What will these guys be remembered as?

[Jamel Irief]

Originally Posted by kbdullah

How is Ray Allen remembered as a Celtic but Kidd as a Net? Both those guys had their best years on their original teams and got a single trophy on their ring-seeking excursions.

No way in hell. Kidd's best years were as a Mav? That was his worst stints as a pro so far.

[ChrisWoj]

Shaq - LAKER
Kevin Garnett - CELTIC
Tracy Mcgrady - MAGIC
Ray Allen - CELTIC
Steve Nash - SUN
Jason Kidd - NET
Grant Hill - SUN
Dikembe Mutumbo - HAWK

Typing all of those team names, in a singular form as in "Grant Hill is a Sun" makes me realize even more how awkward team names like "Magic" and "Heat" are. Lebron James is a Heat? Tracy McGrady is a Magic? Dislike.

Anyway - I went mostly by where the player left his most recent and enduring memories. For example: Grant Hill? He's a former Piston superstar, and only a role playing Sun... but really? His years as a role playing Sun have drowned out the memories of him as a Piston great. With Jason Kidd - his years as a facilitating super-role-player on the Mavs at the point were too brief to overcome the long impact he had as a Hall of Famer with the Nets. Dikembe Mutombo, to me, will always be a Hawk because of the year he basically decimated the Grant Hill Pistons in the first round, I believe putting the final stamp on Hill's time as a healthy Piston (where he never won a playoff series).

[LA68]

Originally Posted by 36 Karat

Carter won't be remembered for what uniform he wore, he'll be remembered for all the rims he smashed on.

My memory is him jumping over that 7 foot dudes head !

[Dre]

crabs.

Anyways this is just kind of indicative of free agency and player movement coming to the forefront

There are a couple people (Wilt, Kareem, Doctor J, DJ) that have multiple legacies, but for the most part everybody in previous generations stayed put. Now that's just not likely...the time for the one team star is probably over.

I don't place much stock in this anyway, it's all about them as players. You'll probably see them on highlight reels at their peaks/where they won their titles . When I think of Kidd I think of taking it to the Spurs and turning around that Nets squad, I think of Vince as Vinsanity, Shaq and LA, it's really not that much grey area tbh.

[Prince]

Ray Allen - Milwaukee Bucks

[RR 823]

These are the teams that first came to mind going through the list

Shaq - Lakers
KG - T-Wolves
T-Mac - Magic
Allen - Bucks
Nash - Suns
Kidd - Nets
Hill - Pistons
Mutombo - Nuggets

[PauloCatarino]

Shaq - Lakers;
Kevin Garnett - Wolves;
Tracy Mcgrady - Magic and 1st round exits;
Ray Allen - journeyman douchebag;
Steve Nash - Suns;
Jason Kidd - Nets;
Grant Hill - Pistons;
Dikembe Mutumbo - Nuggets.

Just my 2cents...