NBA Impact players

[Dutty]

Folks

Jog yuh memory lil bit...ah tryin to remember names of NBA men who retire into complete obscurity...they was never no stars per se...but they were deadly for their respective teams and one day they just dissappear

as an example..Robert Horry..he never make no commercial or no cereal box..but anybody who watch him  houston, L.A. or S.A. in the playoffs know he is an assassin...when he gone he will just fade, no fanfare nuttn



So far all I could come up with is

Horace Grant
Mitch Richmond
Chris Mullin
Charles Oakley
Rod Strickland
John Starks
and the delicious combination of
Del Curry
&
Glen Rice

[capodetutticapi]

mullin is de vice president of basketball operations fuh golden state.de rest ah them must be smokin crack someway.

[daryn]

I not too sure what yuh looking for.  but some of the men I remember are

Terry Porter
Buck Williams
Jerome Kersee
Nick Anderson
Dennis Scott
Dan Majerle
Kevin Johnson
Larry Johnson
Mugsy Bogues
Stacey Augmon
Detlef Schrempf
Mark Aguirre
Vinnie Johnson aka the microwave
Hersey Hawkins
Derrick McKey
Sam Perkins
Otis Thorpe
Vernon Maxwell
Alvin Robertson
Cedric Ceballos (I remember he had a 50 pt game once)
Nick Van Exel
Dana Barros

a lot of the men who coaching in the league these days was also decent players
eg Nate McMillan & Doc Rivers

edit: anybody remember Horace twin brother Harvey Grant who used to play for the bullets?

[ribbit]

what happened to anthony mason ? he was good for a time with the knicks and then he fall off.

[daryn]

I eh really think he fall off, at least not more than he would have naturally with age.  he was with the bucks with george karl when they had glenn robinson, tim thomas and the young ray allen.  they had high hopes for that team but I don't think they ever get past the 2nd rd of the playoffs before they break up that group.

and of course, playing for the bucks is pretty close to anonymity.

[ribbit]

yeah, bucks struggling since kareem left.

tom chambers
orlando woolridge - lakers, nuggets(?)
tim hardaway (run TMC)

[capodetutticapi]

yeah, bucks struggling since kareem left.

tom chambers
orlando woolridge - lakers, nuggets(?)
tim hardaway (run TMC)

tim does commentate now and then.

[ribbit]

yeah, bucks struggling since kareem left.

tom chambers
orlando woolridge - lakers, nuggets(?)
tim hardaway (run TMC)

tim does commentate now and then.

that's right - he was involved in that amaechi thing.

[daryn]

I had only know Tom Chambers from the end of his career.  I had no clue he was one of the premier players in the NBA in the 80s until years after.  he was a multiple time all-star and is famous for this dunk over Mark Jackson

[ribbit]

larry nance
ron harper
rolando blackman - with aguirre in dallas - the mavs were good then too
bernard king
adrian dantley - boss player

[capodetutticapi]

larry nance
ron harper
rolando blackman - with aguirre in dallas - the mavs were good then too
bernard king
adrian dantley - boss player

harper is de assistant to phil jackson.

[dinho]

Mahmoud Abdul Raouf

Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway

Dominique Wilkins

Shareef Abdur-Rahim

Rik Smits

Mookie Blaylock

Mark Price

Brad Daugherty

[palos]

I had only know Tom Chambers from the end of his career.  I had no clue he was one of the premier players in the NBA in the 80s until years after.  he was a multiple time all-star and is famous for this dunk over Mark Jackson

Tom Chambers was SICK!

Dan Marjle wasn't easy needah.

Kevin Johnson of de Suns was a boss player.

Surprised nobody call de late great Dennis Johnson name probably de greatest of dat "type" of player Dutty call dey.  Dat is GLUE self.

Add Robert Parrish

Kevin McHale

Tiny Archibald

AC Green

Maurice Cheeks

Joe Dumars

Dennis Flikkin Rodman


Allyuh mad or wha!!!!  Allyuh leffin out big big players!!!

