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.