Barry Lewis

Tulsa World Sports Editor

During the past 40 years, I have picked or assisted in choosing many high school athletic “all-star” teams for Tulsa newspapers, including the All-World honors.

My first of those assignments was the Tulsa Tribune’s All-City boys basketball team in 1986.

It wasn’t difficult to choose a player of the year — Edison’s Kevin Pritchard — yes the same Kevin Pritchard, who is the president of basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers, who are playing the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals that started Thursday night with Indiana's 111-110 comeback win.

During a break in the All-City photo shoot at Edison where Tulsa’s best high school players were gathered, my interview with Pritchard shifted into him analyzing many of the area’s notable players.

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