gamecocksmitty4
03-01-2012, 07:30 PM
Wasn't sure where to put this but there is a great article on PJ3 on ESPN.com. It's very long but if you have the time it's definitely worth it.
WACO, Texas -- He could be a multimillionaire in four months, but still, Perry Jones III (http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/51237/perry-jones-iii) can't help himself. Each time he walks off the court, the Baylor forward thinks the same thing.
I wonder what they'll say this time.
A year ago, on a message board, Jones said someone called him the biggest underachiever in college basketball.
A national sports columnist recently wrote that drafting the 6-foot-11 sophomore would "cost an NBA general manager his job."
Those who wonder why he picked the Bears over a national power such as North Carolina or Kansas might understand if they knew that Jones' 40-year-old mother, Terri, was battling a severe heart condition -- she may need a transplant -- 90 minutes away near Dallas.
And anyone who questions Jones' mettle obviously forgets that he passed up an opportunity to be a top-5 NBA draft pick last summer because he didn't feel he was ready. If it isn't tough to know who you are and turn down millions, what is?
Perry Jones is soft, they say? His story suggests he's anything but.
Jones begins his tale and then stops.
"This is stuff," he says, "that I've never told anyone before."
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7630611/the-story-baylor-bears-star-perry-jones-iii-men-college-basketball
WACO, Texas -- He could be a multimillionaire in four months, but still, Perry Jones III (http://sports.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/51237/perry-jones-iii) can't help himself. Each time he walks off the court, the Baylor forward thinks the same thing.
I wonder what they'll say this time.
A year ago, on a message board, Jones said someone called him the biggest underachiever in college basketball.
A national sports columnist recently wrote that drafting the 6-foot-11 sophomore would "cost an NBA general manager his job."
Those who wonder why he picked the Bears over a national power such as North Carolina or Kansas might understand if they knew that Jones' 40-year-old mother, Terri, was battling a severe heart condition -- she may need a transplant -- 90 minutes away near Dallas.
And anyone who questions Jones' mettle obviously forgets that he passed up an opportunity to be a top-5 NBA draft pick last summer because he didn't feel he was ready. If it isn't tough to know who you are and turn down millions, what is?
Perry Jones is soft, they say? His story suggests he's anything but.
Jones begins his tale and then stops.
"This is stuff," he says, "that I've never told anyone before."
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7630611/the-story-baylor-bears-star-perry-jones-iii-men-college-basketball