he was the highest drawing next gen superstar baller player.
with the highest basketball iq for new players of the low bball iq era, easily.
on top of the highest execution level of any new player of that gen as well.
plus he had the top tier elite superstar pedigree marketing wise.
only rivaled and easily eclipsed by jordan.
after that, hill was better than pippen as well.
as hill never needed someone to ramp him up and immediately came into the league.
when healthy, hill did not regulate himself into being a schluper as pippen did.
on three occassions as pippen did in his career.
which is why hill was better than pippen, before injury.
also,....even coming back from injury hill was better than pip schlup'n it up as well.
hill squelched any naysayers and doubters.
quieting the duke turns pro curse.
that allowed future duke players to be given a higher upside as pro's.
plus created a template for duke to base their newer recruits on.
that made them better ballplayers who could translate to the pro level.
a lot of dudes are seriously showing they did not watch hill.
as hill, could be argued as the best backcourt player in the game after mike at the time.
plus, it was immediate and out of complete surprise.
considering the past knock on duke players as a pro.
no one had any idea how good hill was till he debuted and completely set the world on fire.
grant hill was going to be the next huge marketing machine in basketball history.
as he revamped and re-invigorated a defunct brand in fila.
also,...
to people saying he was a player who would have been a sidekick.
that is a lie.
grant hill was so good.
he made an acquired fa contracts for a sidekick, in allen houston.
who was exposed once, hill was kicking it out to him.
as houston, was sometimey and a schluper.
that was easily recognizeable.
once hill was not on the same team roster as him.
hill easily willed a piston squad with no talent.
by working up comparable talent into viable sidekicks on the roster.
plus easily carrying the pistons..
plus the marketing viability of the whole league and numerous mainstream brands outside of michael jordan.
which for the time was unprecedented, and a complete longshot from reality till grant hill came along.
stop fronting,....
grant hill is actually one of the best examples of black excellence of our gen.
it is a shame he got hurt.
as he was an incredible role model and template for black america, as well.
art barr
