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The 1990s: hand checks, great centers and Jordan’s decade

By the 99OVR editorial team at Sameer Studios

Zone defense was illegal, hand-checking mostly wasn’t, and nearly every contender was built around a great center. The 1990s pool in 99OVR keeps that shape: rich in defense, passing point guards and finishing bigs, and nearly bare wherever the decade itself was bare.

Clear-outs, hand checks and a moving arc

Two rules explain most of the decade. Illegal-defense rules banned zones, so a weak-side defender couldn’t simply park in the lane, and offenses punished that with the clear-out: four players on one side, the star alone with his man on the other. Hand-checking, meanwhile, let a perimeter defender ride a ball handler’s hip with a forearm. The league trimmed it at the edges but didn’t truly crack down until 2004–05.

The result was basketball played inside-out, at a walk and with a lot of contact. Possessions ran through post-ups and isolations, pace drifted down for most of the decade, and scoring followed. The 1998–99 lockout season, squeezed into 50 games, produced some of the lowest-scoring basketball since the shot clock arrived.

The three-point line is the odd footnote. To lift scoring, the league shortened it to a uniform 22 feet from 1994–95 through 1996–97, and attempts jumped; when the arc moved back out, most teams went back to the block. Threes were a job description, not a philosophy, which is why this pool’s great shooters are almost all specialists.

Jordan, the giants and the near-misses

The Bulls won six titles in eight seasons: three straight from 1991, then three more after Michael Jordan came back from his baseball detour, including the 72-10 season in 1995–96. Hakeem Olajuwon’s Rockets took the two in between, the second as a sixth seed with Clyde Drexler alongside him.

The real depth was in the middle. Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Shaquille O’Neal, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo all overlapped, and from 1992 on every Defensive Player of the Year in the decade was a center except Gary Payton in 1996. No guard won it again until Marcus Smart in 2022.

Most of the decade’s great teams are remembered for losing to Chicago: Stockton and Malone’s Jazz twice, Payton and Kemp’s Sonics, Barkley’s Suns. Their rosters are the backbone of this pool, heavy on very good players who never quite won.

Then the decade turned over. Kevin Garnett went straight from high school to the 1995 draft, the first to do it in twenty years; the 1996 class brought Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen and Marcus Camby; and Tim Duncan won the 1999 title in his second season. Their cards here are the early versions, some of them still raw.

The six skills in the ’90s pool

99OVR hand-rated this pool to match the hand-check game; nothing here is an official rating. Defense and point-guard skills are everywhere, and the shooting stops at the small forwards. The skills guide explains how each skill feeds a build.

Jumpshot: Lives on the wings: Reggie Miller, Glen Rice, Dell Curry, Chris Mullin and a rookie-contract Ray Allen. Among point guards only Mark Price and Dana Barros truly shoot it, and the power-forward and center pools are the thinnest shooting in the game, the 1960s included.
Handles: A point-guard skill led by Tim Hardaway, Iverson, Rod Strickland and Kenny Anderson, with Jordan as the wing exception. Big men barely dribble; the best handle among the centers belongs, fittingly, to Hakeem.
Finishing: Owned by the bigs. Shaq is the decade’s strongest finishing card, with Olajuwon, Robinson, Kemp, Malone and Barkley close behind. After Jordan and Drexler the guard pools fall off a cliff, and no point guard finishes at an elite level.
Playmaking: The decade’s signature at the point: Stockton, Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson, Mark Jackson, and a second tier that still runs real offenses. Off the ball, look for Pippen, Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway; among centers, only Sabonis, Webber and Divac really pass.
Defense: The deepest skill in the pool. The big-man pools are crowded with rim protectors, the guards have Payton, Mookie Blaylock, Joe Dumars and Jordan, and Pippen defends at the level of the very best centers.
Athleticism: Shawn Kemp, Jordan, Drexler, Isaiah Rider and teenage Kobe, plus David Robinson, a seven-footer who ran like a wing. The slow end is the shooting specialists and the European passers.

Position by position

Point guards are the decade’s most reliable pool: handles and playmaking in every deal, defense in pockets (Payton, Blaylock, Kidd, Derek Harper), finishing almost nowhere. The danger is that scorers share the pool; Iverson, Nick Van Exel and Sam Cassell pass at an ordinary level by these standards.

