Which players got hyped from a good playoff series/championship?

[lazyj10]

This came to me as I was reading about Dirk choking away the series versus the Warriors last year....

I wanted to discuss a flipside to that thread - who did you think would be much better than they actually are after witnessing a playoff series/game and/orchampionship?

Off the top of my head -

-Bibby versus the Lakers, that was like the apex to his career. He was never the same after slanging J's out the back of his Benzo.
- Troy Hudson, 02-03 he had a solid playoff run. I just thought he was going to escalate into something that never happened.

More will come to me..but discuss?

 

[allen3xis]

Austin Croshere and Chris Crawford got some nice paychecks after decent playoff performances

 

[mben32]

i agree with troy hudson..but this guy is the ultimate..

son got a fat contract from the Knicks after that playoff run the sonics had a few years ago..havent seen him since

 

[tmay407]

Bonzi Wells was already a good player and all that, but I think after that playoff series that he had with the Kings a few years ago, his free agency stockrose pretty significantly.

 

[the pga tour]

Austin Croshere was the first to come to mind

 

[RyGuy45]

Yup based mostly on his playoff performance against the Lakers the Wolves signed T Hudson to a 37 million dollar deal AND let Chauncey Billups walk.


How bout Tim Thomas when he made that run with PHX? Dude was almost out of the league then dropped 48 three pointers in the playoffs and got LAC to sign him

 

[stoneyjax]

^^

yeah Jerome James did ball against the Spurs

 

[shannonscrooks]

Larry Brown, DB for the Dallas Cowboys

 

[darthska]

Robert Horry

 

[answer iv dmx]

- Troy Hudson, 02-03 he had a solid playoff run. I just thought he was going to escalate into something that never happened.
Yup.

 

[lazyj10]

Didn't croshere at least win like, 6th man of the year or something?

Knick contracts shouldn't count because they're not based on anything logical.

 

[nimo007]

Derek Fisher, comes thru every year in the playoffs.

 

[lazyj10]

I guess I forgot any Free Agent the Raiders add from a Super Bowl team tends to be overpaid.

 

[franchise3]

Originally Posted by tmay407

Bonzi Wells was already a good player and all that, but I think after that playoff series that he had with the Kings a few years ago, his free agency stock rose pretty significantly.

Dude gassed himself up.

The Kings offered him like a $36M contract after that playoff stint, but he declined thinking he could get more by testing out the FA waters.

At the end of the day, nobody camea knocking, and Houston scooped him up for like a cheap 2 year deal.

He's a FA again after this season, but it looks like he's gonna go down the Spree route and regret not taking the offer that was on the table.

 

[blackredxiiigoat]

Yup...yup...and yup...all good stuff in this thread...Hudson def, Croshere too...I really liked duke in Tampa Bay but I remember Dexter Jackson cashed in onthat Super Bowl MVP forreal with that FA contract he signed right after they won (with I believe Arizona, could be wrong though)

 

[ghenges]

Knicks made Houston a 100-million dollar man because of ONE game winning shot in the playoffs.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

David Givens.

5 years/$24 million with the Titans

I think he played 5 games in two years...

 

[franchise3]

Originally Posted by Ghenges

Knicks made Houston a 100-million dollar man because of ONE game winning shot in the playoffs.

Word

 

[mystical33]

Boobie Gibson.

 

[shannonscrooks]

Originally Posted by Chester McFloppy

David Givens.

5 years/$24 million with the Titans

I think he played 5 games in two years...

I completely forgot about Givens and I am a Pats fan. He fell off the face of the earth.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

Originally Posted by ShannonsCrooks

I completely forgot about Givens and I am a Pats fan. He fell off the face of the earth.

Tom Ashworth too... signed a pretty big deal with Seattle and just got cut a week ago, could never fit into their system.

I'm jealous of the Patriots personnel department. If the 49ers could grasp 1/3rd of what the Patriots do in regards to their personnel, I'd beecstatic.

 

[lil stevie728]

Earned him a line in Jay-Z's verse in "Crazy in Love"

 

[you big dummy]

Tim Thomas

 

[hypnosis45]

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

Robert Horry

he got 8 rings to prove it and should be damn well hype when some guys are fighting just to have 1

 

[jpzx]

Originally Posted by LiL Stevie728

Earned him a line in Jay-Z's verse in "Crazy in Love"

Forgot about Van Exel, dude was $ in the playoffs