Thursday, December 31, 2009


Is Lance Stephenson going to have the best Frosh season ever as a Bearcat round baller?
Let's go to the trusty memory-bank, not the interwebs, thereby insuring two things.
1. I will forget somebody
2. I will get this post done much, much more quickly.

Oscar wasn't allowed to play his freshman season.
Roger McClendon was a better shooter, but couldn't create, handle or rebound like Lance.
Herb Jones wasn't a freshman for his first year here, same for Pete Mikeal
Kenyon wasn't Kenyon his freshman year, he something all together different and more terrifying. His line usually look something like this. 4 points on 2 dunks, 4 rebounds, 4 blocks, 4 fouls and 4 turnovers in 4 minutes.
Steve Logan was no where near the first team All-American he would mature into.
Dermarr, Dontonio, and (point guard from NY city whose name I can't remember and I'm not going looking for it) were three of the most hyped....got it, Kenny Satterfield.(thanks Blair) players ever to be recruited to UC. None of them could hold Lance's jock.
So that leaves Danny Fortson, the baby-faced Beast. It was over if he got the ball on the low block, great hands, great rebounder. He was option #1 the moment he arrived on campus.
To settle this debate we will have to wait to compare at the end of the season. So for now be content that he( Lance ) is having at least the second greatest Freshman season ever in the history of UC mens b-ball. Enjoy. Because there may never be anyone better. And he may only be at UC for one season. But where would he fit in the NBA. Sounds like a topic for another post. Until Happy New Year everyone (all 3 of you)!!

1 comment:

Big Primpin' said...

And I'm surprised you left off Max. Not that his freshman season was better than the one Lance is working on, but he certainly fits if you're going to name KMart, LoLo and others. And maybe Damon Flint?