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Originally Posted by kflo
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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I saw all the guys I mentioned.What I said is the consenus among people who have actually watched
ACC basketball over the period.There have been a very good number of ACC players who were demonstrably better than Jordan in college.As college players Phil Ford and David Thompson both made Jordan look mediocre and that is just the to beginning of the list.Jordan was a very good college player and nothing more.
Hakeem Olajuwon went first in the draft and then Sam Bowie was drafted.Do you think the immortal MJ would have been passed over for a guy like Sam Bowie?No...He wasn't anything of the sort coming out of college and absolutely noone knew what he would become at that point.Below the neck Len Bias was every bit as good a player as Jordan and he played like a superstar in college.Noone has any clue whether or not Bias could have approached him because he poisoned himself with cocaine,but anyone who watched both would know who was the better college player.