keith crime 8 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...son/060619_bias Link to post Share on other sites
Jadaki 1 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Its a typical Scoop Jackson column. You either like his writing or you don't.As far as Bias, a lot of people don't understand how talented Bias was because back in the early 80's the only people who really saw him were people in the ACC part fo the country, he didn't have the exposure that a big time college player would have today.There was a interesting discussion about him on PTI a couple days ago. Link to post Share on other sites
keith crime 8 Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 I guess but I don't really remember anyone calling him MJ at the time - if you remember Brad Daugherty was picked ahead of him and Daugherty was so little thought of that the 76's traded the pick to the Cavs for Roy Hinson who was basically an All Star reserve at bestIf you go by the college hype Pearl Washington would be in the Hall of Fame. I just think when someone dies they get romanticized. A lot of these hugely hyped guys wind up sucking which means - they sign a big contract with a team run by Isaiah Thomas Link to post Share on other sites
socalpoker_j 1 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 It was a nice tribute to someone that could have been but never was.. Scoop's writing generally appeals to me, but since I wasn't around to witness Bias' skills to compare them to MJ's I'm not sure... It reminds me of a movie called "The Goat" about a street legend named Earl Manigault who was supposedly the greatest player that Kareem Abdul Jabbar ever played against/watched... but was ruined by drugs, and could have been but wasnt... Link to post Share on other sites
kers2 0 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I guess but I don't really remember anyone calling him MJ at the time - if you remember Brad Daugherty was picked ahead of him and Daugherty was so little thought of that the 76's traded the pick to the Cavs for Roy Hinson who was basically an All Star reserve at bestYea but no one was comparing anyone to MJ at that time. He wasnt "Jordan" yet. He was only 2 years into the league at that point. The Bias thing is such an unsolved mystery, that it gets many different points of view. No one knows if he really was a drug addict, or it was just that one time. What's unfortunate is that he lost his life, and basketball fans didnt get to see what he really could do. Who knows, maybe he becomes a washout just like many of the other 86 draftees, or he becomes better than Jordan? We'll never know Link to post Share on other sites
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