mrob

How good do you think Siegel will be this year, BB?? Who is runnin point? I think Tate is the best all-around player on that squad. Hammonds is an offensive stud and Gooch is a great athlete. Ced is still very raw and maybe a year away from top form. I think the district is a lock.. beyond that?

Little is fine, he had cyst behind his rotators cuff which was causing pain when he threw a baseball. It doesn't affect him at all when shooting. Little and McLemore will lead a new group of rebels on the hardwood this year. Will probably struggle early until Pace and Nelson get out of football and get into basketball rythem. Won't have as much depth as in the past but the first seven can play. If coach Johnson can pull this group together they're going to be tough to beat. But like Big Poppa said it's going to be a very competitive district. Anyone of the six could get hot and make a run. Here is how I see it stacking up: 1.Franklin 2.Independence 3.Hillsboro 4.Brentwood 5.Centenial 6.Ravenwood YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT FRANKLIN AND INDEPENDENCE WILL BE BETTER THAN HILLSBORO? HILLSBORO IS SUPER LONG THIS YEAR. NOBODY IN THAT DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO DEFEND ART MCMILLAN. WHEN YOU ADD IN ISIAH HARRISON 6'7" AND BIG KENNY 6'5" (MCMILLAN 6'5") THEY ARE LONG AND QUICK. WITH BRE, VINCENT, JAMAL AND PIPES AT THE GUARDS THEY ARE REALLY DEEP AS WELL. I DON'T SEE THEM AT THIRD IN THE DISTRICT. I DO BELIEVE THEY CAN BE OUT COACHED (WHICH IS THEIR ONLY PROBLEM), BUT THEY WILL DOMINATE THIS DISTRICT IN THE END BEHIND BIG ART. I CAN'T SEE THEM LOSING MORE THAN A GAME OR TWO IN THIS DISTRICT.

WILL THERE BE TICKETS AVAILABLE TOMORROW?? HOW MANY FANS ARE EXPECTED?

Maybe Kevin Thomas should have coached Andrews a little more in the classroom. then maybe he would be eligable this year. How do you let a player with so much potential go their entire high school career failing classes. now the kid cant get into college. good coaching and way to be a leader. Siegel will absolutely embarass Shelbyville on Jan. 5. mark my words. Maybe Thomas should have taken the oakland job. but then again he knew there was no talent there. Can he not win without talent? scared to go somewhere which will require coaching? do you not realize that was the 1st time thomas had ever beaten siegel? and it was the first time siegel had ever lost a region tournament game? guess they cant win the big ones though right? dumby IS EMMANUEL DONE FOR THE YEAR?

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID. MY STATEMENT WAS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OFFER FROM AN SEC SCHOOL. HE DOESN'T HAVE AN OFFER FROM ANY OF THE SCHOOLS YOU STATED. MORE THAN LIKELY, HE'LL BE AT MTSU, RICHMOND OR TULANE. WHICH IS STILL SOLID.

FRIEND I DON'T THINK HAMMONDS HAS AN OFFER FROM ANY SEC SCHOOL.

WHAT IS THE STATUS ON HAMMONDS FOOT? ANY WORD ON WHERE HE'LL SIGN?

THEY LOOK 500 OR BETTER TO ME. I DON'T SEE THEM AS BAD AS LAST YEAR. TIME WILL TELL. I THINK IT IS THE BEST TEAM I'VE EVER SEEN BLACKMAN HAVE. THE COACH CAN COACH. IT'S MORE ABOUT COACHING VS. PLAYERS THAN PLAYER VS. COACHING TO ME.

GOOD JOKE???? ALL I SAID WAS I DON'T SEE THEM AS LAST IN 7AAA. I MADE NO MENTION OF SIEGEL.

