Brock Harding: Illinois Boys Player of the Year
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Good for him -- Should be easy to pick up the ladies being the PORK POWER Player of the Year
Everything seems to have a sponsor now a days. Even the Rose Bowl is now officially the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.
Simeon is only 3A in Illinois. Moline is 4A.
They beat Benet Academy, who is out of a western Chicago suburb and is a perennial basketball powerhouse. Frank Kaminsky's school
He's Braden Smith's size. Smith was phenomenal in HS and struggled against length.
I hope I'm wrong but I'm not overly excited for him(what he did in HS is now irrelevant), certainly not as much as Freeman.
I hope I'm wrong but I'm not overly excited for him(what he did in HS is now irrelevant), certainly not as much as Freeman.
Sounds like something you would get at the AVN'sBrock: Pork Power Player of the Year
Caitlin: Jersey Mike's Player of the Year
Size matters relative to quickness. The shorter you are the quicker you need to be. Smiths not quick for his height.
Braden Smith got owned in the tournament by two guards who were under 6ft because they were so much quicker.
Kstates pg is 5'8 and they almost made the f4.
Just because two guys are the same height and skin color doesn't make them similar.
Harding looks quicker and more athletic than Smith but it remains to be seen by how much.
No, it remains to be seen.
They're the same player in terms of accolades and your guess is no better than mine or anyone else.
2016 Charlie Moore Morgan Park H.S Cal, Kansas, Depaul and Miami, 2017 Mark Smith Edwardsville H.S. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas St, 2018 E.J. Liddell Believille West H.S. Ohio St 2022 2nd round NBA draft, 2020 Adam Miller Morgan Park H.S. Illiniois, LSU, 2021 n/a, 2022 Braden Huff Glenbard West H.S. Gonzaga, 2023 Brock Harding Moline H.S. Iowa
additional winners: 2011 Chasson Randle Rock Island H.S. Stanford, tie Ryan Boatright East Aurora H.S. UConn, 2012/13 Jbari Parker Simeon H.S. Duke, 2014 Jahlil Okafor Whitney Young H.S. Duke 2015 1st round NBA draft, 2015 Jalen Brunson Adiai Stevenson H.S. Villanova 2nd round 2018 NBA draft
Pretty good company if you ask me. not bad for a short white boy!
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They beat Simeon earlier in the year. Simeon had 2 big centers Freeman shut them down that game.
I think Harding will do great. He's got handles for days and is a fantastic passer. Very entertaining
Chicago Simeon H.S. was Moline's third and last loss for the season on January 21, by the score of 66-67. A blocked shot by one of Simeon's twin towers kept Moline from from winning the game at the buzzer. It was Moline's closest game by far until the win 5 point win over Oswego East H.S. in the state quarter final game at Illinois State Red Bird arena. Facts are facts....
That’s a really huge accomplishment in that state which has produce NBA talent annually since the league came into existence.
