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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Feb 21, 2015 17:19:42 GMT -5
I'd say that's a pretty fair ranking Thunder. Nobody really stands out at center--I don't know a thing about Boerwinkle. That would be a place where you could make a case for Stokes even though that's not really what he is. Len Kosmalski was a real good center too. Boerwinkle (I've never seen him play, even video), Kosmalski, and Doug Roth are probably the best true 5s that played for TN. Reggie Johnson is probably the best true power forward (4) if you consider King to be more like an oversized wing, a 3, a small forward, or a high post.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Feb 21, 2015 17:23:49 GMT -5
If only TN had a good true 5 while King was there, they would have been one of the greatest ever. Doug Ashworth was pretty small for a center. Then Reggie Johnson was young and skinny. TN was so limited with depth, King would sometimes play what is considered the center position.
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Post by gramps on Feb 21, 2015 19:49:22 GMT -5
I'd say that's a pretty fair ranking Thunder. Nobody really stands out at center--I don't know a thing about Boerwinkle. That would be a place where you could make a case for Stokes even though that's not really what he is. Len Kosmalski was a real good center too. Boerwinkle (I've never seen him play, even video), Kosmalski, and Doug Roth are probably the best true 5s that played for TN. Reggie Johnson is probably the best true power forward (4) if you consider King to be more like an oversized wing, a 3, a small forward, or a high post. I'm old enough to have seen Boerwinkle both at UT and with the Bulls. Just a mountain of a man who did everything you asked of a center in that day and time. You mentioned Howard Wood earlier. He was a guy playing out of position who got every ounce of production out of his God given ability. He couldn't jump 4 inches off the ground, but he was so good at boxing out and using that big body that he didn't have to. A really good guy, too.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Feb 21, 2015 19:54:33 GMT -5
Before my time, but Widby, Shultz, Bayne, and AW Davis are honorable mention. Plus Bill Justus, Jimmy England, JaJuan Smith, Ron Slay, Chism, and Michael Jackson to name a few.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Feb 21, 2015 19:56:26 GMT -5
Howard Wood did a nice job against Ralph Sampson considering he was about 9 inches shorter.
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Post by gramps on Feb 21, 2015 20:07:25 GMT -5
Before my time, but Widby, Shultz, Bayne, and AW Davis are honorable mention. Plus Bill Justus, Jimmy England, JaJuan Smith, Ron Slay, Chism, and Michael Jackson to name a few. One of my first recollections of UT basketball was of Howard Bayne. About the only way to describe him is that he was one mean son of a bitch both on, and I would later be told by folks who knew him at UT, off the court. I actually got to know him pretty well later on when he and I had some mutual business connections. He owned a real estate firm in Knoxville for a good while. Widby was just a great athlete for his day, as the fact that he lettered in 4 sports while at UT would attest to.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Feb 22, 2015 15:18:49 GMT -5
By position: 1) Houston 1-b) Rodney Woods 2) Lofton 2-b) Mike Edwards 3) Grunfeld 3-b) Dale Ellis 4) B King 4-b) Howard Wood 5) Boerwinkle 5-b) Reggie Johnson Or reverse Houston and Lofton, Houston is the better ball handler, shooter, and threat off of the dribble. Lofton was most effective beyond the free throw line extended, sideline to sideline, so on offense Houston at a wing, Lofton out on the top of the key. Grunfeld on the wing opposite Houston, King with his back to the basket in the paint area and Boerwinkle/Johnson playing on the weak side for rebounding. Every possession... get the ball in Bernard's hands ASAP. Consider Ellis is coming off the bench there--justifiably--and it says a lot about the talent that's been there.
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Post by Krakow on Feb 23, 2015 6:49:35 GMT -5
Auburn G Eddie Johnson G Chuck Person F Mike Mitchell F Chris Porter C Charles Barkley Decent team, elevated by Barkley. Not many Auburn cant misses come to mind and the Internet isn't exactly chok full of Auburn basketball history. Wesley Person probably starts over Porter. Chris Morris was a great player also. It would be hard to not put Porter in their starting 5, even though he was a Juco. They were the #1 seed in 1999 when they had that Region final in Knoxville. Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd and that Ohio State bunch put them out in the Region semifinal before going on to beat Artest and St Johns. I remember that game because I had bought my wife's engagement ring that day. Yeah, 15 years ago I had money to buy an engagement ring AND NCAA region final tickets in the same day. We get it you're rich... Just post you W2 next time...
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Post by Magnum on Feb 28, 2015 21:49:28 GMT -5
It would be hard to not put Porter in their starting 5, even though he was a Juco. They were the #1 seed in 1999 when they had that Region final in Knoxville. Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd and that Ohio State bunch put them out in the Region semifinal before going on to beat Artest and St Johns. I remember that game because I had bought my wife's engagement ring that day. Yeah, 15 years ago I had money to buy an engagement ring AND NCAA region final tickets in the same day. We get it you're rich... Just post you W2 next time... I had disposable income then. I haven't had a W-2 in 20 years.
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