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    Default Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers?

    Bam Adebayo 2016-2017 An athletic and versatile big man excels in rebounding and shot-blocking 1x
    Derek Anderson 1996-1997 Versatile shooting guard known for his scoring and defensive tenacity
    Karl-Anthony Towns 2014-2015 A skilled center with scoring and rebounding and shooting prowess 2x
    Keith Bogans 1999-2003 A solid two-way guard known for his defensive skills
    Devin Booker 2014-2015 A scoring machine with a lethal outside shot 3x
    Sam Bowie 1979-1984 A skilled center that has been unfortunately plagued by injuries during his NBA career
    Rex Chapman 1986-1988 A talented shooting guard had a successful NBA career as a sharp shooter
    DeMarcus Cousins 2009-2010 A dominant big man with inside-out game and strong rebounding 4x
    Louie Dampier 1964-1967 A sharpshooting guard that became an ABA legend and one of Kentucky's all-time greats
    Anthony Davis 2011-2012 A versatile big man with elite shot-blocking and scoring skills 9x
    Tony Delk 1994-1996 A talented guard with a deadly outside shot helped lead Kentucky to an NCAA title
    De'Aaron Fox 2016-2017 Lightning-fast point guard with great playmaking ability 1x
    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2017-2018 A smooth combo guard with excellent scoring and playmaking skills 1x
    Alex Groza 1947-1949 A skilled big man and a key contributor to Kentucky's early success
    Cliff Hagen 1951-1954 An accomplished forward played a significant role in Kentucky's success
    Tyler Herro 2018-2019 A sharpshooting guard stayed one season before going into NBA
    Dan Issel 1967-1970 A Kentucky legend that was a dominating scoring in ABA and NBA 6x
    Jamaal Magloire 1996-2000 Dominant center during his college years known for his rebounding and shot-blocking 1x
    Jamal Mashburn 1991-1993 A dynamic forward with scoring and rebounding abilities 1x
    Ron Mercer 1995-1997 An athletic guard known for his scoring skills
    Jamal Murray 2015-2016 A clutch performer and excellent shooter 1x
    Scott Padgett 1995-1999 A solid forward with shooting and defensive abilities
    Tayshaun Prince 1998-2002 A lanky forward known for his defensive prowess and three-point shooting
    Frank Ramsey 1951-1954 An accomplished forward that went on to win 7 NBA championships with Boston Celtics
    Julius Randle 2013-2014 A strong forward with versatile inside scoring currently shining for the Knicks 2x
    Pat Riley 1964-1967 An accomplished guard at UK turned into NBA role player then successful coach and executive
    Rajon Rondo 2005-2006 A brilliant passer Rondo was one of the NBA's premier point guards 4x
    Antoine Walker 1994-1996 A versatile forward known for his scoring and ball-handling skills 3x
    Kenny Walker 1982-1986 A high-flying forward that won the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion
    John Wall 2009-2010 A lightning-fast point guard and top-notch playmaker 5x

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    Default Re: Besides America would any countries, all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timer

    Team of countries that were once in the Soviet union could probably do it.

    Would the all-time Spain team win off chemistry?

    Greece would be more of a problem than you’d think at first.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    I know this does not address the question particularly, but I would like to see the all-time Kansas and UNC rosters to see how they stack up against the all-time Kentucky roster. The UCLA roster might look a little interesting also.

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    Of the top My head you would have Kareem and Walton at the center with Kevin Love at the four unless you want to play Walton there. Reggie would be at the 2. You have Westbrook and Baron Davis for the point. Holiday if you prefer defense. I think you’d have to put Jamal Wilkes at the three? Wait Marques Johnson. He was a lot better than people right now would think but he wouldn’t win you any votes if you were gonna do a poll.

    Kiki Vandeweghe?

    UCLA would definitely have a squad but less modern players

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    I'd like to see some more documentaries about college basketball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 90sgoat View Post
    I'd like to see some more documentaries about college basketball.


