OT: Other Chicago & General Sports Thread L: RIP Jerry Krause

[hawksrule]

McGrady, the heir apparent [to Jordan]?

There will never be another Jordan, but McGrady was sensational before his back problems. Better than Kobe imo.

 

[BK]

There will never be another Jordan, but McGrady was sensational before his back problems. Better than Kobe imo.

Better in what sense?

McGrady had knee issues too right? (I vaguely remember him having micro-fracture surgery but I stopped watching a lot of basketball a few years ago). McGrady could do it all and was fun to watch when he had it going. It is kind of disappointing that Carter and McGrady left Toronto because they would have been fun to watch together in their prime.

Kobe was so good in his prime though (closest player to Jordan we will ever see imo).

http://www.landofbasketball.com/player_comparison/kobe_bryant_vs_tracy_mcgrady.htm

 

[clydesdale line]

There will never be another Jordan, but McGrady was sensational before his back problems. Better than Kobe imo.

He was outstanding in his prime. Would've won championships if Grant Hill didn't have foot issues.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Man, ESPN is messing up not having this WBC broadcast in English. Not sure I like having to listen to this in another language.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

MLB Network owns the English rights...

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Hey Murray, good to see you again... forgot there was a WBC thread before posting in here

Still think it's stupid. What a treat for us college kids who have to watch cable.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Jordan and Phil made official statements. Extremely complimentary. Basically said Krause was an integral part of the dynasty.

That's nice to hear. They didn't all get along as we all know

 

[x Tame Impala]

There will never be another Jordan, but McGrady was sensational before his back problems. Better than Kobe imo.

This, although I wouldn't say he was better than Kobe. McGrady was a stud in the making. Injuries severely limited him.

 

[CptnSerious]

Woo, USA finally won a WBC title.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Can't stop laughing at this

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Alright, Xavier takes down Arizona. With Gonzaga winning and Michigan losing, only down side of the night was Kansas winning.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

My bracket was actually pretty solid until that game. If Arizona held on, was about to be 4/4 on the night. Dang. Besides the Kansas game, some petty high quality and entertaining games tonight.

 

[Any Colour You Like]

My bracket was doing fairly well, but I had Arizona in the Final Four.

 

[John Price]

Indiana is tentatively scheduling a news conference for Monday to introduce Dayton's Archie Miller as its next... https://t.co/K1KBkJzN8j

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Archie Miller to IU?

My guess for Indiana is either Marshall or Archie Miller.

Nice

Solid hire for Indiana, though.

 

[John Price]

Debate all you want about the ethics of firing crean but if he had to go hire Archie Miller. Home run hire of the hottest commodity out now that ensures a swift returns to relevance for Indiana basketball.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Debate all you want about the ethics of firing crean but if he had to go hire Archie Miller. Home run hire of the hottest commodity out now that ensures a swift returns to relevance for Indiana basketball.

They won the Big 10 last year.

 

[John Price]

They won the Big 10 last year.

They missed the ncaa tournament 5 out of 9 years.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

So much for the Hoosiers swinging for the fences to hire someone.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

They missed the ncaa tournament 5 out of 9 years.

But to claim they weren't relevant is hilarious.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

So much for the Hoosiers swinging for the fences to hire someone.

I'm sure they did. But Alford would be dumb to leave, Billy D and Brad Stevens are not leaving the NBA, and it looks like Wichita State may be going to another, more relevant conference and the Koch brothers can supply him all the money he wants... Those guys were all unrealistic.

And Archie is a homerun hire, IMO.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Oh yeah, not suggesting it's a bad hire, but there's a mild differences between reality and initial expectations at Indiana.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

True. But that's the way it is with most programs. It also didn't help Indiana that their top "targets" were already in such great positions. Really tough to see many reasons at all for Marshall, Donovan, Stevens, or Alford to leave. I think, if they wanted Marshall, that he would have been a lot more likely if Wichita wasn't likely to move conferences.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Eh.... I don't know. When I see a bunch of Hoosier friends all acting like they had a good chance at hiring Brad Stevens as soon as Cream got canned, I'm going to say that there's a bit of cloudy vision there more so than at most other places.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

As I've said, it's a delusional fan base.

And they never had interest in Alford, those rumors were all from his camp. After Sampson, they're aren't going to hire someone with any baggage. That's not how Fred Glass operates.