Agree, what a talent! VERY excited for Bama.
I was there in Coleman to see him drop those in just as 'Sip says. Still see those shots clear as day in my mind's eye. Unforgettable.
He scored 17 points in the first half, and 52 in the second. 69 points! We won in overtime 103-101. Believe it or not, our only SEC win. We went 1-17 in the conference, but the most incredible individual performance I've ever seen. Remember the brawl at the end of the game?
Yep, I was there When Pete put up 69; with NO 3 point shot. Could have been 80 with 3's. Remember the fight well. A Bama male cheerleader gave Pete a "good game" pat on the butt on his way out and Pete went after him. The front rows were full of guys with shaved heads, football players. They came on to the court and whipped some LSU BBall players azz.
Our big guys were basically tossing him into the equipment out of bounds when he drove. Bad blood. Do I remember correctly that Press Maravich (Pete's dad, LSU coach) shot everybody the bird on the way out? But, although the talk always centers on Pete's scoring, he was an even better ball handler.
Good comparison. Enimo, who I still believe was the most physically gifted player Alabama ever signed, would not go to class and basically became uncoachable by his sophomore year. Bobby Lee, who Bubba Scott said would win at least one national championship at Alabama, had bad hands and was at the center of far more paternity suits than titles. In basketball perhaps as in no other sport, it's really difficult to discern how the most high-profile kids will turn out.This reminds me of the year we signed Ennis Whatley and Bobby Lee Hurt in the early 80's.
When I was a student 76-78 we had incredible talent. Leon Douglas, Reggie King, Rickey Brown,
I agree that he hasn't played against the level of competition he will face at Bama, and who knows what will actually happen, but from a strictly "Prospect" perspective and "potential" perspective, he, to me, looks as good as anybody ever has. Although, coming in, Charles Cleveland was the best athlete I had ever seen, but C.M. forced him to play far too conservatively.
Pettway was recruiting him when Grant was still here. That relationship went a long way in getting him here.
