{"id":1132,"date":"2019-11-01T23:37:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T04:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2020-12-13T22:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T04:58:50","slug":"omg-hes-still-playing-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/omg-hes-still-playing-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG\u2026.He\u2019s Still Playing In The NBA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4518\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4518 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/hes-still-in-the-nba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4518 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/hes-still-in-the-nba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Smith &#8211; No &#8220;ordinary&#8221; Joe LOL!!!! #ZING<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>(#TBT to 2\/15\/11 original publication date; still rings true.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>When Jerry Sloan retired last week it made me face a sad reality; that I am getting old. By him retiring, it\u2019s like another link to being a kid watching the NBA is now gone.<\/h2>\n<p>As long as these guys continue to play, it means we\u2019re not old. But now with no Sloan to turn to, who else should I be rooting for in the interest of keeping my youthful appearance?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a short list:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Antonio McDyess<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his first incarnation, Antonio McDyess was an athletic freak who was one of the most ferocious dunkers in the league. A knee injury in 2001-02 sidelined him for almost two full seasons and changed his entire style of play.<\/p>\n<p>After being stripped of his athleticism and jumping ability, McDyess redefined his role in the league as a veteran who could rebound and hit the mid range jumper. Now playing for the Spurs in his 14<sup>th<\/sup> season, the argument could be made the injury actually prolonged his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Juwan Howard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of all the members of the \u201cFab Five\u201d recruiting class of 1991, Howard\u2019s 16-year career is the longest by several years. Howard and the \u201cFab Five\u201d made an indelible image in the world of hoops as the first team to rock baggy shorts, a trend that is now an NBA standard, but was a big deal at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Howard has been around so long he played for Washington when they were still the Bullets and was the first NBA player to sign a $100 million dollar contract.<\/p>\n<p>If the Heat can pull out a title in the 2011 NBA Finals, Howard would be the first and only Fab Fiver to collect a championship ring.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, if you Google \u201cFab Five\u201d these days, you will find nearly as many links to a cheerleading scandal in Texas as to the greatest group of freshman ever assembled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kurt Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The year was 1995. Montell Jordan\u2019s \u201cThis Is How We Do It\u201d was king of the airwaves. The O.J. 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Maybe it\u2019s because of the hype of being the #1 overall draft pick in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s the scandal he was at the epicenter of when Kevin McHale tried to pay him under the table. If he were an NFL player, he would be Mark Brunell, continually doing <em>just enough<\/em> to keep getting picked up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Erick Dampier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Erick Dampier was the biggest human I have ever seen in my life, other than Shaq.<\/p>\n<p>And when he was drafted 10<sup>th<\/sup> overall in 1996, the expectations matched the physical frame; big.\u00a0But as a pro his offensive game never developed beyond him being a space-eater as in 14 years he averaged a double-double only once.<\/p>\n<p>Thought of now as a \u201cdefensive specialist\u201d mainly because he is huge, Dampier is clinging to life on the Miami Heat bench, hoping to Brian Scalabrine his way to a cheap ring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Grant Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though being declared clinically dead for a couple seasons, Hill is still productive. 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