The NCAA screwed this guy, glad his family won their case.

@phomjachana

4 ай бұрын

More reason for me to continue not watching ncaa sports…

@jamesbrockingtonjr.6676

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like they did

@anon2414

4 ай бұрын

He wasnt good enough.. Play overseas for one year show what you got and an NBA team will pick you up. Lamelo, brandon jennings, emmanual mudiay etc. it's a different time but there were still international players in the 90s

@whiteflash1323

4 ай бұрын

@@anon2414 Yup. The NCAA didn't "screw this guy," he just couldn't play.

@TheIcemanthomas

4 ай бұрын

@@whiteflash1323couldn’t play is a stretch

Damn i thought this was going to be one of them stories where his bad decisions held him back, dude tried to do everything right as far as his basketball career and everything went wrong. I truly feel like something wanted to protect him from the dark side of the entertainment industry. I feel this one was a blessing in disguise, I just hope he was able to find some other way in life to be successful and provide for his family

@JBHarris21

4 ай бұрын

He must've scored high af on the SAT for the expectations of an athlete back then. Nothing about that situation makes since. How you lose in court and still do what you did to be in court anyway? Tf

@yatusabe2537

4 ай бұрын

You are very wise...well over the target. GOD Bless you with the full armor 🙏🏼💪🏼

@JaeZealous

4 ай бұрын

It's only been 4000 people in the nba it's rigged. You gotta know. It's all about who you know at that time. It was only ESPN it s easy to sabatash people career

@haneecamper3100

4 ай бұрын

The ncaa is terrible man i remember hearing about this dude I'm 2 years older the ncaa screwed him big time but it came from long beach they we're mad he wanted to transfer because his brother left for the nba

@jakedefenbaugh603

4 ай бұрын

No brother got hand over fist fucked

Dell Harris was the coach that time - not Phil. He benched Kobe a lot. Kobe didn't have a great situation from the start. Phil came to the Lakers in the '99-'00 season.

@bubble_frost

4 ай бұрын

Reguardless missed nba coaching, practices are completely different at that level, cotton was stuck essentially in his own gym at the time

@barryallen1035

4 ай бұрын

Kobe should've started his Rookie season, though. He was better than everyone on that team but Shaq even as a Rookie. He would have easily averaged double figures in scoring. I like eddie Jones, but he wasn't better than Kobe even at 17 y/o.

@primetimesports7901

4 ай бұрын

@@barryallen1035 Eddie Jones was better than Kobe at that time

@barryallen1035

4 ай бұрын

@@primetimesports7901 No he wasn't. No one could guard Kobe by the time the Lakers got their hands on him, not even Eddie Jones. Kobe was killing Eddie Jones in Scrimmages. Only player that tested Kobe's defense on that Laker team was Nick Van Exel. Teams worked Kobe out pre-draft and it wasn't even fair to have players try to guard him. Anyone at those workouts will tell you, best workout they had ever seen. Kobe was killing everyone that attempted to guard him. He averaged 25ppg in the summer league at age 17 on top of that, which happens to be his career scoring average. Only issue Kobe had at 17 was his legs didn't have the endurance to be available in the 4th quarter when a gamewinning shot was needed. He didn't have the legs Jordan was gifted with, Jordan's DNA is just superior, Jordan's body was just stronger than Kobe's. Jordan was just as strong as LeBron. Especially, during that last 3-peat. Tha was Kobe's first impression of Jordan when matching up against him at 17 and 18, STRONG, real STRONG. Look for he interview.

@primetimesports7901

4 ай бұрын

@@barryallen1035 Kobe didn’t have the legs period. He lacked the strength to finish at the rim at that age. He definitely wasn’t the defensive player he would become. And he was careless with the ball. If the Lakers were a team not competing for the playoffs, yes Kobe should start and work through his issues. But since they were a contending team Eddie Jones was the more solid player and defender and already comfortable in the Lakers system

Shea Cotten was a legend in SoCal…as a Bruin we were all looking forward to him wearing the letters. The kid was screwed by the NCAA, and his string of bad luck that followed was unbelievable. His game was exactly what Anthony Edward’s is today…thick and athletic kid who had a below avg jump shot, but would excel in the NBA on his elite athleticism and strength…

@rodblanding4856

4 ай бұрын

He was a grown man at 15. Incredibly dominant.

