ESPN 30 for 30: Ben Wilson

[zack54attack]

Ronnie Fields was great. I still don't think a lot of people realize how good he was. He would make a great 30 for 30 story too..

 

[zack54attack]

Also, this is one of the best documentaries I've watched in a very long time..

 

[Frank Breakfast Styleham]

17,500 points, 12,000 rebounds, an 18.5 and 15.5 season average with points and rebounds, a ring, an All-Star appearance and MVP votes are under-achieving huh?

How many do you got?

No, I didn't forget Kevin Willis' durability. Its amazing. A lot of tall guys have their bodies break down just from the wear and tear of an NBA season, and Willis didn't have any injury problems IIRC. Doesn't change the fact that he should have been WAY better than he was. In fact, its probably yet another indication that Kevin Willis was one of the biggest underachievers in NBA history.

 

[heikks86]

he actually averaged 12.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and since the 94-95 season he only played in over 75 games three times. He had only four seasons where he averaged 17 points and atleast 12 rebounds per game. He only had 6 seasons were he averaged double digit rebounds and 7 seasons where he averaged more than 15 points a game and he only made the all star game in 92 because Bird and Dominique were hurt. The ring he got he got it riding the bench for the Spurs he averaged 5.1 minutes per game and averaged 2.6 points per game

17,500 points, 12,000 rebounds, an 18.5 and 15.5 season average with points and rebounds, a ring, an All-Star appearance and MVP votes are under-achieving huh?

How many do you got?

 

[FirstTimer]

17,500 points, 12,000 rebounds, an 18.5 and 15.5 season average with points and rebounds, a ring, an All-Star appearance and MVP votes are under-achieving huh?

How many do you got?

:andruw:

Wrong.

 

[nwfisch]

:andruw:

Wrong.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willike02.html


He averaged one season of 18/15.

 

[houheffna]

17,500 points, 12,000 rebounds, an 18.5 and 15.5 season average with points and rebounds, a ring, an All-Star appearance and MVP votes are under-achieving huh?

How many do you got?

Again dude...he wasn't that great. And NOTHING about Wilson's game screams "Kevin Willis". Not a damn thing. You have managed to overhype a great story about a great high school athlete. Its almost as if you totally missed the point.

 

[scottiepippen1994]

[video=youtube;CX9PsLKKCCM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX9PsLKKCCM[/video]

 

[Frank Breakfast Styleham]

Yeah, for one season he put up an 18 and 15. I didn't mean that as a career average, he did it for one year. Hardly underachieving.

 

[Frank Breakfast Styleham]

Hou- YOU missed the points Mr...Mr...Poopypants!!!!!

 

[FirstTimer]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willike02.html


He averaged one season of 18/15.

No shit sherlock.

 

[FirstTimer]

Hardly underachieving for that one year, perhaps, but, much like your previous example of Willis's durability...isn't this lone 18/15 season an indication of Willis underachieving?

This. Since Willis never did that again..or even came close to that again...Either that 18/15 year was a fluke..or Willis underachieved below what he could have done for 90+% of his career.

 

[Frank Breakfast Styleham]

This. Since Willis never did that again..or even came close to that again...Either that 18/15 year was a fluke..or Willis underachieved below what he could have done for 90+% of his career.

You might be right on that one.