Everyone always wants to debate about who the best player in the NBA is. I wont lie, I thought it was LeBron James, but after an uninspired playoff game I lost some respect for him. Kobe Bryant is the best basketball player in the league. He isn't Michael Jordan, but that comparison is unfair because no one will ever be Michael Jordan. Kobe is great though, no denying that.
During my latest epiphany about Kobe being the best, I thought about someone else. Someone who was great and could have been one of the greatest. Someone who I was a huge fan of as a child. His name? Grant Hill.
Check out Grant Hill's numbers between 95' and 2000. Actually forget that, I'll throw some numbers out at you. 22 Points 6 assist and 8 rebounds per game. That is what Hill was doing for his first 6 seasons. That is a triple double on any given night. Hill was explosive, smart and made his team better.
At a time when Michael Jordan had just retired and the NBA was looking for the next face of the league,it seemed as if Hill could be that guy. He had the skill to do it. Injuries killed any hope of that though. Hill had numerous surgeries and missed a number of games over the middle part of his career. In the years where his numbers probably would have been highest, Hill was forced to watch from the sidelines.
Now at the end of his career, Hill is experiencing some success with the Suns and its a great thing to see. The Lakers are probably about to oust them from the playoffs, but that's a whole other topic. I just wonder, what could have been?
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