@jonyb123a

4 ай бұрын

When I was in college, I read a book called Raw Recruits, where I was introduced to a fairly shady character in the SoCal scene named Pat Barrett. Years later, I learned he became a much bigger figure in Socal AAU. Some people apparently put the blame on him for some of Cotton's failures. Interesting story.

@DeCurtaRican

4 ай бұрын

His lack of an outside shot at 6’5 was exactly why he would have flamed out.

@rodblanding4856

4 ай бұрын

@@DeCurtaRican there were a lot of guys that figured it out with much less to work with.

@dayra6425

4 ай бұрын

He was a legend all over.. I heard about him and I lived in New Mexico

We often forget how much sheer luck is required to get to the pros, no matter the skill, the drive, the genetics, you still gotta be lucky AF.

@aaronstrickland3582

4 ай бұрын

EXXZACCLY!! its many storiez like hiz out there sumplace never told…..

@FavreianVengeance

2 ай бұрын

Eh. Nah. Top ten players don't just not make the NBA like that. Something fishy was going on there.

@snapperl

2 ай бұрын

@@FavreianVengeance Its EXTREMELY ez to take a misstep or 2 and not make the NBA. You can have all the talent in the world and never make it and the NBA with just move right along as if you never existed.

@FavreianVengeance

2 ай бұрын

@@snapperl Barring injury, the elite of the elite make the NBA unless they take a lot for granted. Again, I doubt we're hearing the full story here. The NCAA went against their financial interest to snub this kid. The NBA went against their interests as well. The premise that this guy just wasn't getting as much training as Kobe is wishy washy. Clearly there's more to the story.

@snapperl

2 ай бұрын

@@FavreianVengeance You have no evidence for that because you do not know WHO didn't make the NBA that could have. I would definitely wager there were some dudes that could have been all stars if not HoFers if they didnt get in trouble with the law or didnt beat up a girlfriend or didnt get a DUI or any of the other tons of shit that can happen to derail a career. I understand the concept of the cream always rises but I do not think its realistic.

Kobe had his own drive, he was awesome before joining the NBA (look for his Clippers workout tape, it's crazy). Worked and learned by himself, put in more time in the gym than anyone else, patterned his game after Jordan by watching tapes that everybody in the world could watch, too, only he studied every move and made those his own. Kobe was that smart and hard-working, looking to improve his game in every possible way. Even after his first season, he worked out at Lakers facilities or any facility he could find on his own and would shoot the ball for hours. Needed no coach, and no coach could follow his crazy personal schedule, anyway. The biggest lesson he learned from Shaq is that he needed to work out a lot more than the big fella to succeed. The NCAA can't ban you from working out on your own and getting better daily.

Man this is absolutely heart breaking to hear! He needs merch! We need to support this guy for what was wrongfully taken from him.

@dy120481

3 ай бұрын

Lololol. Nothing was "wrongfully taken from him". He just wasn't good enough.

@8301TheJMan

3 ай бұрын

@@dy120481 He definitely was good enough!

I seen him in the Boston shootouts playing for team California. Dude had like 10 dunks the game I saw him. All those shootout years the best players I got to see was Shea Cotton, Stephon Marbury, and Randy Livingston (before the knee injury).

@tyrone1544

4 ай бұрын

Must suck always having to watch and never having anyone watch you because you’re such a loser. Get a life.

@vicshephard9231

4 ай бұрын

I'm glad im not the only one that remembers Livingston. That kid was something else.

@TheEdub1

4 ай бұрын

@@vicshephard9231 He was a bad motherfucker before the Acl injuries!

@clh2192

4 ай бұрын

Livingston was JKidd with ups and a jumpshot. Despite multiple knee injuries still made it to the league. Was that good.

