Topic: Tobias Harris woul be an average player if he played high school basketball in New York City

Tobias Harris should thank his parents that he lives on Long Island. He would be average at best if he played high school basketball in NYC. He is taking great advantage of weak L.I. competition.

In speaking to scouts that recruit NYC the word is that T. Harris is not a good enough athlete to be an impact player at a major D-1 college. His toughness has been questioned also as he has been labeled soft.

It has been also said that he should leave HHW and go to LuHi just so that he could play against better competition. The fear is that going from HHW to a major college would be cultre shock as far as the leap in competition he will face. Playing at HHW will not prepare him to play big time college basketball it will just keep him soft playing against inferior competition.

If he wasnt that good you wouldnt dedicate nearly as much time and energy as you do bashing the kid. He's a sop****re, you are probabaly a grown man who has nothing to do but create anti-tobias harris posts on a Newsday message board.

Take a step back, look in the mirror analyze your behavior and realize that a 15 year old kid should not impact your life as much as it does. Its kinda sad/borderline disgusting that you feel the need to even create these posts

D.LEW what happened with our other arguement? You haven't made a stupid reply yet.

I graduated from high school in 01, I had my chance to play varsity ball and was an average HS basketball player on a decent team. I think the kid is a good player, better than just about everyone I played against. I'm not on a message board to bash high school kids, I've got better things to do with my life, But if you do happen to see me constantly making posts to insult a 15 year old boy like you have been please let me know to seek help, or contact the authorities.

DiggityBomb no one cares when you graduated high school and the fact you were an average player on a decent team. The fact of the matter is you and many others want to make this 15 year old kid the next great high school basketball player. That is okay. But in case you do not understand high school basketball is big time now as far as media attention is concerned.

 If a kid is so highly regarded as you and others claim he is he better be prepared for the criticism as well as the praise. I do not care how old he is.

When you start talking about a kid being recruited by UCONN and other big schools he better get used to criticism real fast it comes with the territory.

Its not even about Harris, everythign you post on here is an attempt to belittle high school basketball players any chance you get. You have an obsession with writing negativly about high school boys and I'm letting you know that's a PROBLEM. You may need to seek help. Daddy must not have told you  he loved you enough when you were little.  

DiggityBomb I glad to see you are Psychologist. You do not have to worry about my family background. I am sure it was much healthier than yours. You do not have to agree with my criticism of some of the players(although you do not want to talk about what I say about Chris Manning the most complete player on L.I.).

What I said about Kyheem Green is true. He is not a big time recruit.

What I said about Jason Fraser is also true. He was a bust at Villanova. You can make up all the excuses why he was a bust. The fact is he was a bust.

What I said about T. Harris is true. According to scouts he is not athletic and is soft. Plus he plays against weak competition. (I know that one hurts you because you kiss his butt)

DiggityBomb I AM SORRY YOU CANNOT HANDLE THE TRUTH.

 You are just stupid, do your homework before you just start talking out of your butt. Check his resume, NJ Playaz, Unique All-Stars and GC Ballas. Top AAU programs. Ull find his vegas stats somewhere

DiggityBomb Your vocabulary is not very extensive the only word you seem to know is STUPID. It shows your I.Q. level is at the MORON level.

What the hell are you a Tobias Harris groupie. You know every AAU team he has been on since he was 8 years old. Do you know his underwear size. I know you know his jock strap size because you try to sniff it everyday.

You are a groupie. I hope you do not stalk T. Harris. 

GET A LIFE AND STOP TRYING TO LIVE YOURS THROUGH A HIGH SCHOOL KID THAT WOULD NOT KNOW YOU IF YOU BUMPED INTO HIM. IDIOT 

Those that care about basketball, should just wish for some good games in the playoffs. In terms of Harris, please limit the talk about this 10th grader. He is a very good player in sane person's evaluation process. Those that say anything else, just don't know what they are talking about.

It has seemed to me that the reason that Harris is getting such backlash is that there are some that come on this board and rave about him well beyond not only his talents, but the talents of just about any player not named Michael Jordon. All this has done is dwarf Harris's acomplishments with overstatement.

Those that bash this excellent player are way out of line and I strongly disagree that a 15 year old should be criticiized to the level I have been seeing. It is uncalled for and downright mean.  I have seen some of the pro Harris posts start to acknowledge the contributions of his team mates instead of the early posts which would have a reader believe that he is nearly the sole reason that HHH West is winning it's games. This is exactly what creates team turmoil and those that portray Harris that way are doing him a diservice.

There are way too many arguments on if Harris has offers from top D-1 schools. It seems that he is getting interest from top teams. This doesn't mean they have made their final evaluations of him and at this point they CANNOT make an offer. Yes they can lead people to believe that they will eventually offer a certain player, but too much can happen between 10th grade and senior year.

Since Indiana has been one school to supposedly make an offer, they are a good example to use. They may have to change coaches in the next few weeks and it would be foolish to think that a new coach would be locked into unofficiial interest that his predecsessor may have shown.

I have seen Harris play and can attest to his excellent shooting skills and very soft touch of how he uses the backboard from in close. You cannot argue that these skills are highly developed for someone so young. Add to this a body that is still deveoping and currently stands at 6"7". You cannot teach height!

Does he have the spped and quickness to be a high level player at D-1? The jury is still out. This doesn't mean he won't, it just means he does not seem to demonstrate these skills at high D-1 levels as yet. Is he a good team player? Who knows? He has shown that he does not use his team mates well as yet. This may be due to the team style and he should not take blame for this part of his game. I have seen certain posters claim that Harris makes a ton of outstanding passes to set his team mates up when he gets less than 20 points in a game. This is just pure fiction. My point is, give Harris the credit he has earned, conjecture on his upside if you want, but don't go overboard as it seems to be causing more harm than good. 

Give his team mates credit for being good players. Each of the starters and the two top subs could be real contributors in D-3 basketball and a couple might even have some D-2 potential. That is not bad and VERY impressive for a high school team.

Best of luck tonight HHH West and I hope you have learned the best way to set yourselves up  to deal with defenses that have been designed to stop Harris and dare the rest of the team to beat them.