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Old 05-01-2006, 11:59 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Len Bias or Michael Jordan?

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Originally Posted by Diable
Actually MJ is vastly overrated as a college player by people who assume that he was MJ back then.He played for some really outstanding teams,but he wasn't even the best player on two of the three teams he played for.He was extremely good,but nothing resembling the dominant player that he became.As a college player he probably just barely gets into the top ten in ACC history.Bias was absolutely amazing.He was doing all the things that Jordan did in the NBA at UMd(including the part where neither of them showed up for classes).In ACC history I would rate him just behind David Thompson,Phil Ford and maybe Johnny Dawkins.After that it's silly to compare the greatest of all time to a guy who killed himself freebasing cocaine before he ever stepped onto an NBA court.
he (jordan) was a consensus college player of the year and 2 time 1st team all-american (2 time sporting news poty) , bias a 1 time 1st team all-american (who didn't win poty).
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