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Greatest player that's done nothing
« on: January 16, 2017, 08:08:57 AM »

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I was listening to the Starters the other day and they had a game I thought would be fun to play on here.

Can you name the greatest player in NBA history to have achieved nothing personally. This essentially means no MVP's, All-Star appearances, no All-NBA, no rookie teams ect. The only thing that could be included could be something like a slam dunk or skills champion as they are essentially a nothing award.

Who you got? It ain't easy!
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Re: Greatest player that's done nothing
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2017, 08:15:38 AM »

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I was gonna say Robert Horry since he has played in the most playoff games of any player ever, and all I can see is that he made 2nd team All-Rookie.  Never anything else individually.  If that 2nd team rules him out I will have to think about it.
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2017, 08:16:36 AM »

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It's not that they "did" nothing, it's that they won nothing. Here's a few:

Jalen Rose (most improved award is a nothing award)
Arvydas Sabonis
Rod Strickland
Cedric Cornbread Maxwell (Finals MVP may disqualify him)
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Jaylen Brown will be an All Star in the next 5 years.
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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2017, 08:18:30 AM »

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I'd say out of current players JJ Redick is a frontrunner
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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2017, 08:18:50 AM »

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Does winning 7 rings count as nothing?
(it's funny to write that down :)
Or are we looking just for individual awards?
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2017, 08:22:25 AM »

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Quote from: Androslav on January 16, 2017, 08:18:50 AM
Does winning 7 rings count as nothing?
(it's funny to write that down :)
Or are we looking just for individual awards?

It's just covering individual awards, so anything team related still counts.
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2017, 08:23:21 AM »

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Quote from: Granath on January 16, 2017, 08:16:36 AM
It's not that they "did" nothing, it's that they won nothing. Here's a few:

Jalen Rose (most improved award is a nothing award)
Arvydas Sabonis
Rod Strickland
Cedric Cornbread Maxwell (Finals MVP may disqualify him)

Sabonis is a hall of famer.
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2017, 08:27:22 AM »

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Quote from: Granath on January 16, 2017, 08:16:36 AM
It's not that they "did" nothing, it's that they won nothing. Here's a few:

Jalen Rose (most improved award is a nothing award)
Arvydas Sabonis
Rod Strickland
Cedric Cornbread Maxwell (Finals MVP may disqualify him)

Sabonis was the a top 3 center in the world in the 80s, having won Olympic, World and Euro gold by his 25th B-day.
Rod was 3rd team all-NBA and 1st rookie team
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2017, 08:37:09 AM »

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Giannis for another month or so.  Ha ha.
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« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2017, 08:58:50 AM »

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This will require some research, but off the top of my head:  Artis Gilmore.
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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2017, 09:00:19 AM »

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Lamar Odom comes close, but he made All-Rookie (to me, a minor award) and 6MOY (a bigger one). He never made an All-Star team, though.

I was always surprised Mike Bibby never made an All-Star team, as important as he was to those really good Kings teams.
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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2017, 09:00:58 AM »

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Mike Bibby -- probably a rookie team but I don't think he had any other awards.
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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2017, 09:01:27 AM »

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Quote from: Surferdad on January 16, 2017, 08:58:50 AM
This will require some research, but off the top of my head:  Artis Gilmore.

11x All-Star and in the HOF.
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Re: Greatest player that's done nothing
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2017, 09:04:27 AM »

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Stephen Jackson

Career = 15ppg, 4rpg, 3apg
Peak = 20ppg, 5rpg, 6apg

Jacks did win a title as a starter with San Antonio though.
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« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2017, 09:14:10 AM »

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Monta Ellis is a good one

Career: 18ppg, 5apg, 3.5rpg, 2spg
Peak: 25ppg, 5apg, 4rpg, 1.7spg

Less team success & playoff success than Stephen Jackson. No title. Generally on mid-level to sub-par teams throughout his career. Only one season past the 1st round of the playoffs (8ppg, 21mpg).
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