Mahmoud Abdul Rauf vs Nick Van Exel

[durantbird]

Who was the better player?

[migya]

Both never mentioned and both at their best were good enough to be the best PG in the 90s, they were that talented. I always believed Chris Jackson (yes his real name) had the talent to be the best scorer in the nba, as in college he was something that may never have been replicated since. He was shafted and that is well known. He never becomes muslim, things in his career would be different and on that Denver team he had the environment to maybe become that great player.

[penbeast0]

Abdul Rauf had only one year shooting more than 3.3 three pointers for all his rep, the one thing he did in an outstanding fashion was shoot free throws with a career FT% of .905. Van Excel stretched the floor more and was better at defense, playmaking, and the intangibles involved with pulling your team together as a group (it wasn't just the Muslim thing that divided Abdul Rauf's teammates). Neither drew fouls particularly well, neither was an efficient scorer (NVE has the only season of the two of them over league average and he had only a 3.3 TS Added that year).

Van Excel was clearly better peak, prime, and career; neither has a legit claim at best in the NBA though. Really only Van Excel is even a legit All-Star at his peak.