The worst strike of them all was the NCAA rejecting him. Completely uncalled for and avoidable. He would've had a decent chance to still make the NBA, but that alone made it nearly impossible.

@trainerrob1622

4 ай бұрын

He still had a chance, my older brother also competed against him. He was a good player but you guys have to understand So. Cal basketball at that time, it was prospect after prospect and all of them were the next guy. Going from Stacey Augmon, Harold Miner, Paul Pierce, Jacques Vaughn, Ray Owes, Bryon Russell, Ed O'Bannon, Kenny Brunner, Baron Davis Corey Benjamin, Tyson Chandler, Lopez Twins, endless streams of of Murray's and Gervin's... Kenny Brunner was projected to be better then Allen Iverson... Every guy with decent film at that time was the guy.

@joebauers3746

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like he couldn't even read, that is why the NCAA did what they did.

@EricW-eu5xz

4 ай бұрын

@@trainerrob1622who are you bro? Last name? I played with most those guys u mentioned. I’m the one who told Shea about Slam n Jam at Victoria park in Carson.

@axileus9327

4 ай бұрын

He cheated in the sat what were they supposed to do?

@ahmadx1998

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@joebauers3746He could read. It’s just reading comprehension. Everybody learns differently. NCAA should have gave the man a chance.

I used to watch Korzemba when I was kid crazy that he is still around

@JamaalDaGreatest

4 ай бұрын

@@ordinary_deepfakebro what? I’ve been watching for 7 or 8 years. I was watching Mike when I was 16-17, I’m 24 about to turn 25 soon

good too see you still going been here for years and the videos are still amazing.

@MikeKorzemba

4 ай бұрын

Its been a long journey my man, Im only pushing up from here. Thank you for sticking around it's really appreciated 🙏

@Casteeyo...

4 ай бұрын

​@MikeKorzemba you're welcome my love

Another korzemba classic. Great vid mike

I graduated from high school in Southern Cali in 1998 and I think he graduated in either '96 or '97 but his name was big even back then!!! We just knew he was going to be what Kobe was. Smh, he got hated on by the NCAA for no reason!!!

@whiteflash1323

3 ай бұрын

LOLOLOLOL

@CWB-ke4md

21 күн бұрын

Kobe did not need the NCAA! Your point

Mike posting is a pleasure...each and every time!! Thanks my man!!

@MikeKorzemba

4 ай бұрын

Thank you my man appreciate you 🙏

Some decisions destroy a possible future. NCAA wasn't willing to admit their mistake. Glad his family won their case, but it didn't help him when he was at the top of his game! Now we can only imagine what could have been if he would have made the NBA.🤔🤔

@JBHarris21

4 ай бұрын

They really didn't win it... he was a 22 yr old freshman. The ncaa should be sued again for potential lost wages or something cause got damn c'mon 😅

I played ball at Mater Dei. I wasn't there when Shea was, I started four years later. But my sister was there and I watched many games. He was absolutely incredible. I always wondered what happened with him.

@frankdelcastillo9432

4 ай бұрын

I think Cotton started at St. John Bosco then transferred.

BRO GENUINLY WAS JUST UNLUCKY

@Mercenary-1914

4 ай бұрын

He is the perfect example of telling kids to get an education and/or develop a trade. It makes sense that he does speaking engagements to teach the youth.

@dy120481

4 ай бұрын

No, he just wasn't that good.

Man look. I feel so much empathy for his situation. Nothing you do works. Like life itself is all the way against you. 🤦🏾‍♂️😢

Old enough to remember the hype of this guy.

@blacksheepmiracle1433

4 ай бұрын

Him and Ronnie Fields

@prettyugly

4 ай бұрын

@@blacksheepmiracle1433 To be honest, I heard of but didn't see Ronnie Fields much, or at least can't remember much of him. Shea Cotton, I do. He was almost everywhere. LeBron before LeBron. LeBron was one of the only high schoolers to get that much hype and not only meet it, but exceed it.

