Mike White| Monday, June 8, 9:45 a.m.
The high school sports web site www.maxpreps.com did an interesting thing recently, picking the best high school basketball player ever from each state. Kevin Askeland did the story and some of the choices might surprise you.
The winner from Pennsylvania was Wilt Chamberlain, who played at Overbrook High School in the 1950s.
It's hard to argue with Wilt's selection, although some from the younger crowd might pick Kobe Bryant (Lower Merion High School). The selections had some critieria. The player had to play in the NBA. Also, the player had to do significant things in high school. The story brings up Bill Russell and how he wasn't much of a factor on his high school team.
Another interesting choice is Ohio. Maxpreps picked former Boston Celtic great John Havlicek as the best player from Ohio. I'm sure the younger crowd would go with LeBron. Here is the link for the story. http://www.maxpreps.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=1e2043a7-e250-de11-a973-001cc494dda6
But what do you think? Is Wilt indeed the best player ever from Pennsylvania? Or better yet. Let's localize things. Who is the best player ever from the WPIAL?
And who is the best ever from the City League?
It makes for interesting discussions. You can tell us your thoughts on the "comments" section of this blog.
Posted
Jun 08 2009, 09:35 AM
by
Mike White