They are really gonna name the court after Romeo??
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Who cares?
He's not only the schools all-time leading scorer but one of the state's all-time leading scorers. He lead to New Albany their 2nd state title and is by far and away their most visible basketball alum. Who the hell else are they going to name the court after?
Your obsession with Romeo is a problem.
Dude, can't you give up your crusade? Regardless of what happened later, he was a great player at New Albany and statiscally one of the best ever in the entire state. It is the NA court afterall and I thought he was always great while there, staying more than an hour after games to sign autographs, etc... He was good to the people of NA and if they choose to honor him, I'm glad for him.
Heck, I think the court at my HS might be named for a Coach that I doubt won 50% of his games!
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He isn't that good at basketball, and people are naming courts after him. Most OR player I have ever seen, and it is obvious I have a problem with his time at IU. He and Archie couldn't make the tourney with a senior Juwan. Pitiful.
But I mean if we want to talk obsessed..... Me posting a story and taking lil shots at a former IU player on a bball board isn't really what I would consider obsessed. But asking your friends and acquaintances about me years ago.... A random guy at the time on a message board, not the mega world wide superstar Cavanagh's Corner is today.... Ya that is obsessive
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He wasn't good at IU or the NBA, when people acknowledge my crusade will be over. The NBA part I dont have to argue at least anymore. Hell, most are just hanging their hat on HS these days. Maybe you're right, I might have won this one, time to move on.
HE was good at IU. His team wasn’t. There are very few freshman performances at IU that top 16.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 2.4 apg while shooting efficiently from the field.
"He isnt that good at basketball". He plays professionally in the NBA...He isn't that good at basketball, and people are naming courts after him. Most OR player I have ever seen, and it is obvious I have a problem with his time at IU. He and Archie couldn't make the tourney with a senior Juwan. Pitiful.
But I mean if we want to talk obsessed..... Me posting a story and taking lil shots at a former IU player on a bball board isn't really what I would consider obsessed. But asking your friends and acquaintances about me years ago.... A random guy at the time on a message board, not the mega world wide superstar Cavanagh's Corner is today.... Ya that is obsessive
With an injured wrist. He didnt ask for all this hoopla.
My hometown, I don't have a problem with NAHS doing this. Deserved in my opinion.
Troy Williams played in the NBA. Lots of guys play or have played i consider not that good. It is relative. But they are not good in comparison to their peers. How bout this, for a top 3 recruit, lottery pick, and getting a gym named after him he ain’t that good.
How many players in Indiana high school history have scored 3,000 points in their career and been a first round draft pick? You need one finger Cav.
He's the best player to come out of New Albany. Period. Why wouldn't the court be named after him?
You made me try to look up Gordon’s HS numbers. I couldn’t. But romeo played against Bedford and Paoli right? I honestly have zero clue about HS basketball, and is probably a lot of the reason why I have a much different than most opinion when talking about Romeo.
I never watched him play a second of basketball till IU. Noah was much better IMO, but many people forgot he even went to IU. It’s like Romeo was Damon Bailey. Just very odd to me.
Hell, in Bloomington fired IU football coaches with losing records are honored with street names...E. Bill Mallory Blvd. I guess that's what you do when your winningest football coach has a losing record...69-77-3 (.473).
Talk about a nothing-burger.
For my part would like to see every HS BB court/floor/gym in Indiana named after a former IU Player.
For my part would like to see every HS BB court/floor/gym in Indiana named after a former IU Player.
Gordon doesn't even crack the top 25 all-time. North Central has also produced a ton of high quality basketball players over the years. Nobody at New Albany comes anywhere close to cracking Romeo's achievements.
Nice. I get on board for a little RL-bashing and you intrude with your classist-deviationism.
Bailey might actually be a decent comp...as blasphemous as it sounds at first. And Damon is my favorite all time player at IU.
I think you're way off on this one Cav...
New Albany is a 4A school...they don't play an Indy MCC type schedule, no, but there are enough good teams in Southern Indiana for him to have faced enough decent competition. There are only 5 people to have EVER scored 3000 points in Indiana. He scored almost 1000 more points than guys like Gordon, Kemp, Alford...
Indiana HS basketball is its own world. IU has been tied to it, for obvious reasons, but for many Indiana basketball is bigger than IU. And Romeo is one of the best ever HIGH SCHOOL players in Indiana. And without question, the best player ever at New Albany.
And has many have mentioned...he is BELOVED down there because of how he conducted himself on and off the court, how he stayed and didn't leave for La Lu or Oak Hill, he brought them a State Title, which I believe was only their 2nd in school history. Which is a big, big, big deal in Indiana.
