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    Mark Jackson might be the only guard who would come over half court and already be backing his defender down. I'm not sure he ever played basketball while actually facing the basket.
    lol, i know. Those were his latter days, but he proved you can be a very good player with instincts, intelligence, body control and leadership. He definitely wasn't the most athletic guy, but somehow it didn't matter, he was the hakeem of point guards. Of course my favorite moment was when he was playing for the Pacers and he was on a fast break and decided to do some "showtime" shimmy shake before dropping it off to J. Rose for a dunk. this was really close to the end, when there was no chance at all he was going to be able to dunk it himself, hilarious.


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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Baseball - Johnny Bench/Barry Larkin
    Football - Boomer Esiason
    Basketball - World B. Free
    Soccer - Brian McBride, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, and an honorable mention to Osvaldo Ardiles for his rainbow flick in the movie "Victory." I spent many an afternoon trying to perfect that move in my back yard.
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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Quote Originally Posted by improbus View Post
    Mark Jackson might be the only guard who would come over half court and already be backing his defender down. I'm not sure he ever played basketball while actually facing the basket.
    LOL........he was facing the basket when he shot the "teardrop"!

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    some other college favorites: luke recker aj guyton


    http://hawkcentral.com/2011/02/04/10...er-looks-back/

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Quote Originally Posted by Orenda View Post
    some other college favorites: luke recker aj guyton


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    Luke Recker? C'mon man.

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Baseball: George Foster
    Basketball: Julius Winfield Erving
    Football: Chuck Foreman
    College Football: Earl Campbell
    College Basketball: Barry Stevens
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    Quote Originally Posted by Assembly Hall View Post
    Luke Recker? C'mon man.
    Hey, back off the Hawkeye hating
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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Baseball Red: Votto (Phillips is right up there too)
    Baseball Non-Red: Ichiro
    Football: Chad Pennington (I went to school with him and he is a 1st class human being)
    Basketball: Michael Jordan
    Soccer: First Arsenal-era Thierry Henry
    Hockey: Rick Nash

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Quote Originally Posted by Orenda View Post

    nba- Chris Paul. Point forwards are fine, until someone like aaron brooks blows by them. runners up- Magic, John Stockton, Muggsy, and the under-rated Mark Jackson
    Forgot about Muggsy Bogues. He and Ralph Sampson were probably my two favorite college basketball players to watch (I was kind of a UVA/ACC fan before I went to college myself).
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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Mine:

    MLB- Derek Jeter(I know I know, but my dad is a huge Yankee fan and Ive liked Jeter since he was a rookie in '96) My fav. Red was Barry Larkin, and I liked Jack Armstrong.

    NBA-Allen Iverson

    NFL-Jerry Rice

    Golf-Ernie Els

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    MLB: Pete Rose
    NBA: David Robinson
    NFL: Boomer Esiason
    CBB: Shan Foster
    CFB: Never rooted for him, but I loved watching Tim Tebow play.
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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Baseball: Frank Robinson
    Football: Jim Brown
    Basketball: Oscar Robertson
    Hockey: Gordie Howe

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Just for fun, my least favorites.
    MLB: Any Astro.
    NFL: Any Steeler
    NBA: Derek Fisher
    NHL: Jeremy Roenick (NHL 96 nightmares)
    NCAAF: Tim Biakabatuka
    NCAAB: Mateen Cleeves/Khalid El Amein/Laettner
    Golf: Phil (i feel like he is Shooter McGavin or the Don Johnson character from Tin Cup)
    NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt (I was a Bill Elliott and Cale guy as a kid)
    Soccer: Anyone on DC United or Sir Alex Ferguson
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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Nice thread. I purposely did not read anyone else's posts.

    Mine are, in my lifetime:

    Baseball - - Barry Larkin
    Basketball - - Larry Bird
    Football - - James Brooks
    College hoops - -Herb Jones, Negele Knight
    College Football - - Troy Smith
    Thank goodness for baseball.

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    Re: Favorite players ever

    Quote Originally Posted by VR View Post
    Hey, back off the Hawkeye hating
    No hate towards the Hawks. A great college b-ball player Luke was not. 2 years at Iowa man. Better player at IU. So suck on that one.


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