A blogger who lives in Iowa and writes The Pete Myers Rules, a blog that often waxes poetic about days gone by in the NBA (such as when Charles Barkley was known as a stud power forward and not for being a complete buffoon), has written an extensive post about his journey to see Ames, Iowa high school basketball star Harrison Barnes (SF, 6′7″, 2010), a UNC commit and possibly the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft.
The journey to see Barnes in person is detailed, down to the stumbling up the stairs to the top of the Wells Fargo arena in a slightly inebriated state, the sets that the Ames High School team employs, and how Barnes is used. It makes a strong visual, particularly if you’ve seen Ames play this season:
"They basically try to bait teams into throwing lazy passes to t ...
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