We’re several months into our worldwide attempt to “flatten the curve” and have been offering daily escapes into the sporting events of yesteryear through our “Filling The Void” series. We’ve looked back on the inspiring, mind-boggling, and remarkable events as well as the ordinary, daily games we’ve been missing in our lives. We here at The Turf Sports sincerely hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy and being safe through these trying days. We’d also like to take a moment to send out a huge THANK YOU to all of those front-line folks keeping society going – from the medical community to those stocking grocery store shelves, delivering supplies around the country or helping us all fight this virus together in some other essential, invaluable way. You are all heroes.

On another note, we at The Turf have always been of the mind that standing up for what is right and standing up in opposition to hate and violence is necessary. In that same breath, we affirm that Black Lives Matter. To donate to this fight, or for resources on how to help the fight against systemic racism in the United States here is a small portion of the many organizations and groups to consider: Black Visions Collective, LGBTQ Freedom Fund, The Okra Project, Reclaim the Block, Color of Change, Shed Light | Spread Light, and Black Lives Matter. 

Today: The most highly sought after High School player in the last twenty years shows off on National TV.

First off, Carmelo Anthony is not in this game. Why? He’s currently playing at Syracuse. It’s such a tease to have him in the thumbnail for this video. The Irish aren’t even wearing green jerseys. This isn’t the worst lie I’ve been told in 2020, but it still hurts.

I would have loved to see Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James go at it as high schoolers.

This game isn’t particularly insane, but it should give you a good reminder of just how dominant LeBron was in High School. Oak Hill is the third-best team in the country, and LeBron dominates them to the final buzzer. It’s foolish.

However, the best thing I found in this video came from the comments section, and I’d like to share it with you. This comment from “B. Kawhi-it”, which is an unquestionably incredible username was written in 2016, right after LeBron brought back a ring to Ohio. The comment reads:

“Wow! 14 years later, this most talked-about high school kid gets his 3rd ring making history leading his team to be the only NBA team to come back from being down 3-1 in the NBA Finals to win a championship playing against a #1 team that had the best NBA regular season record in history. The road came with obstacles, controversy, [constant] hating, [constant] pressure on him to deliver when it counted the most. Taking the high road through the most difficult times of persecution, and persevering has led him to his reward. The most talked-about and best high school player in his time has now indisputably become the most talked-about best player in the NBA. What a story!”

What a story indeed.