Marcus Spears Jr. reminds me of...

[Califashorn75]

...Scottie Pippen. Both are long, athletic,  lanky and quick! Man, I hope he comes to Texas when it is time. Granted, he will be a one and done,  but so what?! The kid is a baller. His baseline moves are second to none. Jerry, what are our chances in signing him? 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Chris Bosh'ish with a little difference offensive strengths if he maximizes IMO.

Texas will be right there. NIL could be way up there.

[Bunk Moreland]

7 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Chris Bosh'ish with a little difference offensive strengths if he maximizes IMO.

Texas will be right there. NIL could be way up there.

Since you mentioned Bosh, I’ve been remembering that 2001-02 Dallas Lincoln basketball team that went 40-0 and won the state championship. I went to watch the 4A championship game between Lincoln and Beaumont Ozen—Chris Bosh vs. Kendrick Perkins. That 2002 Texas high school basketball class had a lot of star power—Bosh, Perkins, Bracey Wright, Daniel Horton.

[Tres Comas]

Sean Miller loves his quarter zip

 

[GQ03]

3 hours ago, Bunk Moreland said:

Since you mentioned Bosh, I’ve been remembering that 2001-02 Dallas Lincoln basketball team that went 40-0 and won the state championship. I went to watch the 4A championship game between Lincoln and Beaumont Ozen—Chris Bosh vs. Kendrick Perkins. That 2002 Texas high school basketball class had a lot of star power—Bosh, Perkins, Bracey Wright, Daniel Horton.

Perkins was 2003 but 2002 was loaded especially in DFW with the guys you mentioned like Bosh, Bracey Wright, Daniel Horton but also Deron Williams, Bryan Hopkins and Ike Diogu and yet not one of those guys ended up at Texas.  Thanks Mitch Malone 😒

[Bunk Moreland]

8 minutes ago, GQ03 said:

Perkins was 2003 but 2002 was loaded especially in DFW with the guys you mentioned like Bosh, Bracey Wright, Daniel Horton but also Deron Williams, Bryan Hopkins and Ike Diogu and yet not one of those guys ended up at Texas.  Thanks Mitch Malone 😒

Oh man, I forgot that D Will was in that class. I remember following the box scores in the DMN for all of those guys. It was a fun year to follow Texas HS basketball.

[GQ03]

3 hours ago, Bunk Moreland said:

Oh man, I forgot that D Will was in that class. I remember following the box scores in the DMN for all of those guys. It was a fun year to follow Texas HS basketball.

Yeah, I am still bitter that we were robbed of getting the dream 5A matchup in 2001 of the seeing Willowridge with the #1 in-state senior TJ Ford & the #2 in-state senior Daniel Ewing vs The Colony with the #1 in-state junior Bracey Wright & #2 in-state junior Deron Williams. 

 

2002 was a special year as all of those top teams and players played each other that year. Bryan Hopkins was absolutely special before some foot/ankle injuries and from my understanding almost ended up at Texas if it wasn't for SMU swooping in and also offering his twin brother a scholarship when his twin wasn't even good enough to see the floor at Dallas Lincoln HS much less on a college basketball team. Hopkins was largely viewed as a better player(not prospect) than Bosh in high school.