Shooting guards are Jordan and the specialists. Jordan is the pool’s best finisher, defender and athlete, but Reggie Miller out-shoots him and Iverson out-dribbles him. Playmaking is the hole, with Penny the only elite passer.

Small forwards are the soft spot. Behind Pippen and Grant Hill come shooters and role players, and no decade’s small forwards finish worse.

Power forwards finish, defend and jump: Malone and Barkley at the rim, Rodman, Charles Oakley and Horace Grant on defense, Kemp above everybody, and Webber, Anthony Mason and Toni Kukoc for playmaking. Shooting and handles barely exist.

Centers are defense and finishing, with a coin flip everywhere else. Arvydas Sabonis is the one center who helps in both the jumpshot and playmaking rounds; Divac (passing) and Rik Smits (shooting) are the fallbacks.

The ’90s on both wheels

The positional decade reel weights the 1980s through the 2020s evenly and the two oldest decades lower, so the ’90s land roughly one spin in six. The landing badge judges your dealt dozen at that round’s skill: ’90s centers in the jumpshot round will usually flash ROUGH, and in the defense round almost always flash ALL-TIME.

On the Best Player wheel, the ’90s are where the franchise reel fills out: the 1970s and 1980s carry a handful of classic teams, the ’90s thirteen franchises. Each slot deals the franchise’s whole decade, so the ’90s Spurs means Robinson and Duncan, and the Raptors slot, earned by a 16-66 season, still deals Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and Marcus Camby. The in-game badge is judged on that full roster, which is why no ’90s franchise lands as rough.

A team re-spin keeps the decade and swaps the franchise, and with this many strong ’90s rosters it usually lands in good company. The franchise guide covers every team’s decades.

Drafting from the 1990s

The ’90s weaknesses are mostly cheap ones

Each ’90s position pool is thin mainly where its position’s rating weighs least. Bigs can’t shoot or dribble, but a center’s OVR leans on rim pressure and defense; point guards can’t finish, but a point guard’s leans on shot creation and playmaking. Small forward is the exception: finishing and defense both matter there, and both dry up after a couple of names. So don’t burn your one positional re-spin on a ’90s big-man jumpshot landing by reflex. The positional builds guide has the weights.

Spend a superstar where his pool drops off

A player can be stolen only once, so ask where the drop to the next-best option is steepest. In a small-forward run that is Pippen’s defense, by a distance. In a shooting-guard run it is Jordan’s finishing, not his jumper, because Reggie Miller exists. Hakeem is the reverse case: his defense is elite, but so are many centers you’ll be dealt, so his finishing, where fewer keep up, is the better use.

In Budget, let the deep rounds pay for the thin ones

Prices follow rating bands, not fame, and the worst player at the skill on any roster you’re dealt costs the $1 minimum. In a ’90s big-man jumpshot round nobody is expensive because nobody is good, so take a cheap shooter and bank the difference. In a ’90s center defense round, the second- or third-best defender is often a full price band cheaper and only slightly worse. More in the Budget strategy guide.

Mind the careers that cross into the 2000s

The one-use rule follows the person, not the card. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Ray Allen, Shaquille O’Neal, Jason Kidd and several others appear in both the ’90s and 2000s pools, and a steal in one decade locks them out of the other. Teenage Kobe is an athleticism card; the 2000s version is elite nearly everywhere. If a ’90s round offers a comparable alternative, take it and keep the bigger card alive.

Players worth knowing

Mookie Blaylock: One of the best perimeter defenders in the decade, hiding in the point-guard pool behind louder names. Spend him on defense; everything else is merely fine.
Anthony Mason: A point forward in a power forward’s body, and one of the few frontcourt cards that can genuinely pass. He defends, too, so ignore the modest scoring line.
Cedric Ceballos: The best finisher in the weakest small-forward finishing pool of any decade, with real bounce. His jumper, passing and defense are all liabilities.
Arvydas Sabonis: The rare center who can shoot and pass, which makes him gold in the jumpshot and playmaking rounds of a big-man run. Never take him for athleticism.
Dennis Rodman: Famous for rebounding, which 99OVR doesn’t rate as a skill. His value is elite defense and surprising athleticism; any offensive steal is wasted.
Kobe Bryant: The decade’s trap: a giant name whose ’90s card is mostly bounce, with a jumper that trails most of the shooting-guard pool. Stealing him here also burns his far better 2000s card.
Allen Iverson: The best handle in the decade, full stop. Because he is dealt in the point-guard pool, he is also a trap in the playmaking round.

