[djuhari]

impressive. have no recollection of any priest lauderdale in my NBA memory.

[Jamel Irief]

Originally Posted by djuhari

impressive. have no recollection of any priest lauderdale in my NBA memory.

When he was drafted he came out of the stands and Stern was kind of shocked... first person I remember doing that and it happened to a 7'4" guy. Actually Murhesan came out of the stands too.

[djuhari]

Originally Posted by Jamel Irief

When he was drafted he came out of the stands and Stern was kind of shocked... first person I remember doing that and it happened to a 7'4" guy. Actually Murhesan came out of the stands too.

and may i know some of his career highlights? how long did he stay in the league for?

[TiMVP2]

Originally Posted by Jamel Irief

Lauderdale was in the NBA longer than some of those other guys. Plus he was huge.

Roy Rogers is way too high. Potapenko, Waltah and Wallace had better careers. Maybe even Knight.

the last 5 I havent watched or looked at their stats, so I just put them at the bottom, rogers wasnt too bad in his time in the NBA

[luther]

Originally Posted by djuhari

hahaha, how could u differentiate between the last four guys? did they even play more than a minute a game?

Evans and Muursepp actually both had legitimate--if short--NBA careers.

Muursepp, I'd say, was the best of them. He played 83 games over two seasons, including 5.7 ppg in his 41 games with Dallas in 97-98. He was a decent 3pt shooter, at .421 that year. He has gone on to a very nice career overseas for a variety of teams. He is also the first--and I think still only--Estonian to make the NBA.

Evans was great in college toward the end of his career, and you might remember him from Blue Chips, the movie with Shaq and Penny. He played three seasons, with the second one split between Orlando and NJ. He got 4.5 ppg in 12 mpg that year. He also spent time with Minnesota, thanks to the Marbury trade.

Lauderdale, as noted, was HUGE. Spent parts of two seasons in the NBA and got about 3.5 ppg, but only played in about 70 games total.

Poor Rentzias never made it over to the NBA.

[deanwoof]

Originally Posted by luther

I don't know about that.

1984's arguable top 13: Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis, Sam Bowie, Alvin Robertson, Sam Perkins, Jerome Kersey, Jay Humphries, Michael Cage, Tony Campbell.

1992: Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Jim Jackson, Tom Gugliotta, Walt Williams, Christian Laettner, LaPhonso Ellis, Latrell Sprewell, Robert Horry, Predrag Danilovic, Todd Day, Clarence Weatherspoon, Anthony Peeler.

1993: Chris Webber, Penny Hardaway, Jamal Mashburn, JR Rider, Vin Baker, Shawn Bradley, Allan Houston, sam Cassell, Calbert Cheaney, Nick Van Exel, Rodney Rogers, Lindsey Hunter, Ervin Johnson

1998: Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce,Rashard Lewis, Vince Carter, Mike Bibby, Antawn Jamison, Al Harrington, Larry Hughes, Jason Williams, Raef LaFrentz, Bonzi Wells, Cuttino Mobley, Ricky Davis

1999: Elton Brand, Manu Ginobilli, Baron Davis, Rip Hamilton, Lamar Odom, Andre Miller, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Wally Szczerbiak, Corey Maggette, Ron Artest, Jason Terry, Steve Francis.

2003: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Kirk Hinrich, TJ Ford, Leandro Barbosa, Josh Howard, Chris Kaman, David West, Nick Collison, Sasha Pavlovic, Darko Milicic, Luke Walton, Jason Kapono, Steve Blake

not to threadjack but... the 2003 draft stops at possibly chris kaman.

david west is a 6'7 fake power forward who shoots jumpers. nick collison will always be a solid role player, but never be considered 'good', pavlovic please, darko is a joke, luke and walton kapono?? and steve blake? too? seriously? at least include boris diaw over west and company...

[luther]

^ As for David West, he may be a fake power forward, but he's getting about 18, 10 and 2 on a 15-10 team on which he's arguably the second best player.

Nick Collison is considered "good" precisely because he's a solid role player. And that goes for every other guy you questioned: all solid role players. As for Diaw, you're right. I accidentally overlooked him. But each of those others is a legit, good NBA player. When you look at drafts, it's pretty rare to find that many contributing role players. I was pointing out how many were in that (and others), and that it (and those others) compete with 96 in that way. That's all.

[Fray]

I think I might still take Iverson over Kobe. Iverson has been better than Kobe or comparable to him for most of their careers.

And I don't want to hear about Kobe winning championships. If they switched teams than Iverson and Shaq would have dominated the league while Kobe struggled to make the playoffs in Philadelphia.