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[QUOTE="Jake, post: 1316895, member: 86"]
It's a helluva lot closer than 31-6.  Completely different players in my mind.

:30 to go down 1 in a big game?  Pearl

Running a team for 40 minutes, give me Sherm.

Want to be entertained?  Pearl in a landslide.

Leadership skills?  Sherm in another landslide.

Defense.  To be honest, neither were outstanding.  Someone mentioned above that Pearl didn't play defense.  Let the record show that his 2.3 steals per game rank him way above Sherman's 1.8 and I think top 3 all time.

Did Pearl take plays off?  Yep.  But he had an incredible knack for jumping a passing lane or picking someone's pocket clean for break away.

Sherm was the smartest player I ever saw on the court.

Pearl was the most intuitive.

Sherman played with great intensity.

Pearl played with great joy...like he was toying with you.

Go watch the 30 for 30.  Watch the segment on Pearl.  There was just something about him, at that time, in that conference, against those Hoyas that can't be replicated.

If you ask me who the greatest PURE PG is...I'd probably say Sherm.

If you ask me who the greatest scoring PG is, I'd say Pearl.

I'd love to see Pearl play 2 seasons with Coleman or Owens.

It cannot be argued that Sherman played with a more talented cast. Those alley oops probably wouldn't have been as successful if Andre Hawkins and Sean Kerins were on the other end.
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