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Message: [QUOTE="orange2win, post: 209324, member: 849"] Look, I cannot dispute your point. I will just tell you this. Mookie won the downstate player of the year award. That is against a 2 million population base including five counties just north of NYC. Every other player of the year down here in the last 15 years has gone to the NBA. His coach - who also coached Elton Brand - said Mookie could be as good. He carried Peekskill to the State championship and was hotly recruited by the #1 team in the nation at the time. The problem was that as a 6'-6"+ forward - he sometimes played center at Peekskill - he had to be trained as a guard to make it in the NBA. With a great outside shot and the ability to crash to the boards when needed, he seemed destined for stardom. Unfortunately, SU was loaded and did not need his talents. He foolishly picked SU because all the orange games get covered by the Peekskill cable system and he was a fan. [/QUOTE]