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

 He's obsessed with demeaning little boys. Look at his posting history, if its not a post about harris, its green, or some other kids efforts who he feels the need to undermine

Hsbbfan72 I guess you need to be educated. If T. Harris is playing with 15 and 16 year olds I am not impressed. At 15 if he is as good as MORONS like you think he is he would be playing and dominating with the 17 and 18 year olds.

This my final response to IDIOTS like you and DiggityBomb THE TWO OF YOU ARE BOOT LICKERS THAT CANNOT HANDLE THE TRUTH.

thank you

he wouldnt be a Huge name in the city... 

come back here in 8 years and see where Harris is..

Last time i checked a huge name in the city/staten island was Marbury.... where is he again?

 O yeah, the NBA...  City > Li at bball but so what.. Harris has d1 potential, but he WILL NOT start unless its a low D1 school or he hits the weight room.

His biggest problem is that he's playing at Hills with no supporting cast.  Every great player from the Island had someone they could go to.  Kupchek had Jamie Franklin. Beaver Smith had Greg Smith.  Alagia had 4 D 1 players.  That's from the 70's.  Wally played in the small schools so he doesn't count.  He was a freak. Gugliotta had a nice team.  Danny Green had nice players with him.  AJ Price had Fraser and visa versa.  So the bottom line is that Harris needs his sister on the team otherwise he'll just be another small D 2 forward.  And I do agree withthe Truth about the weight room.  Watching Glenn/Harborfields tonight it was evident that HF hits the room.  Glenn's Eugene got pushed around like a revolving door.  If he ever hits the weights,watch out.

In years gone by, I would have to agree that not having a strong supporting high school cast around a star player would stunt that player's growth. This is no longer the case as AAU ball has a bigger role than the high school season. Hills West has a good supporting cast and would not be 20-0 if this were not the case. 

I have always felt that Hills needed a different offensive configuration to maximize Harris's talents. Several multi screen plays would free up Harris for mid range jump shots which he would drill at a very high percentage. Harris should also be used for other aspects to assist the team such as rebounding. What sense does it make to have him on the offensive side of the court when a foul shot is taking place at the other end of the floor and a 6'2"guard is in one of the two lower box rebounding positions? Harris is also stationed at half court often to take advantage of easy break away fast breaks. That is fine, however if he were rebounding and sending out an outlet pass, then this play would work more often as Hills has other players who can catch the ball at mid court and go in for a lay up and in fact a 6'7" rebounder would make this happen more often.

The key to a championship is to take advantage of the other players on the team when the defense overplays Harris.

It was fun to see Mitch Kupchak's name mentioned. Not only did he have Jamie Franklin, but also Alphonso Owens to make them one of Long Island's most dominant teams ever.

A quick note to Island34. I don't know what to say to you other than you must not be too bright. Your attack of me is out of line. You will one day learn to respect age a little more in that it can give you some perspective of players that have come before Harris. I have nothing but respect for his abilities, yet I have commented that there are some posters (you being the greatest example) that focus only on Harris for Hills success. This is not "hating" on him and only a moron or someone so limited in focus would see it that way.

Sylvester Stallone is a very good actor and one of the best action characters of all time. It is not "hating" on him to question his ability to do Shakespere if a bunch of people are going around saying he is the best actor without limitation. Perhaps Stallone can do Shakespere and the question is unfair, but he would need to prove it first and a realistic person would understand the question being asked.

It would be nice to see some comments from Island34 on the abilities and performances of Harris's team mates. 

DOUBT IT!!!!!

Diggity, you post a page from a recruiting site that's sole purpose is to sell their information to recruitniks to make a profit. While there is nothng wrong with this, it is to these site's best interests to market players to keep the interest of those that pay for this information.

The people who run these sites get most of their information from people that are also trying to promote a given athlete. I would be amazed that news of Harris's 52 point game was realized by any other method that someone close to Harris promoting this information to the web site. To then paste in this information as a proof source is just another example of the public relations machine that some are spending a lot of time trying to feed.

You ask why someone would reach a final determination of why Harris will not be a high level D-1 player when he has two years of high school left. This is an excellent question and those that try to state that he cannot achieve this level seem to be either mean spirited or not allowing for the possibility that Harris will grow into that type of player. I suspect that the reason that these posters seem to take such drastic positions is that you put forth the statement that a final decision that he will be a high level D-1 player is a forgone conclusion already.

I for one hope he will and would love to see a Dix Hills kid make it big. It would be foolish to all but guanantee that Harris will achieve this level. There have been too many in the past from Long Island (and many other places) that seemed ready to excel at the next level and not make it happen. One example is Stan Wilcox who went to Notre Dame when they were a hot national program. Wilcox never made an impact, but at least he was projected during his senior year to be among the very best. Allow Harris to continue to develop before his supporters try to force his abilities down everybody's throats.

If I were to compare him to a player from Long Island in the past it would be Matt Doherty should Harris continue to develop. That is a compliment to Harris, as Doherty was a top player. If he were to achieve a scholarship to a school like North Carolina and have the privilage to play with players like Worthy and Jordan like Doherty did, then that would be great. The point is that Doherty had a much more polished game than Harris did and was a complimentary player, not a star. Doherty could have gone elsewhere and been the main option, but he never would have achieved the level of success that he did by being a team player.

Doherty was able to develop his game to be a good team player. It remains to be seen if Harris can develop this skill. If he cannot, then one has to ask, can he be close to as good as Doherty. Help set realistic expectations (for now) and allow for Harris to fit into a system that wins a high school title. This experience will set him up to be the best he can be and more importantly be a happy kid that can enjoy the success he has and not always be promoted as something he is not as yet.

I agree Dixhills.  Mike Sullivan is nothing more than a lackey for the AAU.  He lies in his articles and creates a buzz where there is none.  Sites like his and MaxPreps are there solely to sell product and create hype that isn't there.  It was great seeing the other little ***** Pavinelli from Doms on Mike Breen's show.  Nice T-shirt Pavs. The AAU is destroying High School Basketball and we post about web sites that help to destroy it.

Funny thing about Mike Breen and those "coaches" sitting around the dinner table.  All of them are New Balance schools.  In other words, they promised to buy NB sneakers at reduced prices and they get the right to be on Breen's HS show.  He pulled the same crap with LI football coaches and promised them if they bought New Balance they would get on TV.  *****S, all of them.  But to the credit of the HS coaches from LI,  No one bought shoes just to get on TV.

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