re: Your schools all time starting 5 in basketball

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Just a wild shot in the dark for Tennessee: Allan Houston Bernard King Dale Ellis Ernie Grunfeld Tom Boerwinkle

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Old heads will disagree, but I am taking Knecht over Earnie all day. Also give me Marcus Haislip over Bullwinkle.

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Technically...Knecht is a forward, and on my list I was considering Grunfeld as a guard (even though they were the same height).

You are taking Haislip over Boerwinkle? Let's compare the two (even though the were in different eras) by their NBA careers.

Years in the league:
Boerwinkle - 11
Haislip - 4

NBA Games Played:
Boerwinkle - 685
Haislip - 89

Points Per Game:
Boerwinkle - 7.24
Haislip - 3.49

Rebounds per game:
Boerwinkle - 9.05
Haislip - 1.47

Assists per game:
Boerwinkle - 3.16
Haislip - 0.25


If you are looking at college careers...Boerwinkle was a 2 time first team all sec player who helped Tennessee win an SEC Championship. In college he averaged 3 more points per game, 6 more rebounds per game, had a shooting % that was 10 points higher. So he had better numbers in both college and in the NBA.


Also...remember that Boerwinkle was 2 inches taller and weighed 35 pounds more than Haislip. So...why are you taking Haislip over Boerwinkle? Sure...Haislip had a great career in the European leagues playing for teams from Turkey...but other than that, I don't see the logic.

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I am taking Knecht

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I was a big fan of his in college, and he's surpassed my expectations in the NBA.

Hard not to consider him at least an honorary selection, even if he doesn't make the "actual" list.

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Sprewell at Guard and Leon Douglas at Center

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Depends on if we're doing "best players to ever play at your school" or "best college players while at your school". If the former I'd have to go with a slightly smaller lineup:

G - Collin Sexton
G - Latrell Sprewell
F - Brandon Miller
F - Gerald Wallace
F - Antonio McDyess

If the latter I'd have to think a bit.

Guys people may not remember from AU:
Mike Mitchell
Eddie Johnson

Problem becomes leaving out some forwards.

Starting lineup
G: Eddie Johnson
G: Jared Harper
C: Walker Kessler
F: Charles Barkley
F: Marquis Daniels

Bench:
Mike Mitchell, Chris Porter, Chuma Okeke, John Mengelt, Jabari Smith,

Sidney Moncrief
Scotty Thurman
Corliss Williamson
Bobby Portis
Todd Day

No Dan Werner?

Starting lineup
PG: Eddie Johnson
G: Wesley Person
C: Johni Broome
PF: Charles Barkley
SF: Marquis Daniels

Though I'd be tempted to make Jabari Smith the starting center of I was trying to build the best college team.

Do not care who the other 4 are, as long as Marshall Henderson is one of them

Rudy Macklin over Swift

This LSU 5 (Shaq, Pete, Bob Pettit, Rudy Macklin, Chris Jackson) > Kentucky > Texas > Florida > Auburn > Oklahoma >Tennessee. Pete and Shaq would be the most fun to watch. I wonder how many passes would bounce off Shaq's big head.