Bad Decision
Washington State guard Klay Thompson, who leads the Cougars in scoring (13.3 points) and is a perfect 24 for 24 on free throws this season, was interested in USC but the Trojans did not reciprocate because they already received a commitment from Artesia guard Malik Story.
``We had a commitment at that position from a player since his freshman year, and it's important for us not to back out,'' USC coach Tim Floyd said. ``As it turned out, the commitment we had could not get into school. We missed out on a terrific player. Klay is a poised, skilled player.''
Story, who did not get into USC, instead went to Indiana.
Story is a shooter and nothing more. Just shows the USC basketball "hype over hoops" recruiting mentality. Don't recruit the hype, recruit the best player.
Not to mention we could of have had Klay for four years probably but instead we gave two scholarships to Demar Derozan (him and Lil' Romeo), he'll be gone after a year, and we will still be paying for Romeo's college. Great recruiting TF!
Fire Tim Floyd!
Wow I didn't know this about Klay and when Story was committed I was keeping tabs on him. He didn't play for anyone his senior year and was having problems, but at least SC keep their end. I don't know what TF is doing lately the team is starting to look as if Bibby is coaching.
whattha....couldn't get into USC??? Now that's bad.
I find it odd that I am predicting this, but I believe Lil' Romero may end up being an asset to USC.
However I also predict most USC students and fans won't get why.
whattha....couldn't get into USC??? Now that's bad.
I find it odd that I am contemplating this, but I believe Lil' Romero may end up being an asset to USC.
However I predict most USC students and fans won't know why.