02-24-2005, 09:00 PM
This game was on ESPN last nite at about 1230 or so.. I thought it would be neat to see some future stars so I watched the game.. I was dissapointed.
It was worse than an NBA game. I have seen pickup games run smoother.. Before the half each team had about 10 turnovers. These kids are supposed to be the future of Basketball, but my god, they suck. I didn't see anything to be impressed about.. I had never seen so many airballs, and missed layups in my life. The coaches did a lot of yelling, but it didn't look like they were getting through. Oak Hill has like a 7 foot dude on the team, and not only his he skinney and slow, but he don't know how to post up on someone about a foot shorter than him. Then ya got the point guard for both teams.. They both just want to show off. I heard the announcers keep goin on about how these boys were going to be great college players and all this crap, but I don't see how. They would drive, turn the ball over, then get a steal and miss a shot. I mean it got so bad that I actually started watching freaky friday (the 78 version, with jodi foster). Everytiem I went back to the game though, I just got highly upset..
Now I know people are going to say, that these kids are young and have a lot of pressure on them, but who cares.. That's basketball, everyone has some kind of pressure. Yeah ESPN, could make ya want to show off a little more than usual, but from what I saw last nite, I would be willing to say that if I could recruit, I could take a group of boys from around here, and beat oak hill. If I could find someone at least 6'8.
Sorry for goin on. But that's my pissed off moment for the day.
It was worse than an NBA game. I have seen pickup games run smoother.. Before the half each team had about 10 turnovers. These kids are supposed to be the future of Basketball, but my god, they suck. I didn't see anything to be impressed about.. I had never seen so many airballs, and missed layups in my life. The coaches did a lot of yelling, but it didn't look like they were getting through. Oak Hill has like a 7 foot dude on the team, and not only his he skinney and slow, but he don't know how to post up on someone about a foot shorter than him. Then ya got the point guard for both teams.. They both just want to show off. I heard the announcers keep goin on about how these boys were going to be great college players and all this crap, but I don't see how. They would drive, turn the ball over, then get a steal and miss a shot. I mean it got so bad that I actually started watching freaky friday (the 78 version, with jodi foster). Everytiem I went back to the game though, I just got highly upset..
Now I know people are going to say, that these kids are young and have a lot of pressure on them, but who cares.. That's basketball, everyone has some kind of pressure. Yeah ESPN, could make ya want to show off a little more than usual, but from what I saw last nite, I would be willing to say that if I could recruit, I could take a group of boys from around here, and beat oak hill. If I could find someone at least 6'8.
Sorry for goin on. But that's my pissed off moment for the day.