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Bobby
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Joined: 5/18/2003
Member: #408
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pimpin.....no white flag here, oden had a very good year, nothing more
you have to remember the stats oden put up were not stellar. and after only 1 year.....please stop it
during the championship run i was not impressed with his joe smith type of performance. again good to excellent but not stellar
street and smith published their 100 greatest college bball players that had only 1 freshman, george mcginnis, who had a monster freshman year. if that list was revised today, oden would not make the list.
btw...zo, ewing, the dream all made the the list. talking about the dream, who i consider in the top 5 centers of all time. "olajuwon averaged 20.5 points, 20 rebounds and 9 blocks in the final 4 and was named most outstanding player, one of few players so honored from a losing team " (street & smith)
what do expect when the name olajuwon, translation is "always being on top" (street and smith}
again pimpin, please, please do not put oden's college performance on a par with the players mentioned
bill russell was a winner at every level entered and probably the greatest winner in TEAM sport(s). oden has not won a champioship on the college level but yet is being compared to the great bill russell....talk about hype!
i do not let this hype distract me from the real person oden is, and the player i hope he turns out to be
to his community and the nba
"Like they always say, New York is the Mecca of basketball,"I read that in Michael Jordan books my whole life and I played here in the Big East tournament, so it's always fun to play in the Mecca of basketball."---Rip Hamilton
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