FROM 5 STAR RECRUIT TO DISAPPEARING... WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BILLY PRESTON?

[@mattbegreat]

Isaiah 50:7 - "God will help you."

[@greatestone3025]

🙏🏾

[@magnetic5113]

love you bro

[@keyonmichaels8686]

Amen

[@verifyed-g9838]

AMEN AMEN 🙏🏽❤️💯🔏

[@jordanantone3479]

Amen

[@calebward9284]

I hope the person who called the cops for such a ridiculously small incident has 20 years bad luck

[@sorinn7894]

Damn the guy needs to go to church and think deeply what he has done, destroying a young mans career like that😕

[@shawnlittle73]

ME TOO

[@shawnlittle73]

@@sorinn7894 Or.. it might’ve been a Karen

[@steezy7460]

Bruh treated highschool like the NBA gettin traded from team to team lol

[@domais68]

I used to work in a large school's NCAA compliance dept. It was a miserable experience but I got a good sense of how the NCAA works. My sense is that there's more to the Billy P. car issue than we know. I'm guessing the car title was registered to a booster. Just saying "we don't think the kid or his family could afford the car" doesn't take 67+ days. Just my $.02....thanks for another great video.

[@rightsideclyde1398]

It was an Adidas rep. and BP’s selfish mother, not a booster or KU. The Adidas rep. testified under oath he gave them money and that KU knew nothing about it. He never played one second of eligible basketball for KU, only exhibition games, so that was good.

[@IJustDid003]

I remember when he was in the same group with DeAndre Ayton. Back in the day I thought he was actually better positioned to be in the NBA.

[@jfrawley28]

"you don't see a lot of 6'10" skilled athletic big men. . . They're a dime a dozen". I don't think that analogy means what you think it does.

[@luxino3017]

lol dime a dozen just think 10/12 nearly a %100

[@comicbookguy2326]

@@luxino3017 you don't know what it means either

[@luxino3017]

@@comicbookguy2326 buddy you’re 3 months late , and obviously you don’t know what it means…

[@comicbookguy2326]

@@luxino3017 you replied 3 months after the original comment too you moron, a dime a dozen means something is of low value, which is why you can buy a dozen of it for a dime

[@cmayy8317]

Jesus Christ will get you through this🙏🏾😁

[@khypickett9773]

🙏🏽

[@bbginc694]

So Jesus will get him through it or god? Which one ?

[@nycbg1572]

Amen, GOD is Good

[@goatedmcyt725]

Thank u

[@heemladen5872]

Didn’t Jesus say in the Bible “By myself, I can do nothing”? So with him saying that, how can he get u thru anything? And this is in no way a shot at Jesus cause I believe in him, as a prophet and that’s all....

[@Tv33456]

He looks like has great core strength for his age and has great length

[@robk1548]

I’m real close with him he’s doing fine we use to go to prime prep together

[@CapInYoRaps]

what’s his instagram?

[@robk1548]

Trust In God ovo.bp

[@zaywoppo9427]

Where’s he playin now ?

[@60secondhistory9]

@@zaywoppo9427 the Tbs league

[@timmyallen4280]

I pray that he makes it not only for himself but for his mom bc if she's anything like my mom was she loves him back more than anyone ever will on this earth.❤️🙏❤️🙏

[@MistaP13]

The biggest “what if” in my biggest opinion is Len Bias. 😥

[@OkImJustCommenting]

Facts!!!

[@bbginc694]

Hank Gathers

[@mister-zk1sg]

@@bbginc694 both of them are one of the biggest what if

[@lil4855]

Ben Wilson too

[@kevinhall1518]

Ben Simmons=WHAT IF he had James Harden skillset

[@christof123]

Some hater reported an accident that didn’t have any actual damage to screw him over.

[@MannyBukweya]

He is now playing in The BAL for Capetown Tigers, and doing quite well. Hope it leads him back to where he belongs.

[@aisuru8013]

Yeaaa it sound like a setup he had minor tire damage to car and they didn’t believe it was his car because of what . seem like a straight setup its like the person was exactly there to report the accident it’s weird

[@timmyallen4280]

Yeah, like who was the person that reported him in the first place knowing how the NCAA treats their athletes...