@whatthehealthisupllc2659

4 ай бұрын

He was like that no hype at all. I played against him he was remarkable dunked on us at least 8 times no exaggeration

@j.mikerosner5722

3 ай бұрын

I don’t. I was coming up just after KD. HS grad 2000.

He was in our league in HS, he was every bit as dominant as he looked in these clips. Never saw any in HS take off from the free throw line until he did it to us.

bro is that one uncle in parties who can legitly say I would have made to the NBA if it wasn't for___________ #respect

@Luka21010

4 ай бұрын

If I was him I'd drink

@dy120481

4 ай бұрын

He had several tryouts, but couldn't play and got cut.

@axileus9327

4 ай бұрын

Not being able to shoot

Him and Felipe Lopez had ALL the hype.

@Rakeemgrant

4 ай бұрын

Felipe was Nice. I played highschool 1994 to 1998 and yes they had the hype

@Lokahi-fo-life

4 ай бұрын

Lopez at least had chance at college and the NBA. When I saw Lopez finally play I knew he wasn’t it, like people were saying.

@whiteflash1323

3 ай бұрын

@@Lokahi-fo-life Some guys grow up in bigtime media markets and get unnecessary hype. Cotton peaked as a sophomore in HS but couldn't actually play, and Lopez was an entire demographics chosen one in the media capital of the world. Lopez could at contribute. Cotton was 2 years old for his class and just physically overpowered everyone when they were younger. As soon as they caught up physically, he faded away. There's literally nothing else to say.

@CWB-ke4md

21 күн бұрын

@@Lokahi-fo-life High school is little kids playing

Good video, heart-breaking what happened to this kid. However, there is a factual error; Kobe didn't immediately start being coached by Phil Jackson when he came into the league. The lakers coach was Del Harris during Kobe's 1st two seasons; then he was coached by Kurt Rambis for a little while. He didn't team up with Phil until his 4th season.

I’m from so cal and he was the best HS I had ever seen. He did change HS a few times if I remember correctly. I think he went from St Bosco to MD and I swear he went back to St Bosco. I only saw Garrett play on ESPN in the McDonalds game and I thought he was better than Shea after I saw that game, but that was just one game. I remember in the state semis I believe he was a sophomore the other team was full court pressing and Shea was breaking the press on his own and throwing lob dunks to the senior on the team. I forget his name, but I know he played D1 somewhere. It’s sad these guys had circumstances that derailed their careers. When LeBron came along I switched to saying LeBron was the greatest HS player I ever saw. Shea’s brother James played for the Lakers for a minute too.

@EricW-eu5xz

4 ай бұрын

James was with the Sonics for a year.

Saw Shea Cotton play at the Boston Shoot Out. He was good. I feel like the older he got, most of the hype wore off

There was another player in these days growing up that played for Crenshaw that was also probably destined for the NBA, but an unfortunate accident changed those plans. I remember being at the game when Leon Watson's backboard shattering dunk left a severe cut on his right shoulder. I bumped into one of his teammates Tremaine Fowlkes more than a decade later and asked him about Watson. Fowlkes gave a lot of praise to Watson, but said that injury really was a life-turning moment for him. I remember Shea Cotton as an up-and-coming star. Good to see he is using his experience to help educate others about the challenges in life. #Respect

I remember watching Shea play in a slam n jam tournament in long beach ca along with Cory Benjamin. At first i was like he's alright, he was playing somewhat soft and it seemed to me he wasn't into that game that day. But then all of a sudden he turned on a switch and started to ball up and i was really amazed at how good this guy really was. This guy could ball up like no other.

Yeah I grew up going to Anaheim Ducks Arena to watch Mader Dei and Cotton. We saw The Dominguez Dons, with Tyson Chandler, Inglewood and Paul Pierce. I went to HB high with Tony Gonzalez, TE of Atlanta. Cotton was top 10 I ever saw.

@EricW-eu5xz

4 ай бұрын

Did u know Gil Gonzales?

@BasicBeachCommunity1

4 ай бұрын

@@EricW-eu5xzTony s brother?

