According to Dictionary.com the word great means the following "a person who has achieved importance or distinction in a field." The word great is throw
n around all the time when it comes to athletes and teams. As of late it has been thrown around with Tyler Hansbrough of the University of North Carolina. Tyler's stats prove that he is great- 142 games, 2,872 points, 1,219 rebounds, 53.1% Field Goal percentage, and 79.1% Free Throw percentage. Those have to make him one of the greatest college basketball players ever to play the game. He has the most points, rebounds and free throws in the ACC but many UNC fans are saying they wouldn't even put him on their all time North Carolina team. If not then what makes him so great, what makes anyone so great. It is all in the eye of the beholder, maybe I am great at something but you might think I am not. Who is to say that 20 years from now Tyler Hansbrough will not be so great because somebody else will be. M.jpg)
ichael Jordan was just inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts with David Robinson and John Stockton. So is this the greatest Hall of Fame class ever in basketball or would it be the 1980 class of Oscar Robertson, John Lucas, and Jerry West. Who decides that they are any more greater than this class? Could Jordan play with Robertson, could West play with Stockton? Could Hansbrough play 30 years ago in the 1970's? This argument can be set in any situation or scenario, so how great would that be!
n around all the time when it comes to athletes and teams. As of late it has been thrown around with Tyler Hansbrough of the University of North Carolina. Tyler's stats prove that he is great- 142 games, 2,872 points, 1,219 rebounds, 53.1% Field Goal percentage, and 79.1% Free Throw percentage. Those have to make him one of the greatest college basketball players ever to play the game. He has the most points, rebounds and free throws in the ACC but many UNC fans are saying they wouldn't even put him on their all time North Carolina team. If not then what makes him so great, what makes anyone so great. It is all in the eye of the beholder, maybe I am great at something but you might think I am not. Who is to say that 20 years from now Tyler Hansbrough will not be so great because somebody else will be. Michael Jordan was just inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts with David Robinson and John Stockton. So is this the greatest Hall of Fame class ever in basketball or would it be the 1980 class of Oscar Robertson, John Lucas, and Jerry West. Who decides that they are any more greater than this class? Could Jordan play with Robertson, could West play with Stockton? Could Hansbrough play 30 years ago in the 1970's? This argument can be set in any situation or scenario, so how great would that be!
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