« Reply #434 on: May 16, 2013, 10:35:52 AM »
Meh im just gonna pick. I'll take Bobby Jones
8 time NBA first team defense
4 time all star
6th man of the year
champion
Career TS% of .604
Longtime Teamate Julius Irving said,
He’s a player who’s totally selfless, who runs like a deer, jumps like a gazelle, plays with his head and heart each night,
Probably the ultimate team player of the 70's 80's
Bobby Jones: an average name for maybe the best defensive small forward of all-time. The only real competition for the honor is Scottie Pippen and Tom “Satch” Sanders. But during Jones’s playing days, he was certainly the best. Possessing a wiry, yet toned 6’9″ frame, Jones had the perfect height, length, speed and, above all, desire to frustrate and dominate his opponents.
Honorable Mention on Fox Sports top 10 SF's of all time
On Basketball Reference's top 10 Small forward list of all time
http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=1790
Strange...I always remember Bobby Jones playing the PF position.
I think they played him out of position because he was on the same team as Dr. J, much like Jeff Green with kevin durant. But if you look at all the NBA all defense teams he is there as the SF. (IE, the other players are pg, sg, pf, C)
Bobby Jones played the four in Denver as well where B.Jones was one of the top ten players in the league at that time.
A lot like Kirilenko in my mind. A combo forward. The skill-set of a big forward but the body of a quick forward. Tough enough and quick enough to play both. Quicker than Kirilenko. Much better defender on the perimeter than AK-47. Very disruptive as help defender at PF spot like AK-47 is.
Terrific glue guy. Makes everything work better around him.
Exactly, I was looking for a guy that I could put against some of the other excellent offensive players I would go against.
I also couldnt believe the shooting percentages the guy put up. Pretty unreal. 15-20 ppg in this draft isnt terrific but when you consider it came on something like 58% fg shooting it makes you do a double take

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