In the same vein we can't forget Connie Hawkins

There was some mysterious omissions here - the changing high schools was a thing - pretty sure the shoulder injury wasn’t the only reason he missed the season. As I recall he was being investigated for extra benefits bc of the Nike thing - also, tweener. The one jumper we saw was literally from a game in his 8th grade or freshman year

@BingoNamo-gb8pz

3 ай бұрын

Yea, gotta do more than just enter a dunk contest every February. Very few dunk/drive only careers pan out. They’ll give you 2 or 3 years to develop into something more but you’ll get forgotten real quick if you don’t.

Thank you for doing right by him.

First time I heard of him was in the book Played their hearts out. Great book and tragic stories Mr Cotton and Demetrius Walker. Must read if any kind of basketball fan

Sometimes guy are well about there time but doesn't turn in to more. Alot of talent

Saw him win state in ‘95 at Mater Dei(‘95) against Fremont(Oakland)

I think I still have his state championship game from his sophomore year on VHS somewhere (great game by the way). Dude is still the best sophomore I've ever seen.

great video thank you

I am in some of these clips and I can confirm Schea was everything people say he was. Cover of Sports Illustrated entering high school. Man Child!!!

@whiteflash1323

4 ай бұрын

Lol. He wasn't on the cover, and it was going into his junior year.

@3louminati

4 ай бұрын

@@whiteflash1323 you are correct, I think I am thinking of his Slam cover. When you knock your noggin on the hardwood a few times over the years your memory gets like Biden’s. 😜

@dy120481

4 ай бұрын

​@@3louminatiYou must've hit it pretty hard, 'cause he didn't have a SLAM cover, either😜

@jamescollier7360

4 ай бұрын

@@dy120481😂😂😂😂

@EricW-eu5xz

4 ай бұрын

Who are u bro? I was playing against these teams at this time.

"Cotton is high" 💀💀

@LostAirJordans

2 ай бұрын

invest while you can 🤷🏿‍♂️

You rock Briggs! Say hi to Stratton for me.

I had the privilege to watch Schea Cotton a few times when he was at Mater Dei. The dude was LEGIT. That 45” vertical wasn’t a typo.

Awesome video, only issue I have with it is the title. Why does it imply that he was on his way to greatness until he played against Bryant. Seems to me that it only would have given him more respect.

There are a lot of stories like this out here....there are a lot of talented guys that for whatever reason (sometimes self inflicted) it just doesnt happen for them.

The NBA aswell as other professional sports is like a moving train. Youve got super talent and potential superstars coming in every single year. If you miss your stop you might not get back on track on where you need to be at or where you need to go. I think of Shea Cotton in this situation.

I remember Shea being from southern Cali. Dude had mythical hype.

Schea Cotton was a beast use to see him play at Venice beach omg bro was incredible

@gpc831

3 ай бұрын

Damn reminded me of the good ol days when Mfkers actually played outdoors! Smh. But was he as good as Sydney Dean on those same courts? 😂🤣 I joke I saw Schea the 1 man soph manchild wrecking ball just relentlessly time after time lead his MD in OT past Fremont of Oakland. Went to about 25 CA state championship games 8-10yrs (25 id est cuz different divisions) schea winning his soph yr @ MD would be my 1st. I left that game a 4th grader self reflecting making the decision that I was going to take the game serious and not just play off early height & talent but really apply myself to be the best I could be cuz of how impressed I was by this Soph. Other than Schea (it’s a hard 1) but Deshawn Stevenson is a close 1b for his performance in 2000 vs El Cerrito who had long time nba guy in Drew Gooden! Long story short Kansas coach Roy Williams was right behind us at Arco in the sky booth just gawking over this kid & for good reason. On wiki he called DS “the most talented recruit he’s ever recruited”. That is very high praise from a cbb HOF coach who’s recruited some of the best CBB in the last 3-4 decades. Turns out of course after DS went hs to pro’s that Roy would recruit Drew Gooden

Legend

Heartbreaking, and maddening. The spectacular athleticism and talent shines through even those faded decades-old video clips...no question he would have been one of the best to ever do it. The NCAA robbed him, us fans, and the game itself, of an opportunity to see him attain his full potential, and for what? Some wrongful rule interpretation they probably couldn't even explain now. He should get a lawyer and sue them for a billion dollars, lost revenue plus punitive damages plus interest..

