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Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« on: January 03, 2020, 09:46:00 AM »
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2020, 10:00:12 AM »
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2020, 10:07:16 AM »
I would go with Latrell Spreewell over Terry Porter.

Caron Butler, Freddie Brown, and Kojis round out the top 5. 
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2020, 10:50:42 AM »
me thinks they did barely any research. Nebraska isn't even close to correct.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2020, 10:54:14 AM »
Jim Chones?
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2020, 11:05:05 AM »
Danny Ainge over Kevin Love and Sam Cassell over Kevin Durant.
Hmmm.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2020, 11:13:35 AM »
Quote from: ManeCity83 on January 03, 2020, 10:54:14 AM
Jim Chones?

Admirable, lengthy career, but not the all time best from Wisconsin.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2020, 11:46:19 AM »
No LaVar Ball?  How are we supposed to take this seriously?
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2020, 11:59:37 AM »
Quote from: Pakuni on January 03, 2020, 11:05:05 AM
Danny Ainge over Kevin Love and Sam Cassell over Kevin Durant.
Hmmm.
The article is terrible.

That said, I don't think the author would count Kevin Love as from Oregon.  David Robinson is from Florida, and Bill Russell is from Louisiana.  So, I think Love would be from California.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2020, 12:25:19 PM »
Quote from: WI inferiority Complexes on January 03, 2020, 11:59:37 AM
The article is terrible.

That said, I don't think the author would count Kevin Love as from Oregon.  David Robinson is from Florida, and Bill Russell is from Louisiana.  So, I think Love would be from California.

He literally just looked at birthplaces on Wiki, LMAO.  Thats the only way you can, for example, select f-ing Mario Chalmers over Carlos Boozer for AK, when Boozer was a more accomplished player at the HS, NCAA, and NBA level than Chalmers.  But he was born on a military base in Germany, so this doofus didn't deem him from AK.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2020, 12:39:29 PM »
Quote from: JWags85 on January 03, 2020, 12:25:19 PM
He literally just looked at birthplaces on Wiki, LMAO.  Thats the only way you can, for example, select f-ing Mario Chalmers over Carlos Boozer for AK, when Boozer was a more accomplished player at the HS, NCAA, and NBA level than Chalmers.  But he was born on a military base in Germany, so this doofus didn't deem him from AK.
Boozer's "hair" disqualified him.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2020, 02:05:30 PM »
Quote from: CreightonWarrior on January 03, 2020, 10:50:42 AM
me thinks they did barely any research. Nebraska isn't even close to correct.
Yeah...I'm grew up in Nebraska...and couldn't really come up with anybody in the 90 seconds I thought about it.

Who is on your list?
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2020, 02:10:18 PM »
Quote from: ATL MU Warrior on January 03, 2020, 02:05:30 PM
Yeah...I'm grew up in Nebraska...and couldn't really come up with anybody in the 90 seconds I thought about it.

Who is on your list?
Bob Boozer would be the one
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2020, 02:20:08 PM »
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on January 03, 2020, 11:13:35 AM
Admirable, lengthy career, but not the all time best from Wisconsin.

Chones may not be the best ever cheesehead, but he's gotta be in the top five.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2020, 02:40:30 PM »
Pennsylvania

Wilt Chamberlain > Kobe Bryant

Connecticut

Calvin Murphy > Marcus Camby
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2020, 02:54:47 PM »
Quote from: ManeCity83 on January 03, 2020, 02:20:08 PM
Chones may not be the best ever cheesehead, but he's gotta be in the top five.


Chones never made an All-Star team.  Never made an all NBA first or second team.  Using that filter, that puts him behind Porter, Spreewell, Kojis, Brown, Nick Van Exel, Caron Butler, Devin Harris and I am sure a number of others.  But he was more consistent than those other guys.  Top five is clearly debatable.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2020, 03:02:03 PM »
California is wrong, as well.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2020, 03:05:14 PM »
Quote from: StillAWarrior on January 03, 2020, 11:46:19 AM
No LaVar Ball?  How are we supposed to take this seriously?

