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Ossining Celebrates First-Round NBA Draft Pick Obi Toppin
The Ossining High School grad had a fantastic spring playing for Dayton and now he's coming home to New York.
OSSINING, NY — The Ossining community is celebrating one of their own — Ossining High School graduate Obi Toppin, who was grabbed early in the 2020 NBA Draft Wednesday night by the New York Knicks.
Named National Player of the Year in the spring, ranked No. 1 in Sports Illustrated's list of Top 50 College Basketball Players, Toppin was, as the University of Dayton put it, "the only player in the country who averaged 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and shot over 60% from the field."
Now he's headed back to New York.
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Let's go O!! Great to see Ossining getting some pub with Obi Toppin pick by #Knicks RT @sny_knicks: Obi Toppin went from playing Section 1 hoops in Ossining to being drafted by the Knicks (via @KDJmedia1)pic.twitter.com/sfHbzubdfH
— Jim Cerny (@JimCerny) November 19, 2020
This is sooooo dope... Obi Toppin went to my High School Shoutout to Ossining, NY https://t.co/PnC0cch41M
— High Press Podcast (@highpresspod420) November 19, 2020
Longtime local sportswriter Kevin Devaney Jr. pulled this from his clips:
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Here’s a good one: NBA Lottery pick Obi Toppin catching an alley-oop from Ossining team Alan Griffin, likely a future NBA Draft pick. They lost this game by 25 to future Section 1 champion Fox Lane pic.twitter.com/n2FnjxyYhw
— Kevin Devaney Jr. (@KDJmedia1) November 19, 2020
And I include this just because it's clever:
Did any NY paper use a "Help us Obi-1, you're our only hope" headline today??? #ObiToppin
— Jeff (and sometimes Kyle) (@Kyle2009HD) November 19, 2020
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