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Paolo Banchero 6'7 Legacy O'dea 2021 Offered
huskyhooligan
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From October. If they can't reel him in something is seriously wrong. Football and Basketball prospect. 6'7 QB.
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Parents are Rhonda Smith and Mario Banchero. The only thing that bothers me is that he plays for O'Dea. That being said he reminds me a lot of Marcus Williams (Roosevelt 05) with more athleticism. Some recent highlights:
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He looks like baby.
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mods?Rubberfist said:He looks like baby.
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Sounds like the band leader of a mariachi group. Paolo Banchero and the Tiajuana 6.
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Banchero and his RancherosMelloDawg said:Sounds like the band leader of a mariachi group. Paolo Banchero and the Tiajuana 6.
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Did his daddy get done dirty like Joey Thomas?
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He's so good. He'll be a top 15 player in his class. National guy.
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Momma is all dawg. I'm just surprised he isn't playing at Franklin.
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Rhonda Smith like Travis Spring's (RIP) bestie who dominated for the women's team?huskyhooligan said:Parents are Rhonda Smith and Mario Banchero. The only thing that bothers me is that he plays for O'Dea. That being said he reminds me a lot of Marcus Williams (Roosevelt 05) with more athleticism. Some recent highlights:
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Nevermind google answered my querey. Indeed she is one and the same.
This from 2004:
High-school rewind: The 6-foot-3 center starred for Franklin High from 1987 to '91, leading the Quakers into the state semifinals in '88 and '89.
After high school: Made All-Pac-10 first team three times at Washington, and was a Basketball America All-American in 1995. Overtaken this season by Giuliana Mendiola for second in Washington career scoring. Smith finished with 1,801 points and holds school records for points in a season (583 in '95), free throws made in a season and free throws made in a career. After playing professionally in China in 1995 and for the defunct ABL's Seattle Reign and Portland Power from '96 to '98, Smith was the first Husky drafted into the WNBA, when the Sacramento Monarchs made her their third-round selection in 2000. She retired after playing in Greece in 2001.
Personal: Married Mario Banchero, whom she met her senior year at UW. The couple, which lives in Seattle, has been married 4-1/2 years and is expecting a second child in late August. Smith and Banchero grew up only three blocks from one another and attended the same schools but never crossed paths until college. "I must have looked right over him because he was a late bloomer," Smith-Banchero said of her 6-4 husband.
Fast forward: Smith-Banchero works full-time as a software-licensing consultant at Microsoft and just completed her first season as assistant girls basketball coach at Holy Names.
"I love those girls like they are my children," said Smith-Banchero, who also is a TV color commentator for UW women's basketball.
Her 15-month-old son, Paolo, is already 3 feet tall and loves basketball. Doctors say Paolo could grow to 6-8 to 6-10. Having a family, Smith-Banchero said, opened her eyes. "After you've had a baby, you don't know what you were doing before that," she said.
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Yep.
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Paolo played on the same youth football team as your avatar @dnc
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Interesting matchup, with Odea getting the win. Jalen Green is a highlight machine but a game with two top 15 players Banchero held his own.
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He’s elite. He’s also not coming here.
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Basically the upcoming recruiting classes in-state for basketball is insane just like it is for football.
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UW lock, unless he can go to the NBA first.
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Pretty muchRapeculturedawg said:UW lock, unless he can go to the NBA first.
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That kid was the 2nd best player in the Tacoma Dome during the 3A/4A weekend. Better than McDaniels.
Anton Watson was first. But he's also got a 2 year head start.
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Watson had 4 points against Federal way until mcdaniels and eason fouled out.. he was only impressive against average players.PurpleThrobber said:That kid was the 2nd best player in the Tacoma Dome during the 3A/4A weekend. Better than McDaniels.
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Banchero is fucking amazing
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Rapeculturedawg said:
Watson had 4 points against Federal way until mcdaniels and eason fouled out.. he was only impressive against average players.PurpleThrobber said:That kid was the 2nd best player in the Tacoma Dome during the 3A/4A weekend. Better than McDaniels.
Anton Watson was first. But he's also got a 2 year head start.
For all four years? Two third place finishes and two state championships?
Watson didn't need to score early. Lloyd was shooting out of his mind.
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RDR said:It's going to be tough to beat out Washington since both Banchero's mom and dad both played there. Coach Hopkins was smart to get in early with the local talent around Seattle and even though it's early, they look to be the team to beat right now. Banchero's interest in other Pac-12 schools like USC and Arizona present a threat and look for a few blue bloods to enter the mix as well as we enter the AAU season. Banchero size and speed at his position is impressive and the fact that he still has two years left of high school ball, his ceiling is very high.Technicially gifted writing by Brian Kelly there.
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HillsboroDuck said:RDR said:It's going to be tough to beat out Washington since both Banchero's mom and dad both played there. Coach Hopkins was smart to get in early with the local talent around Seattle and even though it's early, they look to be the team to beat right now. Banchero's interest in other Pac-12 schools like USC and Arizona present a threat and look for a few blue bloods to enter the mix as well as we enter the AAU season. Banchero size and speed at his position is impressive and the fact that he still has two years left of high school ball, his ceiling is very high.Technicially gifted writing by Brian Kelly there.
Also, Brian Kelly.
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At #6 in ESPN's new update
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Must get. We really need guys like Hardy, Bey, Battle, etc to turn out good. We can add these one and done’s in perfectly and in a way that Duke and Kentucky doesn’t.Neighbor2972 said: -
If he goes to a college other than UW, the coaching staff should be fired on the spot. It would take a monumental fuck up for him to land at another school.
