Nah, I'd still give that title to Jimmer Fredette. Jimmer's game was tailor made for college but got exposed quickly in the NBA. Hansbrough's career at least had some longevity before he got pushed out of the league.
He was a little more than energy. He had really good instincts on the boards, was a great screen setter, a decent passer, and had decent post skills. 6'8 guys dont make it as far as he did with just energy.
I love this show called Stunted Growth, seeing all the college basketball stars and NBA stars who were stunted...This is like Unsung with basketball players.....Great Channel!!
Great video. I think he overachieved to be honest. Dude was a work horse and really proved alot of folks wrong. For him to last 7 seasons in the NBA is a test that he got the best out of his talent. His "prime" was college tho.
His game was 20 years too late. His game was suited for the 80s and before. Goes to show your high school and most college coaches don't really prepare you for the next level. They just want what you can do for them now. Its up to you to work on your own to prepare yourself for the next level.
I’m a Carolina fan but we all knew he wasn’t going to be a good pro. His game doesn’t translate. He could have been a decent roll player in the right system. Basically he’s the Tim Tebow of college basketball. With that being said I still love the guy. He’s one of the greats of the ACC.
He sat the bench in highschool his sophomore year & we would smash them! Me and one of my team mates were the most famous local players in southern Missouri during this time , and then out of blue, from 1 season to the next this kid turned into a freak show! He couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time & then 1 year later winning state titles and getting D1 offers, I mean freaking crazy! Went on to get the goat! Just so crazy to think about for me knowing he never saw the floor for a couple years of high school. But we all know how the rest went! Which is crazy! Missouri Legend , UNC legend , NCAA Legend!
Hansbrough was probably the perfect college player. He had just the right game for college. Super motivated, too. But if you want to make it to the pros, you have to be able to adapt your game to what you are required to do at the pro level, otherwise you won't last long
@@Mo1683 not really, I said he was perfect for college. But what he did well in college, he wasn't able to do in the NBA, and he wasn't able to change his game and adapt to the pro game which required more shooting and more bball iq
Mahmoud is my guy bro I see him a lot at our masque go to. Well when he can make it. Up until this day he’s an amazing shooter. His nba career got ruined cause he didn’t stand for national anthem after that they got on his line and really faded away after that
I met this guy when I worked at the movie theatre during high school in Durham. He was wearing full UNC gear at the mall. He asked for free popcorn and drinks bcs of he’s Tyler. He was with his brother too lmao
@Andre Ricardo Bryant yeah, he was supposedly a tough player. When he Froze up like that, now the rest of the league knows he's vulnerable when the going gets tough !
He was smart to not change Meta cuz he would've gotten his ass kicked. On the other hand, if he did go at him a fight probably would've been broken up. I'm surprised he didn't work on his jumper, especially his 3 point shot.
It was 26/12 on an 11 loss team at the time of voting for Beasley. Hansbrough had 23/10 on a 2 loss team. Beasley had no chance, 3 points and 2 rebounds doesn't make up for 9 losses
@@CBarber22 which part of nearly 30 & 15 you didn't get. This is a freshmen avg 26 & 12 with no help and tyler was on a team that was pretty stack and was a senior. Kansas State was on the map due to Beasley being the best player that year idc was anyone says he was unguardable and best player in college.
I've noticed that a lot of players have better seasons as juniors than seniors. This happens a lot for stunted growth features. When they return for their senior year, they damage their draft stock
good vid. I was and will always be a huge Hansbrough fan. that kid wanted to win a national championship so bad. just watch those 2009 reruns of the tournament. hell of a competitor and leader
My issue with the game changing is only in the US we adapt to other countries playing style and basketball is our game. That's like Brazilians trying to play soccer like Americans.
that is a bad comparison, soccer is more of a collective sport and in Brazil it's more about individualistic. Just guys doing things on there own, bo team cohesion
I always felt he could be a hybrid between Bill Liambeer and Dennis Rodman energy wise if he had embraced his psycho T label. You are spot on about that Artest moment being defining. Liambeer would've fought Artest without hesitation and Rodman would've taunted him, gotten him to throw a punch first, then backed off with his hands up like he's an innocent girl scout. That could've been psycho T had he embraced it.
@@burneraccount2428 Laimbeer got in a fight with Barkley, and I don't recall him running from anyone but I agree he gave the dirtiest of fouls and would only get menacing if the person was only already on the ground recovering.
