How filthy is inspired to take a look at some recent players at their finest hour in the NBA. Too often I tend to remember athletes as the aged veteran or wounded star. How Filthy? will focus on the prime cut of meat from a players career. Like Larry Bird said in 1986, "All I know is people tend to forget how great the older great players were. It'll happen that way with me, too." Let's not let that happen. Let's remember just how filthy these players were.
Most people remember Tom Chambers as a dunking machine. He was also the league's first unrestricted free agent, switching from the Seattle Sonics to the Phoenix Suns. I find this interesting due to the recent circus of free agency were going through. Chambers was drafted 8th overall in 1981 by the San Diego Clippers out of Utah after averaging 18.5 points as a senior.
Chambers was a four time all-star, and even won the All-Star Game MVP in his first appearance during the 1986-87 season. Despite his reputation of being selfish (his teammates were pretty outspoken about this), he and Kevin Johnson formed a near unstoppable duo with the Suns. Check out some of their chemistry together.
Tom's best statistical season came during his second year in Phoenix during the '89-90 campaign. He scored 27.2 points per game (4th in the league) and grabbed 7 rebounds a game, while shooting over 50% from the field. Teaming with Kurt Rambis inside, the Suns had one of the more goofy looking front courts in NBA history. During the 1990 season Tom had games of 56 and 60 points. Here is footage of the 60 point game against his former team, The Sonics.
Here is a few of his huge dunks
So how filthy is Chambers? 2/5 trash cans of filth
