Rashard Lewis: Klay Thompson to Ray Allen's Steph Curry | Forgotten Player Profiles
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Rashard Lewis enjoyed a 16 year career that saw him fly under the radar as one of the purest scorers of his era. He began his career on a veteran Seattle Supersonics team, and went on to play 9 years with the team, finishing 4th on the Sonics all time scoring list and 1st in threes made. He had his most success in the later years of his career as he was an important piece and secondary scorer on some great Magic Teams of the late 2000s and early 2010s. FInally, he finished his career in Miami, winning a championship near the end. His quiet demeanor and effortless play made it easy to take his skill for granted, and the stars he played behind, tended to overshadow him. But Rashard Lewis was ahead of his time and needs his recognition.
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He also came straight to the league from high school in 98. People don't mention his name at ALL when discussing the successful players that did that.
Facts
Such an overlooked player in an era with immense talent.
When he was paired with Dwight it worked out well. A stretch four with a dominant big. That magic team was ahead of it’s time
Perfect for today's era. Elite shooting, long agile defender with a team first mindset. The one time the 00's Sonics had decent depth they took the eventual champion Spurs to six tight games. With Rashard missing the last three.
Rashard Lewis was a sick ass player back in the day... 6"10 with a WET jumper
those are great scoring numbers for how slow paced the league was in the 2000s, would be an even more impactful player today
Rashard Lewis scared the crap out of me as a Mavs fan in the 2000s when we played the Sonics. Dude was a bucket
Used to rock with him in 2K
As a Sonics fan I always thought he should have put up a lot more shots
Problem was they could never draft a good center 😂
Jerome James was a hog for a season
I had forgotten he was a high school to the pros guy. I damn sure remember his game though. He's one of those players who would really thrive in today's NBA.
Peja, Peja, Peja!!!! Peja!!!
One of the Sweetest Jumpers in the Game back in the day.... Lets get that Vid..
Rashard was a very underrated player and a good comparison w his "Klay" to Ray Allen. Man the Sonics had so much talent come through that organization in their time. Another guy you should do is Deron Williams - a guy who looked like a true HEIR to John Stockton in Utah, and a SURE SHOT Hall of Famer was basically cooked by the time he was 28/29 years old. Always baffled me.
Seeing Ewing in that sonic's jersey is like seeing the the dream in the raptors jersey. it's just wrong
Shard one of the earliest stretch 4’s. Should’ve came into the league 10 years later.
One of my favorite small fwds of the 2000s behind Corey Maggette
I have a great Rasheed Lewis story. He was playing for the wizards against the sixers in Philly. There was a snow storm so it was me, my brother, my friend and maybe 1000 other people in the stadium. During free throws a guy kept yelling “John wall is pooop!” When it got quiet. It was absolutely hilarious. Rashard Lewis was laughing at the standing at the box during a free throw and the guy goes “I know you hear me rashard! Tell John wall, you’re pooooooop!”….I’ll never forgot that game
Can you do Mitch Richmond. Most overlooked player ever
Glen Rice is another gem.
Those two would have been fun to watch play together. Raining threes
You got a nice channel here dude
underrated player during the old days in his prime, im glad that he won a ring with ray with the heat. i think he deserves a few more all star appearance, sadly the sonics over all was bad and either he or ray would get injured.
There were a lot of SF/PF in the 2000’s who averaged between 16 to 20(barely) points per game and 6 to 8 rebounds. Who were just underwhelming under performing but were on max contracts. Really hampered the league’s popularity that it gained from the 90’s and was the main reason the Lakers n Spurs dominated
Not everyone could be Dirk, i suppose 😉
@@nonamelegend_vapor you’re right Dirk, KG, Timmy D, Cwebb were really the only PF’s that you could actually build contenders around during they’re prime in the 00’s
Name them
Can you do Wally Szczerbiak? He's an absolute bucket generator in Minnesota along with KG and also one of the few all stars that played with KG in his prime
Good idea. He also played with young bron on the cavs. But I could be wrong
@@kylebushmire3881 he did
As someone who loved the sonics, it was cool seeing him and ray allen win one together in Miami.