On the Best Player wheel

When the franchise reel lands on one of these teams in the 1990s, the roster you read is the whole franchise across the decade, not a single season. The team that earned the slot is listed first; the rest of the roster is everyone else who played for the franchise in those ten years.

1990s Blazers · All-time · 73 players

1992 Blazers: 57 wins and a Finals trip. Then Jordan shrugged. Headliners: Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, Cliff Robinson, Buck Williams.

1990s Suns · All-time · 86 players

1993 Suns: 62 wins, an MVP, and purple uniforms that still slap. Headliners: Charles Barkley, Dan Majerle, Kevin Johnson, Richard Dumas, Cedric Ceballos.

1990s Mavericks · Solid · 94 players

1993 Mavericks: 11-71. One of the worst teams in modern history. Headliners: Derek Harper, Jim Jackson, Sean Rooks, Terry Davis, Walter Bond.

1990s Knicks · All-time · 75 players

1994 Knicks: Seven games from a title. Starks went 2-for-18. Headliners: Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Smith, Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason.

1990s Rockets · All-time · 80 players

1995 Rockets: Clutch City. Sixth seed, back-to-back, nobody believed it. Headliners: Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Otis Thorpe, Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith.

1990s Pacers · Solid · 59 players

1995 Pacers: Reggie scored 8 in 9 seconds. The Garden never recovered. Headliners: Reggie Miller, Rik Smits, Byron Scott, Dale Davis, Derrick McKey.

1990s Magic · All-time · 90 players

1995 Magic: Shaq and Penny at 23. The scariest what-if in the sport. Headliners: Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Nick Anderson, Horace Grant, Dennis Scott.

1990s Bulls · All-time · 70 players

1996 Bulls: 72-10. The apex of the sport and everybody knew it live. Headliners: Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoc, Luc Longley, Steve Kerr.

1990s SuperSonics · All-time · 70 players

1996 SuperSonics: 64 wins, green and gold, and the last great Seattle team. Headliners: Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Detlef Schrempf, Hersey Hawkins, Sam Perkins.

1990s Jazz · All-time · 59 players

1997 Jazz: Stockton's shot beat Houston. Then Jordan happened. Headliners: Karl Malone, Jeff Hornacek, John Stockton, Bryon Russell, Greg Ostertag.

1990s Celtics · Solid · 91 players

1997 Celtics: 15-67. The tank year that missed on Duncan. Headliners: Antoine Walker, David Wesley, Eric Williams, Rick Fox, Dana Barros.

1990s Raptors · All-time · 63 players

1998 Raptors: 16-66 in dinosaur pinstripes. A teenage McGrady watched. Headliners: Doug Christie, John Wallace, Dee Brown, Walt Williams, Marcus Camby.

1990s Spurs · All-time · 83 players

1999 Spurs: Twin Towers, lockout season, first banner in San Antonio. Headliners: Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Sean Elliott, Avery Johnson, Mario Elie.

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The 1990s positional pool

Positional runs deal twelve players at random from the chosen position’s pool when the decade reel lands on the 1990s. These are all 114 players who can appear, with the box-score clue from their roster card and the note shown beside it on wider screens. Players listed at two positions can be dealt in either pool. Skill ratings stay hidden until your verdict.

