Who would you pick as the best player to ever play at Kentucky

[THE_HOOK]

I watched Issel. The guy was an aggressive beast. Most games unstoppable and made it look easy. The only player close was AD.

 

[TTTblue24]

Issel even though I never watched him play then I think a close 2nd is mashburn.

 

[L.O.D.]

Most valuable Mashburn
Greatest talent Issel or AD

 

[52T]

Issel. AD close. Dan should have been hired as coach. Could never understand why he wasn't

 

[TopCatCal]

I gotta go Issel.

Upon Issel's retirement from the NBA in 1985, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Julius Erving were the only professional basketball players to have scored more career points.

You also got to consider for the last several years of Issel's career that he played on the same team with a couple of gunners named David Thompson & Alex English. There were just so many shots to go around. If Issel was on the team with only one of these players he would have probably scored another 4 or 5 points a game. Times that by 75 or 80 games a year for 4 or 5 years. Which means that Issel would have probably scored an additional 1,500 points or so for a career total of somewhere in the neighborhood of 29,000 career points.

 

[ccukuk]

I've never liked calling it "world champs" but it is the best players from around the world.

Then why has the USA lost in the Olympics and FIBA stuff when exceedingly good all star teams went? I realize the losses often occurred when the teams weren’t the absolute best of the NBA but they were teams made of the best second tier players-teams that would beat a nba title team. Games are played for a reason and the “best” teams don’t always win.

NBA title teams are not world champion teams and that’s a fact. People can say they’re the best and players claim world titles but those are opinions.

 

[HeismaNole]

Then why has the USA lost in the Olympics and FIBA stuff when exceedingly good all star teams went? I realize the losses often occurred when the teams weren’t the absolute best of the NBA but they were teams made of the best second tier players-teams that would beat a nba title team. Games are played for a reason and the “best” teams don’t always win.

NBA title teams are not world champion teams and that’s a fact. People can say they’re the best and players claim world titles but those are opinions.

I think you're confused with what I'm saying. Team USA winning something doesn't mean anything as I'm referring to the NBA having the best international players from around the globe.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Mashburn is the best I've seen.
Kenny Walker was dominant.
Magic Pelphrey was my dude.

 

[reggis1]

BIG DAN ISSEL

and its not even close

 

[billoliver40]

Just to elaborate... Dan Issel was the guy the other defenses KNEW was the man. He set the scoring bar, and for three years no one stopped him.

 

[gocatswin]

Big Dan
Mashburn
Givens
Walker
Davis

No particular order.

What about Hagan. Ramsey. they are in Basketball Hall of Fame

 

[Elliott Tim]

AD.

Then Issel.

 

[ColonelCat]

Dan Issel, no doubt about it!

amen

 

[KentuckyDad]

AD was very raw and still had one of the most dominant seasons I’ve ever seen.

 

[RondoBaller21]

AD

 

[gocatswin]

Ralph Beard - guard for 2 NCAA champs in 48 and 49. All American, Olympic champ.

He would be great choice

 

[Snarks0]

AD, won every award his freshman year and an Olympic gold too!

 

[jerrycat75]

Only 1 , number 1 is big Dan Issel !

 

[rabbitTown]

Rex Chapman was the best college basketball player I've ever watched (post 1978).

 

[UK90]

Rex Chapman was the best college basketball player I've ever watched (post 1978).

This is absurd. Rex was never even an all american ..in fact not even second or third team AA ...and his UK teams were underachieving disappointments that crashed and burned in tournament. And you think that's the best college player you've EVER seen? LOL

His name does not belong in this discussion.

 

[KENTUCKY_FLYER]

This is an impossible question