He looks better than the HS kids on the floor

[coolm]

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[AdaSooner]

Incredible! We could use the kid this year.

 

[CoachTalk]

That is awful.

 

[Krugerfan52]

that is just wrong. Give a kid a chance to develop with his peers. Talk about giving a kid a big head.

 

[CoachTalk]

Those are some bad players, but he better hope he doesn't ruin his eligibility. I'm sure this was just for a show!

 

[DenverSooner]

I am assuming that is the video of the 5th grader playing varsity basketball. I read a story and it said in Florida you may play varsity basketball at any age but only get 4 years. I am assuming his dad is thinking put him in varsity basketball now, then send him to prep school until he is old enough for college. I read that he socred 90 points in a game against kids his own age.

 

[AdaSooner]

Those are some bad players, but he better hope he doesn't ruin his eligibility. I'm sure this was just for a show!

I'm not so sure of that. Found this article written yesterday with the stats this kid put up against what the reporter said was against one of the top private school teams in the Orlando area.


http://nesn.com/2012/12/julian-newm...a-high-school-varsity-basketball-scene-video/

 

[SilliSooner]

Ahhh, so there's where TMG went.
Back to a Florida middle school.

 

[kbsooner]

That blue team play some of the worse D I have ever seen. Looked like the Washington Generals!

 

[oSuJeff97]

Meh. What makes this kid a "phenom?" It seems like 90% of the highlights were of him dribbling around and passing. Half of the time he shot the ball, they cut before you could see if the ball went in... Which tells me that they didn't.

I feel like there's probably several kids across the country who could do the same thing against a similarly bad team. This just reeks of an overbearing parent who is trying to get a free ride from his kid.

 

[61sooner]

I think I've read about wrestlers in some states who are on varsity in 7th or 8th grade and thus are on the HS mats for 5 or 6 years.
If there is a state rule on 4 years, couldn't the kid play some type of AAU ball for a couple of years til HS and then compete against his peers?