I know a while back the board did a MBB Mount Rushmore, but I thought this was interesting because an article in today’s Niner Times mentioned the writers All-Time Starting Five. Link here: http://ninertimes.com/2015/12/niner-times-december-8-2015/
His Starting Five are:
Cedric Maxwell
Pierria Henry
DeMarco Johnson
Henry Williams
Jarvis Lang
I’m interested to see if anyone else had a different opinion/lineup in mind.
It is a good list but I would insert Byron Dinkins and remove Pierria Henry. Pierria had great stats but his turnovers at the end of close games often killed us. Byron was a scoring machine but also a smooth ball handler.
Definitely remove Pierra Henry. Chad Kinch (first round draft pick when there were fewer NBA teams) needs to be in that list too.
Agree. Basden makes roster before Perria too
The list in the op appears to have 3 low post players. If you want a more realistic lineup, probably go with this:
Dinkins
H. Williams
Kinch
Johnson/ Lang ( I’d probably go with Johnson)
Maxwell
Hard to think that Basden doesn’t make it in somehow, but Kinch was probably slightly better.
clt provides the correct list:
Cornbread
Williams
Neely
Eddie
Colson
P.Henry lol…if recorded Pieria also doubled the old record in turnovers. Won NADA. Also had 4 easiest sos of any PG. cupcake city
P. Henry isn’t in top 20 best at uncc if you’ve seen games b4 Major debacle
My 5- all made NCAA too
1 Dink
2 Henry W
3 Eddie
4 Rodney (lottery pick?)
5 cornbread
Withers, Colson (10x better than Pieria at pg), Demarco, Galen, Lew, Jarvis, Melvin, kinch (freak), Leemire (schooled steph),
Norris Dae.
Pieria might be 16-17 best. All the above also won. A lot. Coulda Easily included
Jobey, Diego, plav.
If I’m on a playground I pick all the above before Pieria and take your money.
[quote=“cltniners, post:6, topic:30028”]clt provides the correct list:
Cornbread
Williams
Neely
Eddie
Colson[/quote]
clt forgot…
Henry
Cornbread
DeMarco
Dinkins
Basden
First 2 off the bench Kinch/Massey
Henry does not make my top 5… I think he might not crack the 5 PG in the programs history
I’d go
Dinkins, Colson, Watkins, Goldwire… Not a pure PG but if we needed to win 1 game: Demon Brown
Colson
Williams
Lang
Demarco
Maxwell
Kinch was before my time. I need more old footage.
Kinch grabbed dollar bills off the top of back board was told by Ben Bassinger (who owns single game reb record). James Worthy also know for that
Wives tale, but who knows
I would go with:
Dinkins
Williams
Cornbread
Jarvis
Demarco
With a bench 5 of Kinch, Basden, Rodney White, Leemire, Diego (who I still think might have hit more big 3s than any other player we have had)
NWA, like your starting five but three changes to the bench.
I would go with:
Dinkins
Williams
Cornbread
Jarvis
Demarco
With a bench 5 of Kinch, Basden, Rodney White, Massey, Colson and Dwiggins.
Colson was a bit of a wildcard shooting the ball, but he was a very good ball handler and could ice games at the line. I also considered Jobey for the same reason, but you need a good backup ball handler.
Dwiggins was the best victory cigar in program history.
And if Heyward is cancer free he ends up top 5 all time.
Was Kenyon Martin clone
[quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:8, topic:30028”][quote=“cltniners, post:6, topic:30028”]clt provides the correct list:
Cornbread
Williams
Neely
Eddie
Colson[/quote]
clt forgot…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0OU9gQGWss[/quote]
clt says the GOAT is too good for this list.
I can’t believe we’re leaving Martin Iti off this list. Get your minds right, people.
[quote=“NinerWupAss, post:13, topic:30028”]I would go with:
Dinkins
Williams
Cornbread
Jarvis
Demarco
With a bench 5 of Kinch, Basden, Rodney White, Leemire, Diego (who I still think might have hit more big 3s than any other player we have had)[/quote]
I think the only thing I change with that is on the bench…swapping out Leemire for Colson.
[quote=“TRLeader, post:18, topic:30028”][quote=“NinerWupAss, post:13, topic:30028”]I would go with:
Dinkins
Williams
Cornbread
Jarvis
Demarco
With a bench 5 of Kinch, Basden, Rodney White, Leemire, Diego (who I still think might have hit more big 3s than any other player we have had)[/quote]
I think the only thing I change with that is on the bench…swapping out Leemire for Colson.[/quote]
Lew Massey probably deserves a spot, maybe in place of Rodney.
[quote=“NLP49, post:14, topic:30028”]NWA, like your starting five but three changes to the bench.
I would go with:
Dinkins
Williams
Cornbread
Jarvis
Demarco
With a bench 5 of Kinch, Basden, Rodney White, Massey, Colson and Dwiggins.
Colson was a bit of a wildcard shooting the ball, but he was a very good ball handler and could ice games at the line. I also considered Jobey for the same reason, but you need a good backup ball handler.
Dwiggins was the best victory cigar in program history.[/quote]
Can’t argue against those.
Also adding Colson means him and Demarco together again and that was sweet music.