Len Bias Film

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I like the trailer.

http://www.len-bias.com/trailer.html

 

Interesting and mildly intriguing, but I think a rental... The trailer didnt hint at anything new for me...

 

I wonder if it will be as accurate as the Hank Gathers film.

 

I heard it's going to be pulled from theaters two days after it's released...

 

You're funnier in your head than you are in your posts.

 

Maybe b/c I followed Bias' career since he was a junior at Northwestern, but I am not seeing anything new in that trailer.

 

Web site could use some copyediting. There are two typos in the title that appears on the browser bar: "Bais" and "Fraiser."

 

Nothing new. Just all the info in one place at one time by the looks of it.

 

That looks like a pretty good movie. What little I know about Bias is from my dad, a diehard Celtics fan, who was devestated when this happened.

So, what would the comparison today be? Kevin Durant or Greg Oden dying two days after they were drafted? Or was he a bigger name than that?

 

Due to the "one and out" nature of college basketball today, there really is no comparison.. The UNC Tar Heels of the early 1980's were national names - to casual sports fans. Same with Duke in the early '90's. and UNLV.

Bias was more of a cult hero in college - you'd see him on ESPN, but the Jordan comparisons (for the most part) were made posthumously. But he played four years at Maryland.

 

Just a shade below.

Back then you knew the college kids so much more because they had more than a cup of coffee up at the college level.

Bias would have been a great pro. Do I think he would have been as good as Bird or McHale? No.

Bias was a force, but his jumper might have needed a little more work. If I remember, it took a little time to get off. He was so strong and fast, though. I'm guessing he would have been a lot like Dominique Wilkins. Just stronger.

He was not Jordan. No one was/would/will be Jordan.

I did not know until now that Bias' younger brother was shot a killed.

Tragic family.

 

I was going to try and give an example, but then I realized I don't know any four-year players that are really well known.