Right Player - Wrong Time

schnakenpopanz · Post #1 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:10 pm

Are there any players in Todays NBA who feel misplaced and coulb be suited for another era?

Obvious choices:
DeMar DeRozan
he would be better suited for the 80s and may be a star in that era

Andre Drummond would have been a force in the 80s

Kyle Anderson
His slow pace and lack of burst can be a liability against the speed and athleticism of the modern game.

SlimShady83 · Post #2 » by **SlimShady83** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:14 pm

Draymond Green LOL

Sixteen · Post #3 » by **Sixteen** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:14 pm

sixers version of Ben Simmons would have been fun in the early to mid 2000s. it would have been interesting to see how he developed his post game being that guards posted up more back then

schnakenpopanz · Post #4 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:17 pm

SlimShady83 wrote:Draymond Green LOL

He would have been awesome on the Bad Boy Pistons.

MakeItSplash · Post #5 » by **MakeItSplash** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:17 pm

Zach Edey

schnakenpopanz · Post #6 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:18 pm

MakeItSplash wrote:Zach Edey

by the looks or the play style?

Chuck Everett · Post #7 » by **Chuck Everett** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:23 pm

DeRozan has sucked in the playoffs across multiple eras. I doubt it would matter what era he played in.

dhsilv2 · Post #8 » by **dhsilv2** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:34 pm

Jokic, man was born to dominate the no defense 80's.

YogurtProducer · Post #9 » by **YogurtProducer** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:37 pm

Chuck Everett wrote:DeRozan has sucked in the playoffs across multiple eras. I doubt it would matter what era he played in.

Yeah I agree. He plays in an era where teams are okay with guys taking the types of shots he takes. If he was guarded more tightly to not allow him to I think he falters.

Pretty much any guys who plays "old-school" would do worse when the league was set up more to guard those guys.

Same thing with old school guys who shot 3's. They wouldn't be better now. They'd be garbage now when everyone can do their gimmick. Steve Kerr would not be in the NBA anymore for example.

bledredwine · Post #10 » by **bledredwine** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:39 pm

Any quick perimeter player from the 80s/90s and today.

Reggie Miller would FEAST today.

Any defensive, talented big from now and the 90s.

SkyBill40 · Post #11 » by **SkyBill40** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:48 pm

Jason "White Chocolate" Williams would be insane in today's freewheeling and fast paced league.

Gary Payton could be an even greater nuisance and disruptor as he always was, though he'd have to watch it now as they're quick to get in their feelings and dole out techs.

Hakeem Olajuwon would be unstoppable now given how soft big men are in today's league.

MrBigShot · Post #12 » by **MrBigShot** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:52 pm

Sheed is the picture perfect big for today's game

brutalitops · Post #13 » by **brutalitops** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:54 pm

I mean, other way about who would've been "better" today he was still an all NBA player, but Shawn Marion would be absolutely appreciated a lot more now then he was 20 years ago

maxpower8888 · Post #14 » by **maxpower8888** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:55 pm

Peja Stojakovic

Knicks365247 · Post #15 » by **Knicks365247** » Wed May 28, 2025 10:57 pm

Tim Legler aka LEGS and the only competent guy on ESPN would be excellent in the 3 pt era. Likely shooting 15 threes per game at +45% clip.

SkyBill40 · Post #16 » by **SkyBill40** » Wed May 28, 2025 11:17 pm

brutalitops wrote:I mean, other way about who would've been "better" today he was still an all NBA player, but Shawn Marion would be absolutely appreciated a lot more now then he was 20 years ago

I was going to list him and Amare Stoudemire, but I let it go. Good to see someone else understands their impact and how they'd be great today.

Bankai · Post #17 » by **Bankai** » Wed May 28, 2025 11:26 pm

Lots of former Raptors who, if they were in the right Eras, their skill sets would be better utilized and appreciated.
Jonas Valanciunas
Demar Derozan
Andrea Bargnani
PJ Tucker (though he had a decent career his 2nd stint in the NBA)
Ed Davis

Crazy thing is Bryan Colangelo drafted all of them. lol Colangelo was in the wrong Era.

Post #18 » by **tsherkin** » Wed May 28, 2025 11:32 pm

schnakenpopanz wrote:Are there any players in Todays NBA who feel misplaced and coulb be suited for another era?

Obvious choices:
DeMar DeRozan
he would be better suited for the 80s and may be a star in that era

He'd be about the same in the 80s as now. He would have been reasonably efficient back then, but he still sucks in the playoffs, so that would hold him back from greater acclaim.

Andre Drummond would have been a force in the 80s

He would have been a repetitious rebounding champ back then, as he has been. He's even been a 2-time AS in his actual career. No range, horrendous FT shooter, not a good passer, no real iso game... we're basically talking about Michael Cage, here.

Kyle Anderson
His slow pace and lack of burst can be a liability against the speed and athleticism of the modern game.

The hell...? Kyle Anderson has been in the league for a decade and has averaged 10+ ppg once. The 80s were a fast, fast era; for much of it, faster than the current era. He wouldn't be in any better shape back then compared to now.

JimmyPlopper · Post #19 » by **JimmyPlopper** » Wed May 28, 2025 11:35 pm

I think Chris Mullin would be even better as a higher usage three point shooter (which he probably would have become in this era)

RRyder823 · Post #20 » by **RRyder823** » Wed May 28, 2025 11:37 pm

Sam Perkins

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