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We thought it was a bit crazy to read of possible recruiting efforts by DePaul of a 13-year-old kid but a half dozen emails to our tip inbox pointed us to the story of 10-year-old superstar Jaylin Fleming which tops even that. The Tribune spends nearly 1,500 words (and a three minute supplemental video) for a feature on "the most talented 10-year-old basketball player in the country." Says Fleming to the Trib, "I'm a humble kid who's trying to achieve a goal." We assume he means puberty?

The story also touches - but only ever-so-lightly - on the controversial new trend of scouting basketball players while they're still in their Underoos. Illinois coach Bruce Weber indicates the recruitment of preteens is something he has to do: "If you want to recruit the right way and do it the way it's supposed to be done, this is our only choice. And if you take it away, all you're doing is benefiting the guys who probably don't do it the right way." Former Bull Lindsay Hunter is the voice of reason when, discussing his own nine-year old son, he says, "I have coaches calling me for my kid to play, and I'm like, no! He's a kid. … I'm not going to put that type of pressure on him. I want him to experience childhood."

Look, we wish Jaylin nothing but the best in his playing career and, from the story, he seems like a good kid. But, yes, this trend of analyzing kids before they even get to junior high is ridonkulous and, humble or not, isn't healthy for the kids themselves. And while we likely won't see an end to it anytime soon - I fully expect to read a fantasy analysis of a toddler within the next ten years - one way we can help reverse the trend is simple: not publishing 1,500 word features on 10-year-old basketball players.

Some folks are going slightly crazy over the basketball skills of Chicago 10-year-old Jaylin Fleming, whose profile today in the Chicago Tribune has various experts calling him, among other things, the best fifth grade basketball player in the nation. Yeah, that's crazy; pinning down a fact like that is roughly equivalent to herding mice. But here's none other than the Bulls' Derrick Rose, saying this to the Tribune:

He's better than me -- that's what's crazy about it," said Rose, who coached Jaylin at his camp last summer. "His talent is one of a kind. Kids his age rarely do the stuff he does....He does moves that a grown-up does."

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Gah! It’s too early in the day to be this riled up and full of bile. Chicago Breaking News reported on Jaylin Fleming, a basketball prodigy that’s caught the eye of pretty much everyone in the game including New York Knicks head athletic trainer Roger Hinds. Hinds was quoted as saying the following when talking about Jaylin:

"I’ve never actually seen a kid like this."

Pretty cool, right?

Tales ? escreveu:Eu tenho aqui uma revista Slam que tinha uma matéria com os melhores jogadores do 1o/2o grau nos EUA. É um pouco antiga. O Sebastian Telfair foi eleito o melhor do correspondente a nossa 7a série. Vingou? Não fez nada na NBA, nem banco consegue... Digo, é muito cedo pra avaliar, um moleque desse tem nem pelo no saco ainda, se tivesse uns 15 anos já dava pra ver melhor o "it" do moleque. Um bicho desses entra na puberdade, aprende a bater punheta, come umas minas e vai que larga mão de treinar duro. Ou as gangues. E aí, como fica? Freddy Adu tá aí mandando abraço pra galera.

Rick Ronnie Coleman escreveu:falando em GH e tal... alguém sabe se o Jordan, sim, o Michael Jordan usou algo desse tipo?

Li em algum lugar que os pais deles não são altos(não sei a altura), e que o Jordan no high school cresceu absurdamente de uma hora pra outra.



Hormonio do crescimento ajuda sim a crescer. E a pratica de esportes tambem aumentam a produção do GH. Dormir bem também.

Jumpman23 escreveu:

Rick Ronnie Coleman escreveu:falando em GH e tal... alguém sabe se o Jordan, sim, o Michael Jordan usou algo desse tipo?

Li em algum lugar que os pais deles não são altos(não sei a altura), e que o Jordan no high school cresceu absurdamente de uma hora pra outra.



Hormonio do crescimento ajuda sim a crescer. E a pratica de esportes tambem aumentam a produção do GH. Dormir bem também.

Na biografia dele nao lembro de ter lido algo sobre isso, mas que ele teve um estirão no crescimento é fato, se bem que 1,98 não algo tão anormal assim.