Morgan Park's Ray won't speculate on Echols

Hey, Herb Ray, is Najeeb Echols going to play this season?

``Every day someone asks me about Echols,'' the Morgan Park basketball coach said. ``I tell them I don't know. The chances are 50- 50. The kids don't talk about Echols. Through good and bad, they feel they can win without him. And I don't feel I need any headaches.''

Echols, a 6-7 senior who is touted as the No. 2 prospect in the state behind Thornwood's Eddy Curry, was declared ineligible last fall when he transferred from Whitney Young to Morgan Park. He said he left because he couldn't get along with coach Lamont…