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Eddy Curry might be the poster boy for the NBA lockout, but Larry Hughes should probably be in the team picture.
Hughes spent 12 seasons in the league. His career averages (14.2 ppg, 3.2 apg, 4.2 rpg) are ok, but not spectacular. His career shooting percentage (40.7%) is awful when you consider his job was to shoot the ball. But he did have a couple of years where he played pretty well.
You get my point. He had a nice little career but he was nothing special. Perhaps the best indicator is his career PER of 15, which is exactly average. But his career started during the last NBA lockout, which produced the system that brought us to this "nuclear winter."
What did that system provide an average player? Well, this:
I wonder if David Stern will send Larry an edible arrangement or something to thank him for making the owners' point loud and clear for them. Larry's overall average career earned him more than $84 million, including an average salary over ...
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