Did anyone go to a great team and win and fade into obscurity more than Glen Rice?

[Kblaze8855]

He was all NBA second and third team and the third and seventh leading scorer in the league before he was traded to the Lakers, where he essentially stopped existing in the eyes of history.

It’s like he wasn’t even there. He was prime age and still had game, but he just faded into nothing on that team.

His name doesn’t even get listed often when people talk about the Lakers of that time. Hes right there


https://youtu.be/7tTq2bDHDf8?si=HBzCKR_KiEaLo0Zn


In the finals. Helping secure a key win.

The only time I hear his name the last 15 years is people talking about how he ****ed Sarah Palin.

Im not saying he was some super legend but…he was a somebody.

Has a somebody become a nobody when they joined someone else’s team faster?


Kevin Love is about the only competition.

Maybe Ron Harper joining the bulls as well.

Not many options. He went from star to “Oh yea…he was on that team…” quick.

[Xiao Yao You]

the real A.D. to Dallas

[Kblaze8855]

Going Bad boys to Dallas feels like it would make you less prominent in the eyes of history. Being the second or third option on a great team is usually good for perception.

[bison]

This is not how I remember it. He was big on that lakers first championship. Like maybe the best 3 point guy in laker championship history. We needed him as a kick out shooter whenever Shaq was double teamed. We never had a reliable 3 point shooter since Shaq joined the team. I distinctly remember adding glen rice put us over the top. But the guy was always disgruntled. He was unhappy in Charlotte, unhappy in LA and unhappy in NY. We only had one full season with him and we gave up fan favorite Eddie jones for him. I would hardly say ‘faded into obscurity’. He’ll always be a 90s guy and I associate him with the Miami heat more than anything else.

[1987_Lakers]

I remember Phil Jackson not being a fan of his defense.

[hateraid]

Kevin Love

He'd be more obscure if the Jordaneers didn't cling on to him as ammo for their anti-Lebron sentiments

[RRR3]

Interesting how the Lakers had what I’m sure was viewed as a big 3 in 2000 but then they won 2 more without Rice proving they didn’t really need him.

[Reggie43]

He was at the end of his prime, its normal for some guys to fall off after that.

[Phoenix]

He's one of those guys who you forget even has a title. Same with Mitch Richmond ( his role was almost ceremonial on that 02 Lakers team).

[SouBeachTalents]

He's one of those guys who you forget even has a title. Same with Mitch Richmond ( his role was almost ceremonial on that 02 Lakers team).
Gary Payton's the one I always forget has a ring :lol

[Phoenix]

Gary Payton's the one I always forget has a ring :lol

Yep, and Zo on the same team ( mind you I remember him backing up Shaq moreso than Payton being there).

[FultzNationRISE]

Gary Payton's the one I always forget has a ring :lol

Zo, White Chocolate, and 'Toine as well from that team.

Lotta late career 'legends' people sometimes forget were there for that run. In fact it might be the first true example of a 'collusion' ring. Not the first attempt at a superteam, but the '99 Rockets and 04 Lakers didnt win the chip obviously. I think the Heat were the first to do it.

That's why I dont really count Wade's first ring. I dont really count his next two either, since he wasnt the first option. And thus I dont really count Lebron playing with him as any kind of 'superteam' in general.

[Xiao Yao You]

Zo, White Chocolate, and 'Toine as well from that team.

Lotta late career 'legends' people sometimes forget were there for that run. In fact it might be the first true example of a 'collusion' ring. Not the first attempt at a superteam, but the '99 Rockets and 04 Lakers didnt win the chip obviously. I think the Heat were the first to do it.

That's why I dont really count Wade's first ring. I dont really count his next two either, since he wasnt the first option. And thus I dont really count Lebron playing with him as any kind of 'superteam' in general.

yeah let's not count one of the greatest performances ever :lol

[kawhileonard2]

He may have been the 2nd option on the Lakers in 2000.

[John8204]

I can think of a couple of other options...Mitch Richmond actually won on The Lakers

[90sgoat]

Those Laker teams were stacked.

[Jasper]

how bout a raptor that won in Miami , and became a HOF'er ... lol

[iamgine]

He's like Demar Derozan.

If Demar went to a great team as a 3rd option, win and retire soon after, he'd fall into obscurity too.

[pandiani17]

I can think of a couple of other options...Mitch Richmond actually won on The Lakers

Also Glenn Robinson with the Spurs in 2005. There have been lots of players like that, who have gone ring-chasing (some players without winning the championship). David West on the Warriors, Dwight Howard in 2020, Peja Stojakovic and Caron Butler in the Mavs 2011, etc.