I didn't know that stuff about the NCAA banning him for years. That right there is the main reason things didn't work out for him I would think. I hope his family got paid millions because that definitely cost them as much. I'm just glad I got to see him play in AAU. His team scouted mine once and then we scouted theirs because we thought we would play each other, but we lost before we could. We had Jason Terry so it would have been a fun battle.

this guy should be one of the greatest

Lots of things have to go right to make it. One or two things can easily through that off.

Oh yeah you reminded me Baron Davis of crossroads played against my high school church Calvary chapel they also had a really good team in the California section playoffs.

When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Rashad McCants.

I played in the BCI tourney at Arizona State and he was on a team with Jelani McCoy & a pg by the name of Olajumi Mann(excuse the spelling). Dude was Bron before Bron at that time. Explosive with a solid jumper.

All I saw was a bunch of athletic plays. No high q passy no pull-up jump shot. No three-point shot y'all be reaching

@metsrus

4 ай бұрын

same things the scouts said about him. He had size and athleticism advantage and didn't really develop his skills as opposed to Kobe who refined his skills working endlessly in the gym

I played for El Camino 98-99 I played against shea he played for Long Beach City jr college

Excellent video

I wonder why Shea didn't try overseas, especially after the 2nd ban of ineligible from playing ncaa basketball. This is a great example of why the competition you play against is so important, especially at the age of 17 to 22. Competition brings out the best in you. To maximize your potential, you need to play versus the best competition available.

I went to Cerritos Community college I remember when my friends on the team beat his Long Beach city college team. 98-99 Cerritos won state that year beat Jamal Tinsley team who ended up playing for the Indiana Pacers.

Damn you still upload i thought u stop

I remember it like it was yesterday I played with Boo Williams National AAU and we played California AAU team at Kecougtan High School in Hampton Va, The Guy was amazing, after the game I remember going back to my neighborhood telling my friends I just saw the best High school player I ever scene. He played on a stacked team (the Collins Twins, amongst other players), and he scored 48pts, and nobody noticed anyone else on the court. All Facts

@gpc831

3 ай бұрын

Best hs bball player I’ve seen in going to arco Sacramento (kings old gym) 8-10yrs & another 10-12 on tv 30-40 games (when u account different div) dude was the best I ever saw too & he was only a sophomore!! He was redic. 1B to him may be LBJ pro troll & nba DPOY & LBJ stopper Deswan Stevenson. Roy Williams was @ game & on wiki called him “the most talented player he’s ever recruited”! 2 best I saw. Tyson chandler prob best big.

@gpc831

3 ай бұрын

Did you see Ronald curry tho from Hampton in HS? Boo Williams is that are or Rhode island? I recall seeing them when my team made it to aau natl 1 year in Orlando. Anyways curry was Natl HS poy in both bball & football. That’s a redic feat tho!

He's a victim of being a precocious talent and media hype. As a 6'6 210lb sophomore, he was so physically mature and people mistakenly assumed he'd continue growing, but it didn't happen. He was impressive as a high schooler, but his skillset was average and didn't improve much and his athleticism as an adult was just average or slightly above average for an NBA player. Basically, he peaked in high school and he was a nice media storyline for that time.

@dy120481

4 ай бұрын

Holy shit, someone with common sense🤯 He was also two years old for his grade. He peaked as a sophomore in high school. I actually kind of feel bad for him 'cause you can tell he can't accept it and move on.

@BasicBeachCommunity1

4 ай бұрын

wrong

@dy120481

4 ай бұрын

@@BasicBeachCommunity1 Cool story.

