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[QUOTE="superjohn, post: 5328486, member: 1522"]
NJHoops is right on.  There was a fair amount of CT high school kids who were either caught up in off the court nonsense or couldn't even get it together enough to play college ball back in the day.  There really wasn't good structure for kids back then unless they really had a great high school coach who was on their butt.  I think it was that way in a lot of places for a long time.  If a kid was that good they sort of did whatever the heck they wanted with nobody to check them...

With New England prep basketball what it is today and basketball academy type places around the country kids with serious talent seem to have a way better foundation.  If a kid is good enough to have a serious future in basketball it seems way less likely they fall through the cracks now and develop terrible habits off the court.  It's hurt the public school game because talent goes elsewhere but the kids who are good enough tend to make it now instead of falling through the cracks and that's a very good thing.

I think it's in all levels of the basketball now.  You don't hear nearly as many stories of wasted talent at the high school, college or pro levels as you used to.
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