TS

[lpd05]

Yes, I'm guilty of not liking GC. The reasons are many: They have dismantled the LPD from limb to limb since GC came in.

I sat on the GC side last week during the LPD finals. I have NEVER seen or heard such unruly conduct in my life. Yes, GC is the best. Adding insult to injury is another thing though.

I have been guilty of rooting against GC since day one. I was a player when they came in, and didn't want them in the LPD to begin with. I root for anyone...Appy, PV, Kelly, whoever besides GC. The original LPD that I grew up with was PV, Appy, Kelly, Coeburn, Burton, Clintwood, and Pound.

Heck, I rooted against Haysi (a county team) in the Region D Championship when they played PV

Nothing offensive to GC, but after this year...Good bye, good riddance, and good luck...

(Also...I will be rooting for Twin Springs tonight [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])

[greencrest1272]

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Nothing offensive to GC, but after this year...Good bye, good riddance, and good luck...

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AMEN!

[cvcgrad]

Our entire region has been "cheapened" by Twin Springs getting an exchange student who is a pro-level ball player?

I'm sorry but that's just overly dramatic. TS hasn't done anything that any other school hasn't done or could have done if they wanted to. Nearly every school gets transfers/exchanges at some point in time. The difference being that Twin Springs is better at working the system.

I've said it before: "take em' where you can get em." If you have an exchange or transfer who is interested in playing for you team, and you turn them down for those reasons, you really don't deserve a championship.

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Getting an exchange student to play basketball is one thing but to get one that played pro ball in his country and then cover it up is horrible. I feel like our entire region has been cheapened by this. I hope GC beats the crap out of TS.

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[gcfanalltheway]

I think somepeople like yourself is just sore loser's and that is the worst kind of people when you play sports... our kids but in over 110% on what they do can't help it if your schools can't do the same...... ITS GREAT TO BE A GCH DEVIL.......

[imported_mega]

if that kid is a pro player then Chris Papst is an nba player. Somebody should alert the authrorities, appy had an nba player on their team. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[1inStripes]

Yeah, I believe the stories are being stretched by the jealous just a little bit don't you mega?

The kid is a good player, but if he is a pro in Europe,then we can forget about seeing as many foriegners in future NBA drafts. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[cvcgrad]

He is good, but I'm not even sure he is the best player on their team.

I'd probably give the nod to Dockery.


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Yeah, I believe the stories are being stretched by the jealous just a little bit don't you mega?

The kid is a good player, but if he is a pro in Europe,then we can forget about seeing as many foriegners in future NBA drafts. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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[1inStripes]

I totally agree with that. Overall I would give him 3rd because Keith is so valuable to TS. Keith is a much better defender, and gets the dirty work done for TS. He is a good shooter, and ball handler, but is he just ok everywhere else.

[imported_mega]

Yeah the jealousy is sickening. I dont even like TS but Im calling bullcrap on the pro thing. Club player maybe, professional no.

[CoeburnCane]

Yeah--that's where people get it mixed up...Club player is like having a combined team from like 16-20something guys on the same squad and playing. They don't get paid per se, but they're the form of entertainment over there as a Club squad, and all of your training is paid for along with all equipment and facilities. Not so different from playing in HS, but he's probably faced some [censored] good competition over there that prepared him to do the things he's doing over here. I'm not saying if it's fair or unfair, but I don't see how TS is able to get a transfer/exchange student every few years to come over, and have skill enough to start on the HS level and help them get to regionals and possibly state. Do they keep a pulse on the exchange wire and see who's who amongst the basketball players wanting to be an exchange student in the US?

The last exchange student I personally remember @Coeburn was from Spain or South America somewhere...think his name was Andre...nice guy, but primarily a soccer player. He played basketball but only as a hobby as something to do...he wasn't very good--didn't do anything else but run track I think. He wasn't some uber-athlete--he just came over as an exchange student to learn in the US.