Best Wisconsin high school Big Man ever

[Aircraftcarrier]

Can Diamond Stone be the best ever.Can he be better than Jim Chones?Who are some of the best?Wolf,Nimphius,Mcilvaine and the one alot of people forget Gary Cole{Abdul Jeelani} from Racine Park.

[sailwi]

Chones, others were good he was great.  What no Brian Butch as an option 

[brandx]

Can Diamond Stone be the best ever.Can he be better than Jim Chones?Who are some of the best?Wolf,Nimphius,Mcilvaine and the one alot of people forget Gary Cole{Abdul Jeelani} from Racine Park.

I used to play against Cole and Leartha Scott (Yes guys got drafted in back to back years from UW-Parkside) in the gyn out there.

But Jimmy Chones was the best. Except for maybe Eino Hendrickson

[keefe]

Roman F#cking Muller

[Nukem2]

No one comes close to Chones.  Saw him in HS a couple times and many times at MU.  A true stud....

[brandx]

No one comes close to Chones.  Saw him in HS a couple times and many times at MU.  A true stud....

20 and 12 doesn't come around every day. Especially in a fairly deliberate offense.

[Dawson Rental]

I don't care that he's clearly not the best Wisconsin HS big man ever, I had to mention Jarrod Lovette.  For the game against Louisville, if nothing else.

[Blackhat]

According to Murffesius/gr8one, Keaton Nankivil is the best Wisconsin big man ever.  Dude doesn't know his azz from his elbow when judging talent.

[MU82]

Can he be better than Jim Chones?

Can he? Anything's possible, I suppose, but the probability is so low that it's akin to asking if JJJ can be better than Wade. Again, possible but ...

[4everwarriors]

Not even a contest, #22.

[We R Final Four]

Evan Andesrson.  ((Drops microphone))

[jesmu84]

Can Diamond Stone be the best ever.Can he be better than Jim Chones?Who are some of the best?Wolf,Nimphius,Mcilvaine and the one alot of people forget Gary Cole{Abdul Jeelani} from Racine Park.

Do you type your posts on a phone? Or just not care at all about formatting?

[muwarrior69]

Yep, Chones, without a doubt.

[KenoshaWarrior]

I used to play against Cole and Leartha Scott (Yes guys got drafted in back to back years from UW-Parkside) in the gyn out there.

But Jimmy Chones was the best. Except for maybe Eino Hendrickson

Abdul Jelani. Park hs graduate.

[Gato78]

Chones. Anyone says anything else, they didn't see him play. Joe Wolf is #2. Everyone else is behind them. Stone has a chance to be in their category but not there yet.

[Texas Western]

Chones was a very strong player, when he left for the pros in the middle of the season it was so disappointing. Al said it was the right thing to do though, I think we would have won the championship that year if he stayed.  Would have loved to see him against Walton. Our record when he played for us was something like 49-1.

[brandx]

Chones was a very strong player, when he left for the pros in the middle of the season it was so disappointing. Al said it was the right thing to do though, I think we would have won the championship that year if he stayed.  Would have loved to see him against Walton. Our record when he played for us was something like 49-1.

Chones was never in Walton's class. But then again, very few were. I do think MU would have won the title that year tho'

[Eye]

An Eino Hendrickson mention. Worked as the sports newspaper guy in his hometown for almost 12 years. Apparently has lived in Montana for about the last 40 years. Always thought about doing a feature about him, but the connection to him from another guy who lived in town said he wasn't really interested. Checked in every so often for a few years, and just figured it wasn't worth the bother after that. Probably in late 60s now. Don't know much about him as a player other than he a 7-footer when that was extremely rare.

[Eye]

Here's the list of players born in Wisconsin that played in the NBA/ABA.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=WI

And put me in the Chones camp.

[Aircraftcarrier]

Not sure why Gary Cole is not listed.They may have missed him.Played at least 1 season with Portland.

[Sir Lawrence]

Here's the list of players born in Wisconsin that played in the NBA/ABA.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=WI

And put me in the Chones camp.

Was Steve Novak not born in Wisconsin?

[ATWizJr]

Don Kojis.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Was Steve Novak not born in Wisconsin?

Libertyville, IL. Come on man, you call yourself an MU fan??

[MU82]

Was Steve Novak not born in Wisconsin?

Yes ... he was not born in Wisconsin. (edited to clarify)

And Steve Novak was a small forward trapped in a 6-10 body.

And even if one wants to classify Steve Novak as a "big man," he's not in the same universe as Chones, who literally dominated game after game with his skill and his presence.

[Sir Lawrence]

Yes.

And Steve Novak was a small forward trapped in a 6-10 body.

And even if one wants to classify Steve Novak as a "big man," he's not in the same universe as Chones, who literally dominated game after game with his skill and his presence.

MU82, I was just commenting on the list of NBA players born in Wisconsin, not Novak as a big man.  I did not know he was born in Illinois.