[cinowanParticipant]

Dirk Nowitzki? Chris Webber? Arvydas Sabonis?

[festar35Participant]

Mitch Richmond

[LerinErinParticipant]

 And I do feel some find them boring because the don’t do thunder dunks  and tend to stay out of legal trouble, I do realise most people admit they are a very good team just a "boring" not my words but how I imagine  guys who dislike them feel they are good.

 

 

Underappreciated

Tooney

Bobby Jones

Alvin Adams

Kevin Johnson

 

Mark Price

Fat Lever

Maurice Lucas

Billy Cunningham

Rick Barry

Wes Unseld

[ASAP HenryParticipant]

Moses Malone: Imo he’s a top 5 center, but rarely gets mentioned

Andrew Toney: When he was healthy the dude was a beast.  Wa sactually the go to scorer for those Philly teams with Moses and Dr. J

Chris Mullin: One of the most talenetd offensive players from the 90’s

Rick Barry: Crazy versatile, consistently put up numbers resembling 27ppg, 7rpg, and 7assists/game.  Never gets enough love because he played during the 70’s when the NBA wasn’t nearly as popular.  Plus, he was sort of a jerk.

Hakeem: Yes he’s in the HOF and people give him credit, but lets be real here.  He is probably the most complete center of all time.  Imo, he’s the 2nd greatest center ever behind Russell.  Yeah Wilt has those crazy stats, and Kareem had the longevity, but Hakeem was the best Center of the 80’s and 90’s, during a time when the NBA was stacked with great/quality Centers.  He’s def a top 8 player of all time

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

Rick Barry – Ditto what ASAP Henry said above although I would also add that leaving the NBA for five years of his prime also contributed to his relative lack of accomplishments and fame in hindsight.

Brad Daugherty – Played during the most competitive era for centers ever and was an all-star on some very good if hardly remembered Cavs teams. In his prime he was a 20 PPG, 10 RPG, 3.5 APG player. As a 17 year old freshman at UNC (he didn’t turn 18 till the beginning of his sophomore season) he averaged an amazing 23 MPG during an era where that was unheard of. Unfortunately his career was cut short due to back problems.

Sidney Moncrief – Was only at the top of his game for about a five year period but during that time he was a monster on both ends of the court. Highly respected by his peers, which included MJ, Gervin, Dr J, Magic and Bird.

Rudy Tomjanovich – Probably better remembered as a coach and for the Kermit Washington incident, Rudy T was also a damn good player making 5 all-star teams and averaging 17.4 PPG and 8.1 RPG for his career. Jerry Sloan (2 All-star games and 6 times a member of the NBA-All-defensive team) and Lenny Wilkens (9 time All-Star) are a couple other great coaches whose coaching eventually overshadowed their playing accomplishments.

Bob Dandridge – the third part of a "Big Three" during the Bucks championship of 1971 (along with Oscar Robertson and the man that would be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), he was also a major part of the Bullets championship team in 1978. Dandridge made 4 All-Star teams and averaged at least 18.4 PPG for nine straight seasons. He finished his career with averages of 18.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG and 3.4 APG.

Jack Sikma – One of the best shooting big men of all time, Sikma was also a very good rebounder. He made 7 All-Star teams in his career and retired with averages of 15.6 PPG, 9.8 RPG and a FT% of 84.9. His longtime teammate Gus Williams is another former player who doesn’t get much publicity these days even though the "Wizard" was one of the leagues most exciting players.

[ThugmanParticipant]

People don’t appreciate just how complete a player Scottie was and begrudge him of his HOF place as one who rode on MJ’s coattails. Recently came across this highlight series (part III appended below) and dude was a beast! He deserves more respect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mL1L57rtI&feature=relmfu

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

ItsDwightHoward named some good 1s..

People dont talk that much about those guys like Sikma,Moncrief,Gus Williams,Micheal Ray Richardson..I think in 1986 in a Vote of NBA players Sidney Moncrief was named the nba’s best player..This was during the time Magic,Bird and Jordan were in their prime….

Brad Daughtery was solid..He wasnt a big time defender like Olajuwon Ewing or David Robinson ,but he held his won against those guys…Injuries was the only thing that stopped him from being a Hall of Famer…

 

[BrentSuriaga01Participant]

Tim Duncan definitely. I mean the guy has 4 rings and he never really got into the spotlight like LeBron and the others did

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