Conventional
wisdom in athletics once said: watch out for kids who develop too young. The 5'8"
kid who towers over the others in 6th grade may only end up being 5'11", and
really isn't NBA center-material any more.
In Danbury, I grew up with the Earle twins who both had full mustaches by the time they were 8. They had ball hair and back hair before I could grow sideburns. They were the fastest, biggest kids at the time, but were soon outpaced by late-bloomers who now tower over them.
In Danbury, I grew up with the Earle twins who both had full mustaches by the time they were 8. They had ball hair and back hair before I could grow sideburns. They were the fastest, biggest kids at the time, but were soon outpaced by late-bloomers who now tower over them.
But now I look at
the latest crop of high-school atheletes that are coming into the NBA, and I
have to say that you can throw that conventional wisdom out the window. Take a
look at 3 of the most recent phenoms in the basketball
universe:
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In the Lebron's, Kid Lebron is more of a stretch than Wise Lebron.
Greg Oden alone looks like he could be 62, but that's the combined age of these three.
The most recent addition is O.J. Mayo - he's 20 and looks like he could play Dwyane's uncle on What's Happenin?
Greg Oden alone looks like he could be 62, but that's the combined age of these three.
The most recent addition is O.J. Mayo - he's 20 and looks like he could play Dwyane's uncle on What's Happenin?
Compare Gramps,
Pops, and Ricketts to a young Michael Jordan right before he entered the league. Isn't
that what a 20 year old is supposed to look like?
What the Earle is going on?
you might end up in HR for sensitivity training for this one.
Posted by: mnasser | November 12, 2007 at 11:45 AM