Evansville signs 6'3" wing player

[Da Coach]

Evansville got a commitment from 6'3" Lewis Jones from Memphis.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/apr/21/ue-signs-guard-memphis/

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=10223342

He was a high scoring forward in high school.
He is not listed in the databases of either Scout or Rivals.


And this was posted last week, but for those that didn't see it, Evansville sophomore point guard Kavon Lacey suffered a serious knee injury, and will need about 6 months or more to recover. This hurts the Aces especially because their other returning point guards, freshman Kaylon Williams has left school and is transferring, and junior Darrin Granger also is transferring.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/apr/16/aces-lacey-injures-knee/

[lake Camelot]

I remember when Bradley signed a 6-3 post player. He turned out OK.

[SFP]

I remember when Bradley signed a 6-3 post player. He turned out OK.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[Da Coach]

I know we have a lot of members who are too young to have seen him play, so-
The 6'3" post player being referred to is Hersey Hawkins (BU 1984-1988 ), who played center at Westinghouse High School in Chicago. And he didn't just turn out OK, he ended his career at Bradley with 3,008 points- the highest scoring total in the history of the MVC, the country's second oldest D1 conference. Hersey's scoring total is higher than several HOF'ers like Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Chet Walker, and others.

[houstontxbrave]

I know we have a lot of members who are too young to have seen him play, so-
The 6'3" post player being referred to is Hersey Hawkins (BU 1984-1988 ), who played center at Westinghouse High School in Chicago. And he didn't just turn out OK, he ended his career at Bradley with 3,008 points- the highest scoring total in the history of the MVC, the country's second oldest D1 conference. Hersey's scoring total is higher than several HOF'ers like Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Chet Walker, and others.

Just curious but who does everyone think has/had the better overall pro career.

Hawkins or Parker?

Not just in the NBA but overall.

I am saying Parker but not by to much.

[Da Coach]

Parker was bigger fish in a "smaller pond". He was a superstar in Europe, and a national hero in Israel. But Hersey was an NBA All-Star one year, and had a 14 year career, mostly as a starter for some pretty good teams.


Here are Hersey's NBA numbers-

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hawkihe01.html

note that Hersey averaged double digits his first 11 seasons in the NBA, and twice averaged over 20 ppg.

Anthony Parker's numbers-

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parkean01.html

AP has been a valuable player for Toronto, but not a big scorer. Most of AP's accomplishments were in Europe where he was a 2-time Player of the Year in the Euroleague, and a Euroleague Final 4 MVP, too. Maybe he could have excerlled in the NBA during his most productive years (I believe he would have), but he never had the chance.

[tornado]

this debate is fun, but I think Chet was the best player from BU, even though he has little contact with BU now due to a petty feud.
But he was a starter on a World Championship team and had a 13-yr career of 18831 pts/7314 rebs, and a career scoring avg. of 18.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg.
His team made the playoffs 13 out of his 13 seasons in the NBA, and he was a 7-time All Star.
In Chet's 1967 World Championship season, he averaged 21.7 ppg in the playoffs, 326 points total.

[Da Coach]

Here is the All-Time NBA career scoring list-

http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html

Hersey is #122 on the NBA list (the center list) and #130 on the combined ABA/NBA list. That may not sound like it's very high on the All-Time lists, but look at the names of some of the stars he is ahead of--
Jo Jo White, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Billy Cunningham, Dave Cowens, and right behind the great Bill Russell.

[houstontxbrave]

this debate is fun, but I think Chet was the best player from BU, even though he has little contact with BU now due to a petty feud.
But he was a starter on a World Championship team and had a 13-yr career of 18831 pts/7314 rebs, and a career scoring avg. of 18.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg.
His team made the playoffs 13 out of his 13 seasons in the NBA, and he was a 7-time All Star.
In Chet's 1967 World Championship season, he averaged 21.7 ppg in the playoffs, 326 points total.

Walker is a very good call. He is often spoken of as one of the better players to have ever played both in Chicago and in Philly.

[Braves4Life]

Just curious but who does everyone think has/had the better overall pro career.

Hawkins or Parker?

Not just in the NBA but overall.

I am saying Parker but not by to much.

I really don't think you can compare the two......apples and oranges. It's like comparing a local theatre star to a Broadway star, IMO. Hawk played on the bigger stage longer and was once a #2 guy on his team; Parker has never been a #2 on the big stage. Plus, Hawk made an immediate NBA impact; Parker was out of the league playing on a lesser stage. To me Hawk had the better career.... hands down.

Now, I agree that Chet the Jet probably had the biggest and best NBA career of everybody from BU (BJ Mason is another BU great that I think deserves mention -- Harlem Globetrotters).