What Happened To The First Lebron SCHEA COTTON? Stunted Growth
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- Schea Cotton was Lebron James before anyone knew what a high school phenom even was. He had size at a young age, but never really grew into the body his style game was built for. What else held him back and stunted his growth?
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Best channel on TH-cam!! Hands down!! I look forward to watching all of your content. The track in the beginning was really good...who was that? The joint was 🔥🔥🔥
Your right bro, this is some of the best content on TH-cam.
You ever find the artist who made the song in the beginning 😆
@@stephonwilliams5232 Nah 😂
The artist is me bro.
@@stuntedgrowth Brother please drop a project!! You have true talent and I will definitely support you
Lesson for young players.
Just because you play center for your high school team at 6-5 doesn't mean you can't work on your guard skills on the side or for your AAU team. You never know when you'll stop growing.
Subscribe to my channel....
I remember this cat. Dude was a beast. Obviously hated on by certain colleges he turned down and maybe high school coaches. No doubt some one kept calling the NCAA every time he had on new Jordan’s.
Dude was sick. Much respect for the way he gives back now.
It’s kinda weird how it didn’t all work out, he made a movie about his life and same outcome
When I was in the army all my homies from Cali talked about this dude back in 95-97
We had a dude same time Eddie Miller he was 6'5 in 6th grade never heard anything after junior high.
His 3rd stunt was my own stunt in college. I was groomed to be a PF in high-school, but was told to not come to open tryouts in college (UCSB, the year after Brian Shaw graduated)because none of the coaches wanted to see someone tryout for PF at 6'4". Thanks a lot Coach (Ray) Lopes.
That happens a lot I seen guys play center at 6’3 with no guard skills ever worked on
The politics of basketball
That's FACTS bruh...By the way, I'm fairly new to your channel, but I subscribed and I'm a HUGE fan; love the analysis you give on each player. Since I'm kind of new, have you done a story on either of Stanford's backcourt of Arthur Lee and/or Dion Cross (who - correct me if I'm wrong - didn't get in the league)?
@@carltonsaffold9940My guy Arthur Lee. North Hollywood high I believe. For sure Stanford university.
I played him in AAU dude was damn near unstoppable, its crazy what happened to him
Shea Cotton as a HS freshman: 6’5, 225. Shea Cotton as a HS senior: 6’5, 225. Stunted growth!
Literally 😂😂😂
well played
Thats what got me, idk how or why he didnt grow anymore
Jermaine Taylor some don’t! I didn’t grow even an inch in HS like I was hoping but thinking I wouldn’t. 6”2 in 8th grade almost dunking 6”2 throughout hs almost dunking 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
@@gpc831 Some of us are the opposite. 5'5 my Junior year. 6'0 my Senior. That shit hurt like a bitch, and I had to regain my coordination. I was a PG, but spent months completely relearning how to dribble bc the ground was suddenly so much further away.
We all grow differently. Biology is weird.
I had the pleasure of interviewing with Schea just before the New Year. Great guy
when you develop before everybody else, it's risky because you can make the mistake of relying on your athleticism alone, and not hone your other skills that you will need when other guys catch up on athleticism and height
AndreaBaixinho like myself it didn’t help that Schea didn’t grow an inch in hs and maxed out size strength wise in the 9th grade! Some kids are earlier growers like that tho! Should have went pro after 10th grade! Frfr!!
Thank you for finally doing Schea Cotton. I've been requesting this for months and it's well worth the wait.
Schea has a brother named James Cotton that was a beast as well. Played 2 or 3 years in the NBA after LBSU.
That’s an important point that was left out.
The first LeBron is a misprint he's more like Barkley, Corliss Willamson
I say barkley Williamson was solid but not all that
bjern757 Zion imo w a step back jumper off the dribble too! Lol. Picture that! He was that real from 8th to 10yh grade before the injury viral bug hit
a bit late but i think he meant that in high school he was seen the same way lebron was in hs, a player that would change or at least be the face of the nba.
