Inspired by r/baseball’s same thread.
My pick is Amar’e Stoudemire. He was a beast in his years with the Suns.
Career Accolades:
• 6× NBA All-Star (2005, 2007–2011)
• All-NBA First Team (2007)
• 4× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2008, 2010, 2011)
• NBA Rookie of the Year (2003)
• NBA All-Rookie First Team (2003)
• 2× Israeli Basketball Premier League champion (2017, 2020)
• Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP (2020)
• Israeli Cup winner (2019)
• 2× Israeli Basketball Premier League All-Star (2017, 2019)
• All-EuroCup Second Team (2017)
• McDonald’s All-American (2002)
u/humblebrothers Amare is most definitely making the HoF lol
Drose. Is penny in the hof.
Grant Hill
Rose, Rondo, Deron, Amare’, Cousins
John Wall
5x all star by the time he turned 27 and wasn’t able to replicate his 2017 season again
Definitely had a few more years to rack up more accolades if the injuries didn’t pile up
Remember when Wall was best PG in East and felt like 2nd best in East? Then Giannis broke out more next year.
Mark Price and Brad Daugherty. Both really had great careers going on but injuries either slowed (Price) or knocked out (Daugherty) two really good Cavs from the 90s
Brandon Roy
Penny Hardaway
Dwight Howard was on track but unfortunately being gay was so unwelcome he had to get extreme. I always wondered what was holding him back
Demarcus Cousins had the talent to be a top 10 center ever but the injuries just kept piling up. If he stayed healthy him and AD coulda brought NOLA a ring
He’s a clown now but Agent 0. His 3 year prime is just as good as anyone’s and he went toe to toe with Kobe at Kobe’s peak.