Originally Posted by deanwoof

for every kobe there's a leon smith. and with these high school kids, there is so much banking on them from teams, to companies and to families. you don't think for a second that kobe, tmac and garnett had some help along the way from their respective shoe companies as well as the league promoting them? i'm in the belief that anybody could fair pretty well in the league given the right opportunities. i mean, look at jermaine oneal. when he was buried on the bench, he was pretty crappy. throw him into the fire and he exploded... ok exploded was the wrong word. more like he became better than average. and now look at him again, he's pretty crappy again. my point? i didn't have one. i'm still drunk rambling and going to work will be fun right about now....