I dont think he would have been an all star in the 2000s but a solid player for sure. The difference between Tim Duncan and Tyler Hansbrough was that Tim was a little bit more skilled, a lot more intelligent, taller and longer, and had way better coaching in the NBA.
I'm a HUGE UNC fan... Tyler was the very best I ever saw at UNC. He fucking gave it 110% basically all the time. And that is rare.... His numbers say enough! And that 09 Title was legendary !!! WHAT A TEAM !
I always knew Hansbrough was going to have a hard time at the next level. I enjoyed his work ethic on the court. However, he had no lateral quickness on the defensive end and couldn't shoot. Great artitude, and tough as nails though. Stunted great video again. Hope the youngins are taking notes.
As a die hard Tar Heel fan and Tyler fan, I must admit that I knew he wouldn’t be a great pro. When you look at that 09 title team, he was the weakest link in terms of pro potential. Ty Lawson had the speed. Green and Ellington were good/great shooters with decent athleticism. Ed Davis and Tyler Zeller had size and length. Nonetheless I’m forever grateful for what he did for us.
I seen him a bunch at games when I use to get autographs and he would never sign so I gave up. My little brother was the only one to ask him once and he completely blew him off. He is in fact a psycho especially if you saw the look in his eyes
I'm an alumni of where he went to high school and came after him. I saw him a few times come through in the off-season to visit as I was an athlete myself but I never drooled over the guy like a lot of the other kids. Right after he got drafted he came home for a "Tyler Hansbrough Day" and they dedicated thencourt to him. One of the junior high kids were at the gym and saw him and were in awe and asked him for his autograph and he got mad at the kid for asking because he was only coming into the building we were in to work out.
Thank u for this one bro, ( I think I might have requested this one too ) but I remember growing up watching him bully & be tough at NC, but one Ron Ron tester his gangsta he was never the same again.. #Salute
He was a player that definitely would've benefitted leaving school early he was a hussle man if he would've switched his game up it would've possibly worked out
Danny Ferry from Duke had the same accolades but was a top 3 pick. Short career in the NBA as a player but he's having lengthy career as an executive in league
He was 6’9 an undersized small forward and came up in an era where if you were a big you get yelled at for taking the ball 🏀 up court or even attempting to shoot a three pointer!!!!
Great Vid!. I'll never forget that dunk on 7'8" Kenny George or the nastiest elbow ever from Gerald Henderson. Could you please, please do a Joe Alexander video? Top ten pick, ELITE athlete, and....gone, just like that.
Alexander was picked by my favorite team (the Bucks). I liked it at the time. He seemed to have a skill set that would work well in the league. Unfortunately, it just didn’t happen that way.
The chances he would have been a star in any era is slim to none. Huge difference between college and pro. How often did he play in college someone as big, as strong and as skilled. In the league, most games that other guy is bigger, stronger and more skilled. But everyone doesn't have to be a star. I call 7 years a success. Nothing to be ashamed of.
My opinion I thought he was tough. A guard w/size(weight) scrappy on defense. Just seem to never get that break... Also I would like to see a stunted growth(yourself) video
Love your comment against coaches that box players in post play. I always hate the way bill self uses his bigman to do the high low play where in the big man will just stand in the ft line waiting while the other big finds post position down low. There where no skills in that kind of game just using size heft bruise
I'm a UNC grad. I was there when MJ played. I was a season ticket holder at Wake Forest and UNC. Tim Duncan was the greatest player I ever saw play the game. His mind just worked much faster than the other two. I saw a lot of players between 1981 and 2010, the years I had season tickets. No player was as good as Duncan in my opinion.
I didn’t think he’d be star coming into the league but at the very least I thought he would be a Charles Oakley type of player. But him backing down from Metta and the league switching up on him did him in.
Why do some people hate on Tyler? This guy is decorated at a school that has put out more nba players than most colleges. Some things i disagree with. Tyler had good advisers around him, probably the best in the country. People who knew how the nba worked. His parents were there at all his games. Coaches and parents most certainly would have advised him to leave if his stock was up. Tyler went to the nba when he knew he would be a lottery pick, guaranteed millions just for that. If he had left after his sophmore or even junior year there is no guarantee he woulddve gotten that. Even as a senior and coming off an impressive national championship season he still only went number 13 in the draft. A year sooner it probably wouldnt have been anywhere near that. He still made his millions. Tyler will never have to worry about money. If he ever did want to work again the carolina family is always there to help him. Thats priceless.