THE SHOWCASE THAT WAS AT VANDY IS A SHOWCASE FOR A PLAYER TO BREAKOUT ON A STATE LEVEL. I HAVE BEEN GOING FOR YEARS AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR; IT'S GREAT. I HAVE ALWAYS VIEWED IT LIKE THIS.. THE SHOWCASE IS A PLACE FOR PLAYERS TO GO AND GET ON THE LOCAL MAP. SOME GUYS PICK UP A NEW AAU TEAM. OTHERS CAN JUDGE THEIR TALENT. SOME JUST GO TO HAVE FUN AND BE IN A BASKETBALL ENVIRONMENT. OF COURSE THERE ARE BIG SHOWCASES OUT THERE (PHENOM, PANGOS, ETC.) BUT TO ME THE DIFFERENCE IS PUB. THE SHOWCASE AT VANDY WILL WRITE A BULLET ABOUT EVERY PLAYER IN ATTENDANCE. AT A NATIONAL OR REGIONAL SHOWCASE YOU DON'T GET THAT. THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN IS YOUR KID WILL MEET SOME NEW BUDDIES AND MAYBE FIND AN AAU TEAM OR SOMEONE HE'D LIKE TO RUN WITH ON HIS TEAM. FALSE HOPE? I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY SELL HOPE AT ANY SHOWCASE. THERE ARE KIDS WHO GET RANKED HIGH (AND SHOULDN'T BE); AS WELL, THERE ARE KIDS WHO PEAK AT THERE SCHOOLS OR AAU AND GET IT ON THERE OWN (MICHAEL BRADLEY). BUT MOST OF THEM JUST LOVE THE GAME.

I THINK THE BLAZE WILL MAKE SOME WAVES THIS YEAR IN 7AAA. DEJAUN BROWN, TAY, JD WHITE, DESHAUN SMITH AND NEWCOMER COLE ROBINSON. PLUS, THEY HAVE SOME DEPTH. WE'LL SEE. I DON'T SEE THEM AS LAST IN THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT (IF YOU TAKE OUT THE LAST GAME); SOME KIDS JUST START BEING SELFISH IN THE "NO RULES" GAME. OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS SOLID. SOME KIDS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WERE.. JOHN ROSS GLOVER USJ JUJAUN WILLIAMS KNOX WEST ISAAC HARRIS FCA ANDRE BROWN CLARK NORTHWEST EMMANUEL ANDREWS SHELBYVILLE CENT DEVON ROBINSON RAVENWOOD ALEX THOMAS ENSWORTH ZAVION WILLIAMS CLARK WEST CHEEK JALEN LINDSEY CPA KEENAN FROEDDEN SYCAMORE CORNELIUS ELDER ENSWORTH ASA DUVALL BA JACOB LLOYD WESTVIEW SKYLAR SIMS CPA JOHN PAUL LIEDERBACH RAVENWOOD BRAXTON BONDS CPA EVAN FORHETZ RAVENWOOD TREY WALLACE HENDERSONVILLE I'M SURE I MISSED SOME GUYS. BUT THESE ARE THE GUYS WHO STOOD OUT IN MY EYES.

THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE CAMPS FOR 7TH-9TH GRADERS THIS WEEKEND IN BIRMINGHAM, AL.

HE PUT STOKES AT #3. AND I THINK HE IS RIGHT. #1 IS JORDAN PRICE, WHO TRANSFERRED FROM ATLANTA TO MCCALLIE ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER ATLANTA CELTICS. DUDE IS THE TRUTH! MCCALLIE IS ABOUT TO BE THE NEW OAK HILL. BIG TERRANCE O'DONAHUE IS WITH HIM AT MCCALLIE AND RANKED #1 AT 2013. WATCH OUT ALL DII SCHOOLS! CAM GOLDEN IS #2; HOW CAN YOU ARGUE THAT?

