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I'll have to post the link later, but I read something on ESPN's site this morning that was listing the best five, or starting five, for each team, and they presented it as a rivalry type deal. So they listed the starting five all time for OU and OSU. And Duke and NC. They covered a lot of teams doing this, some that haven't really been relevant in some time.

But I wanted to post who they had for OU.

PG - Blaylock
SG - Price
SF - Blake Griffin (insert eye roll here)
PF - Tisdale
C - Adams

They obviously moved Blake to SF so they could get those three bigs on the roster. That group might be the most accomplished five, but I don't think it'd be the 5 I'd pick to start a game.
 
WTSooner said:
I'll have to post the link later, but I read something on ESPN's site this morning that was listing the best five, or starting five, for each team, and they presented it as a rivalry type deal. So they listed the starting five all time for OU and OSU. And Duke and NC. They covered a lot of teams doing this, some that haven't really been relevant in some time.

But I wanted to post who they had for OU.

PG - Blaylock
SG - Price
SF - Blake Griffin (insert eye roll here)
PF - Tisdale
C - Adams

They obviously moved Blake to SF so they could get those three bigs on the roster. That group might be the most accomplished five, but I don't think it'd be the 5 I'd pick to start a game.
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You subtle and not-so-subtle jabbing at Blake Griffin is laughable. If the dude played for Kelvin then you would be slobbering all over him. He played hard for OU and deserves no criticism for while he was here imo.

That said, he has no business being a SF. I'd have Ryan Minor in that spot.
 
Is that Hollis Price or Brent Price? I assume Hollis but Brent was in the NBA for 10 years.
 
A lot of that is also based on how they did afterwards. I liked Blaylock much better his first year when Ricky Grace was the PG.
 
WTSooner said:
It's Brent.
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OK; this further indicates that much of it is based post-OU career -or- they are just evaluating talent alone and not impact to OU.

Brent Price was a great talent (also saw him play in high school a few times and he was so much better than anyone else in the gym) and glad he decided to transfer from SoCar to OU. However, most Sooner BBall fans would tend to think more of impact to OU and that would definitely be Hollis in my book.
 
opsooner said:
OK; this further indicates that much of it is based post-OU career -or- they are just evaluating talent alone and not impact to OU.

Brent Price was a great talent (also saw him play in high school a few times and he was so much better than anyone else in the gym) and glad he decided to transfer from SoCar to OU. However, most Sooner BBall fans would tend to think more of impact to OU and that would definitely be Hollis in my book.
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Corey Brewer would be my choice over both Brent and Hollis based on impact while at OU. We didn't get to a final 4 with Brewer but he scored and scored a lot, and really carried the team for 2 years.
 
Mookie would be the 2. Brent would be the point. 18 and 6 ast. Is plenty good enough to start. For a great great player
 
If they're going with Brent over Hollis, then this is more of an All-NBA Sooner team. The team ESPN chose would get completely lit up defensively with only Blaylock being an above-average defender. I would probably have Wayman Tisdale (dare I say this) coming off the bench to provide instant offense.

PG - Blaylock (no brainer)
SG - B Price (by default as A Bowie is our only other option)
SF - H Grant (we lose nothing with G Heard backing him up)
PF - Griffin (best NBA Sooner by far)
C - Adams (Clifford Ray is a terrific backup at the 5)

The second team would feature WWT with his instant scoring, though we're weak at guard with defensive specialist Anthony Bowie being the only guard off the bench (we need you, Buddy Hield!). Besides Heard and Ray, we can also bring Eduardo off the bench as a defensive specialist and Stacy King to provide some low-post scoring.
 
I don't know that is true. Blake averaged 23 (22.7) points and 14 (14.4) rebounds his best season. King averaged 26 (26.0) points and 10 (10.1) rebounds his best year. I will give up 3 points for four rebounds before even considering the pace of play issue.
 
WaymanFan said:
If they're going with Brent over Hollis, then this is more of an All-NBA Sooner team. The team ESPN chose would get completely lit up defensively with only Blaylock being an above-average defender. I would probably have Wayman Tisdale (dare I say this) coming off the bench to provide instant offense.

PG - Blaylock (no brainer)
SG - B Price (by default as A Bowie is our only other option)
SF - H Grant (we lose nothing with G Heard backing him up)
PF - Griffin (best NBA Sooner by far)
C - Adams (Clifford Ray is a terrific backup at the 5)

The second team would feature WWT with his instant scoring, though we're weak at guard with defensive specialist Anthony Bowie being the only guard off the bench (we need you, Buddy Hield!). Besides Heard and Ray, we can also bring Eduardo off the bench as a defensive specialist and Stacy King to provide some low-post scoring.
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I'd have Wayman in the starting lineup for his scoring, defense, rebounding, and overall ability. Adams and Griffin would round out the frontcourt.
 
brent would be the starting point and blaylock would be the starting 2 .. you know like they were in college
 
I would take B. Price over Hollis anyday. Love me some Hollis, but Brent was the purest shooter to come through Norman and proved himself with a long NBA career.
 
Big Old Booger said:
Yep, he was much better as the 2G as opposed to being the PG.
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The good thing about Brent Price and Blaylock is the they can both play either position in college. That would give the team two really strong ball handlers and might actually allow you to play Blake Griffin at the three.
 
cvangild said:
I would take B. Price over Hollis anyday. Love me some Hollis, but Brent was the purest shooter to come through Norman and proved himself with a long NBA career.
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Career 3 point shooting percentages at OU -

Hollis Price - 39.19%

Brent Price - 37.87%

And for fun.....

Tim Heskett - 39.82%

Taking percentage and volume into consideration, I'm not so sure Hollis and Heskett aren't the top two three point shooters in OU history.
 
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