Which 5 ex UK players that you saw play at UK, in your opinion has had the best professional careers?

[TopCatCal]

My 5 would be, along with their highest scoring season as a pro would be

Dan Issel - 30.6
Anthony Davis - 28.1
DeMarcus Cousins - 27.8
Devin Booker - 27.8
SGA - 32.7

 

[jeffky]

Dan issel
Kevin grevey
Rajon rondo
Chuck Hayes
Jamal maglore

 

[blue cincy]

Here is Oweh MT Rushmore (4) pics.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Dan issel
Kevin gravey
Rajon rondo
Chuck Hayes
Jamal maglore

Sausage, brown, red eye... I am a fan of the gravy!
GBB!

 

[Zissou87]

Dan issel
Kevin gravey
Rajon rondo
Chuck Hayes
Jamal maglore

Maybe Dan Issel and Rondo, but the rest are highly questionable.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Prince wasn’t what you’d call a great player in the NBA. However, he was the main reason that 2004 Pistons team won the championship that year. He limited Kobe and Reggie Miller in the playoffs. Catalyst to that championship IMO. He also limited AI one playoff year, IIRC. Would have to look that up.

 

[jeffky]

Sausage, brown, red eye... I took am a fan of the gravy!
GBB!

 

[WeWant9]

Rondo, Prince, Davis, Murray, and Wall- this probably looks different in another 5 years.

 

[Chairman Meow]

The 5 best pro careers as a player (so far) would be:

Louis Dampier
Frank Ramsey
Cliff Hagan
Dan Issel
Anthony Davis

 

[BlueBomb]

Mash played 12 years. Averaged 19 points, five boards and five assists.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Uh, his post says Kevin gravey.
An attempt, however weak, at humor.

 

[OliverSimmonstwinbrother]

Nazr Mohammed
Antoine Walker

Those were the only guys I saw play at UK when I still followed the NBA as a youngster.

 

[UK CAT in FL]

Maybe Dan Issel and Rondo, but the rest are highly questionable.

If, as the title says, you are looking for those with the best pro career, you have to not look at just scoring - you look at what that player brought to the team. Rondo may not have been a scoring machine, but you just look at the results of the teams he was on and his role was defense and running the team. He could get 20 assists on any given night if he was just trying to rack up assists. His passing was great.

 

[kywildcats8]

My 5 would be, along with their highest scoring season as a pro would be

Dan Issel - 30.6
Anthony Davis - 28.1
DeMarcus Cousins - 27.8
Devin Booker - 27.8
SGA - 32.7

Hard to disagree with any of those- not sure about AD but Booker and SGA still have a lot to give in the NBA

 

[true blue1]

Bowie
Chapman
Mashburn
Davis
Wall

 

[UKBB4Ever]

Prince wasn’t what you’d call a great player in the NBA. However, he was the main reason that 2004 Pistons team won the championship that year. He limited Kobe and Reggie Miller in the playoffs. Catalyst to that championship IMO. He also limited AI one playoff year, IIRC. Would have to look that up.

Prince had a very good NBA career. I think he made 1 all star team. I would need to check that.

Several all defense teams though.

And won a title.

 

[saxonburgcat]

Sausage, brown, red eye... I am a fan of the gravy!
GBB!

That gave me the laugh of the day! Kevin Gravey!

 

[ukcatz12]

Damn all you guys saying Dan Issel must be old af

 

[BigBlueFanGA]

My 5 would be, along with their highest scoring season as a pro would be

Dan Issel - 30.6
Anthony Davis - 28.1
DeMarcus Cousins - 27.8
Devin Booker - 27.8
SGA - 32.7

Do you mean who we saw in person?

 

[Wildcats1st]

SGA is just getting started and if the thunder win this years title he will be on top. The fact he was the mvp elevates him immediately.

But I have to say the best pro career? That goes to the potentially all time greatest coach/executive and that man is pat Riley. I asked about our MJ the other day and after thinking it through Riley is our MJ level pro but as a coach.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Like you never had a typo very shallow humor don't you think

I rarely get my panties in a wad over something so insignificant.
Maybe dont take your message boarding too seriously.

 

[clevenger32]

Maybe Dan Issel and Rondo, but the rest are highly questionable.

Grevey was a World Champion with Washington. Starting Guard and Major contributor. Played 11 years all
But one with Washington…last with Milwaukee.

 

[clevenger32]

Guessing by your comment you missed a lot of the best Kentucky basketball…Coach Rupp’s teams, Coach Hall’s teams were the foundation…witnessing UK basketball at Memorial Coliseum in its 11,500 configuration was arguably the best college basketball venue ever.

 

[Deli owl]

I’ll do just the players that I say personally on campus playing around.

