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Old 12-06-2005, 12:46 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Default Re: Official College Basketball Thread

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Originally Posted by See Red
That's how you judge how great a player really is -- how they do against the best of the best. Look at how many McDonalds All-Americans have gone through Duke in recent years. Now... how many turned into great NBA players? 1 or 2? The rest may have the occassional decent year, but even Jay Williams was mediocre as a rookie, even for a rookie's standards. I don't think we can assume that he'd be tearing apart the league -- because i don't think he would.

I still don't think Duke is the best team in the country. Duke hasn't looked good to me, so far. Not like the #1 team anyway -- and I find more negatives in that win over VT than positives. Give me the team that, without their starting PG, won a tournament, the Maui Invitational, that consisted of teams like Michigan State, Arizona, Kansas, Maryland, and Gonzaga.
No you judge a player against his current competition. Who cares how good JJ will be in the NBA? Right now he's the best player in college.

Grant Hill - STAR
Correy Magette - STAR
Elton Brand - STAR
Carlos Boozer - STAR
Mike Dunleavy - Contributer
Chris Duhon - Contributer
Luol Deng - Contributer

Just off the top of my head thats pretty good for just recent players. How many player from your college team are stars or even contributers to NBA teams?
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