i would say dominike wilkins,mainly because i thought he deserved to be on the 50 greatest players of all time list ,and he was always shadowed by players like mj,magic,and bird.i have to say tom chambers,because he was my favorite player of all time.for the people who say white man cant jump never seen him play.
Adrian Dantley.
Adrian Dantley never got the props he deserved until very recently when he was named to the the list of greatest NBA players ever and was finally (retired after 1991 season) elected into The Basketball Hall of Fame last week..
AD retired with 23,177 points which was 9th best all time when he retired, today he remains at 14th place. He retired with a career .540 field-goal percentage, one of the highest ever recorded by an NBA noncenter and recorded 30-plus points per game for four straight seasons.
AD also left the league ranked fifth on the NBA's all-time list for free throws made (6,832) and his career scoring average (24.3 ppg) ranks among the best ever.
AD played for seven teams in 15 years in the NBA and unluckily never got a ring which is one of the reasons he never IMO got the credit he deserved.
I remember being in the stands the night back in 1984 when the Jazz use to play several "home" games a year at Thomas Mack Stadium in Las Vegas for a Utah Jazz/Houston Rockets game. AD tied Wilt Chamberlain's record for most free thorws made in a game at 28 against the Rockets that night. Dantley finished that game with 46 points. (Chamberlain had finished his 28 FT game with 100 points.).
That same year he set a record for requiring the fewest field-goal attempts (18.2 per game) to average at least 30 points per game in NBA history.
Dantley was the best player on those very good mid 80's Frank Layden coached Utah Jazz teams that included Darrell Griffith, Mark Eaton and Ricky Green among others.
NBA Honors: All-NBA Second Team (1981, '84); NBA Rookie of the Year (1977); Comeback Player of the Year (1984); Six-time NBA All-Star (1980, '81, '82, '84, '85, '86); Olympic gold medalist (1976).
Dantley finally was voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame this month along with Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Pat Riley announcer Dick Vitale, Pistons owner Bill Davidson and women's collegiate coach Cathy Rush. Better late than never..
wil
Adrian Dantley never got the props he deserved until very recently when he was named to the the list of greatest NBA players ever and was finally (retired after 1991 season) elected into The Basketball Hall of Fame last week..
AD retired with 23,177 points which was 9th best all time when he retired, today he remains at 14th place. He retired with a career .540 field-goal percentage, one of the highest ever recorded by an NBA noncenter and recorded 30-plus points per game for four straight seasons.
AD also left the league ranked fifth on the NBA's all-time list for free throws made (6,832) and his career scoring average (24.3 ppg) ranks among the best ever.
AD played for seven teams in 15 years in the NBA and unluckily never got a ring which is one of the reasons he never IMO got the credit he deserved.
I remember being in the stands the night back in 1984 when the Jazz use to play several "home" games a year at Thomas Mack Stadium in Las Vegas for a Utah Jazz/Houston Rockets game. AD tied Wilt Chamberlain's record for most free thorws made in a game at 28 against the Rockets that night. Dantley finished that game with 46 points. (Chamberlain had finished his 28 FT game with 100 points.).
That same year he set a record for requiring the fewest field-goal attempts (18.2 per game) to average at least 30 points per game in NBA history.
Dantley was the best player on those very good mid 80's Frank Layden coached Utah Jazz teams that included Darrell Griffith, Mark Eaton and Ricky Green among others.
NBA Honors: All-NBA Second Team (1981, '84); NBA Rookie of the Year (1977); Comeback Player of the Year (1984); Six-time NBA All-Star (1980, '81, '82, '84, '85, '86); Olympic gold medalist (1976).
Dantley finally was voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame this month along with Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Pat Riley announcer Dick Vitale, Pistons owner Bill Davidson and women's collegiate coach Cathy Rush. Better late than never..
wil
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Sorry guys but so shaky list so far (like Rodman and VJohnson but that is it). Dennis Johnson did not make the hall again and all he did was win Championships with diff teams, play great defense and take clutch shots. Larry Bird said DJ was the best player he ever played with. Dennis Johnson was known as being real good but still underrated.
PurdueKev
Sorry very close but no - Havlichek a great player in his own right retired after the 1978/79 season.
Larry Bird first wore a Celtic uniform as a rookie in the 1979/80 season a year after Havlichek retired.
Awards won by John Havlichek:
1974 Finals MVP
13-time NBA All Star
8-time NBA Champion
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
Hall of Fame 1984 (first year eligible).
wil.
Sorry very close but no - Havlichek a great player in his own right retired after the 1978/79 season.
Larry Bird first wore a Celtic uniform as a rookie in the 1979/80 season a year after Havlichek retired.
Awards won by John Havlichek:
1974 Finals MVP
13-time NBA All Star
8-time NBA Champion
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
Hall of Fame 1984 (first year eligible).
wil.
