Fairlawncat

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6-4 or 7-3 is not the norm, but the exception. He's more like 5 and 5 for the average season and the occasional 7-3 or 6-4 with the first round playoff exit.

Fort Chiswell is legit. Seen them play. Out pitching teams and out hitting teams. Got a great group over there led by Reggie O. Jackson.

Then Prep Redzone is incorrect. It lists Syracuse, East Carolina, Bluefield State, Emory and Henry, and Duquesne as offers. https://prepredzone.com/player/gage-palmer/

Will the older Palmer play basketball next year? He has 2 D1 offers in football if I'm not mistaken. Most kids that are D1 in football skip basketball their senior year. Some dont. Thats why I ask. I wouldnt be 100 percent sure he's a lock to play next year, and if he doesnt, that would be a big loss on the defensive side of the ball.

1. Most Valuable Player/Player of the year in Virginia should go to Todd Baker, although hes obviously a Coach, not a player, but you get my drift. It was one of the more marvelous coaching jobs in the coaching area in many years. Very little difference in overall talent from Graham to Central Wise to Central Woodstock to Nelson County to Martinsville, to Floyd. Baker was the difference. 2. Defense is why Graham won the state title. One of the best defensive basketball teams in the coverage area in many years. Graham was good offensively, but not off the charts good and wouldnt blow you away with 90 points like those Gate City teams, but defensively? Completely off the chain. 3. Value to the team? Dissibio and Martin of great value for sure, but the on ball pressure by Fix (when Graham didn't play zone) is as good as anyone in the state of Va's class 2 that I watched. Kid is on another level athletically, even compared to Martin and Dissibio. Fix isn't the overall Player Dissibio and Martin is, but defensively, he is as good as Dissibio and Hayes are on the offensive side of the ball. If Va awarded a Class 2 Defensive POY, Fix would be at or among the top of the heap. 4. Graham was nowhere near as good on the Offensive Side of the Ball as the Gate City title team. But defensively? They were actually Better. I'm not saying they beat G.City as G.Citys three D1 players offensive skills would have overcome Grahams elite defense enough for GC to win, but on the defensive side of the ball, Graham of 25-26 was better, and they won the state title because Baker got a bunch of teenagers to buy into defense.

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Not about how "good or not good" basketball is played in Big Stone, Rocky Gap, Salem, Hampton, or NOVA as it relates to All State Individual Honors. What "having a clue" means is......you have at least seen the other 8 players that made first team or second team. And dont do the "us" statement. You represent yourself, not the board. You weren't elected to declare "us.", nor was I. Don't use the coalition Fallacy which is 3rd grade in nature. Be an adult. You dont get elected to declare "us" when you don't have have a clue of where the coverage area is. Learn that first before you declare yourself as "the leader of geographical board coalition" lol. Keeping you "posted" on "teams in the North" (whatever the hell that means) has zero to do with who makes All State.

1. To look at basketball through a SWVA lens for 2A is not funny at all, if you are arguing one player is definitely top 8 and you have no clue or concept about what the other 8 players play like. No, the SWVA lens statement is accurate. 2. Don't LIE. You stated I "discredited" Dissibio. Do not lie or become a liar. Be a normal person. What am I getting at? I said Dissibio was well deserving of 2nd team All State and that he was not a first team all stater. That is a far cry from "discrediting" the kid. 3. It is about performance and results for then individuals, and not a D1 player. Correct, but you will find the kid from Arcadia set school records for points and steals and assists as did the big boy from Nelson County with rebounds and blocks as did the kid from Greensville in assists as did Noah Farley at Floyd, and of course Hayes speaks for himself. The kid from Central Woodstock? School records in assists and steals. Bet you absolutely had ZERO....ZERO clue of the above. You had not one ounce of knowledge of the above. These kids numbers and production for 2026 are Better than Dissibios in Addition to them being D1. Are they better by a lot? Nope, but enough to be first team All State compared to second team all state? Yes, they are.

