It took a more refined fan to gravitate toward Pippen. Mourning in the 90s : 21.0 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 3.0 Blks PG. Johnson helped lead his team to the NBA Finals in 1993, losing to the Chicago Bulls, and eventually retired from the league following the 1997-98 season. Robinson in the 90s: 24.4 PPG, 11.5 RPG, 3.4 Blks PG. Ewing was the coolest Knick in the 90s, however ….

B.J. Everyone loved Michael Jordan, of course, but the two coolest guys after him were always Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway — you picked one. by Angelo Spagnolo. Grant Hill was drafted by the Detroit Pistons No. He began his career with the Chicago Bulls but had moved on to play for the New York Knicks by the time the decade started. He was named All-NBA First Team in 1991-92 in which he also finished runner-up in MVP voting to Michael Jordan before squaring off against him in the NBA Finals. Armstrong, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, Steve Kerr, Luc Longley, Toni Kucoc, all those guys. During the 1990s, Barkley averaged 22.4 points and 11.6 rebounds, despite being several inches shorter than the typical power forward. That Magic team was bad enough to land Shaquille O’Neal in the draft, which pushed Anderson into a role player but made Orlando one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. He only played in the NBA for half the decade, but he was good enough that he still qualified for this list. Copyright © 2018 NBA. “The Glove” is an unbelievably cool nickname, and Payton managed to look cool setting up all of Kemp’s dunks, which is sort of unbelievable if you think about it. A first-place vote was worth 15 points, a second-place worth 14 points, a third-place vote worth 13 points and continuing all the way down to one point for a 15th-place vote.

Please check your email for a confirmation. I can’t imagine one without the other. Olajuwon’s Rockets took advantage of the break in the Chicago Bulls’ greatness to win back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995 — with Hakeem winning the Finals MVP both times. Unless otherwise stated, all stats and achievements below are from 1989-90 through the end of the 1998-99 season. Mark Cuban found a way to reach out last month and get him some help. (I have never come close to dunking. The only players in the 90s with a higher average Game Score in playoff games are Jordan, Olajuwon and Magic Johnson. Eventually, he was dealt to the Indiana Pacers where he spent the final two years of the decade playing catch-and-shoot alongside Reggie Miller.

He made three more All-Star teams and won one more Defensive Player of the Year award after the turn of the century. 1 overall pick in 1994 draft. He played sparingly as a rookie in 1989-90, but he slowly began to develop beyond just being an extremely athletic dunker and truly became a star in 1992-93. Blaylock was a strong defender, leading the NBA in steals twice and averaging 14.4 points and 6.9 assists overall in the decade. This team was a murderer’s row of cool: Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, Alonzo Mourning, Dell Curry, all on one team, and if you combine that with the fact that this team gave us the single greatest Starter Jacket of all time, it’s all you really need to know. Many had doubts about Larry Johnson when he was drafted in 1991 by the Charlotte Hornets. When the ‘90s began, small forward Chris Mullin had already established himself as one of the premiere scorers in the NBA. Small forward Scottie Pippen really came into his own in the 1990s. gear 20 on now. Johnson made two All-Star teams during his time in Charlotte before moving on to play for the New York Knicks, where he became famous for his amazing four-point play against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals in 1999. Drexler started off the decade well, averaging 23.3 points per game for the Blazers and leading the team to the NBA Finals. If you're having deja vu here, we get it. Random NBA Teams.

Stockton in the 90s: 14.9 PPG, 11.9 APG, 2.3 Stls PG.

Had some very great cameos on Parks and Recreation to up the cool factor later in his life. Ewing in the 90s : 24.1 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 2.7 Blks PG. West made his way to a rehabilitation program in Florida where he has been recovering ever since. Dumars was sort of the linking figure between two gold ages of the Pistons, but he was also a very cool guy. Some may be confused to see Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan not at the top spot on this list, but it’s actually a credit to his greatness that he finished as high as No. Stockton had the same haircut I had in second grade for his entire career. thots 109 on now. Named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history by the league in 1996, Pippen is arguably the best wing defender of all-time. What about players who caught only the very beginning or tail end? Only six players had more during the 90s and those players ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th in our rankings. Grant Hill transitioned so well into “respected veteran” in the league that it’s hard to remember just how incredibly cool he was in the ’90s. The Admiral was never exactly “cool” per say, but the Spurs weren’t exactly known for their coolness. Vin Baker, Tom Gugliotta, Eddie Jones, Terrell Brandon, Danny Manning, Dana Barros, Juwan Howard, Mark Price, Larry Nance, Terry Porter, Manute Bol, Georghe Murhesan, Scott Skiles, Pervis Ellison, Dee Brown, Avery Johnson, Sean Elliott, Mitch Richmond, Mookie Blaylock, Kevin Johnson, Rod Strickland, Xavier McDaniel. He played two seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, three with the Bulls where he won three NBA championships, and then one with the Los Angeles Lakers to round out the decade. The advanced metrics loved Robinson. Is sustained excellence more important than a shorter yet loftier peak? One of the more underrated players from the ‘90s was point guard Mookie Blaylock. … Charles Oakley became the coolest Knick once we heard all those stories about him and Michael Jordan. The Bulls were so cool and so good in the ’90s that even the guys who weren’t stars became cool by association. After seven seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, including a trip to the NBA Finals in 1991, center Vlade Divac had the unfortunate distinction as being the player the Charlotte Hornets traded for Kobe Bryant. O'Neal in the 90s: 27.1 PPG, 12.2, 57.8 FG pct. And then you have Basketball Twitter, which feels like some sort of twisted amalgamation of all the Twitters put together. How bout we name random NBA players from the 90's??? Schrempf would excel for the Sonics, posting an absurd 51.4% from three-point range in 1994-95 and helping the team reach the NBA Finals in 1996. He was one of the best defensive forwards in the game. Only an All-Star once (in 1993-94 when the Knicks were Eastern Conference champions), Oakley finished out the decade with averages of 9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds. Twitter is a very weird corner of the internet, full of a countless number of lanes.