[@dr.j.j.spinner7503]

When they get older their kids are going to see this and make these individuals look like failures when they surpassed many who could not even make the varsity team or better yet, how far did you play Matt? So how do you measure success?

[@classicmatt_]

This isn’t making them look like failures , it’s simply telling his story , he never said he was unsuccessful

[@BLACKJACK-gf5wy]

Well currently your still wrong

[@devinwilliams5838]

Should have waited out the ncaa ruling for his freshman year and entered the draft for the next year he would have been a first rounder even if he didn’t play a single game his freshman year, someone would have taken a chance on him

[@joerhea9340]

I met him at the Kansas City airport when he was going to his brand new Jeep. I thought it was awful strange that he was driving such a new car.

[@tcerano]

Chill on my guy BP, he’s thriving overseas right now

[@moletekgobe9050]

He also played for Cape Town Tigers

[@coachdudesportstv]

Hey if he's overseas playing still getting that bag then he's doing great for himself

[@unbiascowboy1537]

True.

[@loganbuckner6118]

He’s not Ik him he’s back home in LA gettin right

[@coachdudesportstv]

@@loganbuckner6118 I mean I did say IF

[@clarkjonathan702]

@@loganbuckner6118 glad he’s alive and well

[@Polowashere]

Why did you said IF... if the video clearly said he had no clue where he is? I mean IF he hit the lotto for 300 million.... If he discovered a cute for cancer... Like you just threw out a random IF

[@greatestone3025]

Billy use to be so fun to watch man😔

[@OriginalMan7]

I gave him a uber ride here in Charlotte NC, cool ass brotha...

[@darielalexanderhilariosori3171]

He is playing in Dominican republic right now, I meet him yesterday after the game!

[@jamaalshaw4575]

Stop lying

[@realrareap2420]

I remember he was on the team with Terrance Ferguson (okc thunder) and trayvon duval.

[@zackjohnson9081]

I am born and raised in Kansas and wouldn't suggest NO 5 STAR ATHLETES TO GO TO KU AND PLAY BASKETBALL.

[@Pedrofigside]

why not

[@jnash8100]

He's in south Africa , 🇿🇦 playing for cape tigres

[@TheNamronTV]

He just wasn’t good enough but was a great high school player. You don’t get let go if you can really ball.

[@abdulmutawakkil2427]

Mandem said they a dime a dozen when referring to something rare. A dime a dozen is for something common, ie of every dozen people 10 have that skill

[@OkImJustCommenting]

I caught that too still and had to go back and confirm that he actually said that...but hey, we all make mistakes, right?

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

@@OkImJustCommenting had to check the comments. Surprised alot of people haven't noticed

[@seanymacart843]

The guy is 6’10 idk how he is not on a NBA team. He should be able to rebound the ball if nothing else

[@seanymacart843]

@@foreverjoc less then 2-3% of all men on the planet are 6’10 or taller just saying it’s impressive

[@labeebawan3474]

@@seanymacart843 Do me a favor and do 1 percent of 7 billion

[@CertifiedPG]

@Damon Hill And by not many... what do you mean? We see several from each class

[@seanymacart843]

@@foreverjoc that’s a lot of people

[@dr.j.j.spinner7503]

I knew he was coming, when do we get a positive story of guy who overcame the odds like Carrusso for the Lakers or big Woods. It is only 400 jobs and only a very few every year. So, odds are these guys are not going to make it more so than they are.

[@satarfarouk1744]

Thankfully starting from 2023 these NCAA nightmare will be over. These kids can be drafted outta high school just like Kobe, LeBron, Garnet etc were drafted

[@sincerelyimodel]

Billy where are you my brother? hope you're doing ok man, and know that where there's life there's hope.

[@thedoombringerscooty-puffs5964]

Giving money to people who don't have a lot of money is only immoral to immoral people.

[@byronandujar7453]

Please do a what happened to Diamond Stone video

[@MorrisChestbutt]

Should have stayed 1 more year in Maryland

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

Crazy that FBI actually wasted time in this. Got better things to do

[@islandkidjk4308]

Could of been a superstar he's one if my favorite players to come out of high school hope he makes it to the nba

[@Lil_Karl]

That’s crazy man I remember I forgot all about him I remember I used to talk about him all the time

[@DSWNDOXX]

Just subbed! You remind me of flemloRaps ! But with your own twist ! Great journalism keep up the great work!

