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Had some time to think about our all time greats.

Based on players that i actually watched or played against this is my all time SU starting 5

PG: Pearl
SG: Dion
SF: Melo
PF: Billy Owens
C. : DC

Second team
PG: Johnny Flynn
SG: Gmac
SF: Moten
PF HW
C. :Rosie
 
That I have watched:
Douglas
Moten
Anthony
Owens
Coleman(played it his junior year - it counts)

2nd team:
Flynn
Waiters
W. Johnson
Wallace
Etan

If we’re just going with two forwards, I’d go Warrick over Wes. Going SF/PF, then it’s Wes at SF and Wallace in a really tough call over Warrick. I go back and forth on that one. Theyre basically even. Wallace’s senior year tourney run gives him the slight edge.
 
Mine would be

Dave Bing
Pearl Washington
Derrick Coleman
Billy Owens
Sherman Douglas

John Wallace
Stevie Thompson
Carmelo Anthony
Gerry McNamara
Rafael Addison

Roosevelt Bouie
Louis Orr
CJ Fair
Jonny Flynn
Bill Smith
 
Had some time to think about our all time greats.

Based on players that i actually watched or played against this is my all time SU starting 5

PG: Pearl
SG: Dion
SF: Melo
PF: Billy Owens
C. : DC

Second team
PG: Johnny Flynn
SG: Gmac
SF: Moten
PF HW
C. :Rosie
Epic fail if Sherman Douglas isn't on the first two teams.

And not trending towards a spot on the first.

Winner.
 
Mine would be

Dave Bing
Pearl Washington
Derrick Coleman
Billy Owens
Sherman Douglas

John Wallace
Stevie Thompson
Carmelo Anthony
Gerry McNamara
Rafael Addison

Roosevelt Bouie
Louis Orr
CJ Fair
Jonny Flynn
Bill Smith
I was close to Raf and also close to Marty as i loved him and played some with, My other choice was sweet d at the 2 such a good stroke. imagine him if he had the 3
 
PG Pearl
2G Bing
SF Owens
PF Coleman
C. Seikaly

2 Team

PG Douglas
2G Moten
SF Anthony
PF Wallace
C Bouie
Switch Owens and Melo (has to be first team) and you’ve got yourself a winner here. You could also argue Sherm over Pearl on the first team, which I would, though I loved the Pearl.
 
Sherm pg
Bing sg
Melo sf
DC pf
Rony C

id go with that except sub fab in for Seikaly

2nd

Pearl
GMac
Owens
Wallace
Seikaly

3rd
Flynn
Hughes
Moten
Stevie
Schayes
 
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I dare you to argue otherwise
 
Pearl PG, Maybe Sherm as he stayed four years
Bing SG
Melo SF, 1 year player, but what a year.
DC PF
Seikaly C

I want to credit to guys who did not leave early.
 
I was close to Raf and also close to Marty as i loved him and played some with, My other choice was sweet d at the 2 such a good stroke. imagine him if he had the 3
I did this quick and I forgot about Moten and Dennis Duval, it’s hard to identify 15 let alone Just 5.
 
Here’s my all-time pissed-me-off top 5. Not quite the objective, but these guys really got under my skin and I hated when we played against them.

Eric Devendorf
Eric Devendorf (twice because I hated him so much, could really ball though)
Gerry McNamara
Paul Harris
Fab Melo
 

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