Alonzo Mourning

He has went through a lot and still did a lot on the floor

OK, this is a hard one. Before he got injured, he was still playing great defense, and was still one of the best shot blockers in the league. Now he is saying that he'd like to play at least another year. I'd say give him a chance, but the the Heat need to realize that if his knee does hold up, Zo will probably give them great production for about 20 minutes per game, but they're asking for trouble if they try to push his minutes into the 28-30 mpg range. I know it will be tempting to cut into Blount's playing time and give it to Zo, but it's not a good idea. But at this stage of his career, after a major knee injury, he may be done. Four stars for what he was right before the injury, and for what I hope he can still be.

At the height of his career, he may have not been the best center, but he was way way way up there. With the lack of centers today he was still one of the best. Earlier in his career he had to guard a lot of good centers. There were many more good centers early in his career and he was one of the best.

2nd greastest big man in Georgetown history after Patrick Ewing...however only played on truely great Hoya team, which was freshman year (88-89 season)...had Georgetown had better talent around him, would definetly be considered one of the greatest college basketball players of all time

Great all around center who was terrific at Georgetown and still plays well into his late 30's after illness took him away from the game for a few years.

Alonzo Mourning will always leave a sour taste in my mouth due to the actions of Coach Thompson. 1988 was the last year college basketball players made up the Olympic Team, and John Thompson was the coach that year. He put Mourning on the Olympic tryout roster, notwithstanding the fact that Zo had not completed high school (but had signed with Georgetown). No matter what potential Alonzo may have had, he simply had no business there. Thompson simply wanted Zo to get experience playing against the collegians he would be seeing in the coming years. In my opinion, this was an abuse by Thompson of his position. While Zo probably shouldn't be faulted for this, I can't keep from seeing him guilty by association.

A damn fine Hoya...but he lost to Christian Laettner so how can he be GREAT?!

Comparably skilled to McD, but much stronger, athletic, taller - and above all, focused. Zo combined talent with focus - mcd tried to slide by on just god given ability - a lack of discipline which probably kept him from fulfilling his potential.

who?...whered he go...when was the last time he wasnt hurt?

Excellent shot blocker injury has kept him down last year.

I think he's the greatest basketball player.

Zo, even before you got sick, I loved you're game, and now that you've come back in the most stressfull time of you're life, I think that you are the strongest player in the league on and off the court.

he used to be one of my favourite players until i saw him play live at the olympics standing over a female ref what a cry baby. but he can still play some good defence.

For the longest time, I couldn't stand this guy. I thought he was incredibly over-rated and complained way too much. My opinion has turned 180 degrees. No one in the NBA plays harder, he is an incredible defender, and has developed a nice offensive game. And, from everything that I have read, as mean as he is on the court, he is that nice off of it. Even as a Knicks fan, I hope Zo gets better soon. The NBA is a much better place with him.

he's even better than shaq

His style of play is boring and he's the type of player who's reached his peak--actually he did years ago. Yeah he wants to win, but taking flops, dishing out cheap shots, and whining to every fricking second of every game--while these tactics can, at times, swing the direction of the game in his favor--are not the habits of the good basketball player he obviously thinks he is. He and Karl Malone should date. Their personalities would really compliment each other well. And they'd look sweeeeeet in matching jump-suits.

He is a big cry baby on the court. I think he acts like a jerk!!!

I have created a website through a computer class in school. It is called WMNBA. That is women's men's national basketball league. I have chosen 12 players from boththe NBA and the WNBA to be on my team. It's called the Winnipeg Shehees. On my team, I have chosen Alonzo Mourning, Vince Carter, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Yolanda Griffith, Grant Hill, Lisa Leslie, Shaquille O'Neal, Crystal Robinson, Teresa Weatherspoon and Andrea Stinson. I am one of teh biggest basketball fans you'll ever meet! I play school team basketball, regional basketball with grade 10 and 11 (I am in grade 9, I was chosen out of 250 students to play with them. Me and two other girls.) and I play provincial basketball.