Grantland Korleone Young article

[WilsonBlvdHoya]

Required reading for all BB recruits.......

www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9687657/view/full/the-life-former-prep-pro-nba-player-korleone-young

[hoyasaxa2003]

Very interesting article...There is a small Georgetown connection in there too, in that it quotes John Thompson saying that he wanted Young for a year before he went off to the NBA. It makes you wonder how many similar guys are out there. Probably more than you would imagine.

[Elvado]

Always love hearing about Myron Piggie and Corey Maggette. Makes me wonder why the '99 Duke runner up team has never been vacated after using an ineligible Maggette.

[Hilltopper]

At the time, I remember hearing that he was a Georgetown lock. Not how it is portrayed in the article, but who knows? Certainly worth the read.

[Problem of Dog]

These Grantland articles are way too damn long.

[hoyarooter]

Sept 20, 2013 18:52:25 GMT -5 Problem of Dog said:

These Grantland articles are way too damn long.

What else would you expect from the Bill Simmons school of journalism (although I plead guilty to reading many of his marathon-length articles).

[NTAMM]

Sept 20, 2013 12:15:59 GMT -5 Hilltopper said:

At the time, I remember hearing that he was a Georgetown lock. Not how it is portrayed in the article, but who knows? Certainly worth the read.

This is a good deal of revisionist history in the article. For instance, once Korleone left Kansas for Hargrave Military Academy, it was clear that he was not going to attend the University of Kansas. But, Korleone Young was never considered to be a lock for Georgetown. Within Korelone’s class the player that was considered a lock for Georgetown was Stromile Swift. Most college recruiting/high school player ranking services had Swift ranked as the third best player in his class behind Al Harrington and Korleone Young.

[TC]

I remember us recruiting Korleone Young though. There were definitely threads on the old board on him back in 1998.

[DFW HOYA]

Sept 20, 2013 23:25:19 GMT -5 TC said:

I remember us recruiting Korleone Young though. There were definitely threads on the old board on him back in 1998.

Threads about Korleone Young were part of a run of threads about recruits fans thought Georgetown couldn't live without, but who faded quickly from view, such as Derrick Payne, Latavious Williams and Dennis Lattimore.

Here is the top 10 players from Young's class, forming a veritable "Whatever Happened To..." list:

1. Al Harrington - early entry, still in NBA
2. Rashard Lewis - early entry, still in NBA
3. Korleone Young* - early entry, played in 3 NBA games
4. Dan Gadzuric - four years at UCLA, nine year NBA career
5. Stromile Swift* - two years at LSU, eight year NBA career
6. Ronald Curry - played football at North Carolina, six year NFL career
7. Jaron Rush - one year at UCLA, undrafted
8. Joel Pryzbilla - two years at UCLA Minnesota, 13 year NBA career
9. Quentin Richardson - two years at DePaul, 13 year NBA career
10. Jason Capel - four years at North Carolina, undrafted

* Recruited by Georgetown

[hoyarooter]

Didn't Pryzbilla attend Minnesota? I know for sure it wasn't UCLA.

[SirSaxa]

Minnesota.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Przybilla

[IDenj]

Sept 21, 2013 10:15:43 GMT -5 DFW HOYA said:

Sept 20, 2013 23:25:19 GMT -5 TC said:

I remember us recruiting Korleone Young though. There were definitely threads on the old board on him back in 1998.

Threads about Korleone Young were part of a run of threads about recruits fans thought Georgetown couldn't live without, but who faded quickly from view, such as Derrick Payne, Latavious Williams and Dennis Lattimore.

Here is the top 10 players from Young's class, forming a veritable "Whatever Happened To..." list:

1. Al Harrington - early entry, still in NBA
2. Rashard Lewis - early entry, still in NBA
3. Korleone Young* - early entry, played in 3 NBA games
4. Dan Gadzuric - four years at UCLA, nine year NBA career
5. Stromile Swift* - two years at LSU, eight year NBA career
6. Ronald Curry - played football at North Carolina, six year NFL career
7. Jaron Rush - one year at UCLA, undrafted
8. Joel Pryzbilla - two years at UCLA Minnesota, 13 year NBA career
9. Quentin Richardson - two years at DePaul, 13 year NBA career
10. Jason Capel - four years at North Carolina, undrafted

* Recruited by Georgetown

I remember Lattimore was a lock for us as he had gone to a summer camp when he was like 13. Yup, good as gold we thought back then.