Comments on: Interview With Branson Wright: Back In the Day When Dwight Anderson Was Mike http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/ Bangin’ and Scorin’ Every Trip Down the Floor Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: gil thomas http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-33162 gil thomas Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:45:26 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-33162 bobby was invited to all the camps. bc and 5 star did not attend was playing baseball all summer 77 austin was an all city shortstop playing only 1 year in high school his jr. year. bobby was highly recruited by over 300 colleges louisville recruited the hardest , hall of fame coach crum said austin was a darrelll griffith type of player with greater quickness and better jump shot. sof. year dean smith was impress with austin and all the north carolina players, all- american mike okoren went on to say austin was in a class by himself with his quickness. that was posted in the cincinnati post paper bobby was first team all state with dwight and clark kellog hs.all american . led the city in scoring .cincinnati player of the year in 1978. no he did not get the national pub , dwight got. against playoff team withrow austin drop 39pts 19 rebounds. lasalle thompson stats 27pts 15 rebs. you need to talk to some of the players who have played dwight and bobby and they will tell you the difference. bobby used to go down to un. of ky. in the summer .with pat cummings and he would eat dirk minnefield alive and dunk on sam bowie and charles hurt. all the players at uk thought austin was already in the nba with pat. talk to to dicky beal he used to played against austin in the summer. if you have email i could scan the articles that had austin rank 1 over dwight voted by coachesbobby austin went to cincinnati aiken at the time a football school. drop 44pts against taft high....dwight was quicker bobby was stronger better leaper than dwight. the papers in cincinnati would always say austin was cincinnati's anderson to louisville's darrell griffith. and that he was in the same class of dayton roth's dwight andreson. i can send that to you reggie. bobby austin was mvp of the aau in cincinnati high school player of the year in cincinnati in 1978 not thompson or the big kid out of elder. boby high game 18 pts vs louisville freshmen year. 31 pts vs florida state going 14-18 from the field 20pts vs north carolina and duke. gene banks was impress with austin. sr year drop 24pts vs pepperdine and virgina tech. coac ed badger went out out of his way to blackball bobby. why would he help derek smith , mickey dilliard of florida state and countless other marginal players who had played in the metro conference .austin was not given the chance to played overseas or the cba at the time why ? finish 8th all time at cincy in scoring paying mostly out of postition at the 3. badger never let austin go green light . cincy was on probation for his first 2 years badger got fired after 1 year after austin sr year. went straight to nba as a scout or asst, coach, never try to help his best player austin get to the league. louisville asst coac wade houston always thought austin should have been a star in the nba, he was blackball by ed badger. not hating on dwight , i love dwights game , he was a bigger AI TO ME . austin was a 6-3 david thompson type of player he won or saved around 9 games for aiken his sr year shooting buzzer beaters ala kobe. sof year in college austin shoots 35 jump shots to beat a good pittsburg team led by sam clancy. you want to talk about aau i seen darrell griffith played aau baskeball in his sof year at louisville. talking about aau ball for 18 years olds 24 year old men. read larry bird book he played aau ball at 19 -20 before he went to isu. i was not talking about aau that the kids played today, the traveling squads. talk to don smith a dayton legend, bobby at 19 he would busted his ass playing him after practice. he was austin asst, coach at cincinnati he knew what was going on with the hate badger had for austin. badger would get hate hate mail or phone calls with uc fans begging him to pay austin at t he 2 position and turn him loose. bobby was invited to all the camps. bc and 5 star did not attend was playing baseball all summer 77 austin was an all city shortstop playing only 1 year in high school his jr. year. bobby was highly recruited by over 300 colleges louisville recruited the hardest , hall of fame coach crum said austin was a darrelll griffith type of player with greater quickness and better jump shot. sof. year dean smith was impress with austin and all the north carolina players, all- american mike okoren went on to say austin was in a class by himself with his quickness. that was posted in the cincinnati post paper bobby was first team all state with dwight and clark kellog hs.all american . led the city in scoring .cincinnati player of the year in 1978. no he did not get the national pub , dwight got. against playoff team withrow austin drop 39pts 19 rebounds. lasalle thompson
stats 27pts 15 rebs. you need to talk to some of the players who have played dwight and bobby and they will tell you the difference. bobby used to go down to un. of ky. in the summer .with pat cummings and he would eat dirk minnefield alive and dunk on sam bowie and charles hurt. all the players at uk thought austin was already in the nba with pat. talk to to dicky beal he used to played against austin in the summer. if you have email i could scan the articles that had austin rank 1 over dwight voted by coachesbobby austin went to cincinnati aiken at the time a football school. drop 44pts against taft high….dwight was quicker bobby was stronger better leaper than dwight. the papers in cincinnati would always say austin was cincinnati’s anderson to louisville’s darrell griffith. and that he was in the same class of dayton roth’s dwight andreson. i can send that to you reggie. bobby austin was mvp of the aau in cincinnati high school player of the year in cincinnati in 1978 not thompson or the big kid out of elder. boby high game 18 pts vs louisville freshmen year. 31 pts vs florida state going 14-18 from the field 20pts vs north carolina and duke. gene banks was impress with austin. sr year drop 24pts vs pepperdine and virgina tech. coac ed badger went out out of his way to blackball bobby. why would he help derek smith , mickey dilliard of florida state and countless other marginal players who had played in the metro conference .austin was not given the chance to played overseas or the cba at the time why ? finish 8th all time at cincy in scoring paying mostly out of postition at the 3. badger never let austin go green light . cincy was on probation for his first 2 years badger got fired after 1 year after austin sr year. went straight to nba as a scout or asst, coach, never try to help his best player austin get to the league. louisville asst coac wade houston always thought austin should have been a star in the nba, he was blackball by ed badger. not hating on dwight , i love dwights game , he was a bigger AI TO ME . austin was a 6-3 david thompson type of player he won or saved around 9 games for aiken his sr year shooting buzzer beaters ala kobe. sof year in college austin shoots 35 jump shots to beat a good pittsburg team led by sam clancy. you want to talk about aau i seen darrell griffith played aau baskeball in his sof year at louisville. talking about aau ball for 18 years olds 24 year old men. read larry bird book he played aau ball at 19 -20 before he went to isu. i was not talking about aau that the kids played today, the traveling squads. talk to don smith a dayton legend, bobby at 19 he would busted his ass playing him after practice. he was austin asst, coach at cincinnati he knew what was going on with the hate badger had for austin. badger would get hate hate mail or phone calls with uc fans begging him to pay austin at t he 2 position and turn him loose.

