Best boys basketball players past 50 years

[kalinecountry]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...higan-high-school-boys-basketball/5310916002/
Mick McCabe: I've covered boys basketball for 50 years. Here's my all-time team.

 

[Spartanmack]

Dan Majerle and Shane Battier both ahead of Chris Webber? And Webber is not even in the top 50. This guy is out of his mind. I was too young to see Magic in high school but Webber is by far the most dominant high school player I have ever seen play. He would probably make the best starting 5 of all time in 50 states.

I would have 2guards on my all time team with Steve Smith replacing either Dan Majerle or Shane Battier, whichever didn't get bumped for Webber. And I would definitely have Kevin Willis in the top 50 - although Willis didn't join the Dough Boys team until his junior year in high school.

 

[byco42]

Dan Majerle and Shane Battier both ahead of Chris Webber? And Webber is not even in the top 50. This guy is out of his mind. I was too young to see Magic in high school but Webber is by far the most dominant high school player I have ever seen play. He would probably make the best starting 5 of all time in 50 states.

I would have 2guards on my all time team with Steve Smith replacing either Dan Majerle or Shane Battier, whichever didn't get bumped for Webber. And I would definitely have Kevin Willis in the top 50 - although Willis didn't join the Dough Boys team until his junior year in high school.

No Spencer Haywood or George Gervin, either. Webber's absence must be from a personal slight or an off-the-court judgment.

 

[biggunsbob]

Magic was the best player I ever saw playing in High school. I also saw Tillman play once. Magic was so good. Tillman was a man among boys in Grand Rapids in the game I saw.

 

[biggunsbob]

Magic Was so good in the state high school Final that he won. Good thing there was no three point shot back then. I was at this game. Saw Magic play a few times that year.


https://youtu.be/F-KRCIjAPoA

 

[byco42]

Magic Was so good in the state high school Final that he won. Good thing there was no three point shot back then. I was at this game. Saw Magic play a few times that year.

Were there a 3-point shot, Kevin Smith's half-courter to force OT might have been the game-winning basket.

https://youtu.be/wLpNx3q17x4?t=49

 

[biggunsbob]

It was a really great game. Kevin Smith was pretty darn good to. But Magic was something. Final was 62-56 after being tied at 49-49 at the end of regulation. It was fun gong to the high school finals for a few years running back in the 70’s.

 

[byco42]

It was a really great game. Kevin Smith was pretty darn good to. But Magic was something. Final was 62-56 after being tied at 49-49 at the end of regulation. It was fun gong to the high school finals for a few years running back in the 70?s.

I saw a lot of good basketball even in our six-team league called the SMA (Southeastern Michigan Association) -- Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Kimball, Seaholm, and Southfield -- from 1972-75.