OK, so I got it. I think I understand now. Dissibio is now better than Hayes if I'm reading your implication correctly. Like I wrote, not one word would be mentioned about Dissibio if Graham didn't win the title and not one word was mentioned with the Region POY pick with either Bostic or Hayes before Graham won the title. You will not admit it, nor will some others and that is.....deep down, internally, hidden under the surface, you feel Dissibio should be first team All State because Graham won the title and that title entitles someone from Graham being first team all state. Just tell the truth and be honest. I have no issue with anyone that feels Dissibio should have been first team All State IF they truly feel hes a top 8 player by his own merit and not due to Graham winning the title, and if you feel hes a top 8 player, at least have a clue of basketball east of Rocky Gap, VA, and actually watch some of the kids like the ones from Arcadia and Greensville County.

You simply dont know what you are talking about. The kids I mentioned, 8 of them, are Better players than Dissibio. They simply are for 2026. You also wouldnt say One Word about the All State team if Graham would have lost to Central. This was the point of my first post because its noticeable where it was going, and that is...."The State Champ Must have at least 1 player on the First Team All State Team." That theory has been put forth for many years in every state for every sport. Its an Emotional Argument without objectivity. That theory is very close to the "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. The trophies are for the best All around Teams which was Graham. The All State Team is for Individual Players. There's a difference. First Team All State Should Have Been Troy Tomlin-John Marshall, Batiz-Lugo- Woodstock, Colton Ward-Nelson County, Ean Hayes-Central, Jordan Cropper-Arcadia, Mekhi Phillips-Greensville County, Noah Farley-Floyd County, Isaiah Harris-TJ.

I dont disagree at all. There aint nothing bad about it. He will be first team All State next year and a contender for POY and was a deserving All State 2nd team player this year. Hes an incredible player. I simply feel there were about 8 better than him for this year, his junior season.

Has zero to do with who can beat or can't beat Graham in my opinion. All state is not a team award nor should it be. Has everything to do with which are the top players in VA Class 2. The kid from Arcadia has no control that he has 4 bad teammates. He scores his 23 per game and got 4 or 5 steals and played great defense and had a gigh shootinf percentage. Thats all he can do. It was enough to get D1 offers. Who should not have been on first team was the other big man from Nelson County. That was comical. The kid from Arcadia being a second teamer and the kid from Greensville County being a second teamer was comical.

8 players being better than Dissibio isn't even arguable I think. There clearly were 8 better. The kid (a senior) from Nelson County set scoring records there for points, blocks, and rebounds. So has Farley at Floyd (a senior). The kid from Woodstock has there as well and has a D1 offer (a junior). Hayes at Wise, no question. Hes the real deal. Troy Tomlin at Jon Marshall who played on a bad team, but he stayed and didnt go to to Petersburg. He has 5 D1 offers. Maurice Jefferson from TJ has 2 D1 offers. Jordan Cropper from Arcadia, the all time school leading scorer and has offers from Norfolk State and Howard, both D1. Mekhi Phillips, Greensville County 6'1 point guard. 3rd in All Time scoring at Greensville and offers from Elon, Richmond, and ECU. There's 8. Dissibio is an incredible player, but he's not S1 and he did Not have the numbers of the kids listed above. You are seeing basketball through a swva lens without little knowledge about what goes on outside of swva. In all honesty, there were probably 10 players in Va Class 2 this year that were better than Dissibio.

First Team All State should be awarded to the 5 best players in the state, or 6 or however many they put on it. Its rare that the state champion does not have at least 1 player on this team, but its possible. There should Never be a rule that declares, "the state title winner must have at least 1 player on the first team ALL State team." The Graham situation. What might explain it and in my opinion does explain it? Incredible coaching, athletes, and defense, and unselfishness offensively. Incredible Team Play. If you objectively look at the state of VA in Class 2, were there 5 to 7 players better than Dissibio? I think the answer is yes and not by much, but there were 5 to 7 better. The kid from Central, arguably the kid from Union, the kid from Floyd County, the kid from Nelson County, the kid from Woodstock, the kid from Greensville County, the kid from Thomas Jefferson, and arguably one from Bruton and Im sure Im missing someone. Graham probably had 3 kids that were top 15 in the state in Class 2 by season's end and that is a recipe for a state title, but not automatically a first team All Stater (top 5 to 7 kids). Next year, Graham will have that in addition to the great team play, unselfishness, defense, and top shelf coaching.