[capodetutticapi]

I had only know Tom Chambers from the end of his career.  I had no clue he was one of the premier players in the NBA in the 80s until years after.  he was a multiple time all-star and is famous for this dunk over Mark Jackson

Tom Chambers was SICK!

Dan Marjle wasn't easy needah.

Kevin Johnson of de Suns was a boss player.

Surprised nobody call de late great Dennis Johnson name probably de greatest of dat "type" of player Dutty call dey.  Dat is GLUE self.

Add Robert Parrish

Kevin McHale

Tiny Archibald

AC Green

Maurice Cheeks

Joe Dumars

Dennis Flikkin Rodman


Allyuh mad or wha!!!!  Allyuh leffin out big big players!!!

mc hale is de man in charge in minnesota and dumars in detroit.

[Quags]

I had only know Tom Chambers from the end of his career.  I had no clue he was one of the premier players in the NBA in the 80s until years after.  he was a multiple time all-star and is famous for this dunk over Mark Jackson

Tom Chambers was SICK!

Dan Marjle wasn't easy needah.

Kevin Johnson of de Suns was a boss player.

Surprised nobody call de late great Dennis Johnson name probably de greatest of dat "type" of player Dutty call dey.  Dat is GLUE self.

Add Robert Parrish

Kevin McHale

Tiny Archibald

AC Green

Maurice Cheeks

Joe Dumars

Dennis Flikkin Rodman


Allyuh mad or wha!!!!  Allyuh leffin out big big players!!!

mc hale is de man in charge in minnesota and dumars in detroit.

Cheeks in charge of philly ,Rodman is a freak star ,Ac Green still get big up cause hes ah Virgin lol .Parrish will never be forgotten .
What about Carter he is dissappear .

[Dutty]

Allyuh fellahs have some real good memory for real

Some ah dem men dat get call dey was wicked and I even forget dem did play


Keep in mind big names like McHale, Microwave, Rodman, Dumars etc etc...everybody know when dem retire...and some ah dem was stars

Men who get call like dana barros, ceballos etcetc an dem...wicked for years...then just *poof* dissapear

[capodetutticapi]

look at de rainman shawn kemp.now he is ah drunk.

[ribbit]

some more,

jeff hornacek - great shot
michael cooper - man on man defender - all elbows and knees
gerald wilkins - the original jordan stopper, brother of dominique

i remember horace grant had a brother harvey in the league and didnt' hersey hawkins have a brother as well in the nba?

[daryn]

I doh remember Hersey having a bro, but I could be wrong.  There was also Johnny Dawkins who is now an asst with Duke.

Gerald Wilkins used to do as good a job as anybody guarding Jordan when he was with the Knicks.  After Jordan burn Craig Ehlo with the shot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJsPzO4pDsQ) the Cavs had bring him in.  I think the next year Jordan make a similar shot over Wilkins.

then it also had former dunk contest participants like Kenny "skywalker" walker, terence stansbury (the statue of liberty dunk) and Harold Miner.

Jamal Mashburn, Billy Owens, Rony Seikaly, Robert Pack, Elliot Perry (the first man to bring back the high socks in the 90s), Michael Cage, Dale Ellis and Michael Adams also had their own moments in the spotlight at some point or the other.

[DeSoWa]

Bill Cartwright....Bulls

Big Up!

[fari]

yeah, bucks struggling since kareem left.

tom chambers
orlando woolridge - lakers, nuggets(?)
tim hardaway (run TMC)

tim does commentate now and then.

my god, to hear timmy "commentate" is the worst...the man uses ebonics like they going out of style...e.g. "they be saying..." or "he be putting up 20 pts a night"   he used to get some gigs every so often but after his outburst just before all star weekend he is now persona non grata i am sure.

 i know anthony mason used to have a summer b-ball camp in upstate NY.

but i am sure some of the guys mentioned are now probably living comfortably in their mansions, playing golf , gambling etc