I remember Dante, and that team fondly. What was the name of that little Cannon Ball of a point guard. He would have made a hell of a running back.
Here's wishing you great hoops
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I remember Dante, and that team fondly. What was the name of that little Cannon Ball of a point guard. He would have made a hell of a running back.
Here's wishing you great hoops
he used his talent. the talent being from south central gives you it just is illegal and not always on the court. his story is duplicated so many times for LA kids. Sad stuff.
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I have to push back on Dominic Artis. He was never charged for what happened at Oregon, he finished his college career at UTEP and he currently plays overseas. He made it in my book.
That was Josh Rhoades. He was an absolute man-child. Spent maybe 3 weeks in Iowa, came home, was on the corner doing corner stuff and not sure what he is up to now. Very sad story/
wait... there are corner boys in santa cruz??? like real ones? like the ones on The Wire? or you mean like skateboarders....
and is this him
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Unfortunately even in places like SC...go to lower downtown and dudes on "the corner" not just skateboarding. Very glad for Josh that he turned his life around. He truly was a ginormous fish in a very small pond and was being talked about like Jordan from a young age. As a SoCal native who saw A LOT of "dudes" I was skeptical and then saw this physical freak just destroying people. I know there were some family challenges and his brother played at a couple of JCs but Josh just basically hung them up.wait... there are corner boys in santa cruz??? like real ones? like the ones on The Wire? or you mean like skateboarders....
and is this him
if so i would say life turned out well from the corner to her
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I hope this is Josh from Santa Cruz as this looks like a great pivot but I don't believe that is him.
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BTW, I guess I can't call Drew Gordon a "never were". He's still playing pro ball in Russia. Maybe not the high-living hoop dream he envisioned, but he's still making a living hooping it up.
Not a Bay Area kid, but I cant help thinking of Schea Cotton from Mater Dei. Saw him as a high school sophomore in the state championship game.What a talent.
I remember Schea Cotton... Saw him play in the De La Salle tournament (Were they calling it the Vontoure Classic yet?). I think it was for St. John Bosco after a transfer from Mater Dei.
Physical specimen, to be sure. 6'5" and built like Schwarzenegger. Scared the bleep out of the rims... Terrific finisher!
If he had grown maybe 3 inches so he could play inside at the next level, or if he had developed a better shot and handles to be a next-level guard, the sky would have been the limit. Neither happened, unfortunately for him...
He did play college and pro, mostly overseas.
Physical specimen, to be sure. 6'5" and built like Schwarzenegger. Scared the bleep out of the rims... Terrific finisher!
If he had grown maybe 3 inches so he could play inside at the next level, or if he had developed a better shot and handles to be a next-level guard, the sky would have been the limit. Neither happened, unfortunately for him...
He did play college and pro, mostly overseas.
Brown played 1 game for Cal, transferred to Biola and became a baseball player. Drafted by the Yankees out of HS then the Rangers ou of college, played in the Rangers minor league system
For some of these guys, these were cases of great athletes who happened to play basketball, not so much great basketball players who were also athletic.
the dude in that pic is definitely not Josh Rhodes from Santa Cruz... will echo what others said about him tough, dude was a manchild in HS
I read about that, he had a heart attack.
He had a teammate named Marquette Alexander who later played for Hawaii. I was just doing some browsing and apparently he was being held on suspicion of murdering someone in the Sunnydale projects, and then got killed a few months ago.
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The comments on the twitter link a long blog article with more information.
Luke Whitehead ended up starting at Louisville by his junior year and was great statistically...that's hardly a failure? He didn't make it to the NBA but played big time college hoops for a great program.
guy called 2 players who made it to D1 flops, and another who played in the nba a flop. smh
This summer is the sad 40th anniversary of Fred LaCour's death in a San Francisco hospital. He could have had it all. Booze, drugs, gambling et all put him on a slow roll to the grave much too early. "Tragic" doesn't begin to describe his short life.
Drew Gordon is still playing professionally overseas too lol
Luke Whitehead played overseas a few years as well. That fall he had at Louisville when trying to catch the alley-pop was scary.
Washburn could join Shawn Kemp & Nick Van Exel on the All-Time College “Stealing from Teammates” team.
I remember I went to a basketball camp and Don Nelson spoke. The topic of Washburn came up and he said they once found him strung out, passed out on the street.
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Damon Powell, Mack.
Will Cherry his PG at Mack played a bit in the league...
a BTW, NBA 76 at 75, Oakland has 3 players making the team.
Even a 4th if you classify as Jason Kidd as an Oakland player (grew up in Oakland, but played for St Joe's/Alameda)..
Bill Russell/Mack, Gary Payton/Skyline, Damien Lillard/Oakland.
Will Cherry his PG at Mack played a bit in the league...
a BTW, NBA 76 at 75, Oakland has 3 players making the team.
Even a 4th if you classify as Jason Kidd as an Oakland player (grew up in Oakland, but played for St Joe's/Alameda)..
Bill Russell/Mack, Gary Payton/Skyline, Damien Lillard/Oakland.
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Powell might be the best athlete I’ve seen in HS. If he played football he would have had a long NFL career. Problem for his was he couldn’t shoot or dribble. Basketball skills he was not a d1 player.
My Cousin, Who I think should be at the top of the list. From norcal moved to Socal freshman year.
Deangelo Collins 6'11. Played in the Mcdonalds game. Out played Amare Stoudamire and they came out with that article of how he beat up his teammate the year before. Never got drafted, never was the same again.
And GREAT call on Dante Sawyer i played vs him and he was a MONSTER.
Deangelo Collins 6'11. Played in the Mcdonalds game. Out played Amare Stoudamire and they came out with that article of how he beat up his teammate the year before. Never got drafted, never was the same again.
And GREAT call on Dante Sawyer i played vs him and he was a MONSTER.
can we get more info on him? where did he start, where did he transfer to, what college did he attend? where is he now?
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He was supposed to be better than LeBron...
newarena.com
There was 4 MVP's of the ABCD Camp in 2001
Antonio Lawrence, Sebastian Telfair, Lebron James and DEANGELO COLLINS.
He was suppose to be a lottery pick in the NBA Draft straight out of HS. He went overseas but never played in the NBA.
Good article, and right on topic for this thread. Deangelo sounds like a Wiseman type. It’s too bad he never made the league, but playing overseas is a great experience.
These NBA Busts Should Have Went To College Instead
He was supposed to be better than LeBron...
There was 4 MVP's of the ABCD Camp in 2001
Antonio Lawrence, Sebastian Telfair, Lebron James and DEANGELO COLLINS.
He was suppose to be a lottery pick in the NBA Draft straight out of HS. He went overseas but never played in the NBA.
Not sure about wiseman yet but Deangelo was a guard in a center body. He was shooting 1/2 steps over half court with ease. i dont think wiseman can shoot like a guard.
