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Damon was a really good all around player, but the problem was he was a 6-3 forward. Dude is like in the top 5 or 10 for every stat all time @ Indiana.
AJ Guyton is another favorite Hoosier that hung around the pros playing usually on dreg clubs.
One other Hoosier that had an interesting if future predictive career as a hard working pro is Dean Garrett. Dean was a transfer and the big guy was huge part of the '87 championship team, who got no look to the pros out of college but later played for the T-Wolves like after a decade in Europe. One of the early guys to take that route to the pros.
Rony Seikaly was a really good pro. I think he went to a couple All Star games didn't he? He was on some of the early good Heat teams and also played in the 87 championship game for Syracuse.
Saw this one more than a few times when I was playing in a band going to shows on the by-pass.
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One of these banners for Diane Sawyer used to be on a building right behind Third Street Dive when we played there I saw all the time.
Another player I loved as a kid watching the Pacers who definitely deserves to be in this type of hall (although he retired earlier) is Detlef Schrempf. That dude was THE first of his kind that big tall, all around baller that could shoot European. He was decent for Indiana and I get why they traded him, but he really got good in Seattle playing with the X man (& Sam Perkins) and won a Sixth man of the year.
Loved Sam Perkins and considering how well he could shoot 3s as a 7 footer, I think he could have been even better perhaps in this modern game.
― earlnash, Monday, 25 July 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
Fred Hoiberg - well loved player in his time with the Pacers and occasional 3 point line bench trigger man for the Bulls. I kinda think he should have never left coaching Iowa State.
Chuck Hayes deserves some respect, as that dude crawed out a long career playing tough ass defense for Houston after playing at UK. Him and Tayshaun were some of Tubby's best players, dudes that stayed 4 years and got better and played hard as nails. Tubby was a good coach, but he did not have the recruiting acumen to keep UK at the top. Dude did some good things in the community when he was in Lexington and it is remembered to this day, even though they many in the fanbase gave him way too much shit for not winning when he was the coach.
― earlnash, Monday, 25 July 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link