The rare NBA superstar who wasn’t much of a scorer, he did everything else on the court and was an elite play maker and defender, and a triple-double machine
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- Active NBA player in his 40s
- As great defender who never earned Defensive Player of the Year
- As Suns legend
- As #2 overall NBA Draft pick
- Feud with Jim Jackson
- Finished second in NBA league MVP voting but never won
- Fired as Bucks coach mid-season
- Holding NBA single game record for turnovers
- Missing out on league MVP in a controversial voting (2002)
- Never named NBA All-Star MVP
- Never named NBA league MVP
- On 2000 U.S. Olympic team
- One of the greatest players of the 21st century
- Traded from Mavericks to Suns
- Traded from Suns to Nets
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