Posted on Wed, Mar 16, 2011 : 1:01 p.m.
Ex-Duke star Christian Laettner laughs off Fab Five comments in documentary
By AnnArbor.com Staff
Christian Laettner, one of the Duke college basketball stars during the Fab Five era at Michigan, told the Bay City Times that he found comments in the recent ESPN documentary, "kind of funny."
Laettner was called a "soft, overrated, pretty boy" at one point in the recently aired documentary that focused on Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson and Jimmy King.
“Jalen Rose has always been a good guy to me," Laettner said. "Chris Webber has always been good to me. ... But I don’t expect them to love me. I can’t even get Grant Hill to love me all the time.”
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WWBoDo
Wed, Mar 16, 2011 : 7:16 p.m.
Let the records (that remain in the books) speak for themselves. And, if they were the Fab Five, how come they never won a Big Ten Championship. To me, the Fab Five were Cazzie, Oliver, Bill, Larry and George. I would rate the Rice, Vaught, Griffin, Robinson, et. al. second spoiled only by Rumeal Robinson's egregious criminal activity.
lumberg48108
Wed, Mar 16, 2011 : 6:16 p.m.
Fab Five film fantasy, not documentary: <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/ESPN-The-Fab-Five-documentary-Jalen-Rose-Chris-Webber-Juwan-Howard-Jimmy-King-Ray-Jackson-031511" rel='nofollow'>http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/ESPN-The-Fab-Five-documentary-Jalen-Rose-Chris-Webber-Juwan-Howard-Jimmy-King-Ray-Jackson-031511</a> Jalen et all claimed Duke would not recruit them "cause they were inner city thugs" etc ... Duke wanted different players - players that would stay until graduation and play team ball ... its not a coincidence Duke owned U-M Fab 5 is it? Or that North Carolina beat them ... or Indiana .. or Purdue for the conference title - is it? Discipline beat them! And 20 years later they are still complaining and making statements that Christian Laettner was "soft"... This was not a documentary - but an attempt at revisionist history --- in other words, it was a sham! Whitlock said it better than I could ever - and people who want to hate on him wont discuss the message he gave, just sour grapes!
southyoop
Thu, Mar 17, 2011 : 3:45 a.m.
Jalen Rose has accomplished just what he wanted to. Bring attention to himself and his "documentary". He is an embarrassment to UM, just as the some of the Fab Five were during their time in AA.