Who was the most "ahead of his time" basketball player you can think of ?

[get these nets]

Obviously never saw him play in real time, but EVERY old timer in the barbershop said that Elgin Baylor played the (then) modern game of the 80s/90s in his era.

(Edit: posted in wrong forum)

 

[cyndaquil]

Rafer Alston
Gilbert Arenas
Any great three point scorers prior to 2010s so Reggie Miller, Ray Allen

 

[TMBlue]

The GOAT

 

[skyrunner1]

Rafer Alston
Gilbert Arenas
Any great three point scorers prior to 2010s so Reggie Miller, Ray Allen

Reggie with the greenlight of todays basketball..

 

[FTBS]

Mahmoud Abdul- Rauf

 

[RIPODB]

Trying to think of less obvious guys.

Derrick Coleman

 

[FTBS]

Any big that could shoot

Coleman
Perkins
Laimbeer

Lowkey the Bad Boys, despite being known for being rough and rugged, played a much more modern style (guards scoring, defying traditional positions)

 

[Address_Unknown]

Spoiler: Monta Ellis Hands down

I'm kidding. I just wanted to post this gif for no discernable reason.

 

[chineebai]

Any big that could shoot

Coleman
Perkins
Laimbeer

Lowkey the Bad Boys, despite being known for being rough and rugged, played a much more modern style (guards scoring, defying traditional positions)

Sabonis

 

[Bigblackted4]

Larry Bird

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Reggie Miller

 

[OneManGang]

Pete Maravich

 

[tuckgod]

Kevin Johnson, Drazen Petrovic, Shawn Kemp

 

[Jaguar93]

Calvin Cambridge

 

[FTBS]

Larry Bird

Bird is great in any era. Ahead of his time implies they werent able to maximize their abilities/impact due to how the game was played during their time.