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Great coaching from Moser!

BC: 1 Boulder: 0

Your turn @BoulderSooner Or is this checkmate?

I agree with your post, and what I'm about to say doesn't go against your statements, but one of my biggest pet peaves is when people pretend Jordan won without big men. People forget a few important details between the 2 3-peats. The year after Jordan left, they still won 56 games and were...

Still waiting @WichitaSooner

In that era, they were still obsessed with 7 footers, so it would have been hard to pick anybody else. I was definitely in the minority. Nowadays I don't think there would have been anybody who would have passed on Durant.

He's very close. Coming out of HS I would have put him on the list. Same for Wiggins. But after their freshman seasons, I just wasn't quite there on them. As Boulder said, I actually felt Durant was better. And to be truly generational, I don't think there should be any question who is the...

Generational is such a poorly defined term that it's tough to argue what does and doesn't count, but the term ceases to have value when you label 3 guys in 4 years as generational. Unless you believe generation essentially just means 1 year. Kobe was obviously considered a great talent, but he...

It's crazy how "everybody knew it" except for the people that were tasked with labeling his position on websites like the one I sent. Here, let me Google that for you: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/darryn-peterson/ Because you were listing guys picked at #13 as generational, so you...

Ben was really impressive. Completely controlled the game alongside a bunch of bums. Had us down by double digits the majority of the game, but thankfully Buddy and Cousins caught fire late. If they'd had an average night shooting, we would have been toast. Great opportunity for a Dante...

He was listed as a forward. Not a 6'10, 240 lb guard. https://www.espn.com/nba/draft/rounds/_/season/2016 Kobe wasn't even considered the best prospect in his own class. He was like the 5th guard taken, behind Kerry Kittles. Truly bizarre to pretend he was the best prospect of the last 30...

The guy's draft comps were Magic and Lebron. Obviously that didn't work out, but his shot was the only question mark about his game.

Yes, but that's irrelevant for this conversation, as all the best prospects play forward or center. There's absolutely no way he gets drafted above Flagg or Wemby, and perhaps not even Dybantsa. Also depends on how you define generation.

Yeah, I would guess Peterson has a better career, but he's not a better prospect. Simmons was one of the best prospects in a long time but fell apart mentally.