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Aug 16, 2023Liked by Maxwell Baumbach

Cedric is my cousin ….got him on his AAU team when he was 12 years old. His motor and character are literally parallel!!! He is beloved by the adults and revered by his peers in our family!!! Fresno Ca. is a place that is hard to make it out of, but I knew Cedric was the real deal when I helped get him to his only AAU team…Sir this guy right here is everything you wrote ……he will find his way to an NBA office. This was very well written and as a former journalism grad I’m now subscribed!!! Thank you for seeing what I saw YEARSSSSS AGO!!!

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Thank you for reading, and thank you for the kind words! I was very impressed by him as a person during our interview. He has a bright future!

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The small school bias in scouting is outdated. We’ve seen time and time again “player X comes out of small school Y, why did no one see this coming?” When the evidence was right there. Cedric Coward was a name I came across just doing some analysis over last season. He’s a hooper. Can’t wait to hear the interview. Are we looking at another Mikal Bridges?

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