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Top 5 Clemson basketball players of all time...
Mar 11, 2013, 10:25 AM
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my top 5...
1. Horace Grant...17 yrs in the NBA...12,996 points
2. Larry Nance....14 yrs in the NBA...15,687 points
3. Elden Campbell...15 yrs in the NBA...10,805 points...Campbell was the Los Angeles Lakers' leading scorer for the decade of 1990-1999
4. Dale Davis...16 yrs in the NBA....8,706 points
5. Tree Rollins...19 yrs in the NBA...6,249 points.
What say ye...
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Re: Top 5 Clemson basketball players of all time...
Mar 11, 2013, 10:28 AM
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Skip Wise was the most talented Clemson bb player of all time. He had the potential to be the next Oscar Robertson, but drugs derailed ruined his career.
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often heard that...Skip played here in 75...I was born in 72
Mar 11, 2013, 10:29 AM
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didn't get to see him play at an age when I could remember him.
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Re: often heard that...Skip played here in 75...I was born in 72
Mar 11, 2013, 10:35 AM
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Yes, you can't really name a list of best all-time Tiger basketball players and not have Skip Wise at the very top.
He was head and shoulders above every player who ever played for Clemson.
Probably the only player we ever signed who would have legitimately started for Duke or UNC as a freshman ... that's how good he was.
My choices would be:
Skip Wise
Horace Grant
Larry Nance
Dale Davis
Billy Williams (JUCO who made the 1980 Elite 8 team "go")
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Re: often heard that...Skip played here in 75...I was born in 72
Mar 11, 2013, 11:16 AM
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agree on Billy Williams. I really like Buckner on that list. He was just able to do so much for the program.
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Re: often heard that...Skip played here in 75...I was born in 72
Mar 11, 2013, 12:28 PM
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Yeah ... Buckner needs to be there too.
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Re: Top 5 Clemson basketball players of all time...
Mar 11, 2013, 11:15 AM
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Agree if we are talking about most talented/impactful while a player at Clemson. The list provided is a great list of guys that continued on to the pros but there have been some incredibly talented players that were very impactful at the college level only.
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Easy
Mar 11, 2013, 10:30 AM
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1. Matt Morris
2. Tomas Nagys
3. Steve Allen
4. Beau Shay
5. Pasha Baines
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1a. Allenspach***
Mar 11, 2013, 10:31 AM
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1b. Chris Hobbs
Mar 11, 2013, 10:59 AM
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1c. Tom Wideman
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Ray Henderson***
Mar 11, 2013, 11:03 AM
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no list is complete without...
Mar 11, 2013, 10:33 AM
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Heisman frontrunner, David Potter.
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Potter is on a list of his own. Now if he would have asked
Mar 11, 2013, 10:36 AM
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for the best basketball players ever.
1. David Potter
2. Michael Jordan
3. Wilt Chamberlin
4. Magic
5. Bill Russell
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Re: Top 5 Clemson basketball players of all time...
Mar 11, 2013, 10:31 AM
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Well notice they are all big men  I'd have to put Larry at the top . . but the rest are good.
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Skip Wise
Mar 11, 2013, 10:34 AM
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Hands down the most talented player as Marshall said. Outside the Len Bias story, this is one of the saddest in all of college basketball.
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Agree. Nance and Grant went on to have good nba careers,
Mar 11, 2013, 11:25 AM
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but Wise had the potential to be a superstar at that level.
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Sharone Wright has to be there somewhere
Mar 11, 2013, 11:03 AM
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He would've been great in the NBA if it wasn't for that car accident.
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agreed...he's in my top 10***
Mar 11, 2013, 11:03 AM
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Base your list on what players accomplished at.....
Mar 11, 2013, 11:12 AM
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Clemson, not in the NBA.
For the one year he was here, Skip Wise IMO should definitely be on your list. He was 1st-team All-ACC as a true freshman which was unheard of back in the 70s, especially from a Clemson player.
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Re: Base your list on what players accomplished at.....
Mar 11, 2013, 11:15 AM
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Skip Wise was the first Freshman to make first team All ACC !! Also the best player we ever had, even if it was for one year.
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Who is going to bring the ball up the court? ;-)
Mar 11, 2013, 11:32 AM
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I agree. And it's tough to argue with the number of championship rings between that group.
Anyway, I'm rotating those five guys and bringing in Skip and Chris Whitney in as my guards.
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agreed...our top 5 is big man heavy to say the least***
Mar 11, 2013, 11:35 AM
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1.Grant, 2.Nance, 3.Campbell, 4.Davis, 5.Buckner***
Mar 11, 2013, 12:45 PM
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good list...Greg was a great player***
Mar 11, 2013, 12:50 PM
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Compare the number of how many great players we
Mar 11, 2013, 12:44 PM
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Have had to unc, duke, ucla and Indiana.... Etc
And you'll find.... We have not exactly been barn burners in the past.
So why is it all of the sudden expected now? Like immediately
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also been a very long long time since we had a great player
Mar 11, 2013, 12:52 PM
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here at Clemson....the last "great player" that would even make my top 10 is Greg Buckner.
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No Trevor Booker?***
Mar 11, 2013, 1:17 PM
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I didn't have him in my top 5 over those guys
Mar 11, 2013, 1:18 PM
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top 10 yes
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True. My bball knowledge isn't (we) too deep***
Mar 11, 2013, 1:22 PM
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Re: True. My bball knowledge isn't (we) too deep***
Mar 11, 2013, 6:06 PM
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The best player ever in Clemson was an 8th grader at Daniel in the early '60's; I believe his name was Maravich.
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Skip Wise, Butch Zataslo, Jim Brennan, Randy Mahaffey, &
Mar 11, 2013, 6:16 PM
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Larry Nance
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Re: Skip Wise, Butch Zataslo, Jim Brennan, Randy Mahaffey, &
Mar 11, 2013, 6:47 PM
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Ahhhhhhh - my buddy (and his brother Vinnie) Jim Brennan..... he sure made a jump shot look pretty, didn't he?
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Re: Skip Wise, Butch Zataslo, Jim Brennan, Randy Mahaffey, &
Mar 11, 2013, 8:38 PM
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I definitely agree with your list! All great Tiger roundball greats.
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Where do Raymond Jones and Mike Eppley fit in?***
Mar 11, 2013, 7:10 PM
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Re: Top 5 Clemson basketball players of all time...
Mar 11, 2013, 9:03 PM
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I saw Skip Wise play and he was probably the best we ever had, but he only played one year.
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I wish I could have seen him play...was only 3 at the time***
Mar 11, 2013, 9:10 PM
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Re: Top 5 Clemson basketball players of all time...
Mar 11, 2013, 10:59 PM
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How can you leave TWO TIME ALL-AMERICAN Banks McFadden?
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