Delk
Kemp
Chapman
Antoine Walker
Mashburn

 

[HagginHall1999]

I mean it is obviously Anthony Davis and at this point SGA. I don't even think it is a discussion.

 

[truebluewildcat]

I’m not going with stats or money as criteria but…

Rondo - title for Boston and LA pretty incredible run he had. Not sure anyone saw him having the career he did. Hearing players talk about rondo now on various podcasts is pretty cool. They all really respect him.

Tayshaun - helped Detroit win a title on a team that’s one of the great sports stories in modern times. Bunch of misfit players, no huge stars, took down giants. Also Tayshuan was a unique player about a decade before his build and skill really took off in the league and game in general. He was the 3rd-4th option and today would be #1 and franchise player.

Chuck Hayes - Incredible he had a career. Didn’t really have a position. Undersized, not long, not as athletic, quick/fast, etc…but managed to have a real career. Kind of opposite of Tayshaun in that the Chuck Hayes archetype player went extinct and every team has or wants multiple Tayshauns.

 

[davekersey]

Who would have thought Nazr would have 18 years of NBA has a player and now he's a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder as a scout

 

[52T]

I’m not going with stats or money as criteria but…

Rondo - title for Boston and LA pretty incredible run he had. Not sure anyone saw him having the career he did. Hearing players talk about rondo now on various podcasts is pretty cool. They all really respect him.

Tayshaun - helped Detroit win a title on a team that’s one of the great sports stories in modern times. Bunch of misfit players, no huge stars, took down giants. Also Tayshuan was a unique player about a decade before his build and skill really took off in the league and game in general. He was the 3rd-4th option and today would be #1 and franchise player.

Chuck Hayes - Incredible he had a career. Didn’t really have a position. Undersized, not long, not as athletic, quick/fast, etc…but managed to have a real career. Kind of opposite of Tayshaun in that the Chuck Hayes archetype player went extinct and every team has or wants multiple Tayshauns.

Issel
Walker
SGA
Tay
Mashburn

 

[cats#1again]

Sga may be the best player we've ever had in the NBA so he has to be on every list. Have we had any other MVP?

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

1 Isssel

2 Davis
3 SGA
4 Mashburn
5 Muarry

 

[_ukcat]

Issel

 

[FurdTerguson]

The two guys next to me in my picture.
AD
The last two spots get tough....Rondo? Mash? Prince?

SGA looks like a lock. Fingers crossed.

 

[Slowwalker]

My 5 would be, along with their highest scoring season as a pro would be

Dan Issel - 30.6
Anthony Davis - 28.1
DeMarcus Cousins - 27.8
Devin Booker - 27.8
SGA - 32.7

I’m just curious why Cousins made the list? He’s one of my favorite players of the Cal era, but if I’m being honest, I think most people would say that injuries made his professional career somewhat of a disappointment….

 

[Slowwalker]

Sga may be the best player we've ever had in the NBA so he has to be on every list. Have we had any other MVP?

No, SGA is the one Cat to win the NBA MVP.

 

[TriangleUKCat]

SGA
Davis
Wall
Mashburn
Fifth guy harder to pick

It’s silly to think about just an all-UK team current NBA roster while we’re at it.

KAT
Davis
SGA
Booker
Fox/Maxey (take pick)

Bench:

Bam
Randle
Herro
Monk
Murray

Richards
Washington
Johnson
Wallace
Quickley

I mean good grief

 

[Dalroxas]

SGA, Rondo, AD, Wall, and Booker

 

[ala_kat2]

All you who are not placing Issel on your list are probably not old enough to have ever seen him play. But, he is the GOAT as far as UK/ABA/NBA players go.

Along with Issel, I would name Dampier, Wall, Rondo and Prince.

Of course, if they play a few more years, SGA, KAT, Booker and Randle will most certainly join my list.

 

[TucsonCat]

Almost completely off topic.

I saw Kenny Walker do some dunks during halftime of a senior barnstorming game. Somehow threw it off the back wall of the gym and power it down.

I told everyone he was going to win the slam dunk competition that weekend he was entered.

Him and Wall are 1, 2 in pro career for that.

 

[Fox2monk]

Mashburn
Davis
Prince
Wall
Cousins
Rondo
Walker
KAT
Fox
Bam
Monk
Maxey
Booker
SGA will be the best overall soon with Davis

 

[Zissou87]

Going off all-time UK players, I think you would be hard pressed to disagree with this list:
-Cliff Hagan
-Dan Issel
-Louie Dampier
-Anthony Davis
-Rajon Rondo

***Outside of Anthony Davis, SGA will end up kicking one of those guys off the top 5.