]]> By: Carmelo vs. LeBron: The Battle of the NBA Planets | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-32462 Carmelo vs. LeBron: The Battle of the NBA Planets | The Starting Five Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:06:24 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-32462 [...] Carmelo was obviously not to be outdone and put up 40 himself…including the game winner. He’s now 10-4 against LeBron. He and LeBron shot a combined 4-20 in the first half before both heated up in the second. A game like this proves how impossible players of this caliber are to stop one on one. LeBron said to one reporter that if he were any closer on Melo’s last shot, he would have fouled him. This was great for the fans and after a lackluster first half, the game took on a definite playoff feel. There were many get well George Karl signs. It was also interesting to hear how the fans reacted to large images of the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Michigan logos. The Q Center is good at keeping the fans involved and produced these two images whenever there was a crowd lull. Josh Cribbs…probably the loudest ovation of the night…and Bernie Kosar were in attendance. There is a cozy feel to the arena…unlike most others. Bruce Wimbish of the Cavs front office was gracious enough to show me around and it was good to catch up with Justice B. Hill and also my boy Branson Wright. [...] [...] Carmelo was obviously not to be outdone and put up 40 himself…including the game winner. He’s now 10-4 against LeBron. He and LeBron shot a combined 4-20 in the first half before both heated up in the second. A game like this proves how impossible players of this caliber are to stop one on one. LeBron said to one reporter that if he were any closer on Melo’s last shot, he would have fouled him. This was great for the fans and after a lackluster first half, the game took on a definite playoff feel. There were many get well George Karl signs. It was also interesting to hear how the fans reacted to large images of the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Michigan logos. The Q Center is good at keeping the fans involved and produced these two images whenever there was a crowd lull. Josh Cribbs…probably the loudest ovation of the night…and Bernie Kosar were in attendance. There is a cozy feel to the arena…unlike most others. Bruce Wimbish of the Cavs front office was gracious enough to show me around and it was good to catch up with Justice B. Hill and also my boy Branson Wright. [...]

