[Lotto StudParticipant]

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh7c4TLUY78Ng9F1tU

Ballhandling & court vision is advanced.

[GlenTaylorSucksParticipant]

6th grade is WAY too early to be on the lookout for prospects.

[Lotto StudParticipant]

Dude you’re trippin for no reason at all. Just a couple months ago folks were all over that 7th Graders pubes, because he was dunking. Adrian Moore ring a bell?

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

I hear he’s not doing so hot in Pre-Algebra, though.  He may not be elgible for 7th grade…

[Lotto StudParticipant]

LOL

[boshjonesfordParticipant]

"6th grade is WAY too early to be on the lookout for prospects"

 

unless your a pedophile

[tli232]

 He looks 4’11". I don’t know if he’ll even reach 6 feet by highschool

[GrandmamaParticipant]

He looks 4’11". I don’t know if he’ll even reach 6 feet by highschool

 

That’s exactly what I thought, kid is tiny.  Yeah he’s in 6th grade, but still.  I’m 6’1" but was probably around 5’6" in sixth grade.  That dude isn’t going to be very tall.  I’d be surprised if he will be any taller than 5’8′-5’9"…

 

And for rating 6th grade players….I was on a YMCA team with this kid in 6th grade who could do everything, and I mean EVERYTHING.  He could dunk, was lightning quick, could shoot all day, had amazing handles, and had sick D.  By the time he was 18 he already had multiple felonies, and the last I heard of him was his blurb in the police blotter.  Arrested with two scales, surveilance cameras, a pound of budd, a few ounces of coke, and a gun….. Now when we were 12, I thought that dude had as bright of a future as anyone, and by the time he was 18 he hadn’t played one game of varsity bball, and was headed to prison for 10 years. 

 

Goes to show that even if you are a great player player at 12, that doesn’t mean you’ll be some great prospect when colleges start calling…

[GrandmamaParticipant]

"6th grade is WAY too early to be on the lookout for prospects"

 

unless your a pedophile

 

lmao

[DanEboyParticipant]

That floppy haired white kid sucks.

[Scottoant93Participant]

yeah they shouldn’t start ranking kids til they are atleast freshman in high school, kind of absurd to recruit little kids, he should be focused on school and enjoying playing basketball not being worried about underperforming because scouts are looking at him

[Im Your FatherParticipant]

 

"That’s exactly what I thought, kid is tiny. Yeah he’s in 6th grade, but still. I’m 6’1" but was probably around 5’6" in sixth grade. That dude isn’t going to be very tall. I’d be surprised if he will be any taller than 5’8′-5’9"…

I completely agree that 6th grade is way to early to evaluate kids, but it is literally impossible to predict his future height based on what we know now. Kids have growth spurts at different times, and if he’s 4’11 he definitely hasn’t had one yet. Hell, I was 5’5 in 9th grade and 6’1 by the end of my junior year. It is stupid to write a kid off based on height when he’s only 12 years old. 

 

 

[Snubs15Participant]

I was 4’9 in grade 6 and grew to 6 foot by grade 11. How tall you are in grade 6 really has no true determination of how tall you will be when your done growing. This dude has some of the nastiest handles i’ve seen for a 6th grader.

[HaleParticipant]

He seems similar to Tony Wroten.

[The8thDeadlySinParticipant]

6’5 6th grader doing this is something to talk about but this kid could be playing against anyone… Lets wait till he starts making noise in HS to post vids..

[paradigmnParticipant]

He is actually playing high school ball as a 6th grader 8th Deadly Sin.

http://prospect-central.blogspot.com/2011/12/damon-harge-jr-6th-grade-high-school.html

 

[McDunkin]

 

 

 

[JoeWolf1]

I don’t waste my time with middle school rankings.  The best kids on my middle school team were nothing special by the time we were playing varsity.  One kid was 6’2” and everyone thought he was going to be an amazing athlete and guess how tall he was at 18?…6’3” and with the skill set of a short white Shaq after never developing because of his height at an early age, he stopped playing all sports after his sophomore because his ego counldn’t take everyone passing him up.   A large portion of McDonalds All-Americans don’t make the NBA, let alone the top 11 year olds in the country.

[DareelParticipant]

Funny thing is he was the best 6th grader in the country last year too…..bball parents and kids are getting ridiculous

[Lotto StudParticipant]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Sixth-grader-torching-top-high-school-talent-at-?urn=highschool-wp10447

 

He is 12, stands 5-foot-4 and weighs just 120 pounds. He looks like any other kid on a middle school bus. Still, don’t let the sixth grader-next-door image fool you: Damon Harge is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the best young high school point guards in the country.

 

Yes, high school. Despite his age, as highlighted by ESPN.com, Harge is competing at the high school level in North Carolina, and he’s torching the opposition. A year after getting national attention for dominating any and all middle school comers — he averaged 35 points as a fifth grader playing against student athletes three years older than himself — Harge is now suiting up for Creedmor (N.C.) Christian Faith Center Academy, where he faces off against some of the top prep basketball programs in the county … as a sixth grader.

"I looked him up and it’s hard not to be impressed watching his videos," Christian Faith Center Academy coach Kendrick Williams told ESPN.com of his first exposure to Harge. "I wasn’t sure about how that would translate on the varsity level, but I was excited to find out. I just kept thinking ‘he’s only 12?’"

What may be most incredible about Harge’s rocket ride to stardom is how seamlessly it has all come together. A year ago, Harge was still somewhat of an under-the-radar prospect, happily plying his trade on the West Coast. A year later Harge sports YouTube clips with an aggregate audience of more than 3 million views and is widely recognized as the nation’s top sixth grader.

Admittedly, that’s a lot of hype for any pre-teen to handle. Still, those are the kind of things that happen when a player drops 50 points at a national invitational tournament in front of former number one NBA draft pick John Wall, who immediately emerged as Harge’s biggest fan and ally.

"The kid was unguardable," Wall told ESPN.com. "I knew right away he was a star. I just wanted him to continue to work hard.

"All of this is too serious for a 12-year-old kid. He should be concentrating on having fun, but, at the same time, I understand why it’s happening. What’s he gonna say, ‘No thanks, I don’t want to be ranked right now?’ Plus, I’d be shocked if there’s a player that’s more skilled than him at his age. It’s not wrong and it’s not his fault. Basketball isn’t the only sport that ranks kids early. It’s just the day and age we live in."

Harge is already leaving his impact across a large swath of the basketball portion of that world as it is. Williams, who once coached John Wall and is well acquainted with molding young phenoms, said that the sixth grader’s work ethic is what makes him stand out. The 12-year-old wakes up at 4:30 every morning and puts up an average of 6,500 shots per week. "With that high volume of shots the muscle memory is ridiculous," Williams told ESPN.

Now, as Harge continues to refine his talent against tougher opposition — he recently took part in the ScoutsFocus Elite 80 Showcase and averaged 11 points a game against some of the nation’s top Division I recruits (you can see his highlights from that event directly above) — he also continues to sway more and more doubters, including yet another recent top NBA draft pick.

"I was very, very impressed with Damon," new Cleveland Cavalier Kyrie Irving told ESPN.com. "He really reminds me of me back in the day, but he’s just more skilled than I was back then. The talent and potential is undeniably there. He was crossing up varsity guys like they were the young guys. He’s the real deal and he seems really focused."

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