Drafted: Round 1, Pick 1, Orlando Magic. Pre-Draft Team: Michigan So. More NBA Transactions ». Chris Webber Full Playoff History ». College: Michigan More Chris Webber News ». Menu NBA. He quietly improved nonetheless and turned into one of the most overlooked playmakers in the NBA.
Scottie Pippen didn't get exactly what he wanted a long time ago, and has let those minor slights govern the entire back half of his life. He wears his disappointments about as heavily as any retired athlete in recent memory. The Blazers and Celtics brought in new coaches to address questions that we may see to be more existential and personnel-based than strategic or cultural.
Sometimes you're just putting a new face on the same disappointment, and sometimes that disappointment ossifies, and then morphs into something worse.
Perception of the development within the industry not yet necessarily meeting the same level of enthusiasm Mikey Williams generates on social media, but there is more to the combo guard than fame. Step 2: Choose the Players Select the players you wish to trade from the rosters below. The injury turned out to be the turning point in Webber's career and he was traded a few months later.
Webber took some time to fit in with the 76ers offense, where he was the second scoring option, behind Allen Iverson. While wearing number 4, Webber eventually helped catapult the Sixers to a berth in the playoffs, where the Sixers lost to the Detroit Pistons. However, they did not reach the playoffs in , despite Webber putting up a resurgent 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.
Because of the microfracture surgery on his knee, Webber lost his lateral quickness and jumping ability. While he still possessed offensive skills, he was seen as a defensive liability and was usually benched for the 4th quarters.
This caused Webber to reportedly call for a trade. On Tuesday, April 18, , Webber and Iverson were fined for not showing up at the Philadelphia 76ers final home game of the season, which was Fan Appreciation Night, although both of them were injured and not expected to play.
The following day they both apologized for being absent. During the —07 season Webber only played 18 of 35 games for the Sixers leading the media to question his motivation. Later that day, the Sixers waived Webber, making him a free agent. On January 16, , Webber signed with the Detroit Pistons. He has stated throughout his career that he always wanted to play for his hometown team. His usual number 4 had been retired in honor of Joe Dumars , so Webber donned the number 84, because his nephew had a dream of him making a buzzer beater with that number on.
The Pistons were a much improved basketball team after Webber's acquisition, improving their record in the Eastern Conference and solidifying the first seed in the East. However, the Eastern Conference favorites failed to advance to the finals after losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals, leaving Webber short of an NBA Finals appearance yet again.
Webber still managed to average 10 points and 6 rebounds per game in the playoffs and shot an impressive His efforts were highlighted by a game 5 performance in the Eastern Conference Finals in which Webber scored 20 points including 5 points in the double overtime period on 9 of 13 shooting and grabbed 7 boards. Nevertheless, Detroit still lost what turned out to be the key game in the series in double overtime and Webber ended up averaging a career low During the off season, Detroit did not resign Webber.
Despite receiving lucrative proposals from teams in Europe, he was in free agency at the beginning of the regular season. On January 29, , the Warriors signed Webber for the rest of the season. This came after a rejected offer by the Los Angeles Lakers who were trying to coax Webber in with two day contracts so they could decide afterwards if they wanted him the rest of the season.
This also put to rest talks of joining the Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, or retirement. The black socks. The baggy shorts that were night and day from the John Stockton—era ones so many others wore. Webber and his Wolverine teammates—who helped the school sell more merchandise than it did when Michigan won the national title in —loudly ushered in a new, polarizing culture for the sport that would then influence the NBA just as much in the years to come.
Few players have been more intertwined with collegiate basketball history than Webber. But in hindsight, even that issue was ahead of its time. But they sent him to the Warriors, who in turn gave up one of the biggest draft hauls ever— four first-rounders , including the rights to Penny Hardaway—to land Webber.
But Webber despised coach Don Nelson, so much so that he made use of an unusual-for-the-time clause in his deal, which allowed him to opt out after the first year of his contract. So Webber, after earning Rookie of the Year and winning 50 games in Year 1, forced a sign-and-trade deal to Washington.
Interestingly enough, Nelson lost his hold on the Golden State job shortly afterward, then got ousted less than a year into his next gig with the Knicks after falling out with most of his players in New York. So the Wizards dealt him to Sacramento, which might as well have been Siberia, in May During his first plane ride into Sacramento as a Kings player, a year-old Webber looked out his window to find ample farmland and cows on the horizon.
By the time Webber arrived in Sacramento, the Kings had made the playoffs just once in the 12 years before. At its peak, the team had a great defense, and perhaps the most fun, explosive offense in the league. The Kings—led by coach Rick Adelman, who also gets inducted into the Hall this weekend—had a Globetrotter-like flair. Assistant Pete Carril, known for his pass-happy Princeton offense, was brought in to infuse his attack, which would be led by Webber, Williams and Divac.
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