Okay, so who is the most talented small forward to ever play at UK?
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This discussion begins and probably ends with Mashburn. I'm only 26 but I haven't watched a player who measures up to that yet. MKG was talented and Tayshaun.
I also realize Mash played a lot of four in college but he really was just a straight up player and played both in nba and ncaa
I also realize Mash played a lot of four in college but he really was just a straight up player and played both in nba and ncaa
So many, right off the top of my head I would say Jack Givens. He is a Kentucky boy, like me, and his performance against Duke in 78 NCAA championship is one of my all time favorite memories. The GOOSE!
I'm saying Ron Mercer only because he came along slowly as a frosh but then scored 20 in the '96 championship game when it counted.
Then his soph. season when DA went down, Mercer put us on his back and took us to the '97 Championship game after most fans thought we were finished
Didn't do much in the pros though...
Then his soph. season when DA went down, Mercer put us on his back and took us to the '97 Championship game after most fans thought we were finished
Didn't do much in the pros though...
As a small forward? I don't think so. In fact, Walker played his best ball at the center position in 85-86.
But, fwiw, I know Hall did him at the 3 during the 84 season, but that was a season spent out of position for him. .
mash was a college 4. so was prince i guess
mercer and rhodes both looked like all-time greats as freshman. i guess mercer really didn't disappoint except as a pro
nash? johnny cox? were they 3s?
mercer and rhodes both looked like all-time greats as freshman. i guess mercer really didn't disappoint except as a pro
nash? johnny cox? were they 3s?
To be honest, Mash played all three frontcourt positions. Usually the 4, but also sometimes the 3 and sometimes the 5. He was our do-everything man.
But he was mostly a 4 here.
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there were high hopes for james young too. perhaps both the worst passer and defender i've ever seen for a player of his overall talent. did have that dunk on uconn though
I was going to say the same thing but then I went to his Wikipedia page and it lists him as a SF. I
kidd-gilchrist wasn't super talented but man was he good
one of my all time favorites
one of my all time favorites
Mostly a 3. Looking back at some old box scores, looks like his junior year he was probably playing 4 out of necessity, that was the year Camara was suspended.
Mashburn played the 5 and 4 his freshman year and the 4 the next two years. He was certainly a 3 in the NBA but not in college.
Kenny Walker started in 84 along side Bowie and Turpin, but that was Hall's style and he wasn't what we would think of as a small forward.
Prince played a number of positions but is best remembered as a stretch four. However, the final ten games of his senior year, freshman Chuck Hayes started at the 4 and prince played on the perimeter almost exclusively.
In terms of talent, you'd have to put MKG near the top of the list. Mercer would go through the motions and drop 20 on teams. Cotton Nash was an all world talent in the early 60s. Goose Givens and Kevin Grevey were both remarkable shooters.
Kenny Walker started in 84 along side Bowie and Turpin, but that was Hall's style and he wasn't what we would think of as a small forward.
Prince played a number of positions but is best remembered as a stretch four. However, the final ten games of his senior year, freshman Chuck Hayes started at the 4 and prince played on the perimeter almost exclusively.
In terms of talent, you'd have to put MKG near the top of the list. Mercer would go through the motions and drop 20 on teams. Cotton Nash was an all world talent in the early 60s. Goose Givens and Kevin Grevey were both remarkable shooters.
If you consider Mashburn a 3, he has to be it. His combination of strength, athleticism, and shooting ability was unmatched. If you call him a 4, the field is open. I never saw Givens or Kenny Walker play. I give Mercer a slight edge over MKG from the eras that I've seen because some of his ridiculous moves were just so fun to watch.
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Bernard cote
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Bobby perry
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Interesting. It seems that a lot of our picks played multiple positions and this makes it a little more difficult to pick a player than the other positions.
Don't think it's derailed the thread at all, but that is on me for not remembering correctly. He was SF in NBA.
I got to see Cotton Nash when I was a kid. He could shoot. What a fighter on the inside. Played center and forward at 6'5"
Mike Pratt was one tough player and a deadeye shot.
There are an endless amount of choices regardless of what the won lost records were.
Good to be a Cat fan since 1960.
Mike Pratt was one tough player and a deadeye shot.
There are an endless amount of choices regardless of what the won lost records were.
Good to be a Cat fan since 1960.
Mash was sort of a 3.5 since he shot three's. But he was more of a four beyond that. Hayes was also a 4. Givens was a true 3. Absolutely better than Prince in college.
I always thought Prince was a 3, but it's been so long ago, I remember he played a lot out on the perimeter(so do Tarhole fans) but maybe that's what you'd call a stretch 4 today.
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