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Jeremy Tyler Is Too Cool For School

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ScientificMapp
04/23/09

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Getting defended by a bunch of high-school kids made him want to quit. I predict this kid will go far.
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MarkKelsosMigraine
04/23/09

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This is the hardest Rick Pitino has been screwed since that time Karen Sypher wore a strap on.
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Mr. Randy Watson
04/23/09

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"It was boring and I wasn't getting better," Tyler said.

Not only was high school basketball boring, but his classes were so unexciting he would just sit there and not talk.

But Jeremy spoke in class today

Yes, Jeremy spoke in class today ...
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MarkKelsosMigraine
04/23/09

@Mr. Randy Watson: Try to erase this...
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Artie Fufkin
04/23/09

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Moor money, more problems.
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UkraineNotWeak
04/23/09

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So instead of learning Algebra during the day, he'll be banging Spanish basketball groupies up and down the Iberian Penisula.

Fair enough.
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Gordon Gekko-Shumway
04/23/09

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he's even skipping his senior year of high school.

I mean, after you have reading and writing down pat, what else is there?
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White Speed Receiver
04/23/09

@Gordon Gekko-Shumway: It's not like NBA players pay attention to bookkeeping or personal finance. They hire the smartest of their hanger-ons to handle those things.
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Her?
04/23/09

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Is the the smartest thing a b-baller has ever done or the dumbest thing?

Sure, he has no education to fall back on, but most college players don't graduate anyway. And he's getting paid from day one.

Someone make sense of this for me.
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Chris Hanson's Axe
04/23/09

@Her?: Life isn't just about money. Sure he's making some serious dough, but will that fill the hole inside of him? No, no it won't. Now, high school on the other hand--

Hold on. Ok, smartest basketball player ever.
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crazyjoedavola
04/23/09

@Her?: He would go to college for one year, make Calipari even more famous, learn absolutely nothing, and then go on to the pro's. And make no money. This actually makes a lot of sense to me.

Upside here? College basketball becomes college baseball. No more Dick Vitale, or horrendous recruiting scandals.
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Her?
04/23/09

@Chris Hanson's Axe And Chris Hansen's Ask: +1. Though he is an IDIOT for passing up college tang. Then again, what's the exchange rate from College tang to Euro tang?
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DeepFriar
04/23/09

@Her?: two words: Not to sound like a geek, but NPR did a thing on this a few weeks ago. Bottom line - if you're 19, not particularly into education, and can get a million dollar shoe deal in Europe; are you going to sign your NCAA Westinghouse agreement?
Not likely.
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Fogg
04/23/09

@Her?:

I say that factor actually favors his decision. I'll take the Spanish women over the Kentucky ladies any day of the week.
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Ailanthus-altissima
04/23/09

@crazyjoedavola: He committed to Louisville, not UK. The only way he could make Cal more famous is by finding some way to amp that rivalry up to national proportions.

And I just don't think he has that in him.
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Civil Negligence
04/23/09

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to be a British secret agent and/or a supermodel swimsuit photographer

THe "Double-O" stands for the two nuts you can see in the bananna hammock, ladies.
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Gourmet Spud
04/23/09

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This is the most infamous jump from high school to the pros since Mark Chmura was caught with that prostitute.
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