The Golden Nugget: The Tale of What Could Have Been

This 6'4" sky walking player is who I think could have had one of the brightest careers in NBA history. David Thompson was an absolute force wherever he was, whether it be on the court where he would walk in the sky, shoot and all that, or off the court where he would do things that would bring shame to the Denver nuggets uniform. If this force of dominance had played longer in the NBA, he would be second to none. You are all sitting there reading this, getting ready to type “Are you stupid? How can you put him in the same sentence as Black Jesus?" I didn’t want to have to break this to you but Black Jesus did that himself saying “David Thompson would have been probably the best scorer ever to play in his era if he was to stay in the NBA longer.” The great Dan Issel said: “If David played until he couldn’t play any longer, he would be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jordan”.David Thompson was quite simply a physical be...