re: Best 5 players in each major sport (Big 3) based on professional success only

Posted by SetTheMood

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 3:48 pm to SummerOfGeorge

LSU:

Football:
Steve Van Buren (HOF)
Jim Taylor (HOF)
Y.A. Tittle (HOF)
Allen Faneca
Kevin Mawae

Basketball:
Pete Maravich
Shaquille O'Neal
Bob Pettit
Glen Davis
Brandon Bass (insert Ben Simmons)

Baseball:
Joey (Albert) Belle
Ben McDonald
Paul Byrd
Todd Walker
Aaron Hill

Posted by MeatPants

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 4:37 pm to SetTheMood

LSU in basketball is ridiculous

Posted by dallasga6

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 5:02 pm to c on z

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1-5. Dominique Wilkins

No Shandon Anderson?

shite... we've only had 4 players in history to avg. 10+ points over their NBA career...

Willie Anderson...'89-'97...12.2 ppg

K. Caldwell Pope... '14-current... 10.6 ppg

Vern Fleming... '85-'96... 11.3 ppg

'Nique... '83-'99... 24.6

ETA: We've only had 18 players ever log an NBA minute...

This post was edited on 3/6/16 at 5:09 pm

Posted by Old Money

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 5:38 pm to MeatPants

quote:
LSU in basketball is ridiculous

Our all time team could go up against any program. Wish we had more success.

Posted by VivaZapata27

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 6:05 pm to SummerOfGeorge

Rebs
Football
Bruiser Kinard(HOF)
Charlie Conerly
Archie Manning
Patrick Willis
Eli Manning

Basketball
Cob Jarvis
Johnny Neuman
Terico White
Gerald Glass
Elston Turner

Baseball
Donnie Kessinger
Zack Cozart
Lance Lynn
David Dellucci
Seth Smith

Our hoops history is bad. Baseball has had most of its pro success in recent years.

This post was edited on 3/6/16 at 6:07 pm

Posted by UKWildcats

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 6:06 pm to MeatPants

quote:
LSU in basketball is ridiculous

Their list is as good as ours. What is truly ridiculous is how poorly that awesome talent fared while it was in Baton Rouge over the years.

Posted by VivaZapata27

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 6:07 pm to UKWildcats

LSU has the best list across the three sports.

Posted by CajunRocks

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 7:14 pm to VivaZapata27

Was thinking about my alma mater Louisiana Tech:
Football
Terry Bradshaw (HOF)
Fred Dean (HOF)
Willie Roaf (HOF)
Roger Carr
Matt Stover

Basketball
Karl Malone (HOF)
Paul Millsap
P.J. Brown
Randy White
Mike McConathy

Baseball
David Segui
Phil Hiatt
Atley Donald
Kevin Megehee
Jeff Richardson

Yes I know ... Not SEC

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 7:15 pm to CajunRocks

Wow, heckuva list for LA Tech

Posted by LSUgusto

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 7:39 pm to VivaZapata27

quote:
Archie Manning

For an LSU/Saints family, he was Archie Who? half the time and had his Saints jersey passed down through generations.
Definitely one of the all-time greats at both levels.

Posted by Chase Daniel

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 8:41 pm to SummerOfGeorge

Max Scherzer
Ian Kinsler
Phil Bradley
Norm Stewert

Posted by MullenBoys

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Posted on 3/6/16 at 8:49 pm to LSUgusto

I really don't follow MLB or the NBA. The only professional sport I like is football so I'll just throw some names out there and let a more educated MSU fan make the corrections.

FOOTBALL

Kent Hull
Randy Thomas
Walt Harris
Joe Fortunato
Fred Smoot?

Maybe Fletcher Cox will turn out to be one.

BASEBALL

Dave Ferris
Will Clark
Rafael Palmeiro
Del Unser
(Fill in blanks with better)

NBA I never watch but I know Bailey Howell would be in there.

Posted by Pilotreb

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Posted on 3/7/16 at 2:45 am to MullenBoys

MSU football
Tom Goode - needs a mention and just died last October rip

Posted by MullenBoys

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Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:34 am to Pilotreb

Good point.

Posted by UKWildcats

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Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:48 am to CajunRocks

LA Tech still bringing the heat though. Impressive

Posted by UKWildcats

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Posted on 3/7/16 at 5:30 am to CajunRocks

Edit: double post

This post was edited on 3/7/16 at 5:31 am

Posted by hogminer

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Member since Apr 2010

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Posted on 3/7/16 at 11:54 am to Killean

quote:
Arkansas:

Football:

Lance Alworth (PF HOF)
Dan Hampton (PF HOF)
Jason Peters (8 time Pro Bowler)
Steve Atwater (8 time Pro Bowler)
Fred Williams (4 time Pro Bowler)

Basketball:

Joe Johnson (7 time all star)
Sidney Moncrief (5 time all star)
Alvin Robertson (4 time all star)
Corliss Williamson (6th man of the year)
Todd Day

Baseball:

Cliff Lee (4 time all star, 1 Cy Young)
Dallas Keuchel (All Star, Cy Young)
Randy Jackson (2 time all star)
Tom Pagnozzi (All Star)
Johnny Ray (All Star)

Good list. I might put Kevin McReynolds in there somewhere. The year that Johnny Ray was an all star at 2nd base Mcreynolds was 3rd in the MVP voting but didnt make the all-star team.
I would definitely put Darrell Walker in over Todd Day though.

Posted by bigbopper

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Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:15 pm to VivaZapata27

Wrong. Check out Texas:

NFL:
1. Earl Campbell (HOF, best big RB of all time)
2. Bobby Layne (HOF)
3. Jamal Charles (4 pro bowls and counting)
4. Derrick Johnson (same)
5. Earl Thomas (5 and counting)
*left off Ricky Williams, Brian Orakpo, and Casey Hampton (5 time pro bowler)

Basketball:
1. Durant (future HOFer, MVP, 7 time all star)
2. Lamarcus Aldridge (5 time all star and counting)
3. Slater Martin (50s guy, 7 time all star, 5 time champion)
4. Chris Mihm
5. DJ Augustin

MLB:
1. Roger Clemens (HOF, one of the GOATs)
2. Huston Street (2 time all star and counting)
3. Adam Dunn (2 times all star)
4. Greg Swindell (all star, world champion)
5. Burt Hootin (same)

Lol at Aggies listing their punter then giving up on trying to find five names for basketball and baseball.