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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish
Grant Hill was done being elite at 27 and then similarly segued into a bench, vet role after dealing with the ankle for multiple seasons.
DRose was the last top-tier guy who was waylaid close to that degree.
Oden was never going to be what he was talked about, but he never even got started.
Yeah those are great ones. I thought of Sayers first off, but without looking him up I was pretty sure he had several 1000 yard seasons after the injury so wasn't as waylaid as Walton. I saw that injury live, by the way. But in fact he only had one more decent season and done. And it really showed up in his kick returns, where he went from GOAT to not so great.
I love Rose and Hill as examples of this. Walton, Bo, Grant, Rose, Sayers ... all A+ candidates.
I thought of Koufax early on but with a 5 year GOAT span, you didn't really miss your career, or your peak. And with Walton I agree it is only the brevity that got him. He hit a peak very briefly that was pretty sick. He was something like a Russell/Rodman combo point center. Sick passer on top of everything else.
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