When I was growing up in Terre Haute, our schools were in the same conference as the Indianapolis schools. So we saw all of these guys playing. When Eric was in high school, he was on what’s widely considered to be one of the greatest AAU teams ever.
That team consisted of Gordon, Greg Oden, Jeff Teague, Mike Conley, Josh McRoberts, and Daequan Cook. It was absolutely insane to watch these guys play, and you knew that you were watching future NBA stars. It was true blue-collar, competitive Indiana basketball.