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ProfessorGAC

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49. Too Soon

Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:57 AM

Dec 31

College scouts weren't looking for score first, rely on athleticism, point guards in the early 70s. My game was more like what we saw from a Westbrook much later. (Not that I had his physique. ) The guards job was to veing it up, call a play, and give it to a tall guy. Not how I plsyed.
That's why I left HS after my junior year for college. I knew I wasn't going anywhere big, for free, to play basketball.
Funny thing is, if I was 6'2" instead of 5'7", I probably would have gotten attention. Not sure getting 18 inches above the rim is that big an advantage over 10", but I'll never know for sure.

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