If you could add any OU player from the past to next years team who would you add?

[hoopsaustin]

Showing my age, but as middle schooler/highschooler Corey Brewer was one of my first favorite Sooners. There mas Minor, Erdmann and then there was Brewer. Those mid to late 90's-2000 teams were where it really all started. For some reason this memory sticks with me, he was the first person I ever saw with a brand tattoo and I thought that was so cool. And loved his game, such a prolific all around scorer and well rounded player. And he was a good defender. If he was in college today, he would be an NBA player. Not just a second rounder who never played an NBA minute.

Exact same for me on all of this except I was a little young for ryan minor's days. Erdmann was the first ou bball player i ever saw and remember. Was also obsessed with corey brewer

 

[CMSOONER]

Exact same for me on all of this except I was a little young for ryan minor's days. Erdmann was the first ou bball player i ever saw and remember. Was also obsessed with corey brewer

I got to see Brent Price once at the LNC when I was maybe 8 or 9. I don't really member much accept that my dad took me to the game, and I saw him. Lol! We never got to go to games because of his work schedule (night shift) and I was young enough that I didn't watch on TV until that late 90's-2000's timeframe. We started watching every game together on TV during that time. I was lucky enough to work for a local oil and gas company in the Capel years that had season tickets and I got to take him a few times and sit courtside. Regardless of how good or bad OU is, I'll always love watching. Even when I'm cussing at the TV or screaming towards the court. That said, beloved Sooners, please don't become the pokes...or worse. Lol! The Sampson era is nostalgia for me. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

My all nostolgia team:
Nate Erdmann
Corey Brewer
Eduardo Najera
Hootie Wiley
Hollis Price
Eric Martin
Tim Heskett
and......Oleg Reztsov

 

[sanguinetti]

one other thing about needlessly more praise per Wayman, his fading J on the baseline, low post had such soft touch in the middle of contact. outside maybe the first 10 games of his FR year, he had 2 sometimes 3 guys hanging all over him.

he got generous bounces on the rim, he put it up so sweet. perfect rotation. heck.

back on topic: gimme Renzi Stone or Romero Osby and Sooners are a 5 seed or better.

on the corey brewer topic, I remember Pat Riley Miami Heat was really high on him.....was that a strike year? something happened.

 

[daqman]

just not sure how wayman's game would translate to modern basketball...
saw a discussion during one of the tournament games about analytics...
they said shooting a 2 outside the paint is just not advised anymore.

 

[MJSooner]

just not sure how wayman's game would translate to modern basketball...
saw a discussion during one of the tournament games about analytics...
they said shooting a 2 outside the paint is just not advised anymore.

A guy who could get 28 and 10 every single game and pull in double/triple teams to free up shooters would translate into any age in basketball.

 

[Jimmon]

Wayman is my choice. That turn a round jumper was a thing of beauty. He would average pretty much the same numbers in todays game as he did back then. Maybe more points because of how open the lane would be with the 3 point line.

 

[lexusooner]

does 1985 ...memphis...keith lee ring any bells?

You mean the game in which Wayman was 5-10 from the field and had 12 rebounds?

 

[daqman]

You mean the game in which Wayman was 5-10 from the field and had 12 rebounds?

yes....the game where lee had 23 and 11....and memphis won

 

[sanguinetti]

yes....the game where lee had 23 and 11....and memphis won

Heck, my memory of that game was the Memphis State (then) guard Andre Turner was the one that killed us down the stretch. Not discounting Lee's numbers....he was an all american type player, for a couple years. And had a sweet Geri curl.

After that game, I had watched it with some HS buddies at a friend's in Norman. After taking the L, we went out to the basketball hoop in his back yard driveway and stood around aimlessly for 30-45 minutes. No one saying a thing. In shock, to almost make the Final Four at that point was somewhat exhilarating but so heart-breaking.

I was at the Ohio Northern game. To come that far with Billy was crazy

FWIW, I'll throw out Anthony Bowie as a nostalgia/legit good Sooner.

He had good pro career in the NBA and overseas. He was on the Orlando Magic team that made the 1995, coming off the bench, D specialist.

Some other "deep cuts" nostalgia names:
Shawn Clark
Steve Bajema
Aaron Curry
Al Beal
Lester Pace
David Johnson (always in Tubbs doghouse but he had some moments, @Duke comes to mind)
Kelly Newton
Michael Johnson
Juan Patillo (for a few moments, he looked like the missing piece to the puzzle)
Tony Crocker (like Cousins in a way, did a lot of good things for the team. and the Syracuse game (chef's kiss, oh yeah).

 

[lexusooner]

yes....the game where lee had 23 and 11....and memphis won

OU started Tisdale, Davis, Choo, Bowie, and Tmac
No player over 6’6 except Wayman.

MSU had Bedford who was a 7 footer and Lee at 6’10” they doubled Wayman on defense. I still say we should have forced the ball to Wayman vs the double team. But we didn’t. We shot 18 footers from the other guys and missed way too many of them.
Lee killed the 6’6” Davis all day even though Lee shot 9-22 he still killed him.

 

[Salt City Sooner]

OU started Tisdale, Davis, Choo, Bowie, and Tmac
No player over 6’6 except Wayman.

MSU had Bedford who was a 7 footer and Lee at 6’10” they doubled Wayman on defense. I still say we should have forced the ball to Wayman vs the double team. But we didn’t. We shot 18 footers from the other guys and missed way too many of them.
Lee killed the 6’6” Davis all day even though Lee shot 9-22 he still killed him.

