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

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. 

old timer, you do know that it was mike quicks show right?  last i heard mike breen wasn't covering hs sports.

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.