@@thegto8535 Exactly...I grew up in Ohio and use to watch Lebron play in Highschool after I got outta school and remember the hype. After watching the Documentary I reminded me Alot of the hype around Lebron when he was in High School. I would even go as far to say Cotton was more gifted in High school than Lebron. Who knows why he never made it to the NBA.
He couldn’t be the first of either of those because they were before his time. Lebron was after him
I first heard Schea's name in the book *Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine* , by Sports Illustrated's George Dohrmann. The book chronicled Demetrius Walker, who went from "the next LeBron" at 14), to Grand Canyon, of all places. He was another early-riser (6'3" by age 13???) that stopped growing. The main connection with Schea was that they had the same AAU coach, Joe Keller, who for all his charisma, just wasn't an "X's and O's guy" .
I played against him in Vegas and he was the truth. When he was 17 I knew I was looking at a future NBA player
He is a few years older them and I was hearing stories about him ahd this was in the mid 90s way before the internet
Schea cotton was that dude this is my era I'm a 96 graduate. He played all 5 positions in high school but he was a 2 guard he could do it all fam AND YES HE BLACK BALLED . He should've been in league .
Lulz
Yea they blackballed him but not his brother who was drafted. Smh u people really get on here and say the dumbest shit
@MIGGYME1 lololol. He averaged 15ppg at Alabama on terrible %'s, couldn't shoot, dribble, rebound, pass, or defend. He didn't get blackballed, he just couldn't play. This isn't rocket science.
I dig the song in the intro. I didn't know about Schea Cotton, I did know about his brother James. I got an Upper Deck card of when he played with the Sonics.
Nice Job Stunted Growth! I never heard of Schea Cotton before so this was very insightful.
Lotta cats too young to remember this dude
Stunted Growth you da real MVP!🔥 🔥 🔥
Watched him as a Kid. He played in the Boston Shootout, Baron Davis and the Collins twins on one team.
King Rhian peep this la all star team vs Orange County all stars... you’ll see what you said collision twins baron & Schea on the white team. Schea #4 b Diddy #5 & the Tall trees the collision twins 🤣😂 th-cam.com/video/Y-J-O5X_u9Y/w-d-xo.html
What about Earl manigault way back when he played with Kareem Abujubar and lost his whole career to when start doing drugs and became a heroin addict very sad he was only like six foot six one but he could touch the top of the backboard he was a legend in Harlem
Good one SG! Superior athlete. Was too good too soon..didn't do the skill work..love this b4 the internet SG....he helping and giving back now..much respect.
Artist & that beat is dope! Stunted Growth - Great overall video thanks for doing.. Into is poetic & fitting & dope! You have video editing skills! . A couple things however in here on my boy Schea I feel are inaccurate however. 1) he wasn’t the top scorer on his Alabama team at 15pts. Ron Griziard who was leading scorer at about 20 was drafted also unlike Schea. :-( also since I see you have some of schea’s just released documentary “manchild” in here .. you should know from the film that he was stuck in the post “an undersized 4/5 post player due to injuries & a coaches decision” in which he almost transferred out. 2) what is your source for saying he would have been drafted #2 overall if he went hs to nba? I’ve never heard that! Wouldn’t that have been mentioned in schea’s doc if an agent told him that!? 🤔.... Schea should have went pro after he won the ca state title at md if a player could leave after the 10th grade if one ever did... it should have been Schea cotton point blank period! He was as nba ready then as he ever would have been. Like you stated his jr & Sr years were marred by injuries. But still he was #2 overall a scout said & a guarantee lotto pick? Id like to know what your source is.. idk about the #2 but he probably does get drafted & idk bout a lotto pick but sure the hype was still huge. But Schea has fallen off a lil baron Davis was getting hyped more by the time the 2 were seniors. I honestly think schea’s downfall was multifaceted. Injuries just like dee brown & countless other good ballers set him back... the ncaa was kinna the fall guy if you will, but he did have a lot of bad luck w both injuries & the ncaa.. it he goes hs to pro he doesn’t have to deal w ncaa.. but no one was going hs to pro! Only Kobe then kg did maybe in that same 97 class you stated in this video that Schea would go as high as 2nd.. idk about all that. Honestly all this I think Discouraged I couldn’t do wrong prospect & the Psyche of Schea cotton who you till then was regarded like an immortal god. It’s like Schea was too good too early.. even haven’t lightweight fell off Schea should have put his name & tried out for nba after hs. If there was no rules/age limit.... 