Players from San Antonio

[FromWayDowntown]

That group of Shaq, Bo Outlaw, Calvin Thomas, and Ski Jones were the guts of a San Antonio AAU squad that won a Junior Olympics tournament here in the summer of '89. For a local team, that was a pretty formidable bunch, and not just because of Shaq.

[wildbill2u]

He went to Cole High School

I remember going to see him in an highschool All-Star game at Trinity U. One of the highlights was Shaq leading a fast break down court, dribbling behind his back on the run and going in for a dunk.

He was much thinner then.

[totalspurshomer]

Robert Reid went to St. Mary's Univ. in SA and played 11-12 years in the NBA. He was the starting 3 for the Rockets for many years and played a key role in the Rockets' first trip to the NBA Finals. He scored over 10,000 points in his career.

FWIW, Reid also went to high school in the SA area...Clemens, Go Buffs!

[bigdog]

shaq was born in newark,new jersey i think

[SpursWoman]

I remember going to see him in an highschool All-Star game at Trinity U. One of the highlights was Shaq leading a fast break down court, dribbling behind his back on the run and going in for a dunk.

He was much thinner then.

I worked at the country club where Shaq/Cole had their senior prom. That seems like so long ago...and yeah, he was super-skinny.

[redskinfan]

David Wesley is from SA also before moving to longview