Underrated Ballers: Luke Walton, Kwame Brown, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker

[Im Still Ballin]

These guys were quality rotation guys

I'd compare them to Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Eric Snow and Ilgauskas

[BeastMode24]

meltdown

[To4]

I dunno about yall but i liked luke walton as a player, decent rebounder, mid range J is money. good passer, mid - high IQ at best I think.

Good role player

[elementally morale]

Walton was an okay role player. Mihm had his moments but end of the rotation material. The other two were not even D-League talents.

[NBAGOAT]

why the hell would you bring this up now Anyway it's not those guys that are underrated, it's phil jackson and coaching in general that's underrated. Laker/Kobe fans should know better considering they know what it's like to have Mike Brown instead of Phil.

[$LakerGold]

Walton has a high basketball IQ, can't say for the rest of the players on the list.

[Im Still Ballin]

2ru!

[ImKobe]

Larry Hughes was an all-star caliber player, had a season averaging 22/6/5 with 2.9 spg (led the league) on the Wizards that made the 2nd round a year before he joined the Cavs

Drew Gooden has been a solid role player for a long time, averaged 14/9 his first year with the Cavs, is still in the league

Big Z was a multiple time all-star, consistent 16/8 player in his prime, one of the better rim protectors in the league at the time.

Eric Snow was a starting PG on the Sixers that made the Finals under Larry Brown, decent passer

All the guys mentioned in the thread title got traded/were let go and had short lived careers. They were medicore role players who would have rode the end of the bench on other teams. It's laughable to compare Kwame Brown to Big Z, or Smush Parker to Eric Snow.

[Im Still Ballin]

Let's judge them based on their performance that year

They are about comparable

Cavs have a little better balance, but Lakers have a legit bonafide 2nd option in Lamar Odom

[andgar923]

They were actually great acquisitions, all being sought after free agents (or draft) at the time.

I remember Laker fans celebrating when they acquired every single one, with even experts stating how good the acquisitions were.

[Disaprine]

[bigkingsfan]

Luke Walton - Genetics!
Kwame Brown - #1 Pick
Chris Mihm - Victory Cigar
Smush Parker - Who?

STACKED

[ImKobe]

Let's judge them based on their performance that year

They are about comparable

Cavs have a little better balance, but Lakers have a legit bonafide 2nd option in Lamar Odom

Lamar Odom as a 2nd option

6 players on that Suns squad averaged double digit points against the Lakers, that should let you know how bad the defense was.

Kwame Brown/Chris Mihm as rim protectors

Smush Parker as a starting PG


Yeah, Lakers could have made the WCF in 2006 but it didn't happen. The sequence that led to the Tim Thomas 3 highlights how bad the team was

Kwame gets switched onto Nash, Nash drives inside and the entire defense collapses in, no one bothers to run out to the 3pt line so Nash gets a wide open corner 3 that he usually makes in his sleep

Nash somehow misses and Odom can barely get off his feet as he looks as if he expected it to go in, let's the ball fly over his head

Tim Thomas gets the ball and Kwame just runs at him and gets pump faked, wide open 3

so Kobe is supposed to advance in the Playoffs with his teammates doing this?

[Hey Yo]

Kwame and Mihm >>>> 2011 Joel Anthony

Smush >>> 2011 Bibby

[choppermagic]

Just when i was starting to forget that crap-fest of a line up, why you go bring their names up again? LOL