Point guards

John StocktonPG: 15.2 PPG · 12.4 APG · 2.2 SPGNever missed the right pass. Rarely missed a game.
Gary PaytonPG: 19.2 PPG · 7.5 APG · 2.2 SPGThe Glove. Talked you out of your dribble.
Kevin JohnsonPG: 18.7 PPG · 9.6 APGDunked on Hakeem and apologized to nobody.
Tim HardawayPG: 20.3 PPG · 9.3 APGThe killer crossover before the killer crossover.
Mark PricePG: 17.3 PPG · 7.8 APG · 90% FT40-50-90 in short shorts.
Jason KiddPG: 14.5 PPG · 8.9 APG · 6.8 RPGThrew passes to spots players hadn't reached yet.
Rod StricklandPG: 17.8 PPG · 9.3 APGNever made an All-Star team. Ask a point guard why that's a crime.
Terrell BrandonPG: 16.8 PPG · 6.3 APGSI called him the best point guard alive in '97. Quietly right.
Mookie BlaylockPG: 14.8 PPG · 6.9 APG · 2.5 SPGFirst option on defense, and that's a compliment.
Mark JacksonPG: 12.1 PPG · 8.6 APGBacked you down for 20 seconds, then found the shooter.
Kenny AndersonPG: 16.9 PPG · 7.7 APGLeft hand from another planet.
Muggsy BoguesPG: 8.9 PPG · 7.6 APG · 5'3"Smallest man on the floor. Hardest to press.
Avery JohnsonPG: 10.3 PPG · 6.7 APGThe Little General. Hit the shot that won the '99 Finals.
Damon StoudamirePG: 19.6 PPG · 8.8 APGMighty Mouse. Rookie of the Year with a logo tattoo to prove it.
Stephon MarburyPG: 17.7 PPG · 8.6 APGStarbury, before the sneakers and the exile.
Derek HarperPG: 14.4 PPG · 5.9 APGTook the beating from Jordan so you didn't have to.
Dana BarrosPG: 13.0 PPG · 42% 3PTOne All-Star year, 89 straight games with a three.
Eric SnowPG: 6.8 PPG · 5.0 APGRan the offense. Could not shoot it into the ocean.
Spud WebbPG: 9.9 PPG · 5.3 APG5'7" dunk champion. The vertical was not a rumor.
B.J. ArmstrongPG: 9.8 PPG · 3.3 APGAll-Star by ballot on a Jordan team. Read the fine print.
Charlie WardPG: 7.1 PPG · 5.7 APGHeisman winner playing the point. Defense traveled.
Sherman DouglasPG: 11.0 PPG · 6.0 APGThe General. Floaters before floaters were taught.
Anfernee HardawayPG / SG: 19.0 PPG · 6.3 APG6'7" point guard with Magic's blueprint. The knees kept the ceiling.
Allen IversonPG / SG: 26.8 PPG · 4.6 APGSix feet of contempt for your ankles.
Nick Van ExelPG / SG: 16.9 PPG · 7.3 APGIce water, bad angles, deep threes. Lakers chaos captain.
Sam CassellPG / SG: 14.9 PPG · 6.0 APGRookie daggers in the '94 Finals. Never met a midrange he didn't like.
Joe DumarsPG / SG: 17.0 PPG · 4.6 APGGuarded Jordan honestly. Jordan says so.
Ron HarperPG / SG: 13.5 PPG · 3.9 APGTraded the 20-a-night for three rings and the point-guard spot on the 72-win team.

Shooting guards

Michael JordanSG: 30.4 PPG · 6.1 RPG · 5.3 APGThe reason the trophy has his name on it.
Reggie MillerSG: 19.9 PPG · 40% 3PTEight points in nine seconds. Ask New York.
Mitch RichmondSG: 22.7 PPG · 3.9 RPGTwenty a night for a decade on teams nobody watched.
Jeff HornacekSG: 14.9 PPG · 4.6 APGFace-touch free throws, elbow jumpers, zero wasted motion.
John StarksSG: 13.9 PPG · The DunkWent from bagging groceries to Game 7. Sometimes shot like both.
Steve SmithSG: 16.9 PPG · 3.2 APGSilk midrange and the league's best-kept charity secret.
Jerry StackhouseSG: 19.2 PPG · 3.8 APGDrafted to be the next Jordan. Settled for buckets and fistfights.
Hersey HawkinsSG: 14.5 PPG · 41% 3PTThe quietest 2,000-point college season ever translated fine.
Dell CurrySG: 11.9 PPG · 40% 3PTSixth Man with the cleanest release in the gym. His kid took notes.
Nick AndersonSG: 14.4 PPG · 5.3 RPGStole the ball from Jordan. Missed four free throws. Both are true.
Isaiah RiderSG: 16.7 PPG · East Bay FunkDunk champion. Coach killer. Order varies by year.
Rex ChapmanSG: 14.6 PPG · 40 inchesHung in the air long enough to change his mind twice.
Byron ScottSG: 14.0 PPG · 38% 3PTShowtime's last shooter, aging gracefully into a mentor contract.
Kobe BryantSG: 15.4 PPG off the benchThe afro years: airballs in Utah, ceiling visible from space.
Ray AllenSG: 19.5 PPG · 39% 3PTJesus Shuttlesworth, first edition — the legs still did the scoring.
Vinny Del NegroSG: 11.6 PPG · 4.0 APGSpurs' steady hand. The definition of fine.
Clyde DrexlerSG / SF: 21.0 PPG · 6.6 RPG · 5.6 APGThe Glide. Finally got his ring next to Hakeem.
Latrell SprewellSG / SF: 19.4 PPG · 4.2 APGAll-NBA First Team once. Infamous forever.
Eddie JonesSG / SF: 14.1 PPG · 2.1 SPGPassing-lane menace with a corner three before it was fashionable.
Dan MajerleSG / SF: 13.2 PPG · 38% 3PTThunder Dan. Shot them from the parking lot and guarded up three sizes.
Michael FinleySG / SF: 17.5 PPG · 5.2 RPGIron-man wing who never missed a game or an open pull-up.
Kendall GillSG / SF: 13.7 PPG · 1.6 SPGAthletic enough for anything, asked to do everything.