10th grade & no I’m not joking!!.. Ron artest says same that he ought to have put his name in the Nba draft after 10th grade when he was at the highest of the high one can be at!. He had reached his peak in 8-10th grade. Schea what is one of those kids that was so good so early and had such a big gap between him & 2nd place around the LA & CA hoop scene and not much competition around him that I think he just got complacent and not better and people caught up to him with time with a lot of bad luck with the injuries & the NCAA thingy & his bro leaving lbsu. As the doc said “all Schea wanted to do was play w his big bro james at lbsu but James left early to go pro because of financial hardships at the time the family was dealing with”.. Schea people say was lebron before lebron.. & maybe so he was a 2 guard when in shape that could play bully ball like Barkley at the 3 or even 4 position.. but honestly Schea w the left hand the pt./forward & bully ball strength & dunking is zion Williamson moreso to me & zion is Schea cotton. Zion w a lil less strength height & lil more guard skills step back handle shoot off dribble etc.. things I really ain’t see zion do consistently but very similar games & generational impact they both had on the climate of b-ball
Keep doing ya thing brother this has to be one of my favorites. Back in the day I thought he would be getting all star nods just from what players like KG and Truth say about him. I would definitely love to bring some more names that should be on your channel you are giving the culture everything it’s missing. Thank you bro 100%
Man wit us quarantining and chilling I figured u wuda put out a shit load of these bangers I mean there's plenty of material so come on fam let's get it
Appreciate these joints JC. I’ve learned so much about hoopers way before my time by watching your channel. Thanks!
He was a special talent that developed early but his 6 '6 235 frame was so explosive ...he would play with Baron and kill at the wooden center against pros ...pros that you know I remember baron dunking on olden polynice lol but those 2 were special
I believe that when you're hot and you're a projected lottery or even just first round draft pick than you should go....there's so many stories of people being projected lottery picks and deciding to wait til later....when later came their stock dropped tremendously, that's assuming that a next is even gonna come because sometimes that next time that they wait for doesn't ever come....When you're hot go....Dajuan Wanger's stories is a great example....keep up the great work bro!!!!
Jeran Taylor: completely agree/1million!!! Curious why do you bring up Dejuan? I mean he went to college 1 year. Do you bring it up because of the chrons disease he got shortly after making the L?
@@gpc831 yes,that's why I brought it up....John Calipari said that after his sophomore season he was leaning towards staying but he was a projected lottery pick so his coach pushed him out....I think he only played like 2 or 3 seasons before his situation happened. If he stays 2 more seasons in college than he only plays one in the league or maybe none at all....his few seasons paid him 10-15million and he was still able to live a great life with that. Especially if he made some good investments. Lol....
@@thetaylorbunch9614 his son now goes to Camden hs as well following in his footsteps & is ranked like #1 in his soph class as of this writing I believe. That family milt dejuan & now Dejuan jr can ball!!
I remember him at the Boston shootout with him and Baron Davis. You can easily tell he was the best player out on the floor.
Scarfacerican Easily. I think he was actually blackballed. Stunt#4
I played with and against two of the greatest LA prospects who never made it, Rico Harris and Shea Cotton. These gentlemen were both great in their own right.
Old school with this one.Cotton made some questionable decisions but ultimately he just wasn’t skilled enough.He was athletically superior to his HS opponents and when they caught up to him it was obvious he never really worked on his skills,just relied on his athleticism.HS legend for sure tho,much respect to him.
