19 years later, I still have nightmares about that Battier and Jason Williams led Duke team. Those two years the MD/Duke rivalry was bar-none the best in college basketball.
Lakers fan, here. I liked Steve Blake on the team. Tenacious dude, provided more than his raw stats would indicate. He was actually the best ex-Maryland player the Lakers have had tho their history w/ Maryland is short compared to schools like UNC/UCLA. Lakes had a totally cooked Joe Smith for 1 yr, Adrian Branch rode bench for Showtime (his best game w/ LA was at Capital Centre coincidentally), Brad Davis was drafted by LAL but was dealt to the Mavs early on, Laron Profit was mostly hurt and in 2008 he looked like a Kobe body double so much that you did double takes on Laron's dunks, and Blake). I remember Steve w/ Porty hacking Kobe on a drive bear hug style and Kobe pointing a finger in his face as they faced off. He was savvy and unafraid to mix it up tho. Won a game or two near the buzzer for LA, played well in a 2012 7 gm series against DEN.