Small forwards

Scottie PippenSF: 18.6 PPG · 6.7 RPG · 5.6 APGThe best defender alive ran the offense too.
Grant HillSF: 21.6 PPG · 7.9 RPG · 6.3 APGWas the next everything until the ankle said no.
Glen RiceSF: 20.4 PPG · 43% 3PTThe purest heat-check in the league. 56 in Miami says hello.
Chris MullinSF: 21.7 PPG · 45% FGCrew cut, left hand, gym rat. The shot never rushed.
Sean ElliottSF: 14.9 PPG · Memorial Day MiracleTiptoed the sideline into San Antonio folklore.
Jamal MashburnSF: 19.7 PPG · 5.0 RPGMonster Mash. Buckets in bulk, defense on backorder.
Chuck PersonSF: 14.7 PPG · The RiflemanTalked to Larry Bird in threes. Occasionally hit them.
Dale EllisSF: 15.7 PPG · 40% 3PTFirst man to 1,000 threes. Catch, rise, next play.
Cedric CeballosSF: 17.8 PPG · 50% FGBlindfold dunk, 50-point night, somehow always open at the rim.
Bryon RussellSF: 8.4 PPG · Flu Game witnessFamous for the wrong poster. The defense was actually real.
LaPhonso EllisSF: 14.7 PPG · 7.4 RPGSprings for days until the knees collected rent.
Jalen RoseSF: 14.1 PPG · 3.8 APGSix-eight point forward out of the Fab Five, still talking.
Detlef SchrempfSF / PF: 16.8 PPG · 6.2 RPG · 3.4 APGGerman efficiency: two Sixth Man awards and a 51% season.
Toni KukocSF / PF: 13.6 PPG · 4.3 APGThe Waiter served whatever the possession ordered.
Robert HorrySF / PF: 7.5 PPG · Big Shot RobCareer seven points. Playoff heart attacks extra.
Danny ManningSF / PF: 16.7 PPG · 5.4 RPGSilkiest post footwork of the decade, cruelest ACLs.
Cliff RobinsonSF / PF: 16.4 PPG · HeadbandUncle Cliffy: stretch big before the league approved of them.
Anthony MasonSF / PF: 10.6 PPG · 4.0 APGPoint forward built like a bank vault. Haircut art optional.
Antoine WalkerSF / PF: 17.5 PPG · 8 RPG · ShimmyShot threes because there are no fours. Rookie edition.

