Former St. Joe's Great Boo Williams is a Huge Deal in Youth Basketball

So much so that there is a $13.5 million rec center in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia named after him. And, what seems to distinguish Williams from some of the smooth talkers, politicians, hustlers and pimps (among others) that seem to dominate the AAU scene in other parts of the country (including California), is that while Williams has prestige and influence, it's not all about him (or, as one local reporter puts it, if he's doing it for financial gain, well, it's hard to see unless he has money stashed away in his freezer or in off-shore bank accounts).

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