Nate Thurmond has passed away

[insidehoops]

R.I.P.

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=19540

[feyki]

Rip .

One of the greatest defensive player ever .

Rest in peace , legend .

[warriorfan]

Holy shit

He was doing post game quite often for the Warriors up until this year

He was doing shows only a few months ago and he looked pretty healthy

Pretty shocking....Nate was a beast of a player and even classier of a person

He will be missed, RIP

[Elosha]

Nate was taken away from us far too soon. RIP to one of the greats.

[Thunderfan86]

2016 has been brutal man

RIP

[Funktion]

Got his autograph as a kid in the 90's. Rest in Peace.

[Psileas]

RIP. Arguably the GOAT 1 on 1 defender. I don't think I've ever seen any big that he wasn't giving major fits.

[Hey Yo]

Holy shit

He was doing post game quite often for the Warriors up until this year

He was doing shows only a few months ago and he looked pretty healthy

Pretty shocking....Nate was a beast of a player and even classier of a person

He will be missed, RIP

You never saw him play....


R.I.P Mr. Thurmond

[jlip]

RIP. Arguably the GOAT 1 on 1 defender. I don't think I've ever seen any big that he wasn't giving major fits.

This

RIP.

[oarabbus]

RIP to a legend

[ClipperRevival]

RIP. Arguably the GOAT 1 on 1 defender. I don't think I've ever seen any big that he wasn't giving major fits.

Holy sh-t. That's a tall statement. Care to elaborate?

[Young X]

RIP. From what I've heard, one of the toughest defenders ever.

[ILLsmak]

surprised nobody has posted any jacked pictures of him yet.

RIP tho.

-Smak

[PHILA]

Holy sh-t. That's a tall statement. Care to elaborate?

He was strong and had terrific footwork. Below is a post from another forum how opposing centers performed against Thurmond compared to their season averages.



Wilt Chamberlain (1965-1968):

Season Average: 29.0 ppg, 23.9 rpg, 6.3 apg on 56.7% FG, 45.0% FT and 55.6% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 22.2 ppg, 26.0 rpg, 5.8 apg on 52.2% FG, 44.7% FT and 53.2% TS



Walt Bellamy (1965-1974, 53 games):

Season Average: 17.5 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 2.5 apg on 51.4% FG, 62.1% FT and 55.1% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 15.4 ppg, 11.9 rpg (41 games), 2.3 apg (30 games) on 41.4% FG (26 games) and 65.8% FT



Willis Reed (1969-1971, 12 games):

Season Average: 21.3 ppg, 14.1 rpg, 2.1 apg on 49.7% FG, 76.2% FT and 54.2% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 15.8 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 1.7 apg (10 games) on 36.6% FG (10 games), 75.4% FT and 44.2% TS (10 games)



Zelmo Beaty (1965-1969, 41 games):

Season Average: 19.7 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 1.7 apg on 47.8% FG, 75.2% FT and 53.7% TS

Vs. Thurmond:17.2 ppg, 11.1 rpg (38 games), 2.1 apg (36 games) on 42.3% FG (16 games), 79.1% FT


He played well against him in 1967 playoffs:

17.3 ppg, 12.2 rpg (5 games), 1.4 apg (5 games) on 43.8% FG, 81.6% FT and 55.0% TS



Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970-1974, 39 games):

Season Average: 30.5 ppg, 15.5 rpg, 4.3 apg on 55.3% FG, 68.3% FT and 58.2% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 24.7 ppg, 15.1 rpg, 3.4 apg (36 games) on 46.1% FG, 66.8% FT and 49.0% TS



Bob Lanier (1971-1974, 20 games):

Season Average: 21.9 ppg, 12.6 rpg, 3.1 apg on 48.8% FG, 76.7% FT and 53.1% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 17.1 ppg, 13.7 rpg, 4.2 apg (18 games) on 44.8% FG (15 games), 85.9% FT and 50.5% TS



Bob McAdoo (1973-1974, 7 games):

Season Average: 24.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg, 2.0 apg on 50.5% FG, 78.6% FT and 55.3% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 20.9 ppg, 11.3 rpg (6 games), 2.6 apg (6 games) on 42.4% FG (5 games), 78.3% FT and 49.5% TS (5 games)



Bob Rule (1968-1970, 14 games):

Season Average: 22.1 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.6 apg on 47.2% FG, 68.5% FT and 51.5% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 20.6 ppg, 9.7 rpg (12 games), 1.6 apg (12 games) on 47.8% FG (7 games), 65.5% FT and 45.6% TS



Elvin Hayes (1969-1974, 30 games):

Season Average: 25.4 ppg, 16.3 rpg, 2.1 apg on 43.8% FG, 66.8% FT and 47.7% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 22.6 ppg, 15.6 rpg (29 games), 2.5 apg (28 games) on 39.1% FG (24 games), 66.8% FT and 41.5% TS (24 games)



Elmore Smith (1972-1973, 7 games):

Season Average: 17.8 ppg, 13.8 rpg, 2.0 apg on 46.8% FG, 54.6% FT and 48.5% TS

Vs. Thurmond: 14.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg, 1.4 apg on 41.3% FG, 55.6% FT and 42.7% TS

[Funktion]