I think its really cool. Like Bailey, his accomplishments in HS created some crazy expectations at IU and beyond. I don't think he's wired the same way Bailey was. But think about it from a New Albany High School fan's perspective...
-Everyone knew about Romeo years before he stepped foot in NAHS.
-He started all 4 years.
-He scored over 3000 points.
-He won a state title.
-He stuck around all 4 years, when I'm sure there was ample pull and opportunity for him to go to LaLu or some similar school.
-He was very accessible to all their fans.
-He went to IU. (Tons of IU fans in and around New Albany, not very many New Albany players have chosen IU).
-He was a first round NBA draft pick (any other New Albany players do that?)
Cav was one of those people. Probably told a bunch of his minions that IU was going to the F4 and probably lost a ton gambling on games Romeo played in.
I don't think your Bailey opinion is that far-fetched either. Phenomenal player at IU but was always overshadowed by guys like Cheaney, Greg Graham, and Alan Henderson. Biggest difference between Bailey and Romeo is that Bailey at least played on some all-time great IU teams with one of the best coaches to ever do it while Romeo played on a terrible team with a coach who ran an archaic offense. Still averaged 16.5 points with torn ligaments in his thumb. His NBA career never took off but that's happened to a lot of IU greats over the years and none receive a tenth of the criticism from clowns like Cav.
This is ridiculous. It is a HIGH SCHOOL gym, they are honoring what he did in HIGH SCHOOL, which by the way was historic. Good for New Albany, and good for Romeo.
What top 3 or even 5 indiana recruit has flamed out, not due to injury(don’t say Greg) I’ll help, you can count on one finger geezer
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I'm talking about Indiana University greats. Plenty of IU basketball legends have had less than stellar NBA careers given what they accomplished collegiately.What top 3 or even 5 indiana recruit has flamed out, not due to injury(don’t say Greg) I’ll help, you can count on one finger geezer
You moron--it is New Albany's court not IU or Boston.
Top 3 or 5 what Indiana recruit? Top 5 in their respective recruiting class? Romeo was 7th in his class, I believe...What top 3 or even 5 indiana recruit has flamed out, not due to injury(don’t say Greg) I’ll help, you can count on one finger geezer
How many top 5 kids has the state of Indiana even produced?
I think we've found an area of "Indiana Basketball" you're ignorant to.
Wasn’t he #3?? I for sure thought he was. I am very ignorant about HS basketball. I admit it. Gordon, oden, was Conley? Jeffries? May?
I’m petty. And 5’9. So maybe that is an accurate statement.
Maybe, just maybe they are honoring what may have been the best high school player ever in their community.
At first it was hard for me to see that.
Oden and Gordon were top 5...both number 1 depending on the service, but consensus top 5.
Conley wasn't.
Jeffries I think was top 10, don't believe he was top 5 though. Rankings are harder to find the further back you go.
Bailey was the National Player of the Year, as an example, no clue what his actual ranking was though.
Obviously there have been ridiculously good players coming out of Indiana HS basketball...Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Bailey, Oden, Gordon, as you mention... But in terms of actual recruiting rankings, there haven't been a ton of Top 5 guys, I don't think.
If you tick down all the "things" that Romeo did, State Title, 3000 points, 7th ranked in his class...compared to his peers, he and Bailey are probably the most accomplished IU recruits since...McGinnis maybe? And despite his apparent lack of high motor...he did put up great numbers at IU, and did get drafted in the 1st round, despite playing all year with a Phucked up hand.
You can't do what he did, and not have a "motor" though. I don't care how big and talented he was, you can't score 3000 points, win a state title in the biggest class in Indiana, and compete well enough on the AAU circuit to get a national ranking of 7...if you're generally lazy. That's what many of us questioned about him while at IU...while he was scoring 16 a game, rebounding 5 a game, and doing it with what we all now know to be a coach that wasn't cut out to be coaching high level kids like Romeo.
"But the look on his face"
Such a stupid take by Cav that needs to die. He hasn't panned out in the NBA...so far. Who cares. It doesn't diminish his amateur accolades in the least, which is exactly what his high school alma mater is honoring him for. You know how many high school gyms/courts in Indiana are named after people who didn't sniff the NBA? Most of them.
Not sure you’ll ever convince a guy who admits he knows nothing about high school basketball in this state. Then again, I’m not totally sure he knows much about IU either, based on his woeful gambling record and other insane proclamations. 😂
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