[DortonWildcat5]

Some of you guys are ridiculous. Why do you think that just because someone states the truth or says someone is better than Justice, all of a sudden they're bashing him? Get over it...EJ is a VERY GOOD player but not the best in the state. There are other worthy candidates around the state too, ya know.

Anthony Hickey just came in to the mountains and proved this. You don't have to get defensive about any post that doesn't praise Justice and I'm not the only one says this, so the personal attacks are getting kind of old. We're talking about a high school kid here. I have no reason to bash him or his team. If some of you fans would be more humble about their success, you wouldn't have people like myself trying to bring you back down to earth with constructive criticism.

As far as the THREAD TOPIC, I think Josh Sewell has solidified himself as the best senior in the state right now. His individual and team success speaks for itself.

Ricardo Johnson has scored over 1000 points in his career but simply has too much talent around him with Rice, Pittman, and J. Johnson for him to average a high amount of points or rebounds.

Elisha Justice is putting up very good numbers but let's remember that Jonathon Ferguson put up better numbers than EJ last year and still didn't win the award. Playing against a weaker schedule hurts his chances. Talent wise he is good as they come, but his lack of opportunities to showcase this will be his downfall and why he doesn't win the award.

Elijah Pittman is probably the most talented player in the state but he plays with another first team all state player that many coaches feel are more polished so that will be his downfall.

I think Josh Sewell wins the award. Hard to argue against him with the success he's had this year.

We can talk about how much talent both of these teams have, but my argument against the Holmes boys and Scott County boys for Mr. Basketball is that their teams should be the best 2 in the state based on talent alone (according to popular opinion). If both have 2-3 D1 prospects how are they not better as a team? I know SV only has 1 D1 prospect (and that is iffy according to many) so how can they even expect to hang close to teams like those 2? Either the talent of Scott County and Holmes is a bit overrated, or it is underrated for many other teams around the state.