@BasicBeachCommunity1

4 ай бұрын

Lolz

Its weird how these guys like him and Lenny Cooke never even made it to the NBA. Shows you how important making good decisions is.

@artkneeko

4 ай бұрын

Well lenny cooke made bad decisions, this kid got screwed

@TonyStewart-vk3qp

4 ай бұрын

His situation was totally different from Cooke's!!!!!!!!!! Cooke pissed his dream away with no work ethic while Cotton was robbed of his , by the NCAA

@gsp3428

4 ай бұрын

@@TonyStewart-vk3qp Ya but it seems if he was that talented, he would have found his way to the NBA somehow. Go play overseas, then get some tryouts in the NBA, if you are one of the great talents in the world, teams are gonna want that on their team.

@tonystevens4883

4 ай бұрын

It was a different system back then, and easy to say in hindsight unfortunately. Poor bloke.

@gpc831

4 ай бұрын

@@gsp3428 It was a completely different time back then bro! Lmao!! No one really went overseas & overseas wasn’t really playing in the nba like today. No ignite no g league. Like the video says you went to college then the nba. That was the only option back then. We’re talking 30yrs ago! & a lot changed from Schea to Lenny’s era my goodness!! I know cuz my only sibling was class of 96 (Schea was 95 or 96.) & lenny was in my class or 01. More opportunities presented itself in the early 00’s. Your talking 6+ yrs a lot changed more opportunities started presenting itself but during 94 when Schea really was at his peak winning a ca state ship & dropping 39pts & like 6-7 dunks & wiling his team (man amongst boys thus the Knick name manchild) as a soph vs cats 2-3 yrs Oder that he was physically bigger & just way more skilled raw & better than. He was ready for the nba then honestly. It’s too bad you had to continue it 3-4 more years cuz Schea could & was hanging w nba all stars as everyone was saying during these ucla open runs. He sparked baron davis & even tho Paul pierce was 2yrs older I’m sure they played & PP will tell u & has as has Ron artist kg Elton brand & that nyc aau squad that this dude was a problem! Yeah he had an underwhelming 1-2yr stint at Alabama but after 4yrs not playing & honestly Schea wasn’t the same player (alot of injuries & bad luck) his jr & sr yrs at St. John Bosco hs. He wasn’t the same due to missing a ton of time due to injury as he was as a soph at MD when he may have put on the greatest show & absolutely willed his team to a state ship @ ca’s best & highest level then D1. Really feel for Schea. Great person giving back now but the ncaa really f’d him as did his decision to leave mater dei? Unsure what went behind leaving for Bosco I think the doc said something about being closer to his family but.. yeah Schea sparked a lot of future nba guys to come. & they all aren’t using hyperbole when their all saying in these interviews & docs that he was the best! I’ve watched ca hs hoops for 30yrs & he’s still the best hs bball player & performance I’ve ever seen hands down. Deshawn Stevenson was probably a close 2nd. Tyson chandler was also a nice big. Kenny brunner aka & 1’s “bad Santa” was nice like ppl say as well.

Another what could of / should of been. I fall in to this category also. I was in my way also but one thing after another That was out of my control destroyed my chances in the NBA. 2000 had a chance to play with the Clippers summer league but hyper-extended my knee in practice and I was never the same after that!!!!

I heard the name but never the story bro is a dawg

I never heard him say that till now about Kobe

who do you think could make the most 3s with a 16 lb bowling ball

I remember seeing him on a Sports Illustrated cover.

Me and Cotton are the same age and I remember his name.

@lukesmith9692

4 ай бұрын

Cotton and I*

In the 60's Billy Van Zilanderlah put up 100 on all the greats, but was shot. Thousands of these kinds of stories.

Yea I Remeber playing W Cotton and Felipe and Rock at Gauchos...Cotton was a beast!

@EricW-eu5xz

4 ай бұрын

Felipe Lopez was the man 93. U talkin bout my guy Ramel Lloyd??

@CharesWhite

4 ай бұрын

@@EricW-eu5xz indeed! I was a young cat and we thought Ramel was Charles Barkley...destroyed us on the daily! Beast of a ball player similar to Cotton.

