Rothstein at practice

[RutgHoops]

Devil's advocate ONLY!

Big difference between playing in games, albeit HS vs. playing 12 minutes in garbage time..

I believe I've mentioned on this site before I was a walk on at a D-1 program as a freshman in college. The first three months of college practice had skill development, weight training, nutrition, knowledge of the game/plays that were night and day versus what I went thru in high school. And I was sure as heck not someone the coaching staff focused on. Now this was 35 years ago, but there is no comparison. And I played high school basketball at a Group IV NJ school, that at the time was one of the two or three best leagues in NJ. I had what at the time was considered pretty darn good coaching. And there was no comparison. None.

 

[RUChoppin]

This assumes that the additional muscle doesn't impact his shot.

It's not like he's been locked in a gym doing power lifting training only - he's been getting up plenty of shots, too. The additional S&C and muscle will help a lot with finishing through contact, fatigue and lift in the legs at the end of games, banging for rebounds, offense/defense in the post, setting screens, etc.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

I believe I've mentioned on this site before I was a walk on at a D-1 program as a freshman in college. The first three months of college practice had skill development, weight training, nutrition, knowledge of the game/plays that were night and day versus what I went thru in high school. And I was sure as heck not someone the coaching staff focused on. Now this was 35 years ago, but there is no comparison. And I played high school basketball at a Group IV NJ school, that at the time played in one of the two or three best leagues in NJ. I had what at the time was considered pretty darn good coaching. And there was no comparison. None.

I am assuming you could dunk.

 

[RutgHoops]

I am assuming you could dunk.

Nope. 6'1". I could dunk a tennis ball, but that doesn't count.

My front line in high school was 6'6", 6'6" and 6'5". They could all dunk.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Nope. 6'1". I could dunk a tennis ball, but that doesn't count.

My front line in high school was 6'6", 6'6" and 6'5". They could all dunk.

I looked up your HS 3 point shooting stats…

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[RutgHoops]

I looked up your HS 3 point shooting stats…

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Ha. Yup. No 3 point line when I played in HS. Heck, I wore tape on my nipples because no one had yet thought to wear an undershirt under their jerseys.

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

Ha. Yup. No 3 point line when I played in HS. Heck, I wore tape on my nipples because no one had yet thought to wear an undershirt under their jerseys.

Do one better. No three point line and not allowed to dunk even though I could. It was a technical even if you did it in warmups.

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

I think most of the time the college conditioning and developing is probably a plus.

However, for a kid who played for a top elite team where he was “waiting his turn”as more of a role player through the first 3 seasons, the experience and confidence of being a team captain and go to player as a HS senior could be more beneficial. Personality, environment and related circumstances do come into the equation. I’m not sure there’s a clear answer that one is always better than the other.