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08-03-2007, 02:00 PM
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Some rookie requested this thread.
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08-03-2007, 02:03 PM
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While they were professional or before? I played against Tim Young when I went to high school out in California for a semester. I'm not sure if he played in the NBA or not, but he was drafted out of Stanford. I actually scored 18 points and grabbed about 15 boards that game. Of course, we lost by 30 or so.
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08-03-2007, 02:04 PM
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I have played baseball, basketball and footbal vs guys who are in the MLB, NBA and NFL now but never while they were pros only during junior high and high school years.
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08-03-2007, 02:06 PM
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Not exactly their sport. But I went to high school with a guy (John Dopson -- but you probably never heard of him) that bounced around the majors for 10 years (actually won 12 games one year). He was throwing in the 90's in High school.
In gym class we used to play dodge ball with the smaller red rubber balls (the ones you could palm). People would walk out of class with welts on their bodies. The gym teacher was a sadist (and a coach) so he enjoyed it. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dopsojo01.shtml |
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08-03-2007, 02:07 PM
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tackled cedric benson and roy williams (the WR) in high school.
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08-03-2007, 02:07 PM
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I'm guessing that "some rookie" meant professional at the highest level. In college, I played basketball with two guys who ended up playing at low level Euro teams. They're much better than me, but they're no where near NBA level.
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08-03-2007, 02:07 PM
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Played against David Klingler in flag football while he was a pro.
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08-03-2007, 02:07 PM
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I've shot around with Clyde. Thats about It. Not competed against.
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08-03-2007, 02:08 PM
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08-03-2007, 02:09 PM
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I played against Ron Baxter a few times. He was UT's power forward on the Abe Lemon's coached UT hoops teams the late 70s. He was drafted by the Lakers, and had a cup of coffee in the NBA.
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08-03-2007, 02:09 PM
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honest to God: I intercepted him on an out-pattern he was throwing. returned for a TD.  he used to throw passes to us in receiver drills at Stratford. The categories of optimism and pessimism don't exist. Better to be instead, a prisoner of hope. - Cornel West Rain "Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial." - MLK |
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08-03-2007, 02:14 PM
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I played ball with drexler at a summer program. at ut I played with travis mays, and joey wright, I don't remember if wright played in the nba
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08-03-2007, 02:15 PM
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Well most of you might not consider table tennis/ping-pong a sport, but due to crazy circumstances (small tourneys + large rr format) I've had maybe 2 matches in the past few years against pros. I can loop from 10 feet back w/ no problem, but against a guy who does it for a living, it happens at another gear higher that you can't really imagine until you face it. Kind of like how qb's talk about going from college to the NFL, the defense is at a totally different level of fast that you can't really prepare for. Also, doesn't really count, but when I was a top junior I also played against quite a few kids who are pros right now. They've been on those replays on ESPN they show once in awhile at 3am in the morning.
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08-03-2007, 02:19 PM
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i played against the world record rock skipper, i got about 3 skips, he got like 50...
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08-03-2007, 02:21 PM
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08-03-2007, 02:24 PM
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The closest thing for me was in '89 Doug Drabek came to work out before spring traing at our HS and we would hit batting practice off of him. That was a year before his Cy Young year.
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08-03-2007, 02:26 PM
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I don't think he did. I used to work with his baby's momma and his "agent". no habla jibba jabba RIP Leroi Moore |
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08-03-2007, 02:26 PM
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Yeah, that's the exact response I was expecting when I posted it... |
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08-03-2007, 02:34 PM
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I auditioned against Mathew Broderick for the same part. Guess who got it?
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08-03-2007, 02:35 PM
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The Foot's husband? no habla jibba jabba RIP Leroi Moore |
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