Stars Everyone Forgot About

I love to reminisce about the NBA (preferably the years 2000-2008) and I got to thinking about this last night when me and a couple friends were thinking of some players we liked back in the day. So this blog is dedicated to some players that were good in the 2000s or maybe some guys you may have forgot about. NBA junkies will love reading this and I think it's a fun and entertaining way to end the week. I'm basically blogging like the fan that I am compared to my previous blogs where I attempt to be some type of sportswriter. So here's to you "The Stars That Everyone Forgot About".



Ricky Davis: Otherwise known as "Cornrow-Mutton Chops". Ricky Davis was future of the Cleveland Cavaliers before LeBron arrived he averaged 20ppg the year before LeBron was drafted. If you remember he attempted to get a triple double vs. the Jazz by intentionally missing a lay-up on the opposing basket and getting the rebound (I'm serious YouTube it) unfortunately for Ricky it did not count. After being shipped out of Cleveland after LeBron's rookie season he went to Boston where he was the secondary option to Paul Pierce (by the way those Celtics teams were awful). He then went on to play for the T'Wolves, Heat, and Clippers it wasn't that he was not good the league just got better around him I think and thus he has been forced to play overseas the past few years. Now however he plays for the D-League's Erie Bayhawks (New York Knicks affiliate) looking for one more shot at the league (The Knicks have nothing to lose at this point in my opinion may as well give him a 10-day contract). WE WANT RICKY!

Jason "White Chocolate" Williams: Real life example of a black guy trapped in a white guys body. He was the Kings' point guard of the future before he was traded for Mike Bibby, an unreal passer and ballhandler  he does not get the credit he deserves for that. Stats aren't terrific but he's one of those players that you just need to watch to appreciate his game. Quite the journey-man played for the Kings, Grizzlies, Heat, Magic. He also won a title in 2006 with Shaq and D-Wade in Miami. Kudos to Jason Williams he's that guy everyone forgets about....... but I don't.

             

Peja Stojakovic: Let me say this: If you wanted to win games on NBA Live 02-08 for PS2 you used whatever team Peja was on. End of Story. Peja is the definition of an International player-pure uncut shooter. He was the most underrated player on those Sacramento teams that were so good in the early 2000s. Shot 40% from beyond the arc for his career and is a career 17ppg scorer. I was going to put up a YouTube video like the other ones but do you really want to watch 4 minutes of a guy only making threes? All in all you want Peja on your pick-up team.








Steve "The Franchise" Francis: Find one person on this planet that didn't enjoy watching Franchise play.......Have you found one yet? Didn't think so. So much energy, so much passion, so much talent, so much everything. Those years where he was with the Rockets were just some of the best ever, I feel so bad for him however because after he got traded to Orlando for Tracy McGrady his career just went downhill, he couldn't stay healthy and he lost all of his explosiveness because of his injuries. I'll always love Franchise a truly unreal talent.

Tracy McGrady: Yeah I know did everyone really forget about T-Mac? I would argue yes after he left the Rockets besides a select few. This man was UNREAL in Orlando and Houston he averaged 32 a game 2003! I can't really put into words how much I loved T-Mac back in the day. He gets a bad rap because he couldn't win in the playoffs. Please stop and respect T-Mac because he did stuff like this...

 

The second video is appropriately titled "The Lost Legend"


I mean I could go on and on and on and on and on with players that were once some of the best at the time but go unnoticed now. My main goal was to get you "the fan" thinking about some of your favorite players from back in the day and just reminisce about the NBA you grew up with. Feel free to comment or tweet at me some of your favorites as well I could talk for days (and I mean Days) about this stuff. Hope you enjoyed.


-NS(@NolanPSchmidt)