For those of you who didn’t watch him live similar to most talented players who you wondered why they didn’t have a bigger impact 2 things. Wasn’t aggressive enough, didn’t show up in big games. Pretty much the story of most players who flash talents but don’t get anywhere
He could hit clutch shots though as far as buzzer beaters but yes, would disappear in playoff stretches.
I went to Elsik 07-09 they had his jersey hanging in the gym. I missed that magic team he was with. They really has potential to do something.
I played at Kingwood in '97. Rashad was still tough to defend. Didn't Elsik have a kid a point that went to UH or Tech maybe? I remember him torching us.
There was a radio announcer here in DC on the local espn channel who picked the Magic to win finals like 4 years in a row and no one thought he was crazy.
i went to hastings from 03-05.
@@illuminahdeCarlos Hurt is who they had. He was an All-American. He was there from 1997-2000
Man was he even clutch for my heat
Rashard Lewis became the first MVP of the Big3 League which almost got him re signed to an NBA team and I think he still plays for the 3 Headed Monsters there
Well done 👏👏
Lewis was so smooth. His Game was Cold .
I always remember That yr Him & Ray were healthy and went off
They were the biggest surprise team that yr and had the best record in their conference for most of the season
Thy were dope
Lewis is one of my favorite players of all time
Bring back our Sonics!
By far one the most underrated 💯
I grew up in western washington watching/listening to sonics games and i just wanted to say that kevin calabro, the tv/radio announcer, dubbed him "the quiet man" around his 2nd or 3rd year because kevin would think to himself mid way through a game, "lewis is having kind of a quiet game" and then look down at the stat sheet and realize that he was having a much better game than he thought.
Sweet lew does sound better though
Yeah I was torn between using sweet Lew or quiet man, but Lewis mentions on the knuckleheads podcast that he likes sweet Lew and that's the nickname that was used on his heat jersey during that nickname game. So decided to go with that one
Growing up in my hometown Seattle we had one of the greatest shooting tag team duos to ever be put together in Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen!! Before it was Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson it was a Allen and Lewis remember that!! The original splash brothers!!!
My boy RL, crazy wingspan and unique release... Him and Michael Redd, loved those guys
I loved Allen n lewis tandem!
Can you do Gerald Wallace? People really forget how good he was in his prime
Video game god... nba gamers from his era know
Damn right. I stayed picking him for my created teams. KD before KD.
Another one of my favorite players!! Rashard was so smooth. Glad he got his ring with the Heat before he hung it up.
I feel like Michael Porter Jr is the second incarnation of Rashard. Their games are so similar.
That orlando team was something special. Truly wished they coulda got some rings during there time.
Great Video Rashard Lewis had a real smooth game... Can you do Antonio Mcdyess
He was my best friend favorite player back in 2000 he was a above average player he could easily make a big 3 on any team
Met this cat years ago. Cool dude.
2012-13 nba champs 🏆 🏀
One of my fav players🔥🔥🔥
It's the truth. Very unsung dude despite having a really good successful career..
I would love to see something on Sean Elliott. I always thought he was another excellent that people forget about
The 2009 Magic were stacked with shooters. They hit 23 three-pointers against the Kings. Redick, Lewis, Turkoglu, Nelson and Alston. That's how they got to the 09 Finals.
Also played on the Miami heat if anyone doesn’t know
Easily a forgotten and underrated player. If he was in the league tiday he'd average 25.
He was a cheat code for a good chunk of his career
Rashard Lewis, the Warren G of the NBA😎. He was definitely KD before KD.
Thank you
Cool ass channel love the idea brotha
Great work kid.
He had a nice post game. Good defender too.
