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Damn man that pic is rough. Always hoped dude would make it some how
Lenny Cooke: Star to Be Who Never Was (UPDATE)
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If he had just went to school
It's really ashame to see someone with so much talent go down like that. It's not even like he just had bad advice, dude straight up had bad luck. Getting into that car accident and then tearing both achilles? That's such a sad thing.
A lot of people say guy A or B would've been the real deal, but I think Lenny Cooke will always be regarded as someone with the most talent to never make it to the NBA.
It's really ashame to see someone with so much talent go down like that. It's not even like he just had bad advice, dude straight up had bad luck. Getting into that car accident and then tearing both achilles? That's such a sad thing.
A lot of people say guy A or B would've been the real deal, but I think Lenny Cooke will always be regarded as someone with the most talent to never make it to the NBA.
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Wow I can't believe dude blew up like that. Such a sad story
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That pic makes me want to throw away all the chocolate in my houshold.
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Originally Posted by nycknicks105
If he had just went to school
It's really ashame to see someone with so much talent go down like that. It's not even like he just had bad advice, dude straight up had bad luck. Getting into that car accident and then tearing both achilles? That's such a sad thing.
A lot of people say guy A or B would've been the real deal, but I think Lenny Cooke will always be regarded as someone with the most talent to never make it to the NBA.
Uhh.. He definitely had bad advice. He had people telling him whatever he wanted to hear.
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I mean, in hindsight....the kid was going to be a 20 year old FR if he ever went to college, he probably never was a superstar waiting to happen regardless. LeBron kicked his *@! at 16 when Lenny was 19.
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Eve though the competition isn't so great, I found this clip. The 2nd video is something you all would be more familiar with.
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Lenny was raw. Lenny was doing what he was doing with no discipline, that was just him. Lebron at 16 was kicking everybody's #$%, I highly doubt he would be a Lebron if things had gone right with him, but had he went to college he'd be an NBA starter no doubt, had he got drafted he would eventually be one too. Lenny like most talented NYC ballers became a victim of circumstances. I can't think of one of them who's been steered in the right direction, and at the end of the day these are kids. Bassy had it right in that video man, look at him now
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Originally Posted by Mister Negative
Went to HS with Mike Sweetney... Even at his peak (& believe me that was probably his senior yr in HS) he was a hefty dude
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Oxon Hills finest
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Originally Posted by DaComeUP
Originally Posted by nycknicks105
If he had just went to school
It's really ashame to see someone with so much talent go down like that. It's not even like he just had bad advice, dude straight up had bad luck. Getting into that car accident and then tearing both achilles? That's such a sad thing.
A lot of people say guy A or B would've been the real deal, but I think Lenny Cooke will always be regarded as someone with the most talent to never make it to the NBA.
Uhh.. He definitely had bad advice. He had people telling him whatever he wanted to hear.
I did say he had bad advice. But I also said he had bad luck as well. It's one thing to get bad advice and get away from that to get another shot, but he straight up had bad luck with the car accident and then rupturing both achilles.
Reading is fundamental lol
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Excellent read. Very sad.
I don't feel bad for Sweetney though.
I don't feel bad for Sweetney though.
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No man, no. No way.
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Well, let me throw out a name in here:
Lance Stephenson.
Lance Stephenson.
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Lance is in the NBA what's your point
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Damn I went to high school with him.
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Star to Be Who Never Was
His hype wasn't as big as LeBron's, but it was there. I remember that Dime (or was it SLAM) cover and all those "Born Ready" campaign ()...but just to sum it up: he never really lived up to everybody's expectation. He's not even having a decent NBA career at all.
Now, I'm not even going to act like I'm Mr. KnowItAll here, but I think Cooke would've put up more than 2 points in 10 minutes of play for a .500 NBA team. There's probably a hungry guy in the D-League right now that's willing to put up more points in 10 minutes than Stephenson right now.
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tough to see how his career turned out that way....but thats life ya know?
wonder if Dj Clue would take his call?
wonder if Dj Clue would take his call?
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Tried getting tickets last Friday but all the TriBeCa Film Fest tickets are rush right now 
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St. John's could have potentially had Omar Cook, Lenny Cooke, and Darius Miles hooping together.
Movie looks amazing.
Movie looks amazing.
