The Class of 2019 Has All of the Ingredients Necessary to be the Best Class to Come Down the Pike in Over a Decade

There are three prerequisites for identifying a great class nationally in the high school basketball world.   They are size, star power, and depth and, while the Class of 2019 may not turn out to be as good as the great Class of 1979, which featured Ralph Sampson, Clark Kellogg, Sam Bowie, Dominic Wilkins, Steve Stipanovich, Isaiah Thomas, James Worthy, Antoine Carr, et al.; the great Class of 1988, which featured Alonzo Mourning, Shawn Kemp, Billy Owens, Chris Jackson, Jay Bias, Chris Mills, Christian Laettner,  Don MacLain, LaPhonso Ellis, Stanley Roberts, et al; the great Class of 2005, which featured Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ron Mercer, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter, Robert Traylor, et al,; and the great Class of 2007, which featured Kevin Love, Derrick Rose, O.J.

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