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Old 05-04-2012, 10:36 PM   #16
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 01:16 AM   #17
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 07:21 AM   #18
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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........he was facing the basket when he shot the "teardrop"!
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Old 05-05-2012, 08:15 AM   #19
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some other college favorites: luke recker aj guyton


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Old 05-05-2012, 08:48 AM   #20
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some other college favorites: luke recker aj guyton


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Luke Recker? C'mon man.
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Old 05-05-2012, 10:46 AM   #21
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Baseball: George Foster
Basketball: Julius Winfield Erving
Football: Chuck Foreman
College Football: Earl Campbell
College Basketball: Barry Stevens
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Old 05-05-2012, 10:47 AM   #22
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Luke Recker? C'mon man.
Hey, back off the Hawkeye hating
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Old 05-05-2012, 10:58 AM   #23
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 04:30 PM   #24
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 04:56 PM   #25
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 04:56 PM   #26
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 08:49 PM   #27
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Baseball: Frank Robinson
Football: Jim Brown
Basketball: Oscar Robertson
Hockey: Gordie Howe
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Old 05-05-2012, 09:32 PM   #28
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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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Old 05-05-2012, 09:44 PM   #29
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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
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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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