Posted by martin:
Posted by Paladin55:
Posted by OffDaMeterzzzz:
I know the majority of the board will disagree; Ben Wallace was a top 5-10 player in the NBA in 2004 and 2005. His defense, shotblocking, intdimidation and presence totally controlled the game. To me, he was the best player on those winning Detroit teams. Since he left Detroit for his big raise he has been INVISIBLE.
What happened?
[Edited by - offdameterzzzz on 05-27-2009 12:46 AM]
Maybe the steroids wasted his body.
I considered him to be an average athlete with below average BB skills, even when he was at his best, and once he lost his physical edge there was not much he could do to compensate for this loss, like a Jordan or Jabbar was able to do.
average athlete? Wow. I thought he was an exceptional athlete with superior defensive skill and low offensive skills. And I thought that his BBIQ on the defensive end was very high.
He got old the past few years and I heard that he had knee and leg problems this year.
Never thought he was that coordinated, and in most of the "skill" aspects of the sport he was sub-par. He could block shots, rebound, and dunk, that was about it. Does not mean that I would not want him on my team in his prime, but the fact that he has not been able to adapt as he got older says a lot. When I talk about an "athlete" I am talking about a lot of things, by the way.
And I do believe that he was juiced up.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
5/27/2009 3:07 PM