Power forwards

Christian LaettnerPF / C: 16.6 PPG · 7.9 RPGThe Dream Team college guy. Pros made him ordinary.
Karl MalonePF: 27.0 PPG · 10.5 RPGThe Mailman delivered for 18 straight winters.
Charles BarkleyPF: 23.3 PPG · 11.7 RPG6'4" in socks. Rebounded like gravity owed him money.
Dennis RodmanPF: 5.2 PPG · 16.7 RPGIgnored the ball unless it missed. Then it was his.
Shawn KempPF: 17.8 PPG · 10.4 RPGThe Reign Man. Posters have a patron saint.
Larry JohnsonPF: 17.8 PPG · GrandmamaThe four-point play lives in Garden lore. The back took the rest.
Derrick ColemanPF: 16.8 PPG · 9.3 RPGWhoop-de-damn-do. The talent was never the question.
Horace GrantPF: 12.6 PPG · 8.6 RPGGoggles, garbage buckets, and every dirty screen Chicago needed.
Charles OakleyPF: 9.7 PPG · 10.0 RPGHuman consequence. Ask anyone who drove the lane in New York.
Otis ThorpePF: 13.7 PPG · 8.3 RPG · 55% FGNever took a shot he couldn't make. Radical concept.
Buck WilliamsPF: 9.9 PPG · 8.8 RPGLed the league in FG% twice doing nothing fancy once.
Dale DavisPF: 9.1 PPG · 9.1 RPGIndiana's designated collision.
Tom GugliottaPF: 16.0 PPG · 8.5 RPG · 3.1 APGGoogs: passing, boards, jumpers — the quiet everything guy.
Juwan HowardPF: 18.2 PPG · $100MFirst nine-figure contract. The midrange was honest work.
Jayson WilliamsPF: 8.9 PPG · 10.0 RPGOffensive boards were a personality.
Shareef Abdur-RahimPF: 18.7 PPG · 7.1 RPGTwenty and seven into the void. Vancouver deserved better.
Terry CummingsPF: 12.8 PPG · veteran menaceOrdained minister, unordained post game.
Tim DuncanPF / C: 21.7 PPG · 11.4 RPG · 2.5 BPGRookie of the Year, champion by year two. Bank open late.
Kevin GarnettPF / C: 18.5 PPG · 9.6 RPGPreps-to-pros lightning rod, guarding one through five at 21.
Chris WebberPF / C: 20.1 PPG · 9.7 RPG · 4.1 APGThe best passing big of his generation, timeout not included.
Rasheed WallacePF / C: 14.5 PPG · Both Teams Played HardCould guard everyone and shoot everything. Chose chaos.
Vin BakerPF / C: 18.2 PPG · 9.5 RPGFour straight All-Star years in Milwaukee. Then the fade.
Kevin WillisPF / C: 14.5 PPG · 11.1 RPGWould still be playing in 2007.
Antonio DavisPF / C: 9.7 PPG · 7.9 RPGElbows and honesty in the paint.
Marcus CambyPF / C: 12.1 PPG · 3.7 BPGSkinny shot-eraser, straight from UMass to the rim.
Theo RatliffPF / C: 8.9 PPG · 3.0 BPGSent shots back with a return address.

Centers

Alonzo MourningC: 20.1 PPG · 10.2 RPG · 3.1 BPGPlayed every possession like a personal insult.
Hakeem OlajuwonC: 24.3 PPG · 11.4 RPG · 3.4 BPGThe Dream Shake ended careers politely.
David RobinsonC: 23.6 PPG · 11.2 RPG · 3.2 BPGThe Admiral: a 71-point night and a quadruple-double.
Patrick EwingC: 23.2 PPG · 10.4 RPGCarried New York up the middle for a decade of near-misses.
Shaquille O'NealC: 27.2 PPG · 12.2 RPG · 58% FGBackboards filed restraining orders.
Dikembe MutomboC: 12.9 PPG · 11.8 RPG · 3.9 BPGNot in his house. Finger wag included at no charge.
Arvydas SabonisC: 14.5 PPG · 8.1 RPG · 3.0 APGArrived at 31 on shredded knees and still passed like a myth.
Rik SmitsC: 14.8 PPG · The Dunking DutchmanSeven-four with genuine touch from twelve feet.
Vlade DivacC: 12.0 PPG · 8.2 RPG · 3.1 APGFlopped, passed, smoked at halftime, won anyway.
Brad DaughertyC: 19.0 PPG · 9.5 RPGFive All-Star nods before the back ended it at 28.
Shawn BradleyC: 8.1 PPG · 2.5 BPG · 7'6"Blocked everything, including his own posters.
Gheorghe MuresanC: 9.8 PPG · 7'7"Led the league in FG% and doorframe grudges.
Chris DudleyC: 3.9 PPG · The FT chroniclesMissed 13 straight free throws in one game. A record of courage.
Greg OstertagC: 4.6 PPG · 1.7 BPGLarge. Occasionally in the correct spot.
Robert ParishC: 11.7 PPG · Chief, final seasonsThe rainbow jumper aged better than the knees.
Rony SeikalyC: 14.7 PPG · 10.4 RPGSpin Doctor on the block, hands of a DJ — he was one.
Mark EatonC: 6.0 PPG · 3.2 BPGA wall that occasionally scored by accident.
Manute BolC: 2.6 PPG · 3.3 BPG · 7'7"Blocked shots and attempted threes. Both at scale.
Ervin JohnsonC: 5.9 PPG · 1.9 BPGNot that one. This one boxed out.