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Pac-12 POY Allen Crabbe should also get a mention here.

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It's weird because of how the decade has gone for us, but some other players who spent only parts of their careers at Cal - Jaylen and Ivan Rabb. Kam Rooks for his growth over 4 years. Matt Bradley trying to drag a bad Cal team to mediocrity through sheer personal will.

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Clicks at CGB at so low that including the Jaylen tweet/link to the Calvin Klein story drove enough traffic there for that story to be the ninth–most viewed post of the day.

https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2018/7/10/17551832/calvin-kleins-university-of-california-berkeley-golden-bears-raf-simons-fashion

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how can you still tell which stories get the most clicks per day, I thought they would revoke that type of i guess "admin info" when we all made the switch here

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They left all the old stuff open - I believe we still control the Facebook page. . . and Avi kept Pacific Takes Twitter. SB Nation really didn't care - Cam Mellor still writes as a national college football writer from Ohio.

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Just like football I'll do the most underappreciated one, Tyrone Wallace, such a steady pacemaker and almost a Rajon Rondo style presence to keep the balance. It's a shame that he had the most untimely injury ever with his wrist (along with Jabari Bird too) otherwise would've made a run to at least a 12 round boxing match in the round of 32 against Maryland.

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I was going to nominate Ty as well - not really ever an ideal fit, but one of the players I was most proud of his personal growth and how he represented Cal in his four years - and staying around to get his degree.

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Jorge

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Big Dog beat me to it, but for me it's definitely Jorge Gutierrez.

Great back story: Immigrated from Chihuahua, Mexico to Denver as a teenager; was placed at a poor (91% school lunch eligible), Latino (90%), ESL-focused high school - and promptly took the basketball team to a state championship over richer, Whiter suburban schools.

Mike Montgomery's first recruit - the only member of Monty's first class.

He started out with a raw, defense-first skill set - and got better in every aspect of his game each year. Watching players develop over time is what I really enjoy about college basketball - and Jorge definitely got better, winding up being the Pac-12's Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2012.

"Jorge to the line........... dos."

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"Watching players develop over time is what I really enjoy about college basketball - and Jorge definitely got better..."

Then Mark Fox is absolutely not your type of guy....

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Does Jerome Randle qualify?...his last season rolled into 2010.

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So if Jerome counts then it is, hands down, Randle for the win. Played four years. Two time 1st Team All Pac 10. Pac 10 player of the year. Shot career 40% from 3, 88% from the stripe, 18 ppg his last two seasons, and brought home the Pac-10 championship. Nobody else has really touched that since.

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And he also happens to be on the Pac10 Champion team (2010), the only time Cal won in the past 60 years. So even if it's only a few months of the decade, he qualifies.

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My first thought too. When I first saw Jerome play, I thought to myself "This guy has no business being in this conference." Then he went on and improved over his career more than any Cal player than I can recall, including Jorge.

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Jorge Gutierrez. Pac-12 player of the year and defensive player of the year, honorable mention All-American. He was 2x first team all conference and 3x all conference defensive team.

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Plus he would've ripped Josh Pencil-Neck's f-ing heart out after their tussle.

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