Thank you for Rashard Content I remember when we drafted him in Seattle 🏀🏀
Love this page, Its a great ‘other side of the coin’ to stunted growth but this page has its own personality which i love! Thank you for this
Ok, you got my respect now. Now, if you want the sub, cause R. Lewis is real close, make me say "damn, I forgot about him". Gerald Wallace type.
Rashad came along way being out of alief in Houston. My brothers went to school with him in Elsik high school
I love your channel 🔥
Rashard was nasty. When U get the time, could U do one on Kevin Johnson "KJ"?
enjoyed the vid man
Lewis reminds me of Sam Perkins Cool Breeze
*Big Smooth
My favorite team was the sonics growing up I liked to shoot 3’s like ray allen he was my favorite player growing up turnt me to a UConn fan also lol
It's also no exaggeration to say Dwight was dominant in his Orlando days. That team with Lewis and Hedo was goooood. I still think they could have that Finals has Van Gundy not forced Nelson to play after getting back from injury. Alston was on fire that playoffs.
Michael Dickerson was straight up good for a couple of seasons.18 ppg in year 2.
Bad dude right there
When he put up 50 on the clippers on opening night thought he was gonna ascend, but he stayed a budget kg, he was solid and well rounded but not great in any one area
As a Rockets fan who was in high school at time and was somewhat able to watch Lewis play. I was beyond pissed when they passed on him not once, not twice but THREE times in the first round. One of the worst moves in franchise history.
Great take I just sub to the channel.
You need to do a video on Elden Campbell.
He was decent, similar to Andrew Bynums career IMO
you’ve earned a sub in me fam✊🏾 love hearing about forgotten gems… Remember Jacob Pullen? Brandon Roy? Braylon Edwards?! just a few suggestions
Pullen was a damn good college player. I don't think anyone old enough to know of Roy forgets him, he always comes up in 'what if' conversations about nba players
Great video. What other players do you have in mind next?
I know you weren't asking ME, but I couldn't resist...Fat Lever, Kevin Willis, Andrew Toney, Reggie Lewis, Danny Granger come to mind. What a great idea for a channel, i could do this all day!
@@hubertsumlin9697 Sounds like a very good list.
Could you please put the field goal percentages in the stat lines!!! 3pt, ft, and true shooting. Thx
Next is Latrell sprewell I would to see u and my brother stunted growth do a collaboration
Never knew he was out of high school
In what world is Vince not a HOFer lol I can't get past that
He's not eligible for the HOF yet. Hasn't been retired long enough. He'll get in
People gave Jabari Smith Jr the Rashad comp, so I wanted to see how he looked
2nd on the team in scoring
maybe make one about Elton Brnad or Tyron Hill
10:40 In no way am I saying Jameer Nelson was or is as good as KG, however in 2009 he was averaging 17, 5.5, 3.5 so I'm not sure its that fair to make it a big point that the Celtics were without KG. Full lineups I still feel confident the Magic win that Series
Ewing in the Sonics Jersey, Just looks terrible.... Im a Knicks Fan.
Ewing was washed way before he left the Knicks, watching him run from end to end on the court was like Watching Lava Flow up hill.
Kevin Martin and actual forgotten player
At the end of the video you said after 25 games, Louis was traded from Orlando to the magic for Gilbert Arenas lol
Hardaway and Mullin duos
Washington bullets Calbert Cheney #40
He look like boogie cousins to me. Lewis had a sweet jumper. Hun and ray the original splash 💦 bros
Very quiet man.
Of you are lucky to get paid millions who cares if you are not the main guy if you getting a pay check that's all that matters. Just speaking the truth I'll be happy to Play for the love of the game and at the same time I'll be getting my millions. 😎🛡️⚔️
He was a demigod
Forgotten because he didn't do anything.
He closer to LeBron, than you are to Sue Bird 😂
Nobody ever called him Sweet Lew. He was an above average player.