This is what happens when you get trained and conditioned to believe you will always be the more physically dominant player on the court.
Ronald E Stubblefield FACTS!!!!
damn that's true
To a certain and lesser extinct this is what happened to me also. Sometimes guys get on & buy into their hype & stop working as hard as they once did & rely on talent... really “not skilled enough” is the lamest & most untrue statement I’ve heard. Schea still could have went hs to pro & got drafted but his family is kind of traditional (“old school” if you will) & weren’t in that dire financially speaking like some perspective nba kids from the inner city are thus I think they wanted him to garner an education though. No one saw this coming even his family.. who really can predict what lbsu & the ncaa did to Schea? If the parents & Schea knew I’m sure he would have put his name in.. but that’s just how life goes sometimes.
That's *exactly* what happened. He was also held back in the 8th grade and was older than everyone in his class. He peaked as a sophomore in high school. It happens sometimes.
Shae from the City good vid....how about Kenny Bruner AKA Bad Santa from and 1
Gtown. Should've stayed. He can hoop
He was definitely good
He was nice! Dominguez was loaded back then w tayshaun & tommy prince along side “bad Santa” too!
I wanna say Tyson Chandler was on that team too
I lost to schea in 95 yeah in Oakland I'm the state championship,and again in college. He most definitely was on another planet. He was hated on by even his teammates smh sad.
Man bro his own teammates, but you know what that doesn't surprise me. When you're Killin on the court, but you play on the same squad as delusional cats who think their game is like that and call it soft to give another nigga's game props where props is due that's what happens lol.
For Schea though he had a coach who was on the same page as him and just wanted to win.
Yeah dave coach McKnight is a legand.
@@CharlieWallbanger510 absolutely he's definitely a legendary coach one of the best to ever do it. So many great players came from his program. To elaborate on the hate from Schea's teammates, but his coach's determination to give him the opportunity he needed anyway. Great players need great coaches, more than they need great teammates. Great teammates are good, but the coach is the one with the power. Great teammates can convince a coach that a certain player is great, but the personality of the coach can get in the way of that player ever getting his chance. If the coach has confidence in you to get it done then there is nothing any outside push back or envy can do to stop that player.
Not late 90s he was a senior by 95. Our hs played him at the Torrey Pines tournament years ago
His name is L.H ... Dope music...hands down... Im glad you put me on
Hey dude IshDARR is the artist. Good video btw!👍✊
Corey Lamar Nope.
He used the same beat
Ohh shit you made it!!!!! Thanks bro!!!!
Man that fuckin intro was nastyyyyyy! 🤢🔥😂💪🏿
What song is this playin in the intro...shit is fire....it sounds a lot like the stunted growth guy. Bars was definitely on point. Don’t be shy my nigga stand on yo shit
Shout out my guy #StuntedGrowth another banger!!! He was a BEAST in HS.... Keep grinding bro road 25k subs..... Waiting on tht #StuntedGrowth Calbert Cheaney and Yourself JC
DonWonn25 Yes of course.
Calbert Cheney was a beast
that track was super heat i need that in my rotation bruh!!!!
Word what's it called ..?
@@mikete2223 i think it maybe called "they lost me" by ishdarr not 100 percent though
That song is🔥🔥🔥
@@crazynice32 sorry playboy that's not the one☹🤕🤕yo on the real I been looking to find it but not even shazzam has it listed...😳🤔
Sad he never developed other aspects of his game, just relied on strength and athleticism
If you ever get a chance watch the OC vs LA all star game Shea played at Oceanview HS, Baron Davis & few other legends played in that game 🔥
The original "Man Child!"
being held back was his 1st stunt
It was said that Schea was going to play with his brother, James, at Long Beach State for one year and go pro which had me really excited as a Long Beach alum and season ticket holder. Would have had him, James, and the coach (at the time) Seth Greenberg playing in the newly built LB State on campus pyramid. I think Greenberg took off first for the South Florida coaching job and the James went pro and there went Schea. Had a few pros come out of Long Beach basketball, historically, but Schea would have been like nothing the athletics program would have seen before. I thought it sounded way too good to be true and it was.
