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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3489225, member: 1001"] I love BO but he was (is) definitely more of a streetball/isolation guy. He can still score at will in rec leagues in his 40s (not that it's saying much) without giving much effort. I've never seen a 5'6" guy get to the rim so easily and finish among the giants. I remember one AAU game he drove baseline, went up strong side and a help defender pinned the ball against the backboard. BO maintained control of the ball, while still hanging mid-air, and swept it around to the other side of the rim for the most ridiculous reverse layup I've seen in person. We played in him in HS when he was at West Haven (one of his many stops) he did almost nothing but Matt Turner (Boston U, IIRC) killed us. I went to a game at Cheshire Academy when Ricardo Greer (Pitt) was there and Bobby was at MCI. Absolutely ridiculous game all around. I'd guess both had over 40. Speaking of MCI, are they still relevant on the prep school scene? I haven't heard their name for a long time. I was reasonably close with Konecny back in the day. He always struck me as a kid who didn't love basketball; he wasn't all that happy playing it. He was down or "blue" pretty often. His old man was a bear too, put a ton of pressure on him. There were rumors of substance abuse problems. It's a shame things went off the rails for him. He would have been a starter on Syracuse's '03 championship team. Kid had a lot of talent and potential. He was at Iona for a minute (never played) and then a few jucos. I think he played professionally in Puerto Rico or Mexico for a little while. [/QUOTE]

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