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| LonzoVol | Sep 19 2012, 09:43 AM Post #1 |
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Think UT got a hell of a basketball player. It did. But Tennessee also got one outstanding young man. He is from an intact family unit, his father is in education. This from a man who has covered Hubbs and Dyer County since Hubbs' arrival from Covington. Monday, September 17, 2012 Mike Smith, SG sports Dyersburg State Gazette Somewhere around 7:30 Monday morning, while my cell phone was charging, the buzzing started. After a few minutes I couldn't take it any longer so I went to get the device to see what was so urgent. As soon as I read the first texted message, I smiled as though I knew it all along even if I didn't. 'Hubbs to Tennessee....Go Vols' was all it said, but it spoke volumes at the same time. The message came from East Tennessee and I felt as though I'd dropped the ball for not already knowing. Though knowing Robert was in Knoxville over the weekend, I thought he wouldn't be making a decision so soon. Funny how the whole Tennessee thing kind of reaches out and grabs you isn't it? So, his decision has been made and the flood of phone calls will now cease. He will be wearing orange for a little while longer at DC, but for quite a bit longer in Knoxville. With the commitment, Tennessee is getting a player ranked as high as No.11 in the nation by Rivals.com, and oh me are they getting not only a very good basketball player, but an even better young man. In basketball, Hubbs has the opportunity to shine like no other player Dyer County has ever seen. He will do so because he's already got everything he needs to be successful. A solid game on and off the court is what he will need, and he already has both. Anyone can play the game, but only a certain chosen few will be good enough to garner the attention Hubbs has over the last few years. Consider the young man just turned 17-years-old and he already has the maturity of someone much older and it starts to sink in just how special he already is. I say already because he's going to become even more special over the next few years and then some. Unfazed by the notoriety that comes with constantly being regarded as one of the best in the nation, Hubbs stays grounded for several different reasons. The most important reason I see is the fact that his parents, Robert II and Lesia, have raised him to be the way he is and to not ever get too high or too low. I saw an example of the person he is on Monday. It may not mean much to most, but to me it was just another example of why people flock to be around him. Walking to sit down for our interview to talk about his commitment to Tennessee, we approached a table that only had one chair. I kindly told Robert to have a seat and I'd simply stand. "No sir," he said. "I'll go and get you a chair." Like I said, it may not mean much to most, but Hubbs is different than most kids we see involved in sports today. He cares about people and it's genuine. He isn't fake and he doesn't walk around talking about himself even though most wouldn't blame him if he did. His head still fits through the door just as it did last year and the year before. He doesn't have to walk sideways to get through it either. He talks about his team at DC with the utmost respect. He hopes for the team to win a state title, not for himself but for the high school as well as the people of Dyer County. Robert Hubbs III has got a future as bright as the orange he wears today and the same orange he will wear in the future. He's a class act that doesn't act like he belongs, he knows he does. As I ended the interview, we shook hands and walked out of the gym. Robert grabbed the chair to return it to where it belonged. I looked at him and laughed while saying, in about 5 years I'm going to be watching an NBA game and say look at that Hubbs kid making all those millions of dollars. One day years ago he carried my chair |
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| LonzoVol | Sep 19 2012, 10:50 AM Post #2 |
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Hubbs headed to Rocky Top Monday, September 17, 2012 Talented senior verbally commits to continue career at Tennessee DC's Robert Hubbs III verbally committed to Tennessee after an official visit over the weekend. [Click to enlarge] [Order this photo]As the long list of collegiate offers continued to roll in, Dyer County's Robert Hubbs could have gone anywhere in the country to continue his basketball career. With offers from Duke, Gonzaga, UCLA, Memphis, and nearly every school in the SEC on the table, the 6'5 Hubbs had a serious, life-changing decision to make. As it turned out, it only took one official visit to the University of Tennessee for the talented high school senior to make up his mind. Hubbs spent the past weekend in Knoxville, attending a team workout and soaking up all the university had to offer during his 2-day visit. Once he left and headed back to Newbern with his family, it was game over for all the other high major schools vying for his services next season. Hubbs spoke with Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin by telephone late Sunday night, informing the head coach that he will indeed continue to wear orange at the next level. "He (Martin) asked me if I was ready to become a member of the Vol family and I said that I was," said a smiling Hubbs inside the DCHS gym on Monday. "It just felt like the perfect fit for me." As Hubbs enjoyed his visit at UT, one that included a chance to attend the Tennessee-Florida football game on Saturday, he liked the atmosphere and the way he, as well as his family, were treated by the entire UT coaching staff. "It was just a great family atmosphere. The coaching staff all brought their wives and children and I just really felt welcome and I pretty much felt like I was at home," he added. "This is going to be a great experience for me and my family and we're really excited about the future and winning games in Knoxville." While the family atmosphere in Knoxville was a great selling point, Hubbs said what made the decision an easy one to make was the honesty of Martin, now his future head coach. "It seems like he was everywhere he told me he would be. Most of my AAU games this summer he was there in the front row watching. When he told me something he did it and that proved to me that he was a man of his word. That made me feel very comfortable," said Hubbs.
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