Spalding was born in 1997. Crook was a decade beforehand. Why would he idolize him considering he probably has never saw a Herb Crook game? Maybe he could have said Garcia but he was 8 when Garcia played. By the time he got in middle school and high school Twill and Clark were here. He is the same type of player as Clark so why not idolize him? Clark had his problems but he was generally great on the court.
He was not asked if he knew who Herb Crook or Griffith were. He was asked who his favorite player was. Most younger fans know who Magic Johnson and Larry Bird but not many would say they were there favorite player. More would say Lebron James who they actually saw live. Baseball tends to care a lot more about the history of the games than basketball does. You tend to here a lot more about the past greats etc.. than you do in basketball. You are getting pissed about a player saying his favorite player was someone he watched growing up vs someone you watched.
This exactly. Its hard to have a favorite player who you never actually watched play in real time.
Earl was great college player. Not everyone will make it in the NBA. That does not disregard their college accomplishments. Clark was a junior when he left and he may have just been who he was and not who we thought he should have been. Clark represented the university well after leaving so far. He does a decent amount of charity work and has stayed out of trouble. Why are you hating on him now? What makes him such a bad role model? He didn't win a championship. Griffith and Crook have done well but they have also stayed out of the spotlight. Spalding never saw either of them play real time and they aren't in the public eye now. why would they be Spalding's favorite players now when the thing they are most famous for happened in the 80s.