[@pablow47]

Players need to start looking into suing the ncaa for stuff like this

[@aldohurtado5607]

He was born in 1997 and he was class of 2017? He was supposed to be class of 2015 if he was born in 1997. My sister was born in 1996 and she was class of 2014.

[@azzyvert9651]

You can reclass until your 21 I’m sure. Had a female reclass because her mother wanted her to take extra AP classes

[@stack504ham]

ALOT OF FOLKS DONT GET THIS.... ONCE A PLAYER 20-21 & CANT DOMINATE COLLEGE THE NBA LOSE INTEREST❗

[@sthao1733]

@Damon Hill youre right, if he was born late 97, he should have graduated in the summer of 2016, which would be on time, that would make him 18, but him reclassifying as 2017 would have made him 19 when he graduated. for whatever reason, you see a lot of high school ball players do this, reclassifying a year later.

[@joseyeastwood]

Last time I saw him he was playing in one of Rico Hines runs I had totally forgot about him good player though.

[@jthehoopgod9152]

I was at a g-league workout with him and he sucks he was making everybody else look bad but he somehow still made the squad

[@emmanuel2320]

Damn fr

[@James_follows_Christ]

Dang bro you didn’t have to trash his game.

[@dripdownsxz2752]

cap

[@jthehoopgod9152]

@@dripdownsxz2752 I’m so serious when he was with the cavs g-league team my guy Tyrius Walker was trying out and Billy Preston was taking terrible shots, he couldn’t beat no defender off the dribble for nothing and the worst part was in the 2v2 he was not passing at all...just throwing shit up at the rim.

[@freebrix8149]

@@jthehoopgod9152 they said he got signed to melo team last year in the NBL then got cut so chances are u are very correct

[@joshuabolton3866]

It is funny to see that St. John Bosco picture and e being close to Tyler and Vance and where they are both at now.

[@youngsquadsa5931]

he plays for cape town tigers

[@smpanther82]

He had a string of bad luck. But after that accident, it seemed as if luck wasn't on his side. In my opinion, he should have waited it out for the NCAA decision, and then entered the NBA Draft. Someone would have taken him in the first round. You set yourself up for failure if you hop around from league to league. It's rare that anyone bounces back after that. I wish him well, because he seems like a good kid and had skills.

[@arifinalshiddiq317]

U should do some of the last chance U guys

[@richarddegrandpre6635]

im suprised that he didnt find a better league to play for after leaving college

[@YungJinx]

The NCAA owe him a bag 💼 📠

[@joealmeida4603]

At the 2015 UA All-American game in Brooklyn- this ‘rising-JR’ was a BEAST!!!

[@trollbrochina]

Boycott the ncaa until they begin to pay players

[@sblizzy]

You should do a story on the relationship with boosters and athletes.

[@isaiahmoore7664]

That shit happens on the juco level too . Believe it or not !

[@jesuslovesyou4795]

Give life to Christ

[@Sinbadness]

@@TahaKred Christ is God in the flesh

[@ctrain9257]

@@TahaKred he meant Jesus Christ

[@MthokoMpofanaTV]

I saw him play in the Basketball Africa League hosted in Rwanda.

[@jackb6490]

National Communists Against Athletes, proves themselves again

[@jackb6490]

You must be fun at parties

[@cima5878]

The Statement said KU wanted a "clearer financial picture" and sent their findings to the NCAA. Sounds to me like they were just as complicit as the NCAA.

[@seanymacart843]

Should have stayed at Kansas and sat out the year. He should have returned for his sophomore year at Kansas. Then he would have been a lottery pick and an NBA player by now.

[@chrisbrowning2806]

That's what he should have done. Unfortunately, these kids get in too big of a hurry and make decisions that impact their life for years to come. I'm referring to leaving KU instead of just waiting it out.