]]> By: Reggie http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-32176 Reggie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:13:36 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-32176 Gil Thomas, can i ask you a question? Please tell me want schools had Bobby Austin rated ahead of Dwight, the only players out of Cincy at that with national rep was two juniors(class of '79) LaSalle Thompson and the big kid out of Cin. Elder. (2) If Bobby was so great why in the would Ed Badger blackball a so-called great player. In the mid and late 70's AAU was not the place to for summer basketball, Gil have you ever heard of B/C All-Stars camp in Millegeville,GA? That was place to be back in the day Gil, the best of best of high school basketball players in the country. In the Summer of '77 Mr. Dwight Anderson was named MVP of the entire Gil, was Bobby Austin, was he even invited? Gil, I think I would believe and trust the world of Dominique Wilkins, Isaiah Thomas, Mark Aquirre, and Herb Williams over and before LaSalle "soft" Thompson. Both of you guys are hatin homers! Please reply Gil Thomas Gil Thomas, can i ask you a question? Please tell me want schools had Bobby Austin rated ahead of Dwight, the only players out of Cincy at that with national rep was two juniors(class of ‘79) LaSalle Thompson and the big kid out of Cin. Elder. (2) If Bobby was so great why in the would Ed Badger blackball a so-called great player. In the mid and late 70’s AAU was not the place to for summer basketball, Gil have you ever heard of B/C All-Stars camp in Millegeville,GA? That was place to be back in the day Gil, the best of best of high school basketball players in the country. In the Summer of ‘77 Mr. Dwight Anderson was named MVP of the entire Gil, was Bobby Austin, was he even invited? Gil, I think I would believe and trust the world of Dominique Wilkins, Isaiah Thomas, Mark Aquirre, and Herb Williams over and before LaSalle “soft” Thompson. Both of you guys are hatin homers! Please reply Gil Thomas

]]> By: JOEY SMITH http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-25616 JOEY SMITH Sat, 09 May 2009 13:52:49 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-25616 I had the pleasure of watching Dwight Anderson and John Paxon play in high school and college. And went to school and played on the same court with Ron Harper and Credic Toney (my neighbor and good friend). My brother Jessie Smith started at the other forward spot with Dwight on Roth HS. Also, my oldest brother CW Hoskins. Roth HS (deceased) played against Frankie Sanders. All of these players were great coming out of High School, but I think you all forgot one of the best player ever out of Dayton and the best shooter I have ever seen, that pound for pound was better then all of them. DONALD SMITH, Roth HS and University of Dayton All American and ex NBA player. Dwight is easily the most talent player out of Dayton and could/should have been one of the 50 best ever in the NBA. Most people out of the Dayton area have never heard of him, and when I tell them he was better then Ron Harper, and had talent similar to MJ, they fine that hard to believe. I'm glad to see him get his life back in order and I currently (last 8 years) live in the Wash/VA/Maryland Metro area and attend High School B-Ball games all the time, and I still have never saw anyone at the High School level better then Dwight Anderson was. I had the pleasure of watching Dwight Anderson and John Paxon play in high school and college. And went to school and played on the same court with Ron Harper and Credic Toney (my neighbor and good friend). My brother Jessie Smith started at the other forward spot with Dwight on Roth HS. Also, my oldest brother CW Hoskins. Roth HS (deceased) played against Frankie Sanders. All of these players were great coming out of High School, but I think you all forgot one of the best player ever out of Dayton and the best shooter I have ever seen, that pound for pound was better then all of them. DONALD SMITH, Roth HS and University of Dayton All American and ex NBA player. Dwight is easily the most talent player out of Dayton and could/should have been one of the 50 best ever in the NBA. Most people out of the Dayton area have never heard of him, and when I tell them he was better then Ron Harper, and had talent similar to MJ, they fine that hard to believe. I’m glad to see him get his life back in order and I currently (last 8 years) live in the Wash/VA/Maryland Metro area and attend High School B-Ball games all the time, and I still have never saw anyone at the High School level better then Dwight Anderson was.

