Not Nor Cal-related but a fascinating read

We won't name names but there unfortunately are some northern California players the following article could be about. What can be learned, or maybe more appropriately, will be learned?

Lost in transition: Ex-prep star Alex Legion no longer a can't-miss kid
Eric Lacy
The Detroit News
March 2, 2011

Alex Legion once was considered the can't-miss kid. Now, he's just a kid who missed on countless opportunities to improve his basketball resume.

After two de-commitments from Michigan, a six-game stint at Kentucky, and transfers to Illinois and Florida International, it's unclear what the 6-foot-5, 195-pound shooting guard without a college degree will do with the rest of his life.

The uncertainty is what scares Kurt Keener, his former high school coach for three years at Detroit County Day.

"If he's lost his passion for the game, then I'm concerned," Keener said. "He's never had any other area of his life — that I knew of — other than basketball, basketball, basketball."

Considered one of the top players in the nation coming out of high school in 2007, according to Rivals, Scout and ESPN, Legion appeared to burn his bridges at every college stop.

His latest transgression was his dismissal last month by Florida International coach Isiah Thomas for an undisclosed violation of team rules...

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