If I had to pick one, damn, picking one is hard. Ok, I feel like I'm giving the finger to Muggsey Bouges, Dell Curry and all the other old school Hornets, but Larry Johnson has to take the cake. In those formative 5th, 6th 7th grade years, he was the man. The Hornets first All-Star, and likely one of the first 3-5 packs of cards I ever opened had his rookie card in it with the ugly shirt and everything from that Skybox with the weird graphics and colors what was it? '91-'92? I had to have the Grandmama shoes with "react-juice" and my sainted mother actually got them for me! Just such a personal attachment to him, and the way he played and feeling bad about the way he was just sent packing at the first sign of his back issues.
Loved that guy, but I've just started to appreciate his play. The rebounding, the physical nature of his play. I remember watching him in those final four games, as a Duke fan, and hating his guts, but then when he came to the Hornets, he was the man. Between he and Zo, the Hornets were the greatest, pulled me into the NBA and into the hobby and has carried me on in those thin years while we had no team and even now when we have a team but it really doesn't seem like it here in Charlotte.
Awesome thread and awesome contest, thanks.
Loved that guy, but I've just started to appreciate his play. The rebounding, the physical nature of his play. I remember watching him in those final four games, as a Duke fan, and hating his guts, but then when he came to the Hornets, he was the man. Between he and Zo, the Hornets were the greatest, pulled me into the NBA and into the hobby and has carried me on in those thin years while we had no team and even now when we have a team but it really doesn't seem like it here in Charlotte.
Awesome thread and awesome contest, thanks.