Re: OJ Mayo

Gilbertology · Post by **Gilbertology** » 15/04/2007, 18:18

Ho sentito parlare un gran bene di questo ragazzo, dato nei mock come prima assoluta per l'anno prossimo......tuttavia non l'ho mai visto giocare......che tipo di giocatore è? a chi somiglia? e in che college giocherà l'anno prossimo?

Di lui so solo (per sentito dire, e non so nemmeno se è vero...) che ha la stessa età di Oden, ma, siccome è stato bocciato un anno alla High School, non è potuto andare al college quest'anno

Luca10 · Post by **Luca10** » 15/04/2007, 18:58

E' una guardia ed il prossimo anno andrà ad USC insieme a Daniel Hackett.

Il grande problema per lui è la testa, che sembra per il momento spesso disabilitata, tanto che nei mock da locked n.1 per il prossimo anno è già scivolato indietro di alcune posizioni (credo che ora lo diano già intorno alla 3-4).

kanon · Post by **kanon** » 17/04/2007, 9:52

un gilberto un po' più alto in prospettiva secondo me ce lo ritroviamo...testa permettendo, è ovvio...

eliawiz · Post by **eliawiz** » 17/04/2007, 14:40

Da anni Mayo è considerato il miglior prospetto della sua classe, ma ora qualcosa sta cambiando. Molti preferiscono Beasley che al Mc D. è stato devastante o Rose o Love... Io penso che Mayo sia per un combinato di fisico e tecnica almeno una spanna sopra gli altri, ma al Mc D. ha fatto poco e in generale è poco propenso a far giocare la squadra. I limiti sono nell'attitudine, perchè per il resto è un Wade più alto e più passatore.

Gilbertology · Post by **Gilbertology** » 17/04/2007, 18:52

eliawiz wrote: Da anni Mayo è considerato il miglior prospetto della sua classe, ma ora qualcosa sta cambiando. Molti preferiscono Beasley che al Mc D. è stato devastante o Rose o Love... Io penso che Mayo sia per un combinato di fisico e tecnica almeno una spanna sopra gli altri, ma al Mc D. ha fatto poco e in generale è poco propenso a far giocare la squadra. I limiti sono nell'attitudine, perchè per il resto è un Wade più alto e più passatore.

Una forte mazza di legno potrebbe fargli mettere la testa a posto........insomma un Coach con le palle potrebbe rischiare di sceglierlo e fargli mettere la testa a posto........

Marki · Post by **Marki** » 17/04/2007, 19:48

Gilbertology wrote: Una forte mazza di legno potrebbe fargli mettere la testa a posto........insomma un Coach con le palle potrebbe rischiare di sceglierlo e fargli mettere la testa a posto........

Dai ad una testa matta qualche miliardo da spendere e non lo ripigli piu'..................va in fuga...............
cassano docet...................

skiptomylou · Post by **skiptomylou** » 28/04/2007, 0:15

non è arrogante e non è presuntuoso

O.J. Mayo Boosts U.S.C. Before He Arrives
Date Added: 3/21/2007 11:16:31 AM ET

It sounds like a fairy tale.

A stranger walked into the University of Southern California basketball office one day last summer and asked to speak to the head coach. The stranger did not make an appointment. He did not call ahead. Tim Floyd, the U.S.C. head coach, cannot explain why he agreed to see him.

Nine months later, as U.S.C. prepares for the regional semifinal of the N.C.A.A. tournament, Floyd recounted his version of that conversation.

The mysterious man got right to the point. “How would you like to have the best player in the country?” he asked.

Floyd tried not to roll his eyes.

“Have you heard of O. J. Mayo?” the man asked.

Of course Floyd had heard of him. Everyone in basketball had heard of him. Mayo was first mentioned in Sports Illustrated when he was in the seventh grade. He was considered a future lottery pick by the time he entered high school. He once talked trash to Michael Jordan during a pickup game at Jordan’s camp.
Mayo was entering his senior season as a point guard at Huntington High School in Huntington, W.Va., but Floyd said he did not bother to call him. He did not even send him a U.S.C. brochure.

