The Bidding War

Just a few days ago, soon to be Heights sophomore Perry Ellis received yet another scholarship offer, this time, from Kentucky and John Calipari. This brings the grand total of offers to three for a kid who can't even see R-rated movies by himself yet. Granted, Calipari has technically offered Ellis twice, once when he was still with Memphis and now while he's with Kentucky. A lot of the chatter on different websites has people asking, "is this way too soon to offer a kid a scholarship?" My answer, well, I think it depends on the kid. Perry has shown himself at a very young age to be very mature both on and off the court. He works extremely hard, doesn't let the hacking fouls get to him in games, and was most recently the only member of the class of 2012 invited to the Vince Carter skills camp down in Orlando. This kid is going to be a star and what makes me even happier about that fact is that he's going to do it in the right way.

Which brings me to my next point of contention today: Xavier Henry. Wow, that's really all I can say about this kid. Quick disclaimer, I've never met him, never interviewed him, and yet already I'm annoyed by him. He has no desire to go to college, no desire whatsoever! Add this in with the fact that his father, Carl, is saying things along the lines of, yeah Sherron Collins and Tyshawn Taylor are nice and all, but CJ (Xavier's brother) is better. CJ has never played a game in college. Check out this article on Deadspin.com.



Essentially, this just makes me like Perry Ellis and his family even more. He's good, his family knows he's good, he knows he's good, and they're acting like they've been there before. Hopefully, Ellis takes one of those college scholarships, much like his sister did, and realizes that sports can actually be more about the game and not the money.