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)
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.