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Message: [QUOTE="OttosBestFriend, post: 1956715, member: 852"] Thompson is a very good college frosh and I agree he can and will contribute this season. That said, he is no Billy Owens. Billy was the #1 or #2 recruit in the nation in 1988 (Alonzo Mourning was the other in that debate - depending on your source) and he dominated at Cuse from DAY 1. Like Lydon, Owens played multiple positions (mainly the 4 as a frosh but also some spells at 2, 3 & 5) and he could do it all - rebound, pass, dribble, shoot.. you name it. As a sophomore and junior, he, Stephen Thompson and David Johnson were an interchangeable and unstoppable 3-headed monster at the 2,3 and 4. While I think we all like Thompson, please refrain from comparing him to an Orange legend - a legend that, admittedly, you'd never seen play. [/QUOTE]