tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Oct 16, 2008 9:51:09 GMT -5
Two snippets from rivals article on top 65 teams....
"Tyler Hansbrough isn't just the best big man in college basketball. Hansbrough is one of the best big men ever to play the college game."
"...It's tough to imagine Hansbrough getting any better."
Skwara's home should be raided so as to get him into a proper rehab program.
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Oct 16, 2008 10:54:08 GMT -5
hmm patrick hmmmm deke ... hmmm zo.. and thats just HOYAS wowowo go hoyas the hill top is big man U NOT CAROLINA MAN NOPE NO WAY
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Post by strummer8526 on Oct 16, 2008 11:01:49 GMT -5
I hope Tyler gets drafted, strolls into the league, and Roy works him over like a child.
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tlphoya
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Post by tlphoya on Oct 16, 2008 11:15:34 GMT -5
I don't even know where to start... wow.
I might wanna try whatever he's smoking.
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Post by JohnJacquesLayup on Oct 16, 2008 11:17:07 GMT -5
Or Summers dunks on his head like he did in OT (twice?) a couple years ago.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 16, 2008 11:21:06 GMT -5
He does know that amassing stats in an up and down system over four years is different than being the best, right?
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Oct 16, 2008 11:23:19 GMT -5
I bet McHale drafts him if he's still available when the TWolves draft this year
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aggypryd
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Post by aggypryd on Oct 16, 2008 11:23:59 GMT -5
Is Tyler even the best to play at Carolina?
Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty...just two off the top of my head...
Definitely not the best to play in the state...
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Post by RDF on Oct 16, 2008 12:55:57 GMT -5
Is Tyler even the best to play at Carolina? Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty...just two off the top of my head... Definitely not the best to play in the state... I wouldn't place him ahead of Sean May. |
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Post by Boz on Oct 16, 2008 13:02:08 GMT -5
James Worthy is the best frontcourt player to ever play at UNC.
Tyler Hansbrough couldn't wash his socks.
I know he's not a center, but the article said "big man," not "center."
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Oct 16, 2008 13:06:52 GMT -5
James Worthy is the best frontcourt player to ever play at UNC. Tyler Hansbrough couldn't wash his socks. I know he's not a center, but the article said "big man," not "center." True, but Worthy was really more of a SF. Those guys are not usually included with Big Men. How about Bob McAdoo? Whether or not he's the best at UNC, suggesting he is "one of the best ever to play colllege hoops?" That phrase "one of" has to cover a helluva a lot of territory... Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem, Patrick, Ralph Sampson, Zo, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon.....etc. No, I can't see putting Tyler in that company. But I do think Tyler is a helluva player and this board seems to give him short shrift. |
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Post by Boz on Oct 16, 2008 13:13:15 GMT -5
It's a good point, Saxa. I think objectively, everyone here would agree that Hansbrough is a great player.
I think we're all guilty of a little over-the-top backlash in response to the WAY over-the-top kudos that he gets.
(but I still think he couldn't stand on the same court as Worthy; you're right though, he's more of a 3 than a 4, even back in 1982).
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aggypryd
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Post by aggypryd on Oct 16, 2008 13:48:01 GMT -5
SirSaxa,
I think the board is hard on Tyler because of the company that some try to put Tyler in. I'd be very happy to have Tyler down low scrappin' in a Hoya or Aggie uniform. He makes any team instantly tougher/better.
But saying that Tyler is one of the best big men of all time is absolutely absurd. As much as I hate Laettner, I don't think Tyler is better than he was.
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Post by chep3 on Oct 16, 2008 14:33:32 GMT -5
Yeah SirSaxa, you're right, the board definitely gives him short shrift. He's a great player and very difficult to guard. But I guess people have to hate on him some just to balance the unjustifiable amount of love he seems to get elsewhere. Not that he's going to be as irrelevant a pro, but he reminds me of Adam Morrison. Both of those guys have a unique ability to make contested shots. The problem is, they have difficulty in getting non-contested shots. When guys are bigger faster and stronger like they are at the next level, that's going to be a problem.
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seaweed
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Post by seaweed on Oct 16, 2008 15:42:12 GMT -5
He's a girly man.
What it should say is "one of the best medium sized guys in college history who has no shot at the next level."
If TyTy is a big man, Patrick was three big men.
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 16, 2008 15:42:49 GMT -5
Apparently, defense doesn't count in evaluating the best big men.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Oct 16, 2008 17:54:06 GMT -5
I think Tyler's intensity goes high first round and Tyler the player goes early second.
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Oct 16, 2008 18:31:34 GMT -5
OK, everyone. I appreciate those sentiments. Tyler, UNC, Duke .. they all get too much praise as far as we are concerned. I agree with that. But I think it only fair to acknowledge talented kids on other teams who play with a lot of heart.... even if they have no business being ranked among the greatest of all time.... those rankings being done by someone else, not by the kids themselves.
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royski
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Post by royski on Oct 16, 2008 18:39:54 GMT -5
I think Tyler's intensity goes high first round and Tyler the player goes early second. You need to consider that his "will to win" is also a lottery pick on its own. |
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Oct 16, 2008 22:24:48 GMT -5
he is a tough guy but one who didnot know what hit em in that eastern regional in nj didnot know what hit em go hoyas one and all new and old present and future yup hoyas
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