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Message: [QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 1636128, member: 39"] Derrick Coleman agrees: [I]Coleman said Walton, who came to SU in the fall of 1996 but never played for the Orange, would have made the Detroit team unbeatable. "Without question, Winfred Walton. Hands down,'' Coleman said. "He should've went pro right from high school. That's how much of a talent he was. I watched the kid grow up in Detroit and he reminded me of Billy (Owens). He was Carmelo before Carmelo and he was bigger than Carmelo. He could put it on the floor, shoot it, post. He could do it all.'' [/I] That class needed Walton early on. Rock Lloyd & LaSean Howard each were pretty good players but transferred. Etan Thomas & Jason Hart were solid players who developed into very good players by the time they left SU. Walton would have been the guy to take those NIT/early-exit SU teams from '96-99 to the next level. [/QUOTE]