RealGM Top 100 List #95 Only 6 spots left!
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:05 pm
PG: Tim Hardaway, Mark Price, and maybe Mookie Blaylock are the players I'm looking at . . . should mention Penny Hardaway though he never impressed me as much as he did the TV guys of his day.
Wings: Marques Johnson has the most impressive peak. Bailey Howell, Chet Walker, Jamaal Wilkes and Bob Dandridge had longer careers, if lower peaks, and also come to mind.
Bigs: Amare Stoudamire and Jerry Lucas bring great scoring and rebounding respectively but defensive questions (Neil Johnston maybe even better numbers in the weak 50s but defensively questionable too). Bill Walton has the highest peak (though that's it for true career value -- 1 year then failed to stay healthy to the playoffs the next and 1 year as a reserve role player). Sean Kemp and Yao Ming should get mentions though neither played with a high BBIQ.
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Hardaway, Price, and Blaylock as the top PGs;
Walker, Wilkes, Dandridge, and Hornacek as the top wings
Howell, Amare, Lucas, Johnston, Kemp, and Walt Bellamy as top scoring bigs
Yao Ming, Marques Johnson, Penny Hardaway, or Gus Williams as the top short peak players
But right now I'm going to throw a vote to Bob Dandridge. Excellent defender, smart player, good scorer . . . the type of complimentary player that helps you win rings as he did in both Milwaukee and Washington.
Wings: Marques Johnson has the most impressive peak. Bailey Howell, Chet Walker, Jamaal Wilkes and Bob Dandridge had longer careers, if lower peaks, and also come to mind.
Bigs: Amare Stoudamire and Jerry Lucas bring great scoring and rebounding respectively but defensive questions (Neil Johnston maybe even better numbers in the weak 50s but defensively questionable too). Bill Walton has the highest peak (though that's it for true career value -- 1 year then failed to stay healthy to the playoffs the next and 1 year as a reserve role player). Sean Kemp and Yao Ming should get mentions though neither played with a high BBIQ.
Compare --
Hardaway, Price, and Blaylock as the top PGs;
Walker, Wilkes, Dandridge, and Hornacek as the top wings
Howell, Amare, Lucas, Johnston, Kemp, and Walt Bellamy as top scoring bigs
Yao Ming, Marques Johnson, Penny Hardaway, or Gus Williams as the top short peak players
But right now I'm going to throw a vote to Bob Dandridge. Excellent defender, smart player, good scorer . . . the type of complimentary player that helps you win rings as he did in both Milwaukee and Washington.