School
10. Jarell Martin, Madison Prep
Also Melvin Frazier who took Higgins to the Top 28 and they've been trash since.
In a few years, if some current college players pan out, you could have a lineup of just 8-5A players in the NBA that would be competitive
This post was edited on 3/14/18 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 3/14/18 at 10:18 pm to broadcaster
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Randy Livingston is the best high school Louisiana basketball player ever
I agree since he is the only LA baller to win the Gatorade National POY
had he not blown his knee out, his NBA career would likely have equalled Jason Kidd's
FWIW ... LA has 3 NPOY in FB , P. Manning, T. Minor, and B. Berlin
Posted on 3/14/18 at 10:55 pm to luciouslou
Past 20 years. Does Livingston make that cut? I know it’s close to that time.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 10:29 am to kingsdokingthings
Calvin natt, robert parish, Elvin hays, bill Russell , Andrew Toney ,Willis Reed , don Chaney from BR, played with Boston in the 70’s.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 10:31 am to broadcaster
You must be quite young or know nothing about Louisiana bball.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 10:35 am to kingsdokingthings
Whoops. 20 years. My bad.??
Posted on 3/15/18 at 10:54 am to broadcaster
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Randy Livingston is the best high school Louisiana basketball player ever
Posted on 3/15/18 at 11:08 am to easy money
quote:Kisha James wasn’t bad either. Miss basketball player of the year twice.
If we are going to be real honest, Seimone Augustus should be number one on the list
ETA: Her LSU bio.
Played a Pineville High School for coach Jackie Laborde Monkhouse ... Named Miss Basketball in Louisiana as a junior and senior ... Capped her high school career with a school-record 3,142 points ... Averaged 33.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists as a senior at Pineville High School ... Led Pineville to the semifinals of the 4A state playoffs ... As a senior was named MVP of her district, Central Louisiana, and Louisiana ... Scored a career-high 62 points in a double-overtime win over Jena as a senior ... Averaged 34 points and five rebounds as a junior ... Scored 40 or more points 10 times as a junior ... Named first-team All-South by the Orlando Sentinel as a junior ... Overall, named first-team all-district four times, MVP of district three times and first-team all-state three times ... Also played on state champion softball team in 1996 and 1997.
This post was edited on 3/16/18 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 3/15/18 at 11:40 am to kingsdokingthings
Greg monroe and stromile swift were both rated very high in all the recruiting sites.
Posted on 3/15/18 at 11:49 am to kingsdokingthings
DJ faced better competition. Give me dj over smart. Took a top 5 national team to the limit as a freshman. 2 state titles. Would have been a third. DJ would have been the 06 player of the year. He also actually had competition for that award when he was in school.
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