Jay GreesonFrom Tony
In terms of college, wouldn’t you have Patrick Ewing over Jordan as well?
Tony –
Background: This was from a Twitter conversation on the ESPN bracket and voting on the best college basketball player ever.
Jordan won because he’s Jordan and everyone loves him.
Jordan was great in college, but I don’t think he was a) a top-10 player all-time, b) the best college player in his own conference and c) the best college player at his own school.
Tyler Hansbrough’s career at UNC > MJ’s career at UNC.
In fact, as far as college players and careers, Hansbrough, David Thompson, Christian Laettner, Ralph Sampson and Len Bias were better than MJ. And I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting some, too.
We know Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton had better careers. Tony’s right, Ewing deserves mention. too.
Maravich, Manning, and several others.
Hey, MJ’s tops in a lot of GOAT conversations. The best in college hoops is not among them.
I would rank Laettner and his four Final Fours 1, but if you have Alcindor at 1, I’m OK with that, too.
From Ron
Think of this … We have a reality star in the White House, could Joe Exotic be next?
Ron –
No.
Not just no. But heck no.
Heck the BLEEP no.
OK, let’s play a little game, and everyone is eligible, whether you’ve seen Tiger King – the Netflix sensation that made Joe Exotic the most famous jailbird not named Cosby or Weinstein – or not:
In one sentence describe Tiger King.
I’ll start: “Tiger King is total crap that is only popular because we are all locked inside because of the corona.”
Damn you ‘Rona.