All-time defensive players
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Wasn't Justus Thigpen a pretty good defender? All I can remember about his playing days at ISU was that he had a very unconventional looking jumper. With a shot that ugly he must have been good on the defensive side.
I remember that game. People who don't remember Wayman Tisdale won't understand how big of an accomplishment that was. He was first team All American THREE YEARS IN A ROW! That was hack a Wayman by ISU before Hack a Shak was invented.
I, however, will remember Ron Harris most for his offense. One of my first times playing pick-up bball in Beyer (before the Rec Center was built) I set up in the middle of the lane and Ron came down and planted a knee in my chest as he rose up to dunk over me. He landed a straddle of me on the floor with the wind knocked out of me and said, "Ain't no charges in pick up games white boy."
With that I would have later countered with, "there are no blocks, reach ins, or hacks in pick-up" and been like a gnat all day.
Not really. He had more steals than Bayless as a senior, but he really shouldn't be in an All-Defensive player thread.
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Thigpen is 2nd in all-time career steals behind Hornacek, so I'd say he was kind of good.
You're right, being 2nd all time in steals doesn't make him an all time great defender.
I know, I was agreeing with your valid points on why he isn't an all time defender.
There were some good ones back in Johnny's day, even though defense wasn't his forte. Ron Harris, Ron Virgil, Sam Hill, Kenny Pratt, Tinsley, Cato