[@kallumbloem6632]

Yo he just signed with the Cape Town tigers here in South Africa

[@smoovhuncho7664]

I jus hooped with him yesterday out here in LA @ The 24Hour Fitness on Slauson Blvd! Didn't know who he was until the homie said his name! Now I'm going into a rabbit hole! dawg was ballin yesterday!💯💯💯

[@tr3llo165]

Shout out Home Team Hoops ‼️

[@ibrothagoat]

No In Dallas, he didn’t transfer cause he couldn’t find a good fit. Prime Prep closed down and that whole team went to API

[@squishymcsquisherson]

The biggest "What If's" in basketball history are Ronnie Fields and Lenny Cooke. There are reasons BP went to 5 different HS and left multiple teams after just a few games/weeks, and it wasn't because of talent.

[@Monkeyboi4567]

Whatre the reasons 👀

[@squishymcsquisherson]

@@Monkeyboi4567 Ronnie Fields: Was Kevin Garnett 's teammate in HS, was a HS All American, he played pickup ball against MJ when he was making his return and even MJ said he was a monster. Probably the most vicious and athletic guard in the 90's. Got in a car accident and broke a bone in his neck. Missed his Sr year, then got in trouble, then failed to qualify academically for college and never recovered from everything. Lenny Cooke was a 6-8 forward who dominated LeBron at the ABCD camp (winning camp MVP) and had every major college drooling. He could score like Melo, handle like a guard and was a bulldog on D. He transferred to a school in Jersey as a Sr but Jersey state rules deemed him ineligible cuz he turned 19 before the season started. He never played his Sr year, disappeared, and was heading to St John's. Didn't qualify, entered the draft and was with Seattle for a bit. Then he fell into the streets and became nothing. Both these guys have docs about them. Schea Cotton is another one. He has a doc called Man Child on Amazon. Another otherworldly phenom in the 90's who was All everything, then hit eligibility issues, mixed up with the wrong inner circle and faded into non existence.

[@squishymcsquisherson]

@@Monkeyboi4567 As for BP, same kinda thing. Mixed up with the wrong people in his ear. Bad advice. The Adidas scandal. Always moving around but it was always "everyone else". The kids who have people blaming everyone else, chirping in kid's ears and guiding them incorrectly. From everything I heard overseas, he didn't have the right attitude all around, putting in the work and expecting to just be handed the ball and be a star.

[@conradrose6460]

I was literally just thinking about him the other day ,glad you made this video

[@narcissicm]

His life really changed when he got dunked on at peach jam iykyk

[@ralosandbags7347]

It broke him

[@narcissicm]

@@ralosandbags7347 no cap nigga wasn’t the same after that

[@montrealflo3922]

Damn who dunked him

[@narcissicm]

@@montrealflo3922 Blake harris

[@clarkjonathan702]

@@narcissicm murder 😂

[@dwightcoleman23]

I currently work with Billy. I’d love to talk to you. Can you send me a contact?

[@BIGDO13]

So unfair... I wish him the best

[@chrismullin5475]

"you dont see many big athletic skilled bigmen... they're a dime a dozen" what???

[@soblu3]

Lol. You know what he meant

[@shansmith3675]

What IF the NCAA wasn’t SO BLINDED BY GREED?

[@nopaymentss]

aye bro do Trevon Duval

[@ibmacgrady6666]

...

[@emogotti23]

He couldn't shoot and his decision making is bad.

[@bornalon3diealon349]

Yea I really didn’t know what he was thinking leaving duke first year averaging barely 10 ppg 😭

[@clarkjonathan702]

@@bornalon3diealon349 he in the g league

[@williambowers8042]

First mistake... Going to Kansas... Parents better start paying close attention to these states they allowing their child to go to..😒

[@ibk2205]

Fax

[@DSWNDOXX]

Isn’t oakHilL where Carmelo Anthony went ?

[@clintedwards8673]

He's now playing for Cape town tigers in South Africa

[@GGypsysid]

I can’t get over how you used “dime a dozen” wrong 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@bodegaboys7475]

Lol. I was too confused.

[@WiltChainburland]

Lmaooo

[@tswej]

I'm a firm believer that in order to improve as a young player you need to go to a school that requires you to do more for the teams success. If you look at the NBA the majority of players come from schools who aren't basketball powers. Another thing is if you are a undrafted free agent choose a team known for developing players. One team that comes to mine is the Spurs, if you don't fit their culture both on and off the court they get rid of you so the agent should one try to get them on that team and second have a long talk with them about if they aren't committed to getting better this team will expose th e m.

