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Mormon LeBron (Jabari Parker of Simeon HS)

Jabari Parker will get plenty of national exposure at Kentucky or BYU IMO. Hell, he's not even in college yet and he's already on the cover of SI. The reasons (in my opinion) that Parker will not choose BYU:

-By all accounts, the kids a winner. If he's going to spend only 1 year in college (as most assume), he's going to want a legit shot at winning a national championship. Sorry, that's not happening at the Y.

-While it may be true that he'll get as much national exposure at BYU, that doesn't mean that playing at BYU will prepare him for the NBA better than John Calipari, Roy Williams, Coach K, etc.

-The kid is very secure in his faith, who he is, and what he wants to accomplish. He doesn't need BYU to facilitate or enhance any of those things. He's going to be able to stand for what he believes in and spread his message with or without BYU.
 
jazzman12 said:
-While it may be true that he'll get as much national exposure at BYU, that doesn't mean that playing at BYU will prepare him for the NBA better than John Calipari, Roy Williams, Coach K, etc.
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This is your worst argument against BYU yet. Has Coach K ever had a stellar NBA star come out of his program?
 
Whoever it was that mentioned the West Coast Conference (too lazy to go back and look it up right now) maybe an excellent point. At this point in time for him, he's got to look at competition. If he's that good (and by all accounts, he's that good) he needs to go up against the best there is. That's not the WCC. Playing in high school gyms in front of 6,000 people just doesn't compare to playing in Duke vs UNC (or something similar).
 
Honestly, the only reason I could see him choosing BYU is if the coaches can convince him that playing at BYU is serving a mission, like they did with Ainge. That way he doesn't have to put his b-ball career on hold to serve a real mission.
 
Any dirty Ute fans here? I was barely conscious when you guys were good with Keith Van Horn and Andre Miller. Those days are long gone. How does it feel that BYU is the only hoops program in the state now?
 
Hantlers said:
I would argue that in the long run it hurt Jimmer. He got a ton of national exposure, but how long will he last in the NBA? At a top program he wouldn't have scored as much, but he would have developed into a better player with better coaches IMO.
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Dave Rose is absolutely positively one of the best coaches in the country. Playing at BYU got Jimmer into the NBA, at another big school he probably would have been very good but I doubt he would have been scoring 30 ppg and dominating the ball the whole game. Playing for Rose at BYU was absolutely the best thing for him. He may not be a star in the NBA but he got there and he will make millions.
 
Saltair's Finest said:
Any dirty Ute fans here? I was barely conscious when you guys were good with Keith Van Horn and Andre Miller. Those days are long gone. How does it feel that BYU is the only hoops program in the state now?
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Um, BYU lost to USU last year and USU was nothing to write home about.
 
Jabari Parker

"@JabariParker22: UK, Stanford, michigan state, Kansas, Florida, Duke, BYU, Georgetown, Depaul, UNC. No order."

What say you PKM and everyone else?
 
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