FistOfOakley wrote:yeah age is an enormous factor that most gm's just overlook... you see the same effect in college... as soon as you hit the nba you are going to be significantly younger than the competition for at least a good 5 years... i was just looking thru the mcdonald's all star game mvp's and it's littered with twice as many disappointments as great pros... and by the time you hit the pros... i mean EVERYONE was pretty much highly regarded... i remember reading how raymond felton was a legend in high school and the best player the state has seen in years and he still holds a lot of its records... and this is RAYMOND FELTON....
to be a good nba player... it is an absolute gauntlet ...
I remember back in the 90's when Iverson was the second biggest HS star in his state after Ronald Curry. Remember him, the 2 sport star who was a bust in both sports!
Speaking of making in the NBA....There was a guy named Marion Cash who grew up around my way. He was the pg for Clemson back in the late 80's early 90's. In fact, he was the pg on the Clemson team that lost to Uconn in the tournament on that miracle last second shot by Tate George. Cash averaged about a modest 10 pts a game at Clemson over his career.
When he came home during the summers and played in various summer leagues in Harlem and in the Bronx, he would average close to 35 pts per....He was virtually unstoppable in any tournament he played in. Looked like Jordan of the playground. After watching him, I realized how difficult it really is to make it in the pros...
