QB CJ Stroud Talks About Dropping 40 Points on NBA ‘Star,’ Shows Micah Parsons What He Did Against ‘NBA Level Talent’

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The exploits of youth come with one ironclad rule: As time passes, the tales grow taller.

On the other hand, when the exploits involve world-class athletes, the impressive truth often needs no embellishment.

Appearing last week on Bleacher Report’s “The Edge” podcast with host Micah Parsons, Houston Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud — a devoted Christian — told a slightly exaggerated version of the truth when he recalled scoring 40 points in a high-school basketball game against Jaime Jaquez Jr., now a star rookie with the NBA’s Miami Heat and a player whom Stroud described as an “NBA-level talent” in high school.

“That game I scored 40 points was on him,” Stroud said of Jaquez.

The quarterback also claimed to have hit a game-winning 3-point shot that resulted in joyous people rushing the court.

Parsons, a star linebacker with the Dallas Cowboys, good-naturedly acted as if he did not believe Stroud.

In fact, the undertone of the podcast’s entire basketball-related discussion was one of trash talk. On Friday evening, Parsons and Stroud will participate in the NBA’s All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game. It starts at 7 p.m. ET and will air on ESPN.

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