Product of how water down college was and is now. Once HS players and now 1ndone is booming, 4 year guys for the most part are similar guys who reclass in HS and are 15 playing against 13 yr old. For the most part they will dominate bc they are physically bigger. Appreciate this one. I will say he improved in college every year, playing hard is a skill a lot of ppl can learn from and someone wrote the tebow of college hoops Spot on comparison!
I'm gonna be honest, he was from a town not far from me and in our area in the past 20 years theres been 3 NBA players Tyler his brother Ben and Otto Porter. Yea Tyler wasn't the greatest but he still made it to the NBA and thats something most of us will never say.
What “Stunted Growth” he literally & legitimately wasn’t a problem for anybody. All he was, was a glorified “Great White Hope” for American White Big Men, is all.
Tyler Hansbrough would've made a great small ball center in today's league. If Aron Baynes and Theis could make a niche in the NBA present day I could definitely see him doing it too. He wasn't able horrible shooter either when he wanted to be and definitely would've been at least an average shooter for a center.
@StuntedGrowth can you do a video on Mike Jones. He was the number 1 player in the nation in 2006 and he went Lower Richland High School. He was the Jordan Classic MVP with Hansborough in 2006 or 07. He committed to Syracuse in 2006. Mike was a baller to. 6'7 220-230 SG. Dude had a step back that was impossible to defend. I played against him all the time in Columbia SC.
Reminds me a bit of Danny Manning, although Manning had a longer career & was a two time allstar but same outstanding NCAA career but not much in the NBA...
"He should have fought Metta World Peace". I'll put that statement in the easier said than done category. Unlike most NBA players, Metta was about that life.
NO ONE and NO ONE thought the game would change into the Steph Curry, 35-40 foot shooting game. Yes, he stayed all four years. But how many folk can say that they went to Carolina, won a chip and finished on a whole lot of peoples' Mount Rushmore of ACC players.....?
Deep down I think Hansbrough knew he wasn't that good which is why he stayed in college as long as he did.The mid to late 2000's had the same concept as today's time when it came to leaving early for the draft if you doing well.There's no reason a guy averaging at least 18ppg for years in college while also being heavily acclaimed would stick around if he felt he was good enough for the pros.Dude could've been a lottery pick all those years.So to win a national title but end up being a 13th pick when you easily coulda been a top 5 pick years prior is bittersweet but like I said dude had to have felt he wasn't nba level good so he maxed out where he felt he'd get the most bang for his buck
Do Doug Smith AKA Detroit MacKenzie, University of Missouri Boston Celetics/Dallas Mavericks Tou do a great job with your research, unbiased Critiques,and strength/weaknesses of this players.God Bless you Bro.
The more they play these old college and nba games during quarantine the more I realize what a joke basketball has become. This generation of basketball has no passion and heart.
His game just didn't translate to the NBA in the 2000's. Didn't have the athleticism either. He fitted well in the college system. Athleticism and ball handling would allow him to be a shot creator, which means better scorer, better defender,better threat to open the game up for others. He was strong, worked hard and had the right mindset though. The game changed? Well if he had developed the essential fundamentals or skillsets from the beginning, he would have lasted longer.
Tyler Hansborough is prime example of some college coaches only concerned about their contract extensions and not "fully" on the advancement of their players. You think I'm gonna sit here and believe that Coach Roy Williams did not get info from NBA execs that Tyler needs to modify his game inorder to be a good NBA player? Hell NO. He knew and was told but because most coaches are only focused on their families livelihood he kept him right where his job was secured and the team was successful. Ty Lawson realized how grimmy R. Williams was as he played him during draft day. It sucks but he has a decorated, high school, college, and NBA career.
He might be the best college player I've ever seen but I don't think many people expected him to do much in the league. He just didn't play above the rim or have the skills facing the basket like guys his size have to have to be an impact player. As far as him playing all 4 years at Carolina, he was in a different situation than a lot of guys. His dad is a very successful surgeon and a multi-millionaire so there was no pressure to help his family, financially, and if he had gotten injured it wouldn't have been the end of the world.
