Favorite non-UVa NBA player?

Ditto @GMoney . I followed Larry and Magic from the NCAA to the NBA and their many battles especially in the NBA Championships. I also learned the beauty of the game was far more than dunks and scoring. I actually enjoyed the NBA much more during that time. Back then it truly was Showtime

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Those Kings teams were great to watch. I loved Pejaā€™s jumper.

The Kemp-Payton era Sonics and the Run TMC Warriors were other great west coast teams to watch although I was a little young to see much Run TMC other than Sportscenter highlights.

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Hondo Havlicek was my favorite as a kid, but Larry Legend eventually eclipsed him. Among current players, Iā€™m a big Jaylen Brown fan. That young manā€™s focus and driveā€“both on and off the courtā€“are really admirable.

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GMoney learnin early (or later) that pops always knows. great story

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It was funny having Mr Havlicek just as Chrisā€™s dad in my time. Then we started to look up box scores from his day when he would crush us in HORSE daily (dont think he ever took a letter) and man it was just greatness. Have lotta stories of him giving us an occasional tidbit in ā€œnormalā€ things like ā€œwell when i was guarding Julius andā€¦ā€ ok we get itā€¦

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Yeah, my Pop taught me so much about sports and life in general. Tomorrow marks 4 years since we lost him. I miss him every day.

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Itā€™s so awesome that you guys got to hang around with and learn from such a legend. Iā€™m envious. I know Hondo had some critical stuff to say about JJā€™s usage of Chris, but Iā€™m sure it had to be frustrating for him to see his son not quite be able to break through. Iā€™m glad Chris still has warm feelings toward the program. Iā€™m really looking forward to listening to the latest episode of the JWilly Show.

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College only:

  1. Len Bias
  2. Grant Hill
  3. Akeem (no H then) Olajuwon
  4. David Robinson
  5. Larry Johnson
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Itā€™s great reading these. For me, itā€™s Lebron, Dame, Kobe, Gary Payton, and Muggsy. Those among other guys. Primarily itā€™s Malcolm, Ty, Kyle, Dre, Mike, Jus, and Dev, tho.

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Starting a podcast to keep up with all the hoos in the professional ranksā€¦

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Can we take a moment to appreciate that thanks to the CTB era, there are so many Hoos in the NBA currently that itā€™s actually difficult to keep up with them? AND the top rated one of all of them isnā€™t even in the bubble! We are in rarefied air friends.

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Should add, we were kinda lost about the tiebreakers between the Suns, Grizzlies, and Blazers. But this sums it up well:

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Current guys:

  • Jokic: Very fun to watch him do some sorcery with the ball in his hands
  • Giannis: His drives, especially in transition, are breath-taking at times
  • Lowry: I just appreciate how he plays. All the details are just right and just does winning stuff constantly.
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Current playersā€¦Kyle Lowry and Dame Lillard. Dame is must watch TV for me.

All time, Barkley, Shaq and Bird.

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Although, I would have to say that when I first got to PDX, Brandon Roy was amazing to watch. Saw him score 52 one time. But I still think Dame is my favorite for my earlier reasons.

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The Blazers/Nets game was incredibleā€¦

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Found my fav non uva player (After AI, of course)

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After reading Jimmy Butlers quotes from his interview with Rachel Nichols. He my new favorite current player.

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and you know mineā€¦ same reason(s) ha

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And Butler is running a coffee shop out of his hotel room and charging $20 a cup? Savage! Im all in on thia guy.

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