re: Chris Jackson- best ever?

Although CJ wasn't the best ever, you can't deny the fact that he was a very elite player. Man, I wish LSU just had one athlete on the 2011 team that was his caliber

Pete was best ever

CJ's college career puts him WAY ahead of Shaq.
Most of you must be trying to hold his muslim flaws and Shaqs success in the NBA against CJ.

CJ prob had a better COLLEGE career as an individual then MJ too.

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I have a friend (Texas fan, if that matters) who claims that Chris Jackson is the best college basketball player ever. I say that he isn't even the best in LSU history, I'd take Pistol Pete or Shaq over Jackson. Thoughts?

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First of all, Shaq, as good as he was in the NBA, was not close to being the college basketball player that CJ was. Shaq's later career and celebrity have given people the mistaken belief that he was the center of the team at LSU. CJ was the straw that stirred the drink, not Shaq.

CJ was the best I ever saw in person, and he was, imo, one of the best to ever play the game. And I don't think anybody that saw him play in college would or could disagree with that. He was unbelievable.

The fact that you put Pistol over CJ is not a revelation. The pistol was not just the best in LSU history, but the greatest college player of all time. Anybody who says different is full of it.

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The pistol was not just the best in LSU history, but the greatest college player of all time. Anybody who says different is full of it.

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I think there could be a good argument made for Alcinder.

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First of all, Shaq, as good as he was in the NBA, was not close to being the college basketball player that CJ was.

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Shaq won college player of the year and unanimous first team All-American twice

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First of all, Shaq, as good as he was in the NBA, was not close to being the college basketball player that CJ was. Shaq's later career and celebrity have given people the mistaken belief that he was the center of the team at LSU. CJ was the straw that stirred the drink, not Shaq. CJ was the best I ever saw in person, and he was, imo, one of the best to ever play the game. And I don't think anybody that saw him play in college would or could disagree with that. He was unbelievable. The fact that you put Pistol over CJ is not a revelation. The pistol was not just the best in LSU history, but the greatest college player of all time. Anybody who says different is full of it.

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I have to agree with this. I was too young to know about Pete Maravich at LSU, but watched him and listened to Jazz games on the radio. 44.2 ppg for a career, and in today's world 57 ppg.....unreal.

I saw CJ and he was great. But not Pete Maravich great.

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How had the better shot?

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Pete

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Neither do shootoing percentages. How had the better shot? Who was the faster player? Which was rthe better FT shooter? Who did Maravich play against at LSU?

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who had the better team around him?

Maravich was literally a one man team....saying CJ was better is just dumb.

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But without a quality guard, Alcinder rarely sees the ball

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Any guard could get the ball to Alcinder. He was far and away the countrys most dominant player in college and it wasnt close.

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Pistol needed little to no help, to produce

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My only knock on Pete (I was a huge fan) was that his teams never did well. Im sure it wasnt his fault.

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didn't he play with a bunch of slow white boys? Jus' askin'

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Yep..just like the rest of the SEC back then.

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by the way...that UK team full of "slow white boy" were the regular season champs 3 out of the 4 years that Maravich was at LSU

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Yes, I know they're record.