Is Frank the best you've seen play in Red?

No Charlie Wills, Zach Morley or Tim Locum?  

Putting Penny in ahead of Danny Jones was hard enough.  

 

Thought more people would complain about leaving Patrick Tompkins off the list

Kim or was it Kerry Hughes?

LeRoy Stahl. In all seriousness, isn't Josh Gasser the best rebounding guard in the NCAA right now?

Finley

Harris

Tank

Rick Olson

Nigel (soon to be #1)

 

NOTE: Bronson soon to bump Rick.

Were any one of those guys on the list so far Freshman of the year in the B1G?

The only freshman to lead his team in points, rebounds, blocks, assists?

Freshman EVER..... Ever is a long time.

please limit your responses to coherent ones.

 

 

The Old Grey Lady profiles the best Badger coach ever.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02...?ref=sports&_r=1

OK, sorry.
To answer your thread question...No.

Frank is the best college player. He won't be the best pro player.  There may be 4 future NBA players on this team. Frank is a perfect player for the Spurs. I hope he ends up someplace like that. 

 

Dekker is probably under appreciated. We've just gotten used to the highlight reel plays. He's frustrating at times in disappearing, but he's got to be close to top 5 to play For UW. 

 

Hayes is a legit NBA forward just based on shooting range. 

 

The best college guy of all might turn out to be Koenig. If he gets the freedom that Devin Harris did, I can see him averaging over 20 ppints and 7 assists. i think there is some announcer bias at times because he's a white PG. He changes direction on offense as quick as any PG Bucky has ever had. He breaks guys ankles on a nightly basis and obviously has three point range. 

I was as impressed as anyone by what Smokey did as a freshman, but that season was not the best I've ever seen from a Badger (leading that team in stats, lets put a little context to that).  Freshman of the year in the Big Ten is a big deal, National player of the year is what Frank is doing this year.  

 

If Dekker sticks around next year (I doubt it), he has a chance.  Bronson could also get to that level, especially considering how much he grew already this year.  I don't think he will have a pro career like Finely, bu right now, what Frank is doing, is unlike what any Badger has done before him.   

Whoa, there kemosabe.  He isn't white.

Maybe you should ask his German Father.

What Kaminsky has done at Wisconsin is nothing short of amazing.  He was not a highly recruited guy but has developed into a dominant college player.  He's surpassed guys like Finley and Harris and Tucker by a mile IMO.

Koenig is the most intriguing guy on the roster because he is a bigger guy, he hits shots, and he simply does not turn the ball over. He might have the best tools of any UW player that translates to the pros.  The scary thing is he just gets better.

Good article, Maynard - thanks.

 

I forget which tournament game it was last year (I think Arizona), but Koenig came in for Jackson and his contribution was enormous.

 

I really like him.

Kaminsky is the best Badger by a lot. Mike Finley went on to a great pro career, but he wasn't as good as FK is now. Devin Harris too- great procareer, Frank is better. Tucker was a player of the year, a distinguished college player- Frank is better. 

 

He is the best all around player in the programs history. If he was more selfish he'd have better #s, but that's why he's the best. Inside, outside, passing, footwork, unselfishness, size, basketball iq... The total package. 

Not a single mention of Sam Okie?

not one single response from CHEEZE in this thread?

Don't care if was a home grown boy, he turned into a spoiled baby  traitor. Traitors don't get ranked. 

And he was not really very good

And the funny thing is last I heard he was living in Madison selling exercise equipment. 

I saw something about him being a hairdresser.

 

Is it necessary to put in? I thought it was pretty obvious.

Definitely not.

Grantland picks POYs of the major conferences.

 

http://grantland.com/the-trian...-12-kansas-jayhawks/

 

Here's their write-up on the Big Ten winner.

Big Ten — Frank Kaminsky (Wisconsin)

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It’s a common tactic in sports debates to tear down the opposing point of view to build up one’s own. Ask a fan of a team on the bubble why their team deserves a spot in the NCAA tournament, and they’ll probably tell you why other bubble teams shouldn’t get in. The goal isn’t always to win these arguments — it’s to make your opponent lose. I won’t take that approach here. Okafor is a fine basketball player. He’s the rightful first pick in the draft. But Kaminsky deserves to be named national player of the year.

If you start explaining Kaminsky’s game to someone and the words “efficient” and “versatile” aren’t among the first out of your mouth, you’re doing something wrong. And it’s worth emphasizing: Kaminsky’s versatility is real, and it’s spectacular. So often, guys who are tall and can shoot get tagged with the “versatile” label when they’re just as one-dimensional as traditional back-to-the-basket big men. Bo Ryan could give Kaminsky any set of rules — don’t dribble; dribble at least five times before shooting; stay on the block all game; stay outside the 3-point line all game; use only your left hand — and Kaminsky would still probably find a way to score 20 points.

Of all the great numbers Kaminsky puts up, the two most impressive are his 2.6 assists and 1.6 fouls per game. That’s double the assists he averaged last year and almost an entire foul fewer. It’s one thing to be a versatile scorer. But Kaminsky has taken his game to mind-blowing heights by being second on Wisconsin in assists, even though he’s teammates with two of the best point guards in college basketball. And if Kaminsky’s scoring and passing aren’t impressive enough, consider this: How many 7-footers play 32 minutes per game, aren’t awful defensively, and never get into foul trouble?

Congratulations to Frank Kaminsky, 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year. #Badgers #BeFrank pic.twitter.com/EnSmb0mxCy

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 9, 2015

Josh got in on the accolades.  

 

 

Congratulations to Josh Gasser on being named to the 2015 Big Ten All-Defensive Team. #Badgers #CaptainAmerica pic.twitter.com/8rGT8qdw8o

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 9, 2015

and Sam 

Congratulations to Sam Dekker on earning consensus 2015 Second-Team All-Big Ten honors. #Badgers pic.twitter.com/VSVNeHswtx

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 9, 2015

And Nigel

 

 

Congratulations to Nigel Hayes on earning consensus 2015 Third-Team All-Big Ten honors. #Badgers pic.twitter.com/0mJbMqgp1G

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 9, 2015

And Bo

 

 

Congratulations to head coach Bo Ryan, 2015 Big Ten Coach of the Year by the coaches. #Badgers #BoKnows pic.twitter.com/KicwtJAx67

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 9, 2015

Jordan Smith

It's a live interview.. But he's also in the living room eating moo goo gai pan.... Fascinating

 

Put some pants on!!

Frankie messing around with the space time continuum again? He does that all the time on the basketball court. No other way to explain some of those moves.

No offense to Frank but Koenig is looking pretty good right now

They are just collapsing on Frank and he is dishing out.

 

Like looking in a mirror.