trex_8063 wrote:Heej wrote:Why no Michael? Are there really that many OP Michaels in league history?
Didn't I answer this in the OP?
I mis-labeled a "Mike Johnson" (it was Mike Mitchell I was thinking of; will edit); and I also forgot about Mike Conley and Bibby.
So, aside from the obvious
GOAT candidate by that name, we could choose:
Michael Cooper (8x All-Defensive, 1x DPOY)
Mike Conley (1x All-Star, but obviously worthy of it more than that; 1x All-Defensive; 20.5 ppg/6.2 apg/only 2.0 topg thru three best years)
Mike Bibby (never an All-Star, but was one of the featured "big" players on a damn good team, averaging pretty close to 20/6 thru his three best seasons)
Michael Finley (2x All-Star, 5 consecutive seasons >20 ppg, adapted well to smaller role on title team later in career)
Mike Mitchell (had mis-called him Mike Johnson in OP [edited]; 1x All-Star who averaged 22.3/6.3 over a
7-year span in the 80s [some of that for decent teams])
Michael Redd (1x All-Star, 6 consecutive seasons >20 pgg [two >25 ppg])
Micheal Ray Richardson (3x All-Star, twice led league in steals, once led league in assists)
Micheal Williams (averaged 14.6 ppg/8.1 apg/2.3 spg over his three best seasons [albeit for mediocre-poor teams])
Mychal Thompson (was once nearly a 21/12/4 player for a fair-decent team, transitioned well to a lesser but solid contributor to a contender later)
Mike Brown
Michael Cage
Michael Adams
Michael Carter-Williams
Michael Olowokandi
Micheal Beasley
You don't see that as overly loaded compared to other names (again, considering we can stack Michael Jordan on top)?