Isiah Thomas Dream Team Snub Unappreciation Thread

[Newzz]

Christian Laetner was the great white hope and poster boy from Duke University.


Of course he was gonna make the team over Shaq

 

[superunknown23]

Christian Laetner was the great white hope and poster boy from Duke University.


Of course he was gonna make the team over Shaq

Coach K was an assistant too

 

[NatiboyB]

the bigger snub might have been shaq being left off in favor of laetner.

I always wondered that back then but l8 was the player of the year and hit the shot and well he actually had a decent career him and Keith can horn were pretty good.

 

[Reggie]

We all know Zeke should have been on the OG Dream Team but that shows the clout that cats like Magic and Jordan had back then.

 

[bzb]

I always wondered that back then but l8 was the player of the year and hit the shot and well he actually had a decent career him and Keith can horn were pretty good.

shaq was clearly the more dominant college player and was also the consensus #1 draft pick. duke had won back to back chips so the choice of laetner wasn't too shocking, but it was pretty obvious they didn't want the team to be "too dark"... which was also a contributing factor to zeke being left off.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

shaq was clearly the more dominant college player and was also the consensus #1 draft pick. duke had won back to back chips so the choice of laetner wasn't too shocking, but it was pretty obvious they didn't want the team to be "too dark"... which was also a contributing factor to zeke being left off.

Or, the team already had Patrick Ewing and David Robinson and if one college player is to be included, you don't one that doesn't give you anything you don't already have. Laett as a stretch 4 gave them another look. Shaq would have seen even less floor time than Laett did in '92.

 

[b. woods]

the bigger snub might have been shaq being left off in favor of laetner.

at Jordan exercising the clause to get Laettner on the squad instead of

 

[Black Hans]

You know who was behind that, right?

 

[Jigganaut]

Or, the team already had Patrick Ewing and David Robinson and if one college player is to be included, you don't one that doesn't give you anything you don't already have. Laett as a stretch 4 gave them another look. Shaq would have seen even less floor time than Laett did in '92.

Man gone with that bullshyt man.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Or, the team already had Patrick Ewing and David Robinson and if one college player is to be included, you don't one that doesn't give you anything you don't already have. Laett as a stretch 4 gave them another look. Shaq would have seen even less floor time than Laett did in '92.

word because they were concerned about matchups against Angola and the rest of the world in 1992 with that lineup

 

[jwinfield]

Apparently being an a$$hole, burning bridges, spreading gay rumors about a player loved by everyone, freezing the GOAT out of an all-star game his rookie year and saying a player's race is the only reason he gets props has ramifications

 

[mastermind]

Christian Laetner was the great white hope and poster boy from Duke University.


Of course he was gonna make the team over Shaq

lets not disrespect Lattener. Breh is one of the GOAT college players of the last 40 years and had a few iconic basketball moments.

 

[Newzz]

lets not disrespect Lattener. Breh is one of the GOAT college players of the last 40 years and had a few iconic basketball moments.

I'm not disrespecting him. He was the Golden Boy of College Basketball.

 

[mastermind]

I'm not disrespecting him. He was the Golden Boy of College Basketball.

he was a bit more than "great white hope" breh.

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

Regardless

Jordan & Magic >>>>>>> Isiah