Greater Impact on Basketball? Nolan Richardson II or John Thompson II

[North of Death]

that is another whole thread about games being fixed breh.
that is deflection.

nobody ever figured out how to really beat jojn Thompson systematically. so, they phased out the pedigree of the real center and it's skill set.


art barr

Thompson retired in '99, the real center was still thriving in college ball at that time

 

[Art Barr]

Thompson retired in '99, the real center was still thriving in college ball at that time

who is this great skilled American center who was in college other than Duncan then.

plus Duncan is a pf by pedigree and on paper.
so who is this highly skilled center since 99 from a college pedigree?





art barr

 

[North of Death]

1994 NCAA Basketball National Championship Duke vs Arkansas

 

[North of Death]

who is this great skilled American center who was in college other than Duncan then.

plus Duncan is a pf by pedigree and on paper.
so who is this highly skilled center since 99 from a college pedigree?





art barr

I thought Bryant Reeves was pretty dominant at that time. Also there was Joe Smith, Eric Montross, Vin Baker, Elton Brand, Lorenzen Wright, Marcus Camby (although not as skilled but still explosive) etc..There was talent at the center position in college basketball from the mid to late 90s when Thompson retired...

 

[Art Barr]

I thought Bryant Reeves was pretty dominant at that time. Also there was Joe Smith, Eric Montross, Vin Baker, Elton Brand, Lorenzen Wright, etc..There was talent at the center position in college basketball from the mid to late 90s when Thompson retired...

reeves = a maybe
the rest of those names are out of position undersized guys.
who were never true centers.

art barr

 

[North of Death]

reeves = a maybe
the rest of those names are out of position undersized guys.
who were never true centers.

art barr

They were definitly true centers WHILE IN COLLEGE..

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

This is thread is wild disrespectful to Nolan Richardson and I’m not saying that because Mike Anderson is our coach but Nolan Richardson style of basketball is still being used 40 years after he implemented it for a reason. Shaka Smart “Havoc” defense is just Nolan Richardson defense with more diamond cut presses. Bob Huggins from West Virginia uses the same high level press and it has gotten him far.

I respect what John Thompson did for black men by giving them a chance to attend a prestigious university and becoming a father figure but Nolan did that as well and his on court style still has use.

 

[North of Death]

This is thread is wild disrespectful to Nolan Anderson and I’m not saying that because Mike Anderson is our coach but Nolan Richardson style of basketball is still being used 40 years after he implemented it for a reason. Shaka Smart “Havoc” defense is just Nolan Richardson defense with more diamond cut presses. Bob Huggins from West Virginia uses the same high level press and it has gotten him far.

I respect what John Thompson did for black men by giving them a chance to attend a prestigious university and becoming a father figure but Nolan did that as well and his on court style still has use.

Exactly people dismissing Nolan as if he was a nobody in the sport smh

 

[lochead]

I thought Bryant Reeves was pretty dominant at that time. Also there was Joe Smith, Eric Montross, Vin Baker, Elton Brand, Lorenzen Wright, Marcus Camby (although not as skilled but still explosive) etc..There was talent at the center position in college basketball from the mid to late 90s when Thompson retired...

Bruh... All those names you mentioned minus Brand was in the league by 99. And Elton played center by necessity for Duke because he was PF in the NBA.

Mods please lock this thread because I don’t like downing a legendary Black man to prop up another legendary Black man.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

It's Nolan Richardson. Full court pressure defense still effective today.

JT did a better job developing his players, but Nolan was more impactful at Basketball.

 

[North of Death]

Bruh... All those names you mentioned minus Brand was in the league by 99. And Elton played center by necessity for Duke because he was PF in the NBA.

Mods please lock this thread because I don’t like downing a legendary Black man to prop up another legendary Black man.

Which is why I mentioned mid to late 90's..And me personally im not downing Thompson at all just saying when stacking him up against someone like Nolan there isnt really much difference if your just focusing on the game itself

 

[Art Barr]

They were definitly true centers WHILE IN COLLEGE..

no,...
they were not.
they were undersized and playing out of position.



art barr

 

[Taadow]

tark and unlv systematically destroyed and revealed/exposed forty minutes of hell back then.
nobody effectively can use it anymore to be real.
if they dug in the crate. Yet these people don't dig in the crate.

so there you go.



art barr

Nah...they still using derivatives of 40 Minutes of Hell today, because it’s still more like for coaches to start 3 guards and/or have undersized players.

Whereas, you aren’t gonna get a team like Tark’s UNLV team everyday to beat that.