As much as I love Dominique Wilkins and as lovely as the Gonzalez Twins are, Andrew and Aaron Harrison are probably the hooping twins I have had the most fun watching. Maybe that's because I hated most of the teams Gerald Wilkins played on, I've never had the opportunity to watch Dylan or Dakota play, and the Harrison Twins literally played in my backyard at Travis High School in Richmond, TX.

Living a few miles from their high school also meant I was constantly hearing about them in the local papers: Twins lead Tigers to Class 5a state title; Aaron named Texas Mr. Basketball;  Andrew Harrison ranked #1 guard in the nation; Aaron Harrison has made 12 game-winners in his final year of AAU ball; Twins will take their talents to Kentucky; Twins save baby from apartment fire. I obviously made up one of those, but we have seen them take turns catching fire in high school and we also had the pleasure of seeing them both shoot lights out in the 2012 Elite 24 game, alongside their future Kentucky teammate Julius Randle.

Randle turned out to be the star of the show by scoring 27 points on 13-of-14 shooting, while Aaron, who shared co-MVP honors with Randle and Aaron Gordon, connected on 11-of-14 shots for 25 points. Andrew wasn't too shabby either with 4-of-6 shooting and a team-high 6 assists. The trio also shined during the Elite 24 Midnight Run against NBA stars like Brandon Jennings, DeMar DeRozan and James "got crossed by Andrew" Harden.

The bright lights followed them to Kentucky, where Aaron became a Wildcat legend after hitting two memorable game-winning 3-pointers in the 2014 NCAA tournament. And after two years on campus with disappointing tournament endings, he and Andrew declared for the NBA draft. Andrew was selected in the 2nd round by the Phoenix Suns and Aaron went undrafted. But, it would only be a few days until the Hornets called and invited Aaron to the summer league, where he rewarded them with 16 points and 8 assists in a 17-point comeback victory.

Going into the 2016/17 season, the Twins are no longer the headliners they were back in high school, but they are still on NBA rosters -- Aaron with the Hornets and Andrew with the Grizzlies -- and one thing I know and have known about them since high school is they aren't afraid of taking the big shot. So, when that big shot comes, I expect them to seize the opportunity and make it.

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Many of the top high school ballers will be showing off their talents this Saturday at the Jordan Brand Classic at the Barclay's center.  Some of them will also probably be in the NBA in the near future including Travis' point guard Andrew Harrison (1/2 of the dynamic Harrison Twins heading to Kentucky).  Harrison and 7 other ballers in the JBC were asked by USA Today how they think they would do playing one-on-one with a prime MJ.

Half of the answers started off like Nigel Williams Gross "Are you serious? Maaaaan, It's MJ.  I'm not gonna disrespect him and say I'd get a bucket."  

The other half including Andrew Harrison had quite the opposite of an answer with them beating the GOAT.   Harrison predicted the score to be 11-7 and gave this explanation.

“I think he’d get a couple buckets here and there, but then I’d start to lock him down and give him buckets. Yeah, I think I’d get him.”

The other players that said they would come out victorious were Matt Jones going to Duke, Dakari Johnson going to Kentucky and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson heading to Arizona.   I'm not doubting the talent of any of these players that we have been following for the past few years but considering Michael Kidd-Gilchrist couldn't beat a 50 year old MJ I would bet my last dollar on a prime Jordan of the past beating anybody wearing a Jordan Brand Classic Jersey in the future.

You can read all of their responses below and before you blast these kids keep in mind I'm sure most of them weren't serious. We don't have video/audio so we are responding to flat print communication.  With that said, I'm going to have to quote Nigel and say "Are you serious? Maaaaaaaan It's MJ."

Nigel Williams-Goss, Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), PG
Signed to: Washington
The Score: 11-0
The Victor: Jordan
The Why: “Are you serious? Maaaaaan, it’s M.J. I’m not gonna disrespect him and say I’d get a bucket. I think if I had ball first I’d try and get him off balance and take a quick jumper and hope it went in. You’ve gotta remember, Jordan was the Defensive Player of the Year. He doesn’t have to let me score, and I don’t think he would because he was so competitive.”

Kennedy Meeks, West Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.), C

Signed to: North Carolina
The Score: 11-6
The Victor: Jordan
The Why: “Well, I’m gonna just keep it real, he’s gonna win. I’d get ball first and he’d sleep on my jumper because I’m a big guy. So I’d go on a quick 3-0 run off top. The other points would come from me backing him down. But then he’d get the ball and it’d be a wrap. I mean not 11 straight, but he’d win after that. I gotta keep it real!”

Matt Jones, DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas), SG
Signed to: Duke
The Score: 11-5
The Victor: Jones
The Why: “Well, I’m feeling a little generous today, so I think he’d get his five points. This is how it would go: I’d get ball first, then I’d score the first few baskets because he’d definitely be sleeping on me. Then I’d go to my old-man game and take it to the hole every time. No matter how small the foul was I’d call ball every time until I made it. So it’s gonna be a long grind-it-out win. But I’d win.”

Dakari Johnson, Montverde (Montverde, Fla.), C
Signed to: Kentucky
The Score: 11-10
The Victor: Johnson
The Why: “I’m taking him to the post every time. He’d stop me a couple of times, but I’d just keep going back down there. I’d just contest his jump shots and pray that he’d miss. I think in the end, I’d get him though. I’m too big down there.”

Wayne Selden, Tilton (Tilton, N.H.), SG
Signed to: Kansas
The Score: 11-2
The Victor: Jordan
The Why: “In his prime? Man, I’d get one point going to the rack, then he’d stopped that the next time so I’d have to go to a quick pull-up jumper and hope that it goes in. So yeah that’s two points. That’s it. I mean, that’s Jordan in his prime. I’m not doing more than that. Nah!”

Andrew Harrison, Travis (Richmond, Texas), PG
Signed to: Kentucky
The Score: 11-7
The Victor: Harrison
The Why: “I think he’d get a couple buckets here and there, but then I’d start to lock him down and give him buckets. Yeah, I think I’d get him.”

Chris Walker, Holmes County (Bonifay, Fla.), PF
Signed to: Florida
The Score: 11-7
The Victor: Jordan
The Why: “I think I’d hit a couple jumpers because he’d think because I’m 6-foot-10 I can’t shoot. I’d be like ‘Aight, Jordan sleep on me then, I’m just gonna hit these shots in your face.’ So when I start making them he’d cut that out and go ahead and win. It’s M.J.”

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Chester (Chester, Pa.), SF
Signed to: Arizona
The Score: 11-10
The Victor: Hollis-Jefferson
The Why: “Well, it will come down to the last possession. He’ll take the ball and get me with the move, then I’ll recover and block it off the glass. He thinks it’s a foul, but it’s really not. So we shoot for it to settle the bad call he made and I’d make the do-or-die shot. I get the ball back and I give him a bucket with heavy defensive pressure. Ball game.”

Source: http://www.usatodayhss.com/news/article/players-predict-one-on-one-game-with-michael-jordan

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