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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3397479, member: 405"]
Just watched it on YouTube last night.  Walton was amazing.  So consistent. UCLA led by 11 with 10 minutes to go in regulation - and they even led by 7 with 3 minutes left in the 2nd overtime - and still lost!

David Thompson was such a unique player.  And Mo Rivers was their point guard.  But Thompson, oh my gosh, who is a comparable player?  He was 6-4 but rebounded like a 6-8 forward.  He had deep range on his jumper in an era before the 3 point shot.  He could handle the ball, but was not really a "downhill" guy who attacked the rim.  He really made sure to play within the team concept.

I really have a hard time thinking of a guy who played like him, except maybe somebody like Dave Bing, for those old enough to remember.  Another comparable I thought of as I was re-watching the 92 Duke-Kentucky game is Grant Hill.  David Thompson has Hill's leaping / dunking / finish the oop on the break kind of thing that Grant Hill (or Stevie Thompson) had.  Grant Hill also played within the team concept, was an excellent passer (as was David Thompson) and eventually became a very solid outside shooter, which is why he had such a long NBA career.  But David Thompson was 4 inches shorter than Grant Hill; otherwise, much the same player.

Tom Burleson was a heck of an offensive center, too, not just a 7-3 stiff who filled the lane on defense.
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