ATLANTA, GA.– Everybody and their baby’s momma’s Uncle LeRoy showed up in the “ATL” to see the best of the best in high school hoops this week and Wednesday night was the finality. The 41st Annual McDonald’s All-American Game was held at Philips Arena where boyz got it in with the West winnin’ 131-128. North Carolina signee Nassir Little led all scorers with 28 points. Ole boy is a straight up beast too!!! The Tarheels are goin’ to love havin’ him in Chapel Hill.
Let’s not waste any time talkin’ about all of the unbelievable talent that was on the floor. Boyz around here are only concerned with where Romeo Langford is goin’ to decide to play his college ball in the next couple of weeks. The biggest newspaper in Indianapolis dissed the coverage of the best team in the state all season long and even into the state tournament to chase around behind this kid because he hasn’t announced it.
Check this out playa, No.1 Warren Central, who were 31-0 at the time, steppin’ into the semi-state game to play Romeo’s New Albany Bulldogs for a trip to go to the Class 4A State Championship Game was the second story. The kids from the FAR EAST SIDE beat them and didn’t get the headline the next mornin’! Instead, these duns put “Thanks Romeo” on the front page of the Indianapolis paper when the team from Indianapolis won that darn game. It wasn’t until they’d won the state title and posted a 32-0 record that they got the front page.
I say all of that to say, these cats around this state are so emotionally invested in what Romeo is goin’ to do that it’s sickenin’. I personally could care less where he goes because it’s completely his decision to make. I just hope that these diehard IU fans around this piece, includin’ the newspaper, treat him with the same respect “IF” he decides to go to either Vanderbilt or Kansas.
Ole boy showed out in Atlanta by puttin’ up 19 points shootin’ 7 of 14 from the field and 3 of 8 from downtown. He grabbed 6 rebounds and threw 3 dimes against the best high school players walkin’ the earth. Oh…he’s the real deal alright but none of these fake fans would actually care if he’d already decided not to go to Indiana.
That’s what drives me crazy. Be happy for the kid because he’s from Indiana and reppin’ the state. Don’t be chasin’ him around wearin’ IU gear because you think there’s a chance he’ll end up in Bloomington.
I wrote a crazy Hot Joint back in early December entitled “Avoidin’ the Foolishness” where I said that Romeo’s probably NOT goin’ to IU because if he were he would have announced it already. Boyz went nuts callin’ me a hater and a traitor because I’m an IU grad Class of ’90.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! I’m not a hater nor a traitor. I’m a realist. This is Indiana and I’ve seen how IU fans have treated KIDS that have decided not to go to IU to play their college ball and it’s down right disgustin’. It’s a shame that grown men and women mistreat these kids for makin’ their own decision to play at better programs.
I saw it with Gary Harris (Michigan State), Kris Wilkes (UCLA), Trey Lyles (Kentucky) etc. etc.etc. Heck, Kris Wilkes had to take the Twitter app off of his phone for several weeks because it got to be too much. These are kids for cryin’ out loud.
So on some real talk, what Romeo is doin’ is incredibly smart. He’s waitin’ until all of the basketball is over and then he’s goin’ to announce it. Again, I don’t know where he ‘s goin’ and I frankly don’t care. I want him to go wherever he and his family feels the most comfortable goin’. I’m goin’ to ride with him if he decides to go to JoJo’s Community College or BooBoo State. He’s reppin’ Indiana and is another outstandin’ hooper that builds onto the reputation of basketball in this state.
Will he pick IU? I don’t know but history tells us that he won’t. The best players in this state rarely do. Why? Because it’s not an elite program and it’s as stiff as a board. Let’s not even mention all of the studs that flipped the bird at IU and went somewhere else goin’ back 30 years. Naw bruh, let’s just talk about the cats that played in this year’s NCAA Tournament that are from Indiana that didn’t chose the Hoosiers. There’s Jaren Jackson (Michigan State), Kris Wilkes (UCLA), Trevon Blueitt (Xavier), Paul Scruggs (Xavier), CJ Walker (Florida State) and Kyle Guy (Virginia).
If the Hoosiers had those home grown players they would have been a No.3 seed at the bare minimum in this year’s NCAA Tournament. But they weren’t because they can’t sign the best players in their own state.
So we’ll all sit in the cut to wait and see. Again, I could care less where he chooses to go to school because he’s only goin’ to be there for a freakin’ year. I just wanna see him get to the NBA. Why? Because I just love sayin’ that these amazin’ kids are from the state of Indiana. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.
2) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talkin’ about.
The G is excluded from the endings of all words because the G is near and dear to my heart because I’m from “The G” which is Gary, Indiana. So I only use the G when I’m talkin’ about “The G!”
The caption under the photo isn’t real but its real talk!