Roger Brown
6'5" F-G from New York Made his legend in: ABA Accomplishments: 4 time ABA all-star, ABA finals MVP, Averaged 33 ppg and 10 rpg in the 1970 ABA finals against all-star Willie Wise, outscored Rick Barry 32-23 in the deciding game of the 1972 ABA finals
Slick Leonard: "Roger was a complete basketball player. One-on-one, no man could guard him, like no man can guard Michael Jordan today."
Billy Keller: "Having Roger Brown is great for a team's ego. To know that you're in a close game and all you have to do is get him the ball..."
Gene Littles: "Roger was the Larry Bird of the ABA."
Mel Daniels: ""He was so good one-on-one that I remember defenders actually screaming for help. He actually dislocated or broke eight guys' ankles (with a) crossover dribble move."
I think you mean Rogera Brown, who played mostly for the Pacers and a bit for the Utah Stars.
Roger Brown was an undistinguished center who played here and there in both the ABA and NBA.
__________________ BadBaronRudigor's All-Time League Draft:
C - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Nate Thurmond
PF - Charles Barkley/Bob McAdoo
SF - Julius Erving/Larry Nance/Billy Cunningham
SG - Alvin Robertson/Ray Allen/Pete Maravich
PG - Jason Kidd/Isiah Thomas
__________________ BadBaronRudigor's All-Time League Draft:
C - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Nate Thurmond
PF - Charles Barkley/Bob McAdoo
SF - Julius Erving/Larry Nance/Billy Cunningham
SG - Alvin Robertson/Ray Allen/Pete Maravich
PG - Jason Kidd/Isiah Thomas
Good one Jericho. There's anecdotal evidence that she used to kick Reggie's butt pretty consistently and he turned out to be a fairly impressive NBA player.
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Jackie Robinson probably deserves a mention,although the NBA was only formed in 1946 after his discharge from the army and I don't believe that professional basketball was of much importance outside of the Northeastern cities at this point.Probably relatively few of the best players considered going pro at this time since there wasn't much money to be made in it.
207th? How long was draft day back then? And if there were 206 better players just in that years draft, how could he even be considered the best to never play NBA?
Actually, I don't think he was 207th, either. I do remember that he was a ninth round pick of the Celtics, but in the days of the ten round draft it wasn't uncommon for teams to pass in the final two rounds. He was a great European player, but didn't have what it took to be an NBA one when the Celtics were interested.
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Best Player to Never Hit the NBA
