A large majority of schools recruit. It happens. I think Wise gets so much negative attention, because he puts up so many points on people. HISD has open enrollment. The great coach Boutte did recruit himself. I know of few people he tried to get and they denied him. I was offered a position on one of his Lincoln teams to get one of my friends to come over. I was no where near the player of my friend, but he knew I could influence him. Many people from the Port Arthur area know many kids zoned in the T.J. area played basketball at Lincoln. No one questioned the Houston Bellaire team that was stacked with Emeka Okafor. There were many players on that team from other areas in Houston. When I was in high school I saw a lot of kids transfer into Silsbee to play basketball. Also Nederland lands a lot of Port Arthur kids on it's Football team. I know quite a few, this years tail back, who made the move due to a crowded back field at Memorial. Does Wise recruit, probably so, just as many others do. But I think he is just better than most. Hell I know back in the late 90's, plenty of kids from Beaumont were playing ball at Hardin Jefferson.