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Quote Originally Posted by nropp11:
The NBA front office personell must be loaded with idiots NROPP ?
I have little details about the "fight". Could have been a heated exchange, could have been Tyson vs. Holyfield. The way this team played down the stretch, including both of these two you had mentioned, there was obviously built-up anger.
Bad Attitude - yes. It really starts with going to class. Started in high school. He attended 2 schools. Started out at North Shore Country Day HS, for one reason, and that's grades. Unfortunately, like I have mentioned, he did not care about grades. He wanted publicity for his talents, he committed to Illinois as a freshman, so he got into a "bigger" program that got some notoriety beyond playing other prep schools. So he went to Waukegan. And, he got noticed, to the tune of being a McDonald's all-american.
I'm not trying to stick up for the kid. Am I upset he's gone so early? Yah. I waited four years to get him in an Illini uniform and it lasted a couple months, due in large part to....grades. He got along with everybody on the team well. His +/- on the court was better than any other person on the team.
Bottom line, every "situation" he was thrown into, fights, not showing up, leaving, etc...was handled completely wrong. At other programs, coaches speak up, discipline, and move forward. Get it out in the open, and move forward. My point here is, everything that happened this year is pure speculation. Not a single person outside of that lockerroom has any idea of what happened. McDonald All-American's come to programs to play right away. He didn't play enough from the start.
Fortunately for this kid, he's been given another chance. He gets to concentrate on the game, without having to worry about grades or going to class or any of that other garbage. Do I expect him to succeed? I have no idea, but he has the talent to do so. Anyone who can look at this draft class and say he is not top 30 talent has no knowledge of the game.
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