21. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (California)
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Shareef Abdur-Rahim probably never got his full due among NBA fans, because he toiled in what was effectively the NBA’s purgatory, playing for the Vancouver Grizzlies for the first five years of his career.
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Taken with the 3rd overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft (the second-ever draft the Grizzlies participated in), he averaged at least 20.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for four-straight years with Vancouver, after his rookie year. Over the course of his 13-year career, Abdur-Rahim averaged 18.1 points and 7.5 rebounds.
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