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Former NBA greats who are forgotten.

nomar said:
I guess I don't know what "forgotten" means. These guys were all big stars and immediately come to mind when considering the 80s (Ice Man going back a little earlier).

Now Dolph Schayes, there's a forgotten star!

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Chapter 1: Sandy Koufax
Afterword: See: Koufax, Sandy
 
If you really want to travel down memory lane, do what I did yesterday. A former college teammate (whom I had seen only once since we played 56 years ago) and I visited the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield. It was a journey to basketball heaven.
 
superjohn said:
Mark Price and Tom Chambers

Price was the best point guard in the NBA for a couple of seasons. Could pull up and shoot from anywhere, split the double team, find everyone. Injuries slowed him down and ended his career way too soon but he should still be a Hall of Famer IMO. 50/40/90 guy over 40% threes and over 90% ft's for his career.

Chambers was a 6"10 athletic freak. Most points scored in NBA history who isn't in the Hall of Fame.
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And Chambers still has one of the all-time greatest in-game dunks. Dropped nuts.
 
ktuck911 said:
Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Bernard King, James Worthy, Sam Perkins, CLIFFORD RAY ROBINSON
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Always played as Boston Strangler in games as a kid.
 
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Funny I saw George Gervin. I remember telling my father that Kevin Durant was an improved George Gervin. And Portland should take him no matter what. I was wicked smaht.
 
Chin Diesel said:
And Chambers still has one of the all-time greatest in-game dunks. Dropped nuts.
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Chambers was an amazing talent but I’m not sure he was ever great because he didn’t make enough winning plays. He should have been a first or second team player every year but there was no question he wasn’t really that type of player even back then. An All-Star definitely but not great.

I saw Bob McAdoo listed as well who wasn’t as athletic as Chambers but similar. McAdoo was indeed great early in his career until playing briefly for the Knicks and Celtics almost derailed his legacy. Fortunately, the Lakers picked him up and he was the six man for the Showtime Lakers and won some rings.
 
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Dammit, there's a guy I liked seeing play a lot. He was awesome and I keep forgetting his name.
 
People don’t realize how good Dennis Rodman was. I used to tell my players he may be my favorite player of all time. On the court that is, not off the court.
Another one - Dennis Johnson
 
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nomar said:
I guess I don't know what "forgotten" means. These guys were all big stars and immediately come to mind when considering the 80s (Ice Man going back a little earlier).

Now Dolph Schayes, there's a forgotten star!

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I mean forgotten in that the 20-something’s who are NBA fans right now have no idea who they are or really how good they were. It’s a squishy term. But take a Bernard king. No kid today has a clue who he was.
 
August_West said:
Chapter 1: Sandy Koufax
Afterword: See: Koufax, Sandy
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Koufax had a short career but he was probably the most unhittable and clutch pitcher in history. When fans used to complain about guys who threw spitballs they said it was "unfair". One reporter put this in context when he said "Whats fair about a Sandy Koufax 93 mph overhand curveball?"

When he threw a 1-0 shutout with 15k's in the World Series against the '63 Yankees I never forgot him.

11 stats that show why Koufax is a legend.
 
dennismenace said:
Koufax had a short career but he was probably the most unhittable and clutch pitcher in history. When fans used to complain about guys who threw spitballs they said it was "unfair". One reporter put this in context when he said "Whats fair about a Sandy Koufax 93 mph overhand curveball?"

When he threw a 1-0 shutout with 15k's in the World Series against the '63 Yankees I never forgot him.

11 stats that show why Koufax is a legend.
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Been a baseball fanatic since the early 60's through today and the best 2 pitchers during that time are Koufax and Pedro in my opinion
 
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ucp990411 said:
Been a baseball fanatic since the early 60's through today and the best 2 pitchers during that time are Koufax and Pedro in my opinion
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I agree 100% and when I happened upon Pedro a few years back in Washington’s National airport I told him exactly that. He got a big smile on his face. I said “Pedro, you and Koufax are at the top of Hall of Fame pitchers.”
 
August_West said:
Chapter 1: Sandy Koufax
Afterword: See: Koufax, Sandy
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Did you find Hank Greenberg's grave and piss on it or something? (just saw @nomar already went there, so I'll just say... Sue Bird.)

Getting back to hoops, I followed the ABA as a teen and guys like BIll Melchionni and Louie Dampier found great ABA careers after not doing well in NBA. Also, while he was mentioned in the "player most identified with a college" thread, he wasn't mentioned here, so Larry Kenon.

I think for all-time guys people forget about, Alex English has got to be at or near top of the list.
 
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nomar said:
I guess I don't know what "forgotten" means. These guys were all big stars and immediately come to mind when considering the 80s (Ice Man going back a little earlier).

Now Dolph Schayes, there's a forgotten star!

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Of course, Dolph Schayes’ son was an All Big East player for South Ontario.
 
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