Jordan Payton Eddie Jones Sheed (my friends say I play like him. Not sure if this is a complement though) Dirk T-Mac Duncan
Hakeem and Sam Cassell for the Rockets Jordan, Sir Charles, Mutumbo and Shawn Kemp for the rest of the NBA. Its funny how you love or hate some players and when they change teams you change your opinion? I loved Garnett when he was with the T-Wolves, not so much the Celtics I always thought Clyde was like the bad guy in the MJ Clyde battles when he was at Portland but when he went to Houston (obviously) it changed Mitch Richmond at GS I liked not at Sac Hated Rodman at Detroit, big respect for him with the Bulls.... etc
a) Shane Battier b) Larry Bird Battier, because his play really showed me how players can make big a difference on court without it showing up in the stats. I used to be always about individual accomplishment, and I cared minimally about the team aspect of the game before that. Seriously embarrassing to admit, but there it is. Bird, because my cousins in Boston were big Celtics fans, and they were the ones who turned me onto basketball. That's also part of the reason I'm a big McHale supporter.
was too young to truely witness the Hakeem era so the player i actually got a chance to watch... Rockets: Its hard to pick against guys like Yao and McGrady but i truely loved Shane Battier NBA: Grant Hill
I am a bit older, and grew up in the SF Bay Area. Favorite players growing up: Nate Thurmond, Joe Ellis, and Rick Barry, Warriors Clyde Frazier and Earl the Pearl, Knicks Dave Bing, Pistons Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes, Bullets Dr J, Sixers Spencer Haywood, Sonics Connie Hawkins, Suns Pete Maravich, Jazz
I was first a Blazers fan so between the time I started watching basketball (early 90's) up until Drexler was traded to Houston Drexler was my favorite player in the NBA. It didn't take long for Hakeem to overtake Clyde as he became my favortie player before the 95 playoffs finished. Around that sime time (95 playoffs) I started liking Penny and he became the 1st player I liked outside of my favorite team. I remember having all 4 of Penny's signature Nike shoes from back then.
Thanks for the replies.keep it going.another thing i'm interested is which players' basketball cards do u have growing up? I start watching basketball in my teens,basketball isn't a popular sport at my place,soccer is (so i am still a soccer first fan).I started watching nba after witnessing Nash passes in a tv news segment ,I love his passes ,so he's my favourite player growing up.
Chuck. First game I ever went to was in the early 90s, Chuck dropped something like 40/20 in a blowout win against the Jordan Bulls at the Spectrum.
