I have always fely Mark Tadd was one of the best players ever, as in color don't matter. But that was only for a short period of time unfortunately. I am not sure how many top players he got to play either. I was there five feet from him trying to get a game out of efren at the bicycle club and let me just say efren was not seeming like he wanted to get anywhere near him... meaning the game he was supposed to give and everyone knew it he would not give. Tadd just kept saying something like "you guys are always in dead punch and you play everyday but you wont give nuthin up".
He was trying to match up with all them guys, like busty who had just gotten over here. Let me tell you what none of them wanted anything to do with giving him even the slightest spot. I wish i could remember specifics better, but i do remember he could not get i believe a ball from efren and i also remember the filipinos seemed like they just wanted him to disappear, ie it was the one time i saw them scared to be honest. Billy knows all about this stuff i hope he chimes in too, maybe i am off.