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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well once Deal starts playing teams like Jefferson you will see the true talent on the team. [/quote]

There’s actually some truth to this. By large, basketball is just not a rich, white upperclass sport. The richer and whiter Deal gets, the less competitive they will continue to be. As it stands, most of the “good” players come from Shepherd or maybe OOB Hearst. Paying for private coaching, AAU leagues, indoor clinics only get you so far in basketball. Most AAU teams are a gimmick designed to collect a check. 90% of the AAU teams Deal kids are on couldn’t win one game in a real AAU tournament, even win a Jelleff game. So when people cry that their “AAU” kid didn’t make it, that doesn’t mean much. Clinics and private coaching starts to become more important in high school if you’ve already shown yourself to be a true baller. Raw athleticism starts to be a determining factor in b-ball at 6th grade. Most true ballers are made in the street. They play pick up basketball outside every single day, even in 30 degree weather. And not just shooting hoops on your parent’s garage hoop. There just isn’t that much happening in the Deal boundaries. I see plenty of kids playing pick-up style soccer and baseball at the parks in upper NW but not any hard pounding pick up basketball. Not to mention, the physical strength and height is just not at Deal anymore. I see plenty of middle school boys there that haven’t even reached 5 feet yet and still wearing kid size shoes. [/quote]

Finally the voice of truth and reason shows up. [/quote]

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