I think you’ve got your Davis’s mixed up. The only Davis on that team was Linwood & he was a 5’11” guard. William (I think that’s who you’re thinking of) was on the ‘89 & ‘90 teams.

 

[WaymanFan]

I think you’ve got your Davis’s mixed up. The only Davis on that team was Linwood & he was a 5’11” guard. William (I think that’s who you’re thinking of) was on the ‘89 & ‘90 teams.

Correct. David Johnson was the starter in that game. He was about 6'6" or 6'7". L Davis was a solid rotation-type combo-guard, but this was the first big mistake of the Billy Tubbs era. Billy knew that he was only going to have Wayman for one more year. I would have thought an assist-first point guard would have dreamed of passing the ball to Wayman down low. Billy never signed one to replace graduating Jan Panell (and Mark Wade transferring) and that was our biggest weakness on that 1985 team. As for the Memphis State game specifically, I only remember screaming at the TV when Andre Turner palmed the ball with about 12 seconds left in the game, and the refs didn't call it. TMac wound up being suspended for the first NCAA Tournament game the following year after he threw a cup of water at the ref who should have made the obvious palming call.

 

[lexusooner]

Correct. David Johnson was the starter in that game. He was about 6'6" or 6'7". L Davis was a solid rotation-type combo-guard, but this was the first big mistake of the Billy Tubbs era. Billy knew that he was only going to have Wayman for one more year. I would have thought an assist-first point guard would have dreamed of passing the ball to Wayman down low. Billy never signed one to replace graduating Jan Panell (and Mark Wade transferring) and that was our biggest weakness on that 1985 team. As for the Memphis State game specifically, I only remember screaming at the TV when Andre Turner palmed the ball with about 12 seconds left in the game, and the refs didn't call it. TMac wound up being suspended for the first NCAA Tournament game the following year after he threw a cup of water at the ref who should have made the obvious palming call.

David Johnson was who I was referring too … I called him Davis

 

[WaymanFan]

David Johnson was who I was referring too … I called him Davis

No big deal...there was a Davis on that team . Your argument stands in that they beat us up in the paint with their size. Even if we won that game, I can't help but think that Villanova team was a team of destiny. They shouldn't have beaten mighty Georgetown...but they did. One interesting tidbit about that Memphis State team. As good as they were, to this day, they are the only school to make it to the Final Four without winning a single game by more than 2 points.

 

[jaymOU]

Not sure I read every single post here, but I didn't see Harvey Grant mentioned anywhere. He was so fun to watch on the point of the Tubbs press. Guarded the inbound pass and then they trapped in the corner with his long arms and quickness. Fun to watch.

But I would side with Wayman. I saw almost every game in person Wayman and Blake played in the LNC. Both were incredible players, but, for me, Wayman's ability to score and force teams to double and triple team him is the difference-maker. I think Wayman was a far better player than Broome from Auburn, who was unstoppable for much of the season and won the SEC player of the year. I think they are a pretty fair comparison size and style-wise.

Blake's overall athletic ability is tempting, but it's Wayman for me.

 

[lexusooner]

No big deal...there was a Davis on that team . Your argument stands in that they beat us up in the paint with their size. Even if we won that game, I can't help but think that Villanova team was a team of destiny. They shouldn't have beaten mighty Georgetown...but they did. One interesting tidbit about that Memphis State team. As good as they were, to this day, they are the only school to make it to the Final Four without winning a single game by more than 2 points.

Either way I think we'd all be happy with 10 points on 50% shooting and 12 rebounds from our Center position this year. And that is the stats from the 1 game used as an example.

 

[61sooner]

Tisdale #1.
Blake and Alvan Adams #2. Adams was a scorer and a big horse under the hoop. Perhaps the best natural center of the 3.

 

[sanguinetti]

David Johnson was who I was referring too … I called him Davis

I have a fun David Johnson story, not hookers and blow good.....but one game day, he's totally in Tubbs' doghouse by all media accounts and fan rumor (before Twitter, amazingly we all still survived and procreated as a species, made meaning in life, created beautiful music, saw the sunsets, loved the ones we loved before social media.....somehow).

In Billy's doghouse for being lazy and out of shape......gameday, and I see DJ at the Sooner Superette buying 3 or 4 bags of potato chips in his OU sweats.

peace be on ya, DJ.

edit: he played a helluva game at Cameron Indoor in an almost Sooner comeback, DJ had some game.
I had repressed the Andre Turner palming thing.....ooof. I loved that team.

 

[WaymanFan]

I have a fun David Johnson story, not hookers and blow good.....but one game day, he's totally in Tubbs' doghouse by all media accounts and fan rumor (before Twitter, amazingly we all still survived and procreated as a species, made meaning in life, created beautiful music, saw the sunsets, loved the ones we loved before social media.....somehow).

In Billy's doghouse for being lazy and out of shape......gameday, and I see DJ at the Sooner Superette buying 3 or 4 bags of potato chips in his OU sweats.

peace be on ya, DJ.

edit: he played a helluva game at Cameron Indoor in an almost Sooner comeback, DJ had some game.
I had repressed the Andre Turner palming thing.....ooof. I loved that team.

Cool story! I remember watching that game back in '86. DJ scored 31 points at Cameron (how many opponents to this day can say that?). OU was down 20+ points and cut it to 1 before Duke pulled away late. At the end of the day, DJ was part of the best OU recruiting class of all time when you factor quality, quantity, and most importantly, RESULTS.

 

[sanguinetti]

google and youtube says:

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