Michael Wilbon - Mayo Got the Money, But Others Cashed In

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The Daily Roundup: Wednesday
Published 5/14/2008 by Ed (noreply@blogger.com) at ACC BasketBlog
... Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post"Preying on Stardom: "The primary villains in the brewing scandal at USC involving hoops star O.J. Mayo are the many predators who leeched onto him years ago." ...

First Cup: Wednesday
Published 5/14/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post: "While Mayo isn't an innocent, he's absolutely the product of a subculture in which the ability to play basketball at an elite level is valued more than being a good father, more than formal education, more than almost anything that appears to be within his grasp. Mayo, like so many who've come before him, simply is doing the only thing he knows to negotiate the road before him. Why would he know any better than to call Floyd, full of presumption, and tell him, 'I'm coming,' when it has been reinforced since he was ...

Word on the Court: 5/14
Published 5/14/2008 by Marco (noreply@blogger.com) at Storming the Floor
- A pair of excellent articles from former Philly writer Dana O'Neill on the five year anniversary of the Dave Bliss debacle at Baylor, including an interview with the man himself (Dana O'Neil ESPN.com with Bliss, with former assistant coach Abar Rouse, who now works in a factory making airplane parts - Everyone is still buzzing about OJ Mayo (as you can see here, here, and here), but the most interesting subplot may be the future of mega-recruit Demar DeRozan, who may look to get out of his SC ...

Mayo v. Rose
Published 5/15/2008 by Stop-n-Pop at Canis Hoopus: Front Page Posts
... Coming into the 2007-08 college season, OJ Mayo was viewed as a can't miss prospect at the top of the freshman class.  While Derrick Rose made it to the title game and the top of several draft boards, Mayo spent the year in a Tim Floyd offense surrounded by relatively  inefficient offensive players and above-average Pac-10 competition (to say nothing of the alleged ethical/recruiting violations that have just surfaced in the last week or so).  While Rose has clearly shown himself to be worthy of a top-5 pick, there is a question as to whether or not Mayo ...

MORNING ROUNDUP - 05/15/08
Published 5/15/2008 by eirishis at Thirtyfive Seconds
... (like any good southern boy). Wilbon says Mayo is a sweet kid caught up in the dirty system of agents. DeCourcy over at the SN goes a step further and ...

Wilbon Comes Around
Published 5/17/2008 by Paragon SC at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... kid. The whole circumstance surrounding Mayo's so-called "recruitment" of USC certainly raised some eyebrows. I was one of those that was leery of this whole situation but I also admit that the kid won me over with his demeanor and respect towards others. That doesn't excuse Mayo if the allegations that have come out are true but outside of that he proven everyone wrong in how he was portrayed. Wilbon has let the pendulum swing all the way over to the other side with his column on Wednesday. One year after being pointedly critical of Mayo for ...

More Mayo
Published 5/22/2008 by Matt Caputo at SLAM Online
The latest from the Seattle Times and Washington Post regarding OJ Mayo’s mess. © Matt Caputo for SLAM Online, 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this ...