blazersedge.com - 6/30/2008
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In the post below this one, I wrote that the one trait that all 8 high school players featured in the new movie "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot" shared was a more than healthy desire to be the best. Certainly this is true for the newest Trail Blazer (one of the 8 players featured in the movie), Jerryd Bayless. With that kind of drive and resulting success, apparently, comes a jug ..
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