Carson Williams and Larry Bird

[Randy Parker]

I think people keep missing the high school comparison and keep looking at the Hall of Fame, Larry Legend, greatest Celtic ever comparison.

 

I agree with you here. Knowing what Bird eventually became makes the comparison with Williams downright silly, but the comparison is not Williams to the NBA legend. It's to the high school Larry Bird. It's still a bad comparison, simply based on the schools that recruited Bird vs. those that recruited Williams, but not nearly as out there.

 

It's like my long-held belief that Michael Jordan is not the greatest college basketball player who played at North Carolina. Include his pro career and he's the best of all-time, but just look at his UNC career and he's not #1.

[AreLinz]

Does he pass/have vision like Bird?

[75center]

Well along the theme of this thread title, Larry went to play for IU, one of the top 5 programs and coaches in college basketball at the time.

 

Never actually played for them. He left school before practice even started.

[spindoc]

Never actually played for them. He left school before practice even started.

Not the point at all.

[Adopted Purple]

Ten pages of silliness. Comparing this kid to Larry Bird and saying he was better than Rex Chapman is so asinine that it's funny. He's got nowhere to go but down. I'm just glad the kid is going to attend a powerhouse like NKU!!!

[NKY Bandit]

Be careful here. No offer from X. I don't think he had offers from Vols nor Butler.

 

I think he picked NKU over Miami (O), EKU, and schools at that level.

 

He said being 55 miles from home was a big factor for NKU.

 

isn't EKU about the same distance from Owenton?

[spindoc]

isn't EKU about the same distance from Owenton?

mapquest says Owenton is 76.9 miles from Richmond.

[PurplePride92]

mapquest says Owenton is 76.9 miles from Richmond.

 

You still use mapquest? You sure you didn't see Larry in high school?

[PurplePride92]

Ten pages of silliness. Comparing this kid to Larry Bird and saying he was better than Rex Chapman is so asinine that it's funny. He's got nowhere to go but down. I'm just glad the kid is going to attend a powerhouse like NKU!!!

 

Indiana State is a powerhouse?

[spindoc]

You still use mapquest? You sure you didn't see Larry in high school?

Siri was having a hard time deciphering redneck I guess.

[spindoc]

Indiana State is a powerhouse?

come on DA, he was recruited and signed with IU first. Not the same thing at all.

[PurplePride92]

come on DA, he was recruited and signed with IU first. Not the same thing at all.

 

 

I'm just saying. . From IU to Indiana State.

[spindoc]

 

I'm just saying. . From IU to Indiana State.

But that's where he was recruited out of high school, where this thread is planted.

[PurplePride92]

But that's where he was recruited out of high school, where this thread is planted.

 

True. But again it brings to mind that sometimes folks get even better at the next level. Think of all the kids who were better high school basketball players than Steph Curry. I don't see why the comparison can't be the same with anyone against high school aged Larry Bird.