This story will break your heart, but it needs to be told. I was a very young child, but already a huge Illini fan, and I remember the day I heard that he had been killed. The day before his high school senior season was supposed to start, he was shot on his lunch hour at Chicago Simeon after bumping into some thug. Illini bound and the #1 recruit in the nation, he would have been a part of the Flying Illini team with all of those superstars. With him added to that team, they could have been the best college team of all time. I did some research on him a few years ago, and many people are saying he would have been one of the best players of all time in the NBA. Isaiah Thomas and Magic Johnson with a sweet jump shot, and a great kid, too. I still think about the name Ben Wilson every once in awhile, and it's great to see that he's not forgotten. Looking forward to the highlights too, as I've never seen him play.
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It's kind of like Boyz in the Hood, only real.Comment -
Wait, you're Illini at the RX?Comment -
Got it on the DVR
And yes texasfan...he IS Illini from theRXComment -
Best college team my ass. Lots of people get compared to Jordan when they are young. OJ Mayo played right down the street from my house and they said the same shit about him.Comment -
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When you hangout with blacks bad shit happensComment -
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watched it on DVR...
I'd say he'd be a early second round pick nowadays...
Lesson you young bucks should learn from this; don't fall in love with dumb chicks at a young age...
If he wasn't with that chick he would be retired and rich right now...Comment -
Albert, you ever post at THERX anymore?
why did you leave there?
it was getting lame back in 2008 when i left, SBR is superior in every single way possibleComment -
He still posts there Brock, there's an identical thread like this there, that's why I asked if it was him.Comment -
Like I said, he was nobody special. Kids get gunned down all the time. We don't make movies about them because they aren't good at basketball. It doesn't make their lives any less important. The only reason u care about this kid is because he was a good player and was gonna go to your school.Comment -
Yes this has been on b4 if you have Verizon or Comcast you can go into your on demand free sports espn and watch this now. Very sad never knew of this story until I watched.Comment -
U obviously are comprehending. The only reason u give a shit is because he played basketball. If he wasn't a good player and going to your school he would be just another dead n.igger TO YOU. Like I said, he was no more important than anyone other kid that has been gunned down. Their lives were just as important as this kid's.Comment -
hey pal! never heard of this guyComment -
I was like 7 years old when he got killed. It was one of my first realizations in life that this world is a dark, evil place. The name Ben Wilson represents that to me. His basketball is irrelevant. I never saw him play. It wasn't until a few years ago when I read what Nick Anderson and others said about him that I realized he was the #1 recruit in the nation. Did you see him play?Comment -
No I think it's ridiculous to put athletes up on a pedestal. U seem to think that athletes are more important than just normal people. Lots of mothers have to bury their kids at a young age but nobody cares and nobody makes films about them because they aren't athletes. To people like u those kids aren't important. As for his abilities, I say he probably was overrated. Lots of kids are seen as future stars and it rarely pans out.Comment -
i'm apparently a few years older than you....i didnt see him play but i know enough about him to know that his legend grew in the years after his death...a lot of guys who were the best in their class in 11th grade didnt amount to shit....a few years later ronnie fields was projected to be the best player ever to come from chicago while he was in hs...howd he turn out?Comment