[@goatproduxionsreacts7195]

It seems everybody who goes to oak hill has a chance to fall off

[@Kkayy020]

He look like Lebron James

[@bbginc694]

He could have been better too. He's more athletic and taller

[@sthao1733]

@@bbginc694 lol

[@PocketsGotObese]

He was born in 1997 but graduated high school in 2017??? No wonder why he was dominating competition he was 2 years older than most😂

[@sthao1733]

right, i did a wtf too when i heard that he was born in 97 and draft class was 2017 lol

[@Deeboski]

He could've been 19 tbh

[@joealmeida4603]

@@Deeboski exactly. He turned 20 in Oct of Freshman yr in college

[@carolyndarling1281]

Usually, when you hear a player is involved in a scandal of a minor nature that leads to a large investigation,it usually has scenarios related to taking gifts from The League and)or driving under the influence and hence the results, etc MrNesley J Louis

[@jamesbrook7440]

dats crazy how the NCAA ruin his career

[@Daniel-ll2dm]

He drove that car and had the accident, he kept leaving teams after short stints, etc he ruined his own career

[@PRODbyKingDavis]

@@Daniel-ll2dm facts that’s on him... and actually the investigation was a blessing for him it could have disguised what got exposed in Bosnia

[@Daniel-ll2dm]

@@PRODbyKingDavis facts everyone wanna put the blame on everything but the person at fault

[@lorddrip1600]

Dude is in South Africa playing for Cape Town Tiger in the BAL league

[@renaldojason]

Nothing from nothing leaves nothing

[@SimersFM]

I presume the car issue didn’t allow him to come back for his sophomore season. Because ya know some kids need a few years before going in to the draft. There’s 20+ 5 stars per year and many of them don’t get drafted.

[@nicholasverando2150]

U need to do a story on tony bland

[@TheOlmonroe1]

I'm surprised no one is singing Will It Go Round In Circles.

[@aegongotnext8554]

Basketball isn't everything just one way. Hope hes taking care of his self

[@tylerdalton4406]

A dime a dozen means they are everywhere

[@rapwasinventedinthesuburbs3884]

He prolly should’ve never went to college immediately out of college maybe signed overseas and kept your draft stock

[@wendellmcclellon4685]

Talk about a racists assertion. “We didn’t think he couldn’t afford it”. Way to back ur kid KU....

[@chuckrastchannel]

I'm sure most college kids couldn't afford a 35 thousand dollar car hahahaha

[@ignaciofuentes2642]

It's amazing how much this guy looks like Lenny Cooke and has a similar story. This looks like a classic case of a guy that dominated in high school because of his size and then was just average at the pro level where everyone else is just as big and stronger.

[@sblizzy]

I think its the classic case of boosters giving him money and cars until he got into the crash and got exposed. The boosters should be arrested.

[@claytontruter3727]

He plays for the Cape Town Tigers and the man's on fire he recently dropped like 25+ points The tigers are playing in the BAL and with him they stand a chance to win it

[@TannerSports]

He’s in Taiwan playing

[@malachiedwards_]

He plays for cape Town tigers, I watched home yesterday, his doing great

[@hiramabiff7778]

He been moving around since high school, and the pattern continued, coaches look at that as well

[@mv3neto]

Used to be my favorite player

[@uliuli8997]

I have it on the highest authority that he's working at McDonalds in Blythe, Ca. as the assistant head fry cook thanks to Jethro Bodine. Word.

[@chandlerscaringia5260]

Corny

[@rjpilgrim]

You used “dime a dozen” with its opposite meaning

[@asaphoops]

What his IG?

[@mattkoppy4330]

He deleted it awhile ago

[@mattkoppy4330]

His twitter is @nolimitbill

[@sthao1733]

for a sec i thought this was lenny cooke lol

[@davidsteele4463]

What part of America are you from bro deep South

[@indicaonly2143]

His mistake was accepting an expensive vehicle that people knw he cant afford.

[@sablesage1]

hope je is ok

[@KevoUptownChicago]

It all comes down to fit and most these guys have to land in the right college system.