Whatever happened to recruiting athletes from the hood?

[Mr Hate Coffee]

The days of your high school around the corner producing a highly recruited college star are over.

Prep schools crushed the buildings

That shyt been over for 20 years. I played against Josh Smith when he was in 9th grade in Atlanta. He moved to play at Oak Hill shortly after that. Atlanta area public schools has put out some great talent, even recently but most of the elite are at private schools.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

That shyt been over for 20 years. I played against Josh Smith when he was in 9th grade in Atlanta. He moved to play at Oak Hill shortly after that. Atlanta area public schools has put out some great talent, even recently but most of the elite are at private schools.

Oak Hill right down the street from me. Me and Carmelo was smashing the same broad in high school. That's when I first found out these dudes are getting paid to go to these elite schools. That and Finding Forrester

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

My son is seven and he got asked to play on the team he's on now. Still recreational as I started him on at the YMCA and he excelled there in all the leagues he was in there. Now, he's in a 7-8 year old league that runs games every Monday and every 10 weeks, a new season starts up. They are currently in the midst of their second season being a part of this. Money plus time is what holds a lot of these kids back. My wife and I are able to attend every game. Imagine at 7 years old, having shoes just to hoop in, my son has those. It's just a sunk cost when you get into this. Apps for tracking stats in game, looking at Youtube for various drills and again, the time invested early is key. Sunday afternoon, outside for an hour with him, practicing hesi's, pull back crossovers and bounce passes in the driveway. So far, it's still fun to him. In the meantime, I'm playing the background and not pushing it too much but when we are outside doing our thing, I am pushing him towards the Trey Young like archetype.

Straying away from the point for a second but time and money is what is needed now. Breh, these kids are competing against the world, not just who's on the block now.

 

[Greenhornet]

they want safe tap dancing middle class bums with no personality for maximum sustainability

 

[King]

same in my city
i wonder if there is any economic impact related to this.
the days of a rasheed wallace caliber recruit going to public school in the middle of north philly are done with

It is a net positive to white communities that select the talented tenth of disenfranchised black boys to fuel their sports betting economies.

 

[Rekkapryde]

This has been going on for a long time. I used to date a shorty who went to school with Carmelo, while we was all in high school. Never made sense how a bmore nikka was playing ball for a prep school in southern va.. But when she broke it down to me, her school had been churning out athletes for years already.

Melo, KD, Rondo... Look at their graduates.. It's been a thing

Famous Oak Hill Academy Alumni

Oak hill used to be like the main one but now there are many more

 

[Rekkapryde]

It is a net positive to white communities that select the talented tenth of disenfranchised black boys to fuel their sports betting economies.

In a nutshell