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Which NBA players from the 1990s do you miss?
For my choices, I am not going to go with the obvious players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, etc.
Instead my choices are going to be some of my other favorite players I use to collect when I was a kid. When I first started collecting basketball cards in 1991, these were 3 players (besides Shaq and MJ that I collected the most.
It sucks that all these former All-Stars got hurt and/or traded, and then their careers were never the same.
Larry Johnson (Hornets) - One of the first basketball Rookie Cards I got in my collection. I remember it was the 91-92 Hoops RC. Grandmama was one of my favorite players. When he teamed with Alonzo Mourning, the Hornets were my second favorite team behind the Lakers. Sadly he got hurt then traded to the Knicks where his career went downhill.
Shawn Kemp (Sonics) - The Reign Man was destined to be a future Hall of Famer. His career peaked when he and Payton led the Sonics to the NBA Finals. At one time, I had over 200 different Shawn Kemp cards (this is when I was 10 years old and that back then was a lot). Stupidly the Sonics underpaid Kemp and way overpaid Jim McIlvaine with a 5 year $35 million contact. NBA fans can probably blame Jim McIlvaine because I think he was the first untalented and useless center that got paid a lot of money just because of his height. LOL! Kemp then gained a lot of weight and was never the same player again.
Anfernee Hardaway (Magic) - Penny Hardaway was one of the best guards in the mid 90s. He was a 4 time All Star and made the All NBA First Team twice. Once Shaq left Orlando for the Lakers, Penny soon suffered a knee surgery will took away all his explosiveness. He was then traded to the Suns where his career went downhill.
For my choices, I am not going to go with the obvious players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, etc.
Instead my choices are going to be some of my other favorite players I use to collect when I was a kid. When I first started collecting basketball cards in 1991, these were 3 players (besides Shaq and MJ that I collected the most.
It sucks that all these former All-Stars got hurt and/or traded, and then their careers were never the same.
Larry Johnson (Hornets) - One of the first basketball Rookie Cards I got in my collection. I remember it was the 91-92 Hoops RC. Grandmama was one of my favorite players. When he teamed with Alonzo Mourning, the Hornets were my second favorite team behind the Lakers. Sadly he got hurt then traded to the Knicks where his career went downhill.
Shawn Kemp (Sonics) - The Reign Man was destined to be a future Hall of Famer. His career peaked when he and Payton led the Sonics to the NBA Finals. At one time, I had over 200 different Shawn Kemp cards (this is when I was 10 years old and that back then was a lot). Stupidly the Sonics underpaid Kemp and way overpaid Jim McIlvaine with a 5 year $35 million contact. NBA fans can probably blame Jim McIlvaine because I think he was the first untalented and useless center that got paid a lot of money just because of his height. LOL! Kemp then gained a lot of weight and was never the same player again.
Anfernee Hardaway (Magic) - Penny Hardaway was one of the best guards in the mid 90s. He was a 4 time All Star and made the All NBA First Team twice. Once Shaq left Orlando for the Lakers, Penny soon suffered a knee surgery will took away all his explosiveness. He was then traded to the Suns where his career went downhill.
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