2011 WI Mr. Basketball transferring

[HutchwasClutch]

Nimrod Hilliard- Madison East grad, transferring from Lamar according to Mike Miller.  One year eligibility remaining.

http://host.madison.com/sports/columnists/dennis_semrau/on-preps-madison-east-grad-nimrod-hilliard-earns-collegiate-all/article_8b9a927f-644e-56db-ab4c-8c9eeab8826f.html

Probably not an MU target, he's a little guy, but with the state ties, you never know.  Has been a solid D-1 player anyway.

[Dawson Rental]

My Gawd!  What nimrod would name their kid Nimrod?

[HutchwasClutch]

My Gawd!  What nimrod would name their kid Nimrod?

He's Nimrod Hilliard IV nonetheless- so generations of Hilliard's felt Nimrod is just a fine first name apparently. 

[Ari Gold]

Played his first year at South Dakota transfered to Jacksonville College to Lamar. Thats Reggie Smith level movement. Wouldn't take this kid if he went on a hunger strike in front of the Al

Son of Nimrod and Tammy Hilliard, is it possible there are multiple  Nimrods?

Also proves the Wisconsin State Journal is terrible at choosing top Basketball players in the state.

[Jay Bee]

He was fun to watch in AAU ball, goggles and all. Very slim, but a competitor. Don't think he makes sense for MU, but could help a smaller program.

[77ncaachamps]

He was fun to watch in AAU ball, goggles and all. Very slim, but a competitor. Don't think he makes sense for MU, but could help a smaller program.

Like UWM.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Like UWM.

That's NCAA 2014 participant, UW-milwaukee....but will not be participating in 2015

[boyonthedock]

Does he have the nickname Invader Nim... yet?

[JWags85]

He's Nimrod Hilliard IV nonetheless- so generations of Hilliard's felt Nimrod is just a fine first name apparently. 

Well it is a biblical name...

[PBRme]

I've met numerous Nimrods over the years, mostly they go by Rode (Rodee)

[JerryWizig]

Also proves the Wisconsin State Journal is terrible at choosing top Basketball players in the state.

Mr. Basketball is chosen by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association, not the State Journal. It was a relatively weak class that year (I think he won it over Paul Jesperson -- now at Pepperdine after leaving Virginia). Besides ... just because a player doesn't have a good college career doesn't mean he's a bad choice for player of the year. You don't pick the player of the year based on college potential, just like the college basketball player of the year isn't going to have the best NBA career.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The movement is concerning but we could do a lot worse than a PG who averaged over 15 ppt and 4 apg and shot 35% from three. Would be an upgrade imho

[bilsu]

The movement is concerning but we could do a lot worse than a PG who averaged over 15 ppt and 4 apg and shot 35% from three. Would be an upgrade imho

Over Duane Wilson?

[warriorchick]

Well it is a biblical name...

Great grandson of Noah.  Know as a giant and a mighty hunter. Mascot of Watersmeet High School.



We vacation near there every summer.  I am a proud owner of a Nimrod hoodie.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Over Duane Wilson?

I think Derrick will still have the starting job. So yes. Duane is a complete unknown, I hope he is as good as advertised. He certainly has the work ethic

[4everwarriors]

My Gawd!  What nimrod would name their kid Nimrod?

Better than Numbnuts, aina?

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

It's also a biblical name.

From Wikipedia:
Nimrod, king of Shinar, was, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush and great-grandson of Noah. He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power in the earth, and a mighty hunter.

I remember a visit to the British Museum and they have a Babylonia section that contains the "Nimrod sculptures."

[Coleman]

It's also a biblical name.

From Wikipedia:
Nimrod, king of Shinar, was, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush and great-grandson of Noah. He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power in the earth, and a mighty hunter.

I remember a visit to the British Museum and they have a Babylonia section that contains the "Nimrod sculptures."

So Cush is a biblical name too?

[KenoshaWarrior]

My Gawd!  What nimrod would name their kid Nimrod?

A lot of Assyrian families have kids who are named Nimrod.    I believe it means warrior in ancient babylonian culture.

The Assyrian kids at my high school were some of the best wrestlers and I would have never messed with the 2 kids whose name were Nimrod.   
In fact his name was Nimrod Namrod

[Ari Gold]

Mr. Basketball is chosen by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association, not the State Journal. It was a relatively weak class that year (I think he won it over Paul Jesperson -- now at Pepperdine after leaving Virginia). Besides ... just because a player doesn't have a good college career doesn't mean he's a bad choice for player of the year. You don't pick the player of the year based on college potential, just like the college basketball player of the year isn't going to have the best NBA career.

[Dawson Rental]

It's also a biblical name.

From Wikipedia:
Nimrod, king of Shinar, was, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush and great-grandson of Noah. He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power in the earth, and a mighty hunter.

I remember a visit to the British Museum and they have a Babylonia section that contains the "Nimrod sculptures."

From the Urban Dictionary:
Orginally from the Biblical Nimrod, a mighty hunter, it has come to mean socially inadequate.
"Oh he's a real Nimrod, he steals the dried snot from under the science teachers desk."



It's a shame to have one's family name unfairly come under ridicule.  It's insensitive IMO to refuse to recognize that such a thing has happened and have your child have to deal with that fact virtually every day.  

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Don't think Wojo was even considering him. But he committed to North Carolina Central.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/29/report-nimrod-hilliard-iv-transferring-to-nc-central/

[We R Final Four]

We may play him some Tues night in early November.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

I am a proud owner of a Nimrod hoodie.

JSGlow's uncircumcised!?!

[77ncaachamps]

Don't think Wojo was even considering him. But he committed to North Carolina Central.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/29/report-nimrod-hilliard-iv-transferring-to-nc-central/

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