GLOVER SHOULDN'T BE THAT HIGH?.. HIS BODY OF WORK SUPPORTS A HIGHER RANKING. LOOK AT HIS PAST YEAR: WEST TN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 2009 REEBOK BREAKOUT GATORADE AWARD WINNER 2009 http://www.ballercircuit.com/?p=917 AND IF THAT DON'T MEAN MUCH TO YOU.. ON THAT SAME LINK LOOK WHO WON THAT SAME AWARD AT THE REEBOK ALL-AMERICAN CAMP. GOOGLE LEBRYAN NASH. NOT SAYING HE IS LIKE NASH.. BUT IT TELLS YOU HOW THEY VIEW THE AWARD. BOB GIBBONS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS 2009; ONE OF THE THREE TOP TOURNEYS IN THE NATION.. http://classof2012basketball.blogspot.com/ GOOGLE SOME OF THOSE NAMES. THIS PAST WEEKEND JR GLOVER MADE TOP TWENTY (ALL-STAR) @ FUTURE 150 CAMP IN TN. THESE PLAYERS EARNED TRIPS TO THE NATIONAL CAMP IN ATLANTA: LIST WILL ALSO INCLUDE BOBBY PARKS AND ROBERT HOUSTON.. http://www.future150.com/ (MOST NOT FROM TN.) Top 20: Cedrick McAfee, John Ross Glover, KC Ross-Miller, Kendall Anthony, Tarius Johnson, Robert Boyd, Denzell Newsome, Tevin Coleman, Dairrius Sorrell, Anthony Woodard, Victor Marshall, Demarious Smith, Demarc Richardson, Greg Womack, Rodriquez Tucker, Cameron Golden, Stephen Pierson, Jonathon Jefferson, Christopher Jones, Areka McKinnie. DUDE CAN HOOP!

WHO DO YOU KNOW AT MAPLEWOOD THAT SMOKES WEED? WHY WAS THAT COMMENT EVEN NEEDED? TAKE THE WIN LIKE YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE THE LOSS. WITH CLASS RIGHT?

FAIR ENOUGH .. YOUR RIGHT ON POINT. THANKS.

GREAT GAME LAST NIGHT! THE DISCUSSION TODAY IS MOSTLY CENTERED AROUND BAD CALLS. ALTHOUGH I AGREE THAT OAKLAND GOT SOME CALLS THAT I STILL QUESTION TODAY; THE PLAY SELECTION ON THE TWO-CONVERSION BY OAKLAND COACHES IS BAFFLING. A ROLLOUT PASS? ON THE GOAL LINE? HOW MANY PASSES DID OAKLAND COMPLETE ALL NIGHT? I THOUGHT THE RUNNING GAME WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL FOR OAKLAND IN THE SECOND HALF. WEIRD CALL TO ME.

HOW DID THE BLAZE LOOK @ BA TODAY??? WHAT PLAYERS LOOKED GOOD?

CONGRATS TO JOHN ROSS GLOVER!!!!! GLOVER WENT TO DALLAS THIS PAST WEEKEND TO THE "REEBOK BREAKOUT UNDERCLASSMEN INVITE ONLY CAMP". THIS IS A BIG TIME CAMP ON THE CURCUIT. JOHN ROSS CAME AWAY WITH THE "GATORADE STAND-OUT" AWARD. OF 100 KIDS INVITED..5 WERE SELECTED FOR THIS AWARD. CAMP INFO IS @ BALLERCIRCUIT.COM. HIS PICTURE WILL BE POSTED SOON WITH THE AWARD. GIVE IT UP TO JOHN ROSS.. FOR BRINGING A NATIONAL AWARD BACK TO JACKSON AND USJ!!!

GROUPIE. MY NAME IS MIKE ROBINSON. CALL WADDEY OR HENDERSON AND ASK IF I'M A GROUPIE. COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT THEY SAY. WHAT IS YOUR NAME TURBO???? I NEVER SAID I "RUN" THE CELTICS. BUT IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU ALSO KNOW I KNOW PEOPLE IN THIS BUSINESS FROM COAST TO COAST. AND I KNOW WHO HAS WHAT TO OFFER THE CELTICS. IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU GET OFF TOPIC. IT'S FUNNY HOW BOLD PEOPLE GET BEHIND A KEY PAD.. WITH THE "BELIEF" THAT NO ONE KNOWS THEM. BE A MAN... STATE YOUR REAL NAME HERO.