LaVar ball is to the nba what ners is to scoop.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2020, 03:23:00 PM »
I'm by no means pissing on Wade being the Illinois representative, but it's hard to split hairs with Wade and Isiah.Their high school - NBA accomplishments are very close to one another. Should probably argue Candace Parker should be in that conversation as well.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2020, 03:40:22 PM »
Quote from: CTWarrior on January 03, 2020, 02:40:30 PM
Pennsylvania

Wilt Chamberlain > Kobe Bryant

Connecticut

Calvin Murphy > Marcus Camby

Kobe had a more accomplished NBA career and more titles/playoff success and didn't have the benefit of playing portions of his career without offensive goaltending and a narrow lane, much less excelling often cause he was just physically larger than everyone else like Chamberlain.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2020, 04:32:01 PM »
Quote from: JWags85 on January 03, 2020, 03:40:22 PM
Kobe had a more accomplished NBA career and more titles/playoff success and didn't have the benefit of playing portions of his career without offensive goaltending and a narrow lane, much less excelling often cause he was just physically larger than everyone else like Chamberlain.
Wilt had 4 MVPs, slept with over 10000 women without having to rape anyone.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2020, 05:28:32 PM »
Quote from: lawdog77 on January 03, 2020, 04:32:01 PM
Wilt had 4 MVPs, slept with over 10000 women without having to rape anyone.

Kobe has 2 Finals MVPs to Wilt's 1.

Comparing their 14 seasons as starters (Kobe's first 14 and Wilt's career), Kobe has 12 NBA First Teams to Wilt's 7. Kobe had 9 Defensive First Teams to Wilt's 2.

Kobe never punched an opponent in the face and hurt his hand which lead to his team losing the Finals, if we want to talk extracurriculars.

Wilt's a legend and a top 10 of all time, but Kobe's accolades and achievements in a far more competitive NBA landscape vault him.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2020, 05:54:12 PM »
Quote from: lawdog77 on January 03, 2020, 03:02:03 PM
California is wrong, as well.

Bill Walton against Diana Taurasi

Kevin Love, Paul George, Harden, Leonard, Reggie Miller, Jason Kidd, Reggie Theus, Paul Pierce, Gary Payton, Russell Westbrook, Gail Goodrich


Taurasi...if this isn't a PC pick I don't know what is.
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Re: Best Basketball Player Ever From Every State
« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2020, 06:21:52 PM »
Quote from: JWags85 on January 03, 2020, 05:28:32 PM
Kobe has 2 Finals MVPs to Wilt's 1.

Comparing their 14 seasons as starters (Kobe's first 14 and Wilt's career), Kobe has 12 NBA First Teams to Wilt's 7. Kobe had 9 Defensive First Teams to Wilt's 2.

Kobe never punched an opponent in the face and hurt his hand which lead to his team losing the Finals, if we want to talk extracurriculars.

Wilt's a legend and a top 10 of all time, but Kobe's accolades and achievements in a far more competitive NBA landscape vault him.
Wilt had to compete with Russell for that first team spot. Kobe only had to be one of two guards. The media was arguably biased against Wilt at the time. Are you saying Kobe is Top 10 of all time? I would put Wilt Top 5.
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« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2020, 06:45:36 PM »
Quote from: lawdog77 on January 03, 2020, 06:21:52 PM
Wilt had to compete with Russell for that first team spot. Kobe only had to be one of two guards. The media was arguably biased against Wilt at the time. Are you saying Kobe is Top 10 of all time? I would put Wilt Top 5.

Yea.  In no order, other than the first 2:  MJ, Lebron, Duncan, Kareem, Robertson, Shaq, Kobe, Magic, Russell, and Bird would be how I go.  I think Kobe's greatness in his mid 20s got overshadowed by sharing with Shaq. 
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