Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 10:40 am  |  70 responses

For Old Time’s Sake: Grant Hill

Believe it or not, Grant Hill used to be the “next MJ.” Drafted by the Pistons in ’94, one of the nastiest draft classes in history, Hill was an assassin from day 1. He started in the All Star Game and shared ROY honors in ’95 with Jason Kidd after putting up this stat line : 20 pts, 6 boards, 5 assists, and just under 2 steals.  He led the league in triple-doubles in the ’95-’96 season and also won a Gold Medal in the ’96 Summer Olympics in ATL. Until the ankle problems, Hill was on his way to being a first ballot Hall of Famer. While he’s still enjoying a nice career, you can’t help but think of what may have been without the injuries. SHOUT OUT TO YINKA DARE FOR THIS ILL MIX.

-Schneezy

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  • pennydunk_1

    Grant Hill > Penny. And yeah, he was a force of nature. Today he would be right there with the best of ‘em, no question. Just look the games, 97 onwards.

  • http://facebook.com/tronjohnson Chief

    One of the best Yinka Dare mixs

  • newzealanderinlondon

    “I liked 1 of the 1st Grant Hill Filas, the 1 that 2Pac wore in the inside book of “All eyes on me”.

    Haha I know exactly what you mean – I remember copping All Eyes on Me and had those shoes on and dayum I felt like wow!

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    GHill…. this guys first basket in the L was an alley… AFTER THEY WON THE TIP TO START THE GAME….welcome to the LEAGUE….

  • James aka…

    I was most impressed with how his moves were highly legal compared to most NBA stars. His crossovers didn’t look like massive palming violations, and he still lost guys like it was the Rucker.

  • Dave

    Anybody remember that time he body slammed Alonzo Mourning?

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    cosign James aka…he was VERY fundamentally sound with his lightning quick moves. No LeBron Crab-Dribble or Allen Iverson carry-crossover. He was good enough not to need to do things like that.

  • http://itsahardwoodlife.blogspot.com omphalos

    Damn he was so close to the 20, 5 and 5 line. 0.1 ppg off. I never knew this. Injuries suck…

  • andrew

    i blame Fila.

  • hammer

    I remember hill and pip as the 2 top sf n the game. Both point forwards. I used 2 hate hill since his dookie days. And that hatred carried over 2 his nba career cuz pip was my man and hill was the new point forward on the rise. Looking back,I miss the old hill. Especially when he was teamed up w/allan houston. That was a good tandem. The triple-double threat he was night- in/night-out. Beatiful and smooth game. Always a class act. Its a shame injuries got the best of him. Dam injuries! Good 2 c him still play @ a high level @ age 38. Still can’t help but think of what could have been

  • hammer

    Sad 2 c how promising players like hill,penny,t-mac,bo jackson and ken griffey jr have injuries that derail their careers while players like mark ‘mad dog’madsen,jj reddick,adam keefe,chris dudley,rick fox,kwame brown,darko milicic and list goes on and on can have long careers and win a couple titles along the way. Its like chris rock said:”Only the good rappers r dead. Tupac dead. Biggie dead. Meanwhile vanilla ice still alive.”Ha ha! A shame no doubt

  • Josh

    should have laced them nikes instead them filas…

  • tavoris

    Pippen could guard Grant Hill. He couldn’t ever handle Shareef Abdur-Rahim tho.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    He palmed a little on the hesitation. Y’all aren’t watching close enough.

  • Question

    “He started in the All Star Game and shared ROY honors in ‘95 with Jason Kidd after putting up this stat line : 20 pts, 6 boards, 5 assists, and just under 2 steals.”

    Wait.

    Weren’t the only rookies to ever post 20ppg, 5rpg, 5apg stats were Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan and Tyreke Evans?

  • Question

    Oh, and Lebron James

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    He actually averaged 19.9 ppg his rookie season, just a hair off from being in the above-mentioned group.

  • Jordan

    Jukai, throw McDyess into your all potential team. He was crazy good before the knee.

  • Kyle

    Thunder Dan was 39 years old, and hadn’t been “Thunder Dan” in about 11 years. But Hill went for dunks stronger than Jordan… Dominique Wilkins, Kemp and Tom Chambers were the meanest dunkers when guys were under the basket.

    And Pippen couldn’t hold Hill’s jock, it’s a shame Scottie is a hall of famer, cause Hill was a far better player but injuries stopped him. Same goes for Anfernee Hardaway and Mark Price.

  • http://twitter.com/fourtun8 Anwar Jennings

    Hell yea!!!! Can’t find that footage anywhere

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