Originally Posted by
mgtr
Tyler Thornton does more to impact the game with less impact on the scoresheet than any player I can recall. As Auerbach said about KC Jones -- he doesn't shoot that well, he isn't that fast, but when he plays, we win. Color me impressed!
Originally Posted by
turnandburn55
Dave McClure comes to mind immediately
Originally Posted by
loran16
More Sean Dockery than McClure - McClure guarded bigger guys (SFs mainly), not point guards.
I don't think t&b55 was considering who they guard, only that, as mgtr noted, they both impact the game in ways that don't show in the boxscore. Sean did as well. Lance would be another. Every team needs players like that. Unheralded and invaluable at the same time.
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