Players with outlier peaks compared to their career

[nate33]

Agent Zero. He had some all-star caliber years, but in 06 he was one of the best players in the league. Absolutely unguardable. And he gave us the most badass game winner in NBA history by a margin so big you have to measure it in galaxies.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZvphSoCNQ[/youtube]

Nah. Arenas had 3 peak years. His best two, 2006 and 2007, were pretty much indistinguishable from each other statistically. In 2005 he was still an All-Star, just not quite as good as the next 2 years.

[RayBan-Sematra]

Jerome James.
Averaged 13 / 7 / 2bpg in an 11 game playoff run.

Knicks then for some reason gave him a gigantic contract despite him never averaging more then 5ppg / 4rpg in a reg-season.
Over 4 years with the Knicks he played 90 games total and averaged 2.5ppg / 1.8rpg.

[RayBan-Sematra]

Eddy Curry is another example.

Averaged 20 / 7 on 60%TS in 2007.
Second best season in 16 / 5 on 58%.

I wouldn't really call it an outlier year in terms of ability though.
He just played more minutes that year.

[Masigond]

Aaron Brooks 2009-2010 (another Mike James type outlier)

[cpower]

Devin Harris 08-09 21/3/7 PER 22