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The kid is a freak. 11? Holy crap!
We had a sophomore at my HS when I was a senior that high jumped 6'10". He said he could dunk a basketball in junior high. I don't remember what grade he said he was in when that happened... or if he told me.
As a youngster I got to go to a few KU basketball games and loved it when Tyke Peacock was on the team. Talk about a guy that could jump out of the building. He won the World Track and Field high jump championship after his senior year of HS... I think, maybe after his freshmen year at KU. Anyway, he won.
We were in awe watching him warm up for games. Amazing hops! I've never seen anything like it before or since. He was a quasi KU track team member and there was a Big 8 track meet at KU. He passed until the bar got over 7 feet. He won with a jump of 7'4" IN HIS B-BALL SWEATS! I think that may have been his only jump in the meet, too.
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