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[biggamesjames]

I was just throwing that 1000 out there...I agree its an overrated statistic...there are more important stats to consider such as how far your team made it(regional titles, state tournament appearances, state championships, etc...) I think mentioned that as well. Also you have mentioned defense alot and I like when someone notices that and takes time to consider it important...leadership is important and what kind of team player they were...thats why I was disappointed to see anyone mention Gilmore because while extremely talented was absolutely oblivious to the goals of the team...similar to a Terrell Owens.

[Air-Ran]

Yeah Duffy like Offense Duffy no likey Defense........yeah the how far your team made it is a good thing to look at but that would be kinda putting Preston Breeding ahead of Mark Robinson or close, i think it plays a part too but i think for example like Jake Colley that kid was really good and i felt one of the best in state but his team go beat by Gate City he carried his team there but he would have went farther i think if he had a better team so it does not make him less of a great player for not going as far as it would more a better one if he did go farther if that makes any sense at all.

[hipocrit]

the 1000 pt club doesn't mean that much to me either. I mean the old Whitewood gym you had aaron was about 60 feet long with halfcourt being about the 3 line. Not taking away from Robinson but that is part of the reason for his scoring average. As far as mentioning Duffy, I just meant his unrealized potential and athletic ability. I said he was an idiot. I saw him try to fight his coach in 6th grade in little league.

Aaron, you said you hadn't heard of Dave Bostic from Council. A little background on him. He scored over 900 points in 2 years on JV and then had 992 his junior and senior year of varsity. Went on to start 4 years for Bob Johnson at Emory. He played in the early-mid 80's

[hipocrit]

read first aaron. I'm not tarnishing Robinsons career. I played little league in that gym though, I know the lines. the 10 second line is about 5-8 feet from the top of the key then you can go back to the other 10 second line. The actual halfcourt line was not used. About 6 inches in the corners for the three when they put the arc in. I know people who played when Robinson did and they say he was the real deal so I'm not bad-mouthing him. I wasn't talking about the 70+ point and 48 rebound game either, just his scoring average. But you know as well as I do when the court is shorter, you can get up and down quicker which gives you more time on the clock to increase shot totals.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 15, 2005 07:55 AM: Message edited by: hipocrit ]</font>

[Air-Ran]

I agree with you on the increase of the amount of points and i also played little league and i played every monday and wednesday up there for years and years, it just kinda makes me aggravated that people want to relate that to Whitewoods sucess, not you but other people, like i said they did play every team at their home and spanked most of them away as bad as home. Actually the half court line wasnot used like you said it was the Time Line on the other end of the floor and it is 63' long so yeah it is short and it is an advantage to which ever team figures out how to use it to theirs. I was not throwing that at you harshly man just stating that those guys played else where besides that gym.

[Air-Ran]

Robinson played at other gyms too bro and he scored the 74 and had the 48 rebounds at Rocky Gap so do not go giving me that little gym crap, and the gym is small but half court is not the three point line. Remember Hipo you do play teams away and at home. Hey and when you score almost 800 pts in one season i dont care is you play in a cardboard box it is a big feat and they did not play all the games they play today. Plus he had 3 other 1000 point scores on that team with him so that to me is very impressive, the other three are Tommy Moore, Junior Hackworth and Ebby Jewel.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 15, 2005 12:56 AM: Message edited by: Air-Ran ]</font>

[hipocrit]

one big advantage I thought you guys had when I played there is the fact that it took about a half to get used to which lines to watch for. The home team has it down already and can focus on the game, the away team is only thinking " cross this line and then back to this line....uh oh which line is out of bounds" lol.
Sidenote, what happened to Chunk after little league. He used to light us up till we got to high school then he rode the pine. I guess the chubbiness and not growing any taller got the best of him.

[anselmo]

Who's chunk? Are you talking about a Whitewood player?

[hipocrit]

yeah, he played for Whitewood. His teammates called him that, I didn't make it up. Short, chubby PG in little league, black hair, wore goggles sometimes. Never missed a free throw.

[Air-Ran]

I think you ment Puggey Sutherland or Puge as he was mostly called. Was good as a little leaguer but didnt grow any and every one caught up to him, was a good Baseball Player though and could catch about anything throwed at him at 1st base.