The song is "They lost me" by Ishdarr
Thanks
Another banger... this usual for u tho bro 💪🏽✊🏾
ok if we doing old school then add: Raymond Lewis, Freeman Williams and John Williams (Crenshaw HS)
Raymond Lewis is the best player ever from California
I’ve heard so much in Raymond and want to see his doc! Schea & Raymond definitely LA legends!! I would actually like a freeman segment just cuz I’ve heard so much on RL & not as much but a lil on freeman Williams. Or do one on John Williams Crenshaw 80s
I sure that was you in the song JC. Or should I say....Jay October. Eshhhh get it💪🏿
Yessir!
Please do Stanley Robinson from Uconn
Can you do a Ronald Curry???? Since we talkin first Lebron's can forget Ron Curry.
I'm from VA and grew up watching Curry in high school... straight BEAST!!!
Do Bill Walker! That dude played with OJ Mayo and had so much hype.
Bill was a BEAST!
BUT THOSE KNEE INJURIES TO BOTH KNEES....
That's my man JC on da track😂😂
bjern757 Why would you think such a thing? Lol
@@stuntedgrowth it sounded like you. No doubt.
Let's see one on James Forrest from Ga Tech
Big fan of this channel bro, can you do Johnathan Bender or Flight White?
I never heard of him til now but I just got the thinking maybe he made the right decision. Had he went straight to the league, I'm sure his agent & others would've taken advantage of his finances
Balled like a left handed Barkley
Zion Williamson ☺️
I thought you was changing the instrumental in the background of the videos with the intro song. That would’ve killed me
Bruh sometimes I just binge watch your videos
Stunted Growth my man do sumn on Hook Mitchell ik you know bout him "BEAST"
Oaktown I see ya.. Do one on Tony Jackson
Yes Sir Oaktown reppin
Please do that one
I would love to see that to with Hook
Hook would've been a retired nba legend
Lord🙏🏽That Song Is Fire💥💥💥💥
Damn I remember Shea Cotton great player should've been in the NBA
Yo what song was that 😂
The song is by IshDarr called They Lost Me. Salute SG
Yes!!! Finally 💯 #salute
empier ? this song isn't on Dangerous tho,guess I'm late to the party.
llmic23 No Sir
Great video!!✊🏾 keep bringing the goods... You should revisit the Jelly fam . Isaiah Washington is transferring again.. I swear that dude is the transfer god!!! Lol
yeah... I never understood why Isaiah left the East Coast in the first place...
@Robert Drake he transferred to Long Beach State... I really can't understand him at this point. I hope he knows what he's doing
Yea man, as I said, dude is the transfer god!!..lol at this point dude should just go over seas, he hasn't played ball I dont think in about 2 years...jelllyyyyyy🍇
This is crazy. But I just saw him play the 2019-20 season with Iona. I saw he had some good games, but when I read the comments about him they were saying he was inconsistent. I don't know why he went to Minnesota. They weren't going to let him play the way he was used to playing. Also I don't think he had good teammates either. I read an article, but I can't remember where. It's one thing to critique, but it's another to try to get a dude to completely change his identity. When you pick a school, you don't want to play with dudes that not only aren't winning, but are also satisfied with just playing on the bigger stages of college basketball. They're not looking to get better themselves and they're not looking to help a guy with potential to do good things get better.
Thank you. Always wondered what happened to him.
Do you have one on Rashaad Phillips
Can you do a Markelle Fultz revisted video?
classicslayer456 Was waiting to see him this season
The artist in the intro is Stalley
Grateful2TMH No Sir
Sounds nothing like stally
Artist-IshDARR
SONG-They lost me
it does have the same instrumental but the lyrics are different
No Sir. Isn't the same instrumental
Gotta do one on Rashad Anderson from UConn
One of the greatest shooters of all time
WOW till this day I'll say Cotton and Marbury are the best HS players I personally seen, I've seen a lot...
