Rashaun Freeman

Who would be your starting five basketball players in a hypothetical pickup game containing only hoopers from the 518? First things first, this is both an impossible and unfair conversation. The concept of creation is more scientific than trying to pin down five and only five players, but Thursday morning on "Big Board Sports" I figured I would try anyway...

When talking about the best basketball players to ever come out of upstate New York, anyone who knows what they're talking about would mention the name Rashaun Freeman. And how couldn't you? Dating back to his time winning the 2001 state championship at Schenectady High School and being named Times Union Section 2 Player of the Year, to his time as an all conference player on the national stage at

When I was growing up as a basketball player in Section II, there were plenty of players who I knew about and looked up to. I wanted to see Tiki Mayben play, I wanted to see Brian Ledbetter of Schenectady play too. But one of the first players that I grew up to root for was Schenectady native Rashaun Freeman...