MadLuke
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- Jan 18, 2011
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Height being so genetic and so big of a factor make basketball a bit different here, having a 6foot7 father instead of a 5foot10 could multiply the odds of being one day in the nba by 1,000, everything else being exactly equal would not surprise me. Having an nhl level athlete as a father probably is a really good advantage genetic wise to make the nhl one day, but to a lesser extent, growing up in that environment and support is probably more what going on, sons of NHL agents do really well at the draft not just players.No different than baseball or basketball. What a shock kids who grew up taking BP or throwing up shots in major league stadiums/arenas are doing well.
But I would have thought there was a difference.
In the US sport tend to be really close to the school system (and scholarship for the prospect), that would make having one of the best development track available to you less linked to your family (in popular enough sport for school to have scouts).
Crosby going at Shattuck-Saint Mary's on a full scholarship, was it expensive for the family ?