For me, Jason Kidd. My school was in the same league so we played them twice a year. I saw Schea Cotton on TV against Fremont of Oakland at the Coliseum.
As a licensed educator, I thought that a difference could be made with dedicated people. Being able to spot those in need and what their true learning style is was fascinating. Many don't care to know this at all. Schea Cotton didn't have a learning disability, he was simply an auditory learner. Shame on the franchise known a NC2A for penalizing him for such because once it became apparent Schea did better having instructions verbalized, you quickly discover he's super intelligent.
D Angelo Collins good high school player
yes sir! I've been requesting it for a long time, too. Talented but hot-headed
Word.. stunted growth if we’re doing la cats that shoulda woulda made it.. deangelo #2 to Schea I think at least in last 2 decades. Do it!!
Hey JC, I know who the artist is at the beginning of the video
We were close to playing against him my senior year. We were a game or 2 off. Damn
I heard stories schea so athletic he jump up for a dunk. And went to the moon. Came down 2 days later. And he was fouled.
The artist who made the song on the intro is JC STUNTED GROWTH
Anybody got the name of the song & artist? 💫
Artist name is Empier Ent, the song is Storystyle (the Message)
For real, Nwanne?
JC should do one on donte jones who played a miss state and blake griffen
Need this song brotha
What's the intro song
Mike Bears I'll post it in the community tab
@@stuntedgrowth what's a community tab
Man you got to do one on Evan Burns @stunted growth
How do u only jave 28k subscribers?
Crazy man... Grinding though
What’s the name of the intro song? I need that 🔥
It's called Priceless. That's me homie
@@stuntedgrowth now. How can I get it? 🤔 Apple Music. Spotify or SoundCloud?
@@stuntedgrowth 🔥🔥🔥 How can I get it though?
@@painfullybrilliant79 DM me on ig I'll send it to you
@@SiNdRoMe690 DM me on ig bro
Definitely u on the track 🔥
Kaneke Burnett Why's that?
Omg this intro was crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m to think he in a zone. Is he free styling, or he he writing this? This dude is jay z! “THe said the rapper will remain nameless like the person who ain’t make it”. Wow
Damn talk about dirty the NCAA went to work on this man should have sued for money not eligibility ....Im gonna take a guess and say that's you spitting you did use to rap and the Delilah reference 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Delilah? Interesting. Why would you say that?
@@stuntedgrowth the video you was about a guy who basically got screwed over and if you know who Delilah is and what she did she screwed a brother over big time it took her a couple of tries but she got em and the guy she screwed over was talented to say the least
*DO SOME OF THE PLAYGROUND LEGENDS LIKE HOOK MITCHELL AND EARL MANIGAULT*
norma1250 Schea is to SoCal & LA as those two are to Oakland and nyc my dude
Could you please do one on Johnathan Bender!
Even though he didn't make the NBA and his growth was stunted his highlights are 🔥🔥🔥.
Lenng Cooke with a Stunted Growth remix
Didn't his parents screw up his career? He was supposed to follow his brother to Long Beach State (not LCC where he ended up), but when the coach (Seth Greenberg) left, his parents decided to go someplace else and controlled his career into the ground. The NCAA has some blame, but when I was following this, it always seemed that they thought Seth would be able to keep him local and get him the comfortable place to grow. When Seth went to FIU, he could have followed him there, but it seems like his parents wanted him local and tried to get him into UCLA. Too much time away from the game at the highest level stunted his growth.
USF not FIU. USF was loaded with BB Waldon (McDs all american) & Altron Jackson. With him Cotton USF goes to sweet 16 atleast.
Bro do a video on Marvin Barns!
knew him from slam magz back in 94