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What NBA player, past or present, had stats that surprised you either positively or negatively when you when you looked them up? (alien.top)
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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.

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[–] Frequent_Aside2267@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reggie Miller. Thought he was a multiple 20+ scorer over the years and was 1st tier all nba, but only had 5 all star appearances to go with it.

[–] Skunedog48@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Same. I always think of him as one of the 5 best SGs ever but in actuality he was probably closer to a Kyle Korver (good starter, borderline AS) than Kobe or DWade level superstar

[–] achyutthegoat@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This might be one of the dumbest comments ever.

[–] 123SWISH@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

kyle fucking korver? really? go watch some reggie miller and send him a written apology for that comparison

[–] Senor_Couchnap@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kobe once called him the hardest player to defend so take that as you will

[–] Skunedog48@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

For sure. He was the model for Steph running guys through a gauntlet of screens

[–] WyngZero@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The NBA was A LOT different when he played. Very few players even touched 25+ points per game, maybe like 3 a year. Miller was consistently near the 20 mark and that was extremely impressive for the time.