]]> By: Branson Wright Talks to Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Mike Brown | The Starting Five http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-24418 Branson Wright Talks to Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Mike Brown | The Starting Five Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:26:32 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-24418 [...] my dawg! This is how it needs to be [...] [...] my dawg! This is how it needs to be [...]

]]> By: geoff hodges http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-24410 geoff hodges Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:28:58 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-24410 I grew up a Kentucky fan and remember Dwight Anderson. I stared going to games when I was 5 years old at Memorial when Issel was there. Who could ever forget Anderson if you were lucky enough to see him play? The best ending to a basketball game EVER was the UK vs Kansas game at Rupp in 1978 when Dwight single handedly won it for UK. I think UK was down by 8 points with 28 seconds to go. He made 2 free throws and 1 basket to tie with about 8 seconds left and UK won in overtime as I recall. Anderson drew a foul after the made basket to go to the line. How many times have you seen somebody draw a charge at the end to go to the line and win it? Don't forget that that was before the 3 pt shot.... I grew up a Kentucky fan and remember Dwight Anderson. I stared going to games when I was 5 years old at Memorial when Issel was there. Who could ever forget Anderson if you were lucky enough to see him play? The best ending to a basketball game EVER was the UK vs Kansas game at Rupp in 1978 when Dwight single handedly won it for UK. I think UK was down by 8 points with 28 seconds to go. He made 2 free throws and 1 basket to tie with about 8 seconds left and UK won in overtime as I recall. Anderson drew a foul after the made basket to go to the line. How many times have you seen somebody draw a charge at the end to go to the line and win it? Don’t forget that that was before the 3 pt shot….

]]> By: Kalor Williams Sr http://thestartingfive.net/2008/10/22/interview-with-branson-wright-back-in-the-day-when-dwight-anderson-was-mike/#comment-23652 Kalor Williams Sr Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:19:11 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1590#comment-23652 DA was the real deal, quickest player I have ever played against and watched in person. Tremendous explosiveness! I will never forget the night he scored 52 points against Eric Love, and the Colonel Whites Cougars coached by Doris Black. I appreciate your documentary, and I constantly tell people in Texas that the best basketball player I have ever seen is Dwight Anderson. I played in High School with Ron Harper, and played against Frankie Sanders, Uncle Bob, Bob Patterson, Jim & John Paxton, Cedric Toney and so many other pro players, but none of them were even close to DA! Great Job! Kalor Williams Sr DA was the real deal, quickest player I have ever played against and watched in person. Tremendous explosiveness! I will never forget the night he scored 52 points against Eric Love, and the Colonel Whites Cougars coached by Doris Black.
I appreciate your documentary, and I constantly tell people in Texas that the best basketball player I have ever seen is Dwight Anderson. I played in High School with Ron Harper, and played against Frankie Sanders, Uncle Bob, Bob Patterson, Jim & John Paxton, Cedric Toney and so many other pro players, but none of them were even close to DA!

Great Job!

Kalor Williams Sr

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