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    I don’t see the big deal or why ya’ll saying it a terrible decision? If it was football sure, basketball it don’t make all that much difference in the long run. Individual talent shows in hoops, nba will find you wherever you go for a year. What ho dunk ass shit school did Pippen go to? Didn’t seem to effect his career.
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    Huge mistake

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2daBank View Post
    I don’t see the big deal or why ya’ll saying it a terrible decision? If it was football sure, basketball it don’t make all that much difference in the long run. Individual talent shows in hoops, nba will find you wherever you go for a year. What ho dunk ass shit school did Pippen go to? Didn’t seem to effect his career.
    i think the terrible decision is him being a whore for the media narrative

    puts a spotlight on him for better or worse, and it's always worse... ask any multi millionaire celebrity if they would make the same decisions, and almost all of them would say they would rather be a regular joe that can just go eat a sandwich in peace

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2daBank View Post
    I don’t see the big deal or why ya’ll saying it a terrible decision? If it was football sure, basketball it don’t make all that much difference in the long run. Individual talent shows in hoops, nba will find you wherever you go for a year. What ho dunk ass shit school did Pippen go to? Didn’t seem to effect his career.
    yuuuuup

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    He's one and done at Kentucky and making millions. Now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    It's a free country. If he wants to go to Howard then good for him... FWIW, I was on the Howard campus 3 years ago. I was the only white person around and everyone I met acted with class and treated me great.

    I think the real question is why do 5 star recruits go to college at all? They could play in Europe or China for a year and become millionaires. If the disaster scenario occurred and they suffered a career ending injury they could easily pay for college and have hundreds of thousands of dollars left over.
    i was on their campus 20+ years ago and I was very impressed. 70% of students are women in sundresses. Howard’s law school and business schools are top 25. 15% of students are white btw. Plus it’s in one of the most powerful cities in the country/world. Lexington, Memphis, etc., can’t compare as cities to live in.

    Howard has a 7 to 1 teacher to student ratio. You’re not a number like at UF where I had a class with 900 students.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    i was on their campus 20+ years ago and I was very impressed. 70% of students are women in sundresses. Howard’s law school and business schools are top 25. 15% of students are white btw. Plus it’s in one of the most powerful cities in the country/world. Lexington, Memphis, etc., can’t compare as cities to live in.

    Howard has a 7 to 1 teacher to student ratio. You’re not a number like at UF where I had a class with 900 students.
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    If he's gonna go to the NBA, which I'm not sure cause I never seen him play, it really doesn't matter where he goes to school. Ben Simmons didn't even make the NCAA tournament and went 1 overall lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goat Milk View Post
    If he's gonna go to the NBA, which I'm not sure cause I never seen him play, it really doesn't matter where he goes to school. Ben Simmons didn't even make the NCAA tournament and went 1 overall lol.
    So did the broken down jump shot kid from Washington who has never played an important minute in the nba. Markelle Fultz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post

    If you’re good you’re going to get drafted no matter where you play
    This.

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    good to see the "15% white students" got corrected by 19th hole, it is really around 1%

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    Maybe BET will start broadcasting their games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seaborneq View Post
    So did the broken down jump shot kid from Washington who has never played an important minute in the nba. Markelle Fultz.
    What does that even mean he is the starting PG for a playoff team. And he did play in the playoffs 2 years ago before being benched for TJ Mcconnell

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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    good to see the "15% white students" got corrected by 19th hole, it is really around 1%
    White kids And others are enrolling at HBCUs in record numbers.
    aThe percentage of white students at HBCUs stood at 17 percent, according to a report last year from Pew Research Center. That figure was up from 13 percent in 1980. Data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics confirm the steady rise in white students enrolling in HBCUs from 1976 through 2004. That could be the reason, at least in part, why HBCUs saw record growth in


    https://newsone.com/3822712/hbcu-enr...hite-students/

    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...ard-turns-150/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    White kids And others are enrolling at HBCUs in record numbers.
    aThe percentage of white students at HBCUs stood at 17 percent, according to a report last year from Pew Research Center. That figure was up from 13 percent in 1980. Data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics confirm the steady rise in white students enrolling in HBCUs from 1976 through 2004. That could be the reason, at least in part, why HBCUs saw record growth in


    https://newsone.com/3822712/hbcu-enr...hite-students/

    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...ard-turns-150/
    there is a difference between 15% whites at historically black colleges... and 15% at howard in particular

    howard in particular has about 1% whites

    i could point out that the population of washington dc is 37% white but that also wouldn't mean that howard is 37% white

    he is picking one of the blackest of the black schools

    https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/...-students/377/

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    In today’s world of technology you can play for a Division III team and be a first round draft pick very overrated where you go to school anymore