He got hurt in 1994-95 and his production took a step down. Toss in his utter annihilation of David Robinson in the 1995 Western Conference Finals and that's three iconic standout series against the absolute best of the best. In the first four years of the decade, Mullin averaged over 25 points per game every single year and made four All-Star teams. Majerle averaged 13.1 points per game in the 1990s. I was a Hill guy, even though I recognize now that in a lot of ways Hardaway was cooler. The Bulls were so cool and so good in the ’90s that even the guys who weren’t stars became cool by association.

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Six straight All-Star apperances from 1992-93 through 1997-98 with three straight All-NBA Second Team selections during that span. Hornacek was moved to the Philadelphia 76ers and later to the Jazz, where he made two appearances in the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998.

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He was a unique talent in the league at the time, a combination of a great shooter and great scorer that seems like he’d be a better fit in today’s game. Hornacek played for the Phoenix Suns in the first few years of the ‘90s, averaging 20.1 points on 51.2% shooting and 43.9% from three-point range in 1991-92. While many fans remember the bruising on the block he became especially known for in the early 2000s with the Los Angeles Lakers, young O'Neal also routinely sprinted up and down the floor and was a menace finishing in the open floor. He played like a power forward, but at just 6-foot-6, it was hard to imagine him succeeding with that style of play. Ewing made eight All-Star teams and averaged 24.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, staying healthy for the most part until he had to miss a massive chunk of the 1997-98 season due to injury. Arguably the best defensive point guard of all-time, Payton's six All-Defensive First Team selections during the 90s ranked behind only Jordan and Pippen. The only others to hit those marks for the entirety of the 90s are Olajuwon and Robinson. No one dunked cooler. His time in Washington never worked out as well as people hoped it might, but man, Webber was still a cool guy. MORE: Broadcast schedule for The Last Dance. Reggie Miller was so cool and so devastating to the city of New York they made a freaking movie about it. tech 14 … The best year of his career came in 1993-94, when he made his first All-Star team and had career bests with 15.1 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. He came into the league as a rookie in 1989-90 and averaged 23.4 points and 10.0 assists per game in his best season in 1991-92. Utah Jazz power forward Karl Malone gets all the way up to No. Even worse for the Hornets is that Divac stuck around in Charlotte for just two seasons, leaving to sign with the Sacramento Kings prior to the 1998-99 season. About the only thing he didn't accomplish was win an NBA title and he did manage to get there twice while playing in three more Western Conference Finals (Utah lost in 7 to Seattle in 1996 which means it nearly faced Chicago three straight years in the Finals). Shooting guard Hersey Hawkins was one of the best shooters in NBA history. Never known as a great shooter, he finished the decade with shooting percentages of 41.3% overall and 33.7% from three-point range. Rodman finished with averages of 6.8 points and 15.1 rebounds per game. His best season came when Jordan stepped away to play baseball in 1993-94, averaging 22.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game as the primary star on the team. Nuggets upset the top-seeded Seattle Sonics. Hill made the All-Star team each of his first four seasons and finished in the top 10 in MVP voting for four straight seasons with his best showing a third-place finish in 1996-97 behind only winner Karl Malone and runner-up Michael Jordan. The 80s and 90s surely weren't short on star power, but with the fame inherently comes the hate. Miller in the 90s: 21.0 PPG, 3.2 APG, 40.5 3-pt FG pct. David Robinson – 66.4 VORP. He also won his titles outplaying other Hall of Fame centres in the Finals, first going through Patrick Ewing in 1994 and then Shaquille O'Neal in 1995. Only player to average over 20 points and 10 assists per game for an entire season more than once in the 90s. The Knicks may have come up short in winning it all, but they made it out of the first round in nine of those 10 playoff appearances and reached the Finals twice. One of four players in NBA history to officially record a quadruple-double, Robinson could do it all.