    It is hard for people today to understand how huge college basketball was back in the 80s/90s. If a guy left for the NBA after 3 years, like MJ did, that was considered leaving early. Nobody was doing the one and done thing then. Guys who left after 2 (Iverson, Isiah) were exceptions.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    Kentucky have a bunch of 2nd/3rd tier Hall of Famers/All-Stars. Any player of the years/conference here? I'm not too sure.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    Quote Originally Posted by tontoz View Post
    It is hard for people today to understand how huge college basketball was back in the 80s/90s. If a guy left for the NBA after 3 years, like MJ did, that was considered leaving early. Nobody was doing the one and done thing then. Guys who left after 2 (Iverson, Isiah) were exceptions.
    College was definitely bigger than the nba until maybe…the second bulls threepeat. Bird and Magic in college is still the highest rated basketball game of any kind ever. 40 million people. Second is Jordan’s last bulls game and third is game 7 of the 16 finals at 32 million.

    Bird and Magic did record numbers without nba fanbases.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    Quote Originally Posted by Kblaze8855 View Post
    College was definitely bigger than the nba until maybe…the second bulls threepeat. Bird and Magic in college is still the highest rated basketball game of any kind ever. 40 million people. Second is Jordan’s last bulls game and third is game 7 of the 16 finals at 32 million.

    Bird and Magic did record numbers without nba fanbases.
    I started watching basketball (NBA) in 1994. I can't remember ever watching a college game until the early 2000s maybe. I mean not even willingly. Just on TV going thru the stations. I have no recollection. Had to be Melo at Syracuse.

    What I did get was a lot of college basketball cards. For some reason I have a bunch of Glenn Robinson Purdue cards lol.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any countries, all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timer

    Team USA has lost to far worse talent. AD / KAT / Bam / Booker / SGA / Rondo / Fox is just ridiculous. That team would sweep NBA championships.

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    USA Has definitely lost to less talented lineups but the team you could build all time? You basically take the dream team and swap out a few people from the redeem team and maybe toss Steph and KD in there somewhere. Maybe Kareem or Shaq for the **** of it. I don’t think they would lose if they weren’t ****ing around.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    Quote Originally Posted by L.Kizzle View Post
    I started watching basketball (NBA) in 1994. I can't remember ever watching a college game until the early 2000s maybe. I mean not even willingly. Just on TV going thru the stations. I have no recollection. Had to be Melo at Syracuse.

    What I did get was a lot of college basketball cards. For some reason I have a bunch of Glenn Robinson Purdue cards lol.
    Robinson might be the last of the guys who when people who remember him well talk about how good he was they largely mean in college. I wouldn’t be able to convey how good Glenn Robinson was thought to be by the college lovers. Kidd and Grant Hill went second and third behind him and it wasn’t big controversy. It was generally understood that Glenn was a monster.

    when Carmelo was at Syracuse, the old people were saying he could be a Glenn Robinson type and they didn’t mean it as an insult. He held out on the books, trying to get a 10 year $100 million contract as a rookie. He got the 10 years but only 68 million. And then he felt stupid for even that because contracts jumped so much.

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    Default Re: Besides America would any country’s all-time team defeat, the Kentucky all timers

    Quote Originally Posted by L.Kizzle View Post
    I started watching basketball (NBA) in 1994. I can't remember ever watching a college game until the early 2000s maybe. I mean not even willingly. Just on TV going thru the stations. I have no recollection. Had to be Melo at Syracuse.

    What I did get was a lot of college basketball cards. For some reason I have a bunch of Glenn Robinson Purdue cards lol.
    I watched Allen Iverson's last game for some reason. Even here in Europe, he must have been big enough of a prospect to warrant a college game being shown.

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    Maybe France? They have too many big men, maybe some kind of jumbo line up can work - tony parker/batum/diaw/wemby/gobert?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 90sgoat View Post
    I watched Allen Iverson's last game for some reason. Even here in Europe, he must have been big enough of a prospect to warrant a college game being shown.
    None. I don't even know what station college ball came on.
    Now, this just came to me I remember I guess thier version of all star weekend. I vividly remember some guy from Cincinnati in third dunk contest and a 3 point shot out. Not sure of the year tho.

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