With Tamin entering the ranks. I still think Tinsley is the best ever while at Iowa State. Haliburton will obviously be the all time best Cyclone. This Tinsley dribbling highlight is still one of the best ever plays at Iowa State
Best Iowa State point guard
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The fact that Tamin is in the conversation in year two is amazing. Really a storied history at that position
I agree. With that said Jeff Hornacek was actually a point guard at Iowa State
It’s not close in my opinion either
I think it’s a debate w Monte and Tinsley. Monte’s career #s hold up to any Big 12 player, not just ISU and not just pgs. Tinsley had the most dominant 2 year run of any Cyclone.
Tinsley is a player you had to really see play to understand how he controlled a game. So many times he’d get a steal and basket exactly when needed.
Tyrese is one of the top 2-3 American born basketball players (any position) in this moment. My top four actually foreign players.
Monte had a bigger body of work here but Tinsley just down right dominated the Big 12. I’ll go Tinsley all day. That takes nothing away from Monte though
Tinsley followed by Monte, Tyrese just wasn't here long enough. Though NBA-wise I'm thinking it will be Tyrese.
Since I’m old, I’ll go with Hornacek. He really elevated the team and he was here for four years.
People only remember the good things Tinsley did at ISU. He averaged 6 assists but over 4 TO per game. His FG% was below 40%. He played for the most talented teams in ISU history but his numbers are not as good as Hornacek, Morris, and Haliburton
4 years of nearly mistake free point guard play is no small achievement. He made Prohm look like a great coach for a year, most of us could’ve coached a senior Monte team.
I go back and forth. I definitely think Tinsley was our most dominant player but starting an extra 50ish games means something. Tyrese and Fizer probably our most pure talent.
Shead at Houston reminds me of a better shooting Tinsley. You have to watch his games to see him control it. A lot of his box scores are nothing great.
The backcourts were deep and Fizer was just not fair for most college players to defend.
The thing about Tinsley, he was a savant with the ball, he did things that only Jason Williams could do, he was a show all to himself, so yeah, from a team perspective, I would rank him way below Monte and Tyrese, but from a pure skill perspective, he was a freak with no equal.
Tinsley also made about 4 players a game look completely stupid . Haha.
I prefer steady PG over flashy PG that is also TO prone
Here's a list in no particular order.
Haliburton
Tinsley
Morris
Kane
Hornacek
Blaylock
Garrett
Willoughby
Might have missed some. Pretty heady space. Lipsey might end up there but to say he's cracks this list at all at this point of his career I think we are getting a little ahead of ourselves. He does have the potential to be there though. Not at this time, and I'm a huge Tamin fan.
Haliburton
Tinsley
Morris
Kane
Hornacek
Blaylock
Garrett
Willoughby
Might have missed some. Pretty heady space. Lipsey might end up there but to say he's cracks this list at all at this point of his career I think we are getting a little ahead of ourselves. He does have the potential to be there though. Not at this time, and I'm a huge Tamin fan.
Willoughby wasnt a PG.
