For example I looked up Kenyon Martin today. I remember him being an all-star so I figured he must have had multiple 20/10 seasons. Turns out he never averaged more than 17 ppg and only got 10 rpg one season.
Muggsy Bogues surprised me positively. I thought he was just a role player like Early Boykins. Turns out he had several seasons averaging over 8 apg and a couple seasons averaging over 10 apg.
Clyde Drexler’s offensive rebounding numbers
He was getting as many OREB as Reggie Miller was getting total rebounds
Damn, fuck Reggie specifically?
I am always surprised by the fact that Reggie only was a 5 time all-star. Someone like Lowry has more been an all-star more times than Reggie
There was a good post on r/nbadiscussion talking about how he was snubbed a few times of All-Star selections like the one year they let fan voting alone determine starters and B.J. fucking Armstrong started in the All-Star game which helped push Reggie off the team as one of the snubs.
Reggie is a weird case because his counting stats and accolades aren’t super impressive but advanced stats love him. One of those players that is weirdly both underrated and overrated at the same time in current historical discourse.
Reggie is in no way overrated.
People underrated Reggie at the time
I had no idea about this until I read this. I’ve seen a handful of Clyde games on NBA Classics and some Youtube hilights, but I’d never noticed offensive rebounding. Great stat.