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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    there is a difference between 15% whites at historically black colleges... and 15% at howard in particular

    howard in particular has about 1% whites

    i could point out that the population of washington dc is 37% white but that also wouldn't mean that howard is 37% white

    he is picking one of the blackest of the black schools

    https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/...-students/377/
    Hampton is also 1% white. This guy is from the blackest place on Earth the Sudan. So perhaps he only want to be around black people, which if that’s the case do what makes you happy.

    If blacks want to stay around blacks, it’s their right and they shouldn’t be labeled racist. Same with whites wanting to stay around whites. Wanting to be comfortable around people that are similar to your culture shouldn’t be stigmatized.
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    For the most part blacks in a white areas are pretty safe but a white in a black area you’re not Safe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Plaza23 View Post
    Hampton is also 1% white. This guy is from the blackest place on Earth the Sudan. So perhaps he only want to be around black people, which if that’s the case do what makes you happy.

    If blacks want to stay around blacks, it’s their right and they shouldn’t be labeled racist. Same with whites wanting to stay around whites. Wanting to be comfortable around people that are similar to your culture shouldn’t be stigmatized.
    absolutely!

    media always praises diversity but cultures/countries/companies/etc have always thrived when they have a common culture... and they have failed and been destroyed when they DON'T

    we are seeing that right now with the once-great USA, it's being destroyed by diversity and race baiting... if they would just shut up about it like morgan freeman/denzel/lil wayne have said, "racism" would go away

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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    there is a difference between 15% whites at historically black colleges... and 15% at howard in particular

    howard in particular has about 1% whites

    i could point out that the population of washington dc is 37% white but that also wouldn't mean that howard is 37% white

    he is picking one of the blackest of the black schools

    https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/...-students/377/
    The only point I was trying to make was that HBCUs are not only open to black people. I had heard Howard was 15% white but that was wrong.

    I doubt this kid cares if it’s 1% or 15%. Sounds like he’s following the coach who seems to be an excellent recruiter.

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    I keep telling you guys this shit is about attention.

    did anybody here know who this kid was before the news came out? doubt it. now you are well aware. ESPN, social media & other news sources will be sure to remind you of his first game. they'll let you know when he has his first double double, when he drops 20pts, when he has a jaw dropping dunk.

    you are plugged into his story now & you don't even know it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sosawestbrook View Post
    I keep telling you guys this shit is about attention.
    did anybody here know who this kid was before the news came out? doubt it. now you are well aware. ESPN, social media & other news sources will be sure to remind you of his first game. they'll let you know when he has his first double double, when he drops 20pts, when he has a jaw dropping dunk.
    you are plugged into his story now & you don't even know it.
    Absolutely. Our society is ALL about attention these days. Who can get more likes or clicks. Millennials are attention whores. 30 years ago you’d never see an athlete peddling hats on a stage to choose a college. You’d never see an hour long show on a decision for free agency on where you’re taking your talents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    Absolutely. Our society is ALL about attention these days. Who can get more likes or clicks. Millennials are attention whores. 30 years ago you’d never see an athlete peddling hats on a stage to choose a college. You’d never see an hour long show on a decision for free agency on where you’re taking your talents.
    likes & clicks = $$$ (in the long term)

    its not that millennials are attention whores, they are just products of their environment. this new era of social media & technology that we are in didn't exist prior to the beginning of the last decade. there was no such thing as a digital presence 15-20years ago. nowadays, your online profiles can be gateways to future business endeavors, relationship building & a variety of other things. this is just a new era version of the same things people have always done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    Absolutely. Our society is ALL about attention these days. Who can get more likes or clicks. Millennials are attention whores. 30 years ago you’d never see an athlete peddling hats on a stage to choose a college. You’d never see an hour long show on a decision for free agency on where you’re taking your talents.
    yeah that's a good point

    but that doesn't provide happiness... if it was the path to happiness so many famous people wouldn't have drug problems/suicide/etc

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