legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79629 posts
Wed Aug-09-17 07:50 AM
22. "my HS went from trash togood to trash to half trash to aiight" In response to In response to 5
grew up in the burbs and played in the WPIAL. While we were mostly known for Football in Pittsburgh most of those football players also played basketball.
Played against Dante Calibria who was coached by Sean Millers dad at Blackhawk
Gabe Jackson was another local legend.
Had this white dude on our team my sophomore year who's jumper was fucking ridiculous. He ended up going to Cornell. First time lifting weights with the basketball team he showed me his routine. Bruh, I woke up 2 days later stiff as a door.
We had a few players on my HS teams who could have been D1 but they either started hustling or didn't have the grades.
My cousin was about to be a star his senior year but the coach kicked him off the team when he got caught smoking weed at lunchtime. That coach was the father of Dan Cortez who ended up being a host on MTV.
This was the problem with being a Black kid in the burbs. These white coaches and fathers fucked up multiple opportunities to have good squads because they would rather see their son get playing time than play the Black kids who grew up together.
If my coach put the kids who grew up together on the court at the same time we would run fools off the court. They always fucked up the flow with politics and racism/favorites
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*