@EricW-eu5xz

4 ай бұрын

@@CharesWhite I’m from Long Beach. I met Roc when he got to LB State with coach Clyde Vaughn.

That's sad. I would have loved to see him play

Saw him play vs Crenshaw when he was 16 Crenshaw had 3 or 4 D1 players Schea was the best player on the court.

So the guy behind him looking up at Shea is actually a childhood friend Brian Douglas. We gave him the business after that photo came out.

players develop with age, lots of nbaers didnt fully develop till almost out of high school

I REMEMBER SHEA COTTON HIS OLDER BROTHER JAMES COTTON PLAYED A FEW YEARS IN THE NBA, I THINK JAMES WENT TO LONG BEACH STATE, AND SHEA COTTON DID PLAY AT ALABAMA AND WAS A DECENT PLAYER THERE

My goodness, this is my first time hearing of this guy. His game looks crazy nice! Man, we NBA fans were robbed. Just imagine how exciting the NBA would have been with Schea Cotton, Terry Furlow (RIP, Atlanta Hawks), Hank Gathers (RIP, Loyola Marymount), and Len Bias (RIP, Boston Celtics).

Harold Miner...baby Jordan 😥

2:50 Of course he did, according to himself. 🤣

I knew his cousin Reggie, dear God he was so good in basketball from Pasadena

2024 every nba player was killer in highschool Ok everyone look good but that next level it hit different…..

1:57 1st 😂 ooh please That’s been going on from the beginning! Many many many have been dubbed the heir apparent but perhaps not the Air-apparent. Those brought up with Basketball 🏀 as not being and idol or a primary career path seem to have skills,talents, trades to fall back on. The story is appealing because many of us have similar experiences historically. 🧐 at 15 standing vertical let us say 30” on the move easily 10 inches over that. (Height 6’3”) One of the Best in class coming out of 8th going into 9th grade but after that life happens. (Same applies for one’s younger sibling not as athletic, just to note 🗒️)Part of “Top HS Programs”until not.

I remember when Conrad McCrae passed, he was a beast. It was said that he bust Shaq's @$$ in a summer league game at the RUCKERS.

@wackyd

3 ай бұрын

I remember one of the networks teelvised a game from the Rucker back in like '93 or '94 and Conrad McCrae went off. Dude dunked everything.

Yes he was tough played with him at Nike all-american camp

He looked very raw in these clips so I doubt going from high school straight to the NBA was ever an option for him

In the same draft with Kobe and Jermaine O'Neal, Taj McDavid entered the draft and went undrafted

I hope hoopers that made it... Take care of those who went through the bull crap. Players that were cold. Thats the Fraternity.

Damn!!! His hops were ridiculous. I hate hearing stories like this.

Bias cotten, and manigualt are the biggest what ifs in nba history

@BingoNamo-gb8pz

3 ай бұрын

The guy picked before Jordan & Hakeem.

NCAA being ableist!

Wht happened to the original background music pls bring it bck

The NBA is about who you know and who they like. A lot of people don't know, Kobe's dad played with the 76ers. Bean Bryant knows or did know people around the league back then.

Seems like he should've stayed at Long Beach State. There were no disputes regarding his SAT scores until he left for UCLA. And that's when ALL the drama started

Wow this is incredible

I remember hearing this guys name. Really sad to hear about his bad break in order to achieve his dream

People basketball is a team sport. This the main reason players fail, is because media treats team sports like individual sports….

Crazy

I’m from that era lived in OC so I seen him play a lot! I think what happened was he was training like a pro at a young age along with his size and athleticism he was toying with the competition but once everyone grew and caught up to him it was a rap. Add his injury didn’t really develop a shot and people in his year he was destined to fail!

Bad luck on top of bad luck. I feel sorry for this young man.

I don’t think he got the best of Kobe Bryant, cause if he did. Then the tape would’ve still been released somewhere. He’s telling a story with that

Him and Baron Davis would’ve been deadly combo at UCLA.