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Best Player Ever From The State Of Connecticut

superjohn said:
Who gives a s^^^ where they were born, they are all from CT. They lived in CT. their whole lives and never picked up a football, bat, or hockey stick in any of those other states. You think North Carolina people are saying but Jordan was born in Brooklyn?
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Hey I agree both with the from part and your selections. I was just going off the debate in the thread.
 
Huskybass said:
He went to high school in CT. Isn't that what should count?
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If Palmer has stayed at St Joes would you have counted him? That would’ve felt more like a hired gun.
 
superjohn said:
Basketball- Calvin Murphy
Football- Steve Young
Baseball- Jeff Bagwell
Boxing- Willie Pep
Hockey- Brian Leetch
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Didn't know Pep was from CT
 
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Connecticut has a great history of small guards (around 6 feet and under) in addition to Calvin Murphy and they are all some of the greatest in Connecticut history. They include Wes Matthews, John Bagley, Michael Adams and Rod Foster. I'm sure I'm missing some others.
 
I wasn’t around for Murphy but I know he was so good they had to show his high school games on closed circuit in the auditorium because so many people came to watch him play!
 
crazyUCfan23 said:
Tyler Olander
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lavuuk153 said:
Young, Bagwell, and Leetch weren’t born in CT. We probably need some rules on “from” cause I think all 3 would easily qualify. Hockey would probably be Drury or Quick if we go with born.
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Bagwell was from Middletown I thought
 
And what about John Starks?? Didn’t the Knicks “bag” him up at a grocery store in Milford?
 
Malcolm Huckaby is at least top 10-15
 
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Murphy
Williamcon
Soup Campbell
Dropo
Egan
Cornie
Tony H
Earl K
Drummond
Tom Roy
Art Quimby
 
Huskybass said:
He went to high school in CT. Isn't that what should count?
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Why?

If you only spent 4 years in the state but more in others, why would an arbitrary set of 4 years matter more than others?
 
Sachem said:
All the coach’s in the 90’s in Babe Ruth told us you can be just like Bagwell. Now it’s my boy AJ Pollack!
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I played against him. Didn’t realize he was only a frosh or soph.

Wasn’t even the best player on his team at the time. Wild how much he developed.
 
the Q said:
Why?

If you only spent 4 years in the state but more in others, why would an arbitrary set of 4 years matter more than others?
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Well it doesn't apply to Drummond. His hometown is Middletown, he lived there since he was in first grade.
 
superjohn said:
Well it doesn't apply to Drummond. His hometown is Middletown, he lived there since he was in first grade.
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Yeah, I wasn’t referring to anyone specifically. Just in general. The comment came off like everyone is just from where they went to hs.
 
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husky429 said:
He moved here when he was 7
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Yeah I wasn’t referring specially to a player. I just dislike the concept that wherever you went to hs is automatically where you’re “from”
 
the Q said:
Yeah I wasn’t referring specially to a player. I just dislike the concept that wherever you went to hs is automatically where you’re “from”
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Drummond actually lived in CT, didn't just come to CT to play high school ball. He did finish up at St. Thomas More after 2 years at Capital Prep in Hartford.

In the case of a kid who simply came to Connecticut to play high school basketball I would not necessarily consider him to be from Connecticut.
 
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