For example: Clyde Drexler Jr.

what names would u suggest?

I haven't watched much basketball before 2022, only a few games here and there. Looking to watch some of lebron's most fun series on league pass or elsewhere.

Thanks

edit:

Unfortunately it seems like everything before 2013 is unavailable on league pass, not sure how people watch old games.

Name the player

Played 4 years USA high school basketball in the state of Florida.

Never played College Basketball.

Never played on his High School Varsity team, as a Senior was on the JV roster.

Averaged less than 10 points per game on JV, received No D1 Scholarship offers.

Entered the NBA draft and was selected the same year he left High School

Played D league for two years, Averaged single digits in points, rebounds. Never played a minute of NBA game time.

Was cut after two seasons. Retired from Basketball approx 2 years later With no injuries.

Without an espn in my life I don’t get to see highlights league wide and can only see whole game reviews, and I just don’t have time for that.

Any solid source elsewhere for a review of what’s happening?

Down to 1-5, combined 75 from Dame and Giannis and still lose

Why did this happen? Any ASU fans that can explain how this incredible two way player was undrafted?

Prime KG vs Prime Giannis

In the wake of Embiid's outburst about how much he's given to the sport and the subsequent backlash, it made me think about how bad post NBA life is for some of these guys.

Most of these retired players especially the bigs are forever hobbled and will have impaired mobility for the rest of their lives.

I don't understand why people hate on a guy who knows he probably won't be able to walk in twenty years for not playing in back to backs or feeling like he is being unfairly critiqued.

You can say he doesn't live up to expectations, or that he plays dirty, or he makes a bunch of money, but can we give a little more grace to these injury prone guys.

Pretty self explanatory, I think he deserves it but will they actually do it? Let me know

Has Zach Lowe popped up anywhere since getting laid off from ESPN?

His podcast was awesome.

Edit: a well considered reply from @airgordo4 made me realize that “hand checking” is a bit of a misnomer for what I actually want, which is just a drastic increase in physicality allowed on ball handlers. The rest of the post is unchanged, so just replace “hand check” with “bodying up on on-ball defense”.

Lot of conversation the past week about the poor NBA ratings and the lack of visual diversity of play in the league. The latter point is debatable, since we’re still talking about 10 guys on the court that all have different skill sets and styles, but every team basically has the same goal of driving to get the defense rotating to get open shots.

Bringing back hand checking would solve everything though:

1. Would make it more difficult for ball handlers / off ball shooters to get the space necessary to shoot the 3;
2. Would make it more difficult for ball handlers to get past their defender and get the defense rotating, decreasing the chance of an open 3;
3. Would decrease the number of possessions as teams would have to work harder to get their shots, decreasing pace and increasing the importance of each possession;
4. Maybe more important than 1 - 3, the increase in physicality would naturally create more conflict between players, building rivalries over time that the league severely lacks in this buddy-buddy era of the NBA

There are other changes that could move the needle - one small: only one timeout allowed in the last two minutes, one medium: 10 day IR to discourage players from resting one off games, one big: cut down from 82 to 64 games - but I think this one rule change would drastically improve the product on the court and the stories off the court, all without completely wrecking historical stats.

What do you think?

Strictly using NBA here

Would his skillset as a 3 point shooter transition and make him a better player in today's NBA?

Would he average more points in today's NBA because it's more fast-paced, and there's a much greater emphasis on 3 point shooting than when he played?

In terms of sheer accolades and dominance relative to era I mean he’s certainly up there.

He was probably the first GOAT the NBA had until Wilt and Russell surpassed his achievements.