What was the point? Major universities had been courting Mayo for four years. Floyd had been at U.S.C. for fewer than 18 months. Besides, Floyd had only recruited two top-100 players in his life. He had no business going after Mayo, the No. 1 player in the country, especially being from a football college that was 3,000 miles away.

“O. J. wanted me to come here today,” the man told Floyd. “He wanted me to figure out who you are.”

Floyd was desperate enough to play along. His starting point guard, Ryan Francis, had been murdered two months earlier. The backup, Gabe Pruitt, was in academic trouble. The third-stringer, a walk-on, was leaving college.

“Why aren’t you at Arizona or Connecticut?” Floyd recalled asking.

The man explained that Mayo wanted to market himself before going to the N.B.A., and that Los Angeles would give him the best possible platform.
“Then why aren’t you at U.C.L.A.?” Floyd asked.

The man shook his head. U.C.L.A. had already won 11 national championships. It had already produced many N.B.A. stars. Mayo wanted to be a pioneer for a new era.

“Let me call him,” Floyd said.

The man shook his head again. “O. J. doesn’t give out his cell,” he said. “He’ll call you.” (ndf. )
Floyd remembers the meeting lasting 45 minutes. He learned that the man’s name was Ronald Guillory, and that he was an event promoter in Los Angeles who had befriended Mayo. Other than that, Floyd learned absolutely nothing.

“There was no way that kid was going to call,” Floyd said. “There was no way.”

College basketball recruiting, especially when it comes to the top players, is a famously shady business. Coaches deal regularly with handlers and street agents. When they land a top prospect, they are immediately open to questions and accusations.

Floyd is no different. Hours after he met Guillory, at about 6:30 p.m., Floyd was at home in Santa Monica when his cellphone rang. He gave his version of his second landmark conversation of the day.

When Floyd answered the phone, he heard a teenager’s voice on the other end: “Coach, this is O. J. Mayo. I’d like to come to your school.”

Mayo had not been on an official campus visit. He had not seen the new arena, the Galen Center. He did not know anything about the current roster.

Floyd did not believe it was possible to get a verbal commitment from a player he had recruited for less than one day, especially when that player was a 6-foot-5 sharpshooter with blue-chip strength, quickness and passing ability.

“I want to be different,” Floyd recalls Mayo telling him. “I want to leave a mark.”

Mayo said that if he did not go to U.S.C., he would probably enroll at an African-American college. Such colleges are renowned academically, but they do not typically produce pro basketball players.

Mayo’s mind was apparently made up. He was already looking ahead. “How many scholarships do we have for next year?” he asked.

Floyd stammered. “After this,” he said, “I guess we have three.”

Mayo went through the priority list in his mind. “Don’t worry about recruiting,” he said. “I’ll take care of it.”

kanon · Post by **kanon** » 30/04/2007, 12:38

onestamente non ho parole....quasi da prendere a schiaffi......

Dade · Post by **Dade** » 02/05/2007, 11:51

Mamma mia...ma chi si crede di essere?
Sarà anche forte fortissimo, ma con sto atteggiamento non va lontano secondo me!!!

phillino d.o.c · Post by **phillino d.o.c** » 06/05/2007, 14:20

è il mio idolo diventerà
il più forte ha tutto per diventarlo tiro, fisico. se mette la testa a posto sarà
un gran giocatore

ale23 · Post by **ale23** » 06/05/2007, 14:39

mi sa molto di romanzo quel racconto. Si esagera da ambo le parti per pompare il suo arrivo :D

Shakur · Post by **Shakur** » 06/05/2007, 15:08

siccome non sono molto pratico di inglese qualcuno potrebbe dirmi cosa dice di nn arrogante e di non presuntuoso :D

ale23 · Post by **ale23** » 06/05/2007, 15:10

in breve Majo invia un tizio a USC per annunciare la venuta del Messia. Noto attinenze con altre favole storiche simili :D

phillino d.o.c · Post by **phillino d.o.c** » 13/07/2007, 22:44

Resta comunque il miglior prospetto della classe cè da vedere che combina all'università visto che all'high school faceva ciò che voleva per me l'anno prossimo è fortunato chi se lo piglia

Luca10 · Post by **Luca10** » 14/07/2007, 9:34

Si sa da un pezzo chi se lo piglia e cioè i cugini poveri di LA...USC.