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  1. Ghost Pepper

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    why all the kids of the great players in the NBA never amount to crap in the NBA? Waltons kid is probably the best one. Further why are all these great centers kids so much shorter than their dads? My generation is taller than our parents, why does it not apply to the NBA kids?

    By now Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Jordan, Hakeem, Sampson and many other amazing player should have kids going into college. Not hearing about them, seems strange to me is all!
     
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    Kobe's dad was in the NBA
     
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    some of jordans kids are at university of illinios. isn't one of them pretty good?
     
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  4. Ghost Pepper

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    Didn't know that! Well that's a huge answer to my question.
     
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    i think 2 of them are. i'm not positive though.
     
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    Well, to become a great player you need to scratch, claw, and fight every day against a multitude of things to improve and prove you are among the best. If you're dad's making millions, you tend to not have that mindset.
     
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    Stephen Curry FTW!
     
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    But that's sort of my point, if they were really that good with Jordan as a dad or Hakeem or any of the greats wouldn't ESPN be all over their stories since high school?
     
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    Curry hasn't made the pros yet, we shall see! I hope so!
     
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    curry, has a younger brother. Seth Curry a freshman at Liberty. he's tearing it up
     
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    What about Rick Barry's
     
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    dunno, if I were a millionaire athllete's kid, I would probably be more spoiled than anything....be an aspiring actor or rapper or something. hard to have that drive...I mean, when you look at it, how many kids want to do what their parents do?
     
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    Unless you're Grant Hill.
     
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    Clearly you have not had enough psychotherapy in your life time... It's ALWAYS the mother's fault. :devilwink:
     
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    Yeah, Rick Barry had three kids in the NBA (Brent, Jon, and Drew).
     
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    As for height, even if height is in your family, how often does a 7 footer come along? just because your dad is 7' doesn't mean you'll be 7'.

    Same goes for talent. 1 out of however many thousand people playing varsity high school basketball make it to the NBA. You may have some good teaching if your dad is an NBA player, but you have to be one of the best of the best to even have a shot at the NBA.
     
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    It's true that it's pretty hard to get two 7 footers in the same family. Spencer Hawes is 7'0", his dad Steve is 6'9". They both played the same position, though, thanks to quality 7 footers being harder to come by back in the day.
     
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    Many people don't want to live in their parent's shadow and be constantly compared to them. Some don't want to take advantage of the breaks they would be given with a famous parent in their field of work.

    Most probably have no desire to embrace a career that means you won't be there for your family 50% of the time, and you're on the road the other 50%.

    It's a pretty lame career for someone with intellect and a desire to improve the world.
     
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    Isn't Larry Bird's daughter in the pros?
     
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    Sue Bird's not related to Larry.
     
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