His legacy was probably hurt by coming to the NBA at all. He had so much hype to live up to and his body was pretty much shot.
That's what I remember, too (the giant lumbering ruined body) but it had the opposite effect on me: the guy was still, even as a husk, a substantial player. It made me think, jfc, if he's still somehow this good, how good was he a decade ago?
That's a much more mature attitude than I had. I remember really liking everyone else on that team and he was just sort of there.
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