Greatest UK player All time

[Rupp'sRunt]

Ill go ahead and cast my vote for AD. Who do you guys think?

 

[Wallins Creek cat]

Issel. No contest.

 

[Rupp'sRunt]

Issel. No contest.

No championships though

 

[RoyKent]

Hard to say. Almost have to break it up into eras. Game has changed to much and is so different.

I will say Mashburn or AD

Followed closely by Issel or Cotton Nash

 

[David Rice]

Anthony Davis because of how he impacted the game.

 

[ZenCatFan73]

No championships though

Issel, with AD a close 2nd. Not gonna say AD is better because of the championship.

Now, my favorite is Monster Mash.

 

[*CatinIL*]

Issel. No contest.

In my lifetime...DI gets the nod.

 

[Chase4UK]

Billy Catalonia, now he was a player. aka "The Chick Magnet." Dude had a different chick every night. Sometimes two or three hotties the same night. He was the by far the best player I ever saw at UK. Oh, did you mean basketball player?

 

[FrankUnderwood]

Anthony Davis without hesitation

 

[FrankUnderwood]

Issel. No contest.

“No contest ?” Lol... Davis says hi !

 

[CELTICAT]

Put Davis on Issel’s teams, and I bet they make the final four.

Put Issel on the 2012 team and they probably win it all. And I don’t mean young Issel. Put a uniform on 65 year old Dan Issel and that team would still have gone all the way.

 

[JonathanW_rivals]

Issel

 

[Drcats2025]

Top 5
1. AD
2. Issel
3. Givens
4. Mashburn
5. Kat
6. Wall
7. Cousins
8. Sky Walker
9. Rex
10. Bowie

I just couldn’t stop at 5.....

 

[Pizza Slice]

Sam Malone

 

[Wall2Boogie]

Issel was before my time ad all day. Atleast from what I've ever seen

 

[Dallas-Wild]

Issel

But AD is nipping those heels

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

Love AD, Wall, Mash, KAT, Boogie, DA all the same for my lifetime. Too close to call for me. Thinking not just how great the are,but what they mean't to Ky.

 

[SemperFiCat]

I'm only 39, but have a hard thinking DI impacted a season like AD or was overall more talented. But, again, I didn't see Dan. Simply look at AD's resume over one freshman season. AD might be the best player since DI and for the next many years at UK.

 

[arenk]

Ill go ahead and cast my vote for AD. Who do you guys think?

Agree.

 

[Crawfords Corner]

AD and it aint even close. Easy way to conclude this one. In a game of One on One Issel, the greatest UK scorer of all-time, would struggle to put the ball in the basket against AD.

 

[KyFaninNC]

Dan Issel. Championship or not, what he did in 3 years has never been matched. Remember freshmen could not play varsity.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

Wait, I've seen this one before. I'll go AD. And the half the board says Issel.

But I'm strong in this one - AD, and it ain't close.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

 

[KyFaninNC]

AD and it aint even close. Easy way to conclude this one. In a game of One on One Issel, the greatest UK scorer of all-time, would struggle to put the ball in the basket against AD.

Basketball is not a one on one game. It is a team game and yes Issel would score on AD.

 

[Crawfords Corner]

Basketball is not a one on one game. It is a team game and yes Issel would score on AD.

The thread is entitled, greatest UK PLAYER OF ALL TIME. Your inclusion of "its not a one on one game" has nothing to do with the question. And, I didn't say he wouldn't score. I said he would struggle. He would.

 

[Drcats2025]

Top 5
1. AD
2. Issel
3. Givens
4. Mashburn
5. Kat
6. Wall
7. Cousins
8. Sky Walker
9. Rex
10. Bowie

I just couldn’t stop at 5.....

This. Genius list.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

Basketball is not a one on one game. It is a team game and yes Issel would score on AD.

He would / but at a 3 to 1 clip. If I'm building a team smack dab in the middle of Issel years and AD years, I'm taking AD, you take Issel. I'll win more games if the surrounding cast is equal. That's it. Game over.

 

[fs-ripcord65]

No championships though

THIS !

 

[Crawfords Corner]

How about this. Who are the two greatest players in UK history. That solves it. Issel and Davis.

 

[bfawns_]

Issel was the best I have ever seen in a KY uniform. I have been following since 1957. Davis is the best in the modern era, but noone has been better than "Big Dan"!

 

[83Cat_rivals79182]

Put Davis on Issel’s teams, and I bet they make the final four.

Put Issel on the 2012 team and they probably win it all. And I don’t mean young Issel. Put a uniform on 65 year old Dan Issel and that team would still have gone all the way.

Haha, made me laugh out loud!

 

[Zdata]

Cliff Hagan or Frank Ramsey

 

[Panthur]

Weak slow white flatfoot Dan Issel.

 

[*CatinIL*]

This thread will thin out the "old" (ME) UK fans from the "Youngster" UK fans. Regardless, all players that put on the UK uniform are awesome!

 

[jr40831]

Chris Gettelfinger

 

[Crawfords Corner]

AD was born the same year Issel was inducted in the HOF. I didn't know that.

 

[SemperFiCat]

National Player of the Year
1st Team All-American
National Defensive Player of the Year
National Freshman of the Year
Final Four MVP (despite six points in championship)
SEC Player of the Year
SEC Defensive Player of the Year
Single Season UK Blocks Record
NBA #1 Pick

...and that was in ONE YEAR, as a freshman.

It's AD, folks.

 

[JLK83]

Mashburn

 

[fatguy87]

Anthony Davis is the best I’ve seen at UK.

 

[JC CATS]

I'm only 39, but have a hard thinking DI impacted a season like AD or was overall more talented. But, again, I didn't see Dan. Simply look at AD's resume over one freshman season. AD might be the best player since DI and for the next many years at UK.

Issel averaged 34 ppg, not too shabby