What athlete of a rival team

[skysdad]

that by nature you should have despised but just couldn't bring it on yourself to do it.


My 1st pick is Bobby Jones of unc. UI usually don't use capital letters when I refer to unc or unc personal or alumni but with Jones it's different . Classy player and human being and I became a fan when he went to the Sixers. I was very happy when he left unc. OFC

 

[PixelDevil]

Kennedy Meeks

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lol jk, I don't like him

 

[langdon for 3]

Sean May - i thought he was awesome, and so happy when he left.

 

[RanDEVILman]

No one from Maryland ever!

From UNC i liked Branden Wright, probably because he was only there one year.

 

[jnastasi]

Joel Barry and Joe Forte

 

[Stevo-910]

rashad mccants i kid. thats tough dante calabria kris Lang jawad williams

 

[DukeRulesBasketball]

Marcus Paige for me!

 

[hart2chesson]

No question Bobby Jones- one of the classiest players we ever played against- on ANY TEAM....Overcame epilepsy too, playing on THREE different seizure meds while he was in the NBA....A TRUE MODERN DAY HERO AND ROLE MODEL....

OFC

 

[Jnood]

Antwan Jamison

 

[RanDEVILman]

Antwan Jamison

I would agree, I thought about him, then remembered him just killing us a couple times in 97-98...I think. Especially the ACCT Championship game. Smh

 

[LTDukeFan]

Ed Cota for me.

 

[sheyduke]

Bonzi Colson.

The kid has a monster game every time he plays us and just works his tail off.

UNC would be M. Paige.

 

[Laettner15]

Tyler Zeller... I mean who else would be nice enough to spot us 2 points at chapel hill.

 

[Jnood]

I would agree, I thought about him, then remembered him just killing us a couple times in 97-98...I think. Especially the ACCT Championship game. Smh

Top 1 guys that seem like a Duke guy, that went to UNC.

 

[skysdad]

No question Bobby Jones- one of the classiest players we ever played against- on ANY TEAM....Overcame epilepsy too, playing on THREE different seizure meds while he was in the NBA....A TRUE MODERN DAY HERO AND ROLE MODEL....

OFC

A Duke kind of player if there ever was one. Would have loved to see him come along 20 25 years later. Coach K would have him in a Duke uniform. OFC

 

[hart2chesson]

A Duke kind of player if there ever was one. Would have loved to see him come along 20 25 years later. Coach K would have him in a Duke uniform. OFC

No doubt about it...Duke type of player!! OFC

 

[Laettshow]

A few years ago when Miami put it on us and was slapping the court, the Larkin kid from there I really liked.
Always played smart and tough.

 

[Laettshow]

Honorable mention would have to go to Wall2Boogie.

NOTTTTTT!

 

[DukeDenver]

Sean Singletary

 

[2 skerz 3]

Ed Cota for me.

I 2nd Ed Cota. Loved his game and tried to hate him so much, but couldn't!

 

[2 skerz 3]

Bonzi Colson.

The kid has a monster game every time he plays us and just works his tail off.

UNC would be M. Paige.

Good call on Bonzi! M. Paige, not so much!

 

[germantondevil]

Back in the day of the home and home when Tim Duncan kicked our hind ends on a regular basis. Super kid and loved watching him in the NBA but I was so happy when he graduated.

 

[Laettner]

Steve Hale, that kid worked his tail off.

 

[Laettner]

that by nature you should have despised but just couldn't bring it on yourself to do it.


My 1st pick is Bobby Jones of unc. UI usually don't use capital letters when I refer to unc or unc personal or alumni but with Jones it's different . Classy player and human being and I became a fan when he went to the Sixers. I was very happy when he left unc. OFC

I loved those early 80's Sixers and Jones was just the smartest player.

 

[MSUbluedevil]

Brice Johnson from UNC, John Gilchrist from Maryland.

 

[BOOGIEMAN1914]

i loved rasheed wallace and rashad mccants

 

[Lavar5150]

Juan Dixon

 

[LetsGoDukies]

Justin Jackson - I have a lot of respect for him and his game. But I am glad he's gone!

 

[dukedevilz]

Stilman White
Will Johnson
Orlando Melendez

Those 3 usually didn't annoy me....

 

[DukeRulesBasketball]

i loved rasheed wallace and rashad mccants

I can see maybe mccants, but I know u have to be joking when you say Rasheed Wallace!!

 

[DukefanKY]

We weren't rivals, but I hated UK anyway. I guess my pick would be Mashburn

 

[DukefanKY]

If I HAVE to go with a direct rival, I guess it would be Berry, like others have said.

 

[dukiejay]

Recent examples include Bonzi Colson and Justin Jackson for me. Colson gets absolutely everything out of himself and leaves it all on the floor. As for Jackson, he's a hard kid to dislike.

I would say Jamison, but he absolutely killed us for three years....and it felt like a dozen. Although I hated those Maryland teams in the early 2000s, Steve Blake was another guy you loved to hate, but if he was on your team you adored him.

Lastly, Karl Anthony Towns. That 2015 UK team became very unlikable, but I think it ultimately had more to do with their fans than players, as it ultimately does with them. Now KAT is in Minnesota playing for the Wolves. He's a future star and likely HOFer if he avoids injuries. Even more impressive....he's a better person than player.

 

[bluemetro]

Bonzi Colson, going way back I feared Sam Perkins at unc, the Caucasian point guard at Maryland who played with Dixon ( had a very long NBA career and was a lock down defender, drove JWill nuts) and not a huge rival team until recently but Malcom Brogdon would have been super at Duke IMO.

Steve Blake...my almost AARP brain just kicked into second gear.

Perhaps the best of all was sadly Len Bias. I was tremendously upset when he died and I never liked Maryland, but that guy was special and his best game may have been dismantlement of unc in the dome.

 

[Danger 35 Zone]

Tim Duncan.

Recently Justin Anderson from UV

I'm am surprised people mentioned Brice Johnson though. I see him as one of the least classy players in College basketball the last Decade or so. Always screaming, flexing and trying to show up the other players. Plus he went over the back on 90% of his rebounds

 

[christophero]

Kenny Anderson. Holy cats he was a good college player. Saw him play in the NYC Catholic school championship against Malik Sealy's team. My goodness.

 

[Showenuff]

There was only one UNC player I ever really liked. Eric Montross. That dude was cool.

 

[Showenuff]

One other player I should have despised but just couldn't bring myself to do it? That asshole, that glorious game dominating asshole, Christian Laettner....Ahahahahaha!

 

[skysdad]

But he's our asshole and that makes it different. OFC

 

[Deli owl]

Jason Williams - White Chocolate