Favorite Player Poll- JWill vs. Tate Armstrong

[JasonEvans]

1. Jason Williams vs. 32. Tate Armstrong

--Jason "feel free to post your reasons for voting for either of these greats" Evans

[jlear]

Tate = 83 games played - 41 games started - 1304 pts - 217 assists
Jwill = 108 games played - 108 games started - 2079 pts - 644 assists

[bird]

JWill. My reason? Gone in 54 Seconds. We could use a thread/poll on greatest individual performances by a Duke player in a single game. That would be in my top ten. I still laugh every time I think about it.

[mapei]

JWill is the most explosive guard I have ever seen in college basketball. Case closed.

[Carlos]

J-Will could pitch a shutout here unless Tate's family shows up to vote.

[DukieInKansas]

J-Will could pitch a shutout here unless Tate's family shows up to vote.

My grandparents were Armstrongs - but no relation that I know of. Just thought he should get a vote.

(JWill vs MD is definitely a great memory!)

[trinity92]

and I'd probably take jason. He just had so much game, was so quick, such a great shooter and competitor.

[throatybeard]

I like Jason a lot too, but it's going to become clear pretty soon that "which of these two is your favorite" might as well be phrased "which of these two players played more recently?"

[merry]

I like Jason a lot too, but it's going to become clear pretty soon that "which of these two is your favorite" might as well be phrased "which of these two players played more recently?"

Or "which of these two players played in the years 1998-2002".

[elvis14]

Or "which of these two players played in the years 1998-2002".

I'll be the first to admit that I fall into the category of Duke fan that has very little knowledge of the team before 1998. I became a fan when Hurley was there.

[throatybeard]

I would suggest that everyone read Bill Brill's and Jim Sumner's books, particularly Bill's 1986 book.

[JasonEvans]

Or "which of these two players played in the years 1998-2002".

Then explain the performance of JD, Grant Hill, Laettner, and Bobby in this poll. That's 4 of the top 6 seeds from guys who graduated prior to 1995.

--Jason "I think a skewing towards the newer players is logical though as we get to see more games today than we did in the past" Evans

[77devil]

I like Jason a lot too, but it's going to become clear pretty soon that "which of these two is your favorite" might as well be phrased "which of these two players played more recently?"

Maybe so, perhaps even probably, but this is not the pair on which to advance the argument. JWill is arguably one of the best ever. Tate never met a jump shot he didn't like even with a teammate uncontested under the basket.

[gotoguy]

He looked like he coulda been a great surfer. He and JWill both played for my favorite Bulls. Since I saw him play live, I'll vote for Tate.

[Wander]

Anyone want to take an over/under bet on how many of these poll threads will have an older poster whining about the vote being weighted toward more recent players?

I'm not going to vote in any of these out of protest for Greg Paulus not making the field.

[merry]

Anyone want to take an over/under bet on how many of these poll threads will have an older poster whining about the vote being weighted toward more recent players?

Hey! Just because he has a beard doesn't mean throaty is old!

[throatybeard]

Hey! Just because he has a beard doesn't mean throaty is old!

I'm quite the spring chicken.

Actually, as I think I mentioned on a another board, the time is fast approaching when the beard will be half as old as I am.

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

Anyone want to take an over/under bet on how many of these poll threads will have an older poster whining about the vote being weighted toward more recent players?

I'm not going to vote in any of these out of protest for Greg Paulus not making the field.

Who knows? Paulus can still become everybody's darling. In fact, with every year that passes we can all have brand new all time faves. Fun thought.

Love, Ima

[Wander]

There are 16 of these polls initially, right? I think the over/under on how many of them contain a post whining in any form about picking more recent players should be set at 12. And I'll take the over (it's 2 of 2 so far).

[throatybeard]

Maybe so, perhaps even probably, but this is not the pair on which to advance the argument. JWill is arguably one of the best ever. Tate never met a jump shot he didn't like even with a teammate uncontested under the basket.

Again, best does not equal favorite. Except for some people.