YOUR FUNNY DUDE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHICH TEAM DIDN'T YOUR SON MAKE? YOU KNOW I KNOW, BUT TELL IT TO THE CROWD BEFORE I DO. I WAS THERE EVERYDAY (STRINGMUSIC) AND DIDN'T SEE YOU... SO YOU WEREN'T THERE. YOU ARE JUST HATING. SECONDLY... THE CELTICS ARE NOT A GRASSROOTS PROGRAM AND DON'T PROMOTE THEIRSELVES AS SUCH. THEY WERE ALIGNED WITH THE ATLANTA CELTICS BUT ARE NO LONGER DUE TO THE ECONOMY. THE TOURNAMENT HAD ALOT OF NO SHOWS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. BUT HOW DOES THAT EFFECT YOU? ONCE YOU "SHOWED UP" AND SAW THE BRACKETS YOU SHOULD HAVE BAILED. (BUT I KNOW YOU WEREN'T THERE) FURTHERMORE, HOW DOES THE STATUS OF THE CELTICS EFFECT WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THUS FAR?? YOU COME OUT WITH THIS OLD GRASSROOTS LIST TO STATE WHAT? (THAT YOU FOUND AT ADIDASGRASSROOTS.COM .. GOOGLE HERO) (IF YOU BOTHERED TO CHECK THE LIST YOU WOULD SEE THAT IT IS OLD) YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE CELTIC ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. I THINK ONCE YOU HEAR WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THE CELTIC PROGRAM NEXT YEAR YOU'LL FIND A WAY TO HATE THE CELTICS EVEN MORE. YEAH, THEY ARE WORKIN ON SOMETHIN BIG. ALMOST AS BIG AS YOUR HATE. GET SOME FRIENDS... STOP HATING.

SAY WHAT YOU WILL... THE CELTICS ARE STRONG. TO DEMEAN THE COMPETITION IS JUST PLAIN HATING. ALL I DID WAS STATE THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM TO DATE. AND THE BASHING BEGINS. WHY? SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT "REAL DEAL" BUT IT IS A MAJOR. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. A TOURNAMENT WITH GRASSROOTS CANADA, NY GAUCHOS, ALL-OHIO RED, DC ASSULT, ATLANTA CELTICS, JACKSON TIGERS, SPIECE INDY HEAT, BRANDON BASS ELITE AND DALLAS HEROES. WAKE UP. AND TO THE SPECIAL HATERS WHO FIND A WAY TO SINGLE OUT THE CELTIC 15'S. GET OVER IT. BUT I'LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. THE 15'S HAVE FIVE LOSSES: WISCONSIN PLAYGROUND WARRIORS (CHAMPIONS OF REAL DEAL SILVER) BY 6 ALL IOWA ATTACK (CHAMPIONS STRING MUSIC) BY 1 IN OT MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAGIC 16'S (PLAYING UP) (CHAMPIONS RIVERDALE, CHAMPIONS KNOXVEGAS) BY 8 A GAME 16'S (PLAYING UP) BY 4 BIRMINGHAM STORM BY BLOWOUT 16'S LOST TO DEREK SMITH ALL-STARS. 17'S LOST TO DALLAS HEROES, TEAM UNITED AND ILLINOIS TITANS. STOP HATING.

CELTICS ARE STRONG ACROSS THE BOARD. 17U ARE 8-3. IN TWO OUTINGS. WON TWO POOLS. 16U ARE 12-1 WITH A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP (REAL DEAL). IN TWO OUTINGS. WON TWO POOLS. 15U ARE 10-5 (TWO LOSSES PLAYING UP AT 16'S). IN THREE OUTINGS. WON TWO POOLS. CELTS ARE 30-9 COMBINED WITH A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP SO FAR THIS YEAR. GOOD JOB TO COACHES CLARK, HENDERSON, BLACKWELL AND DIRECTOR WADDEY.

Anybody got any updates on local teams competing?