The Unappreciated Legendary Like; Top Free Agent In The NBA

With the departure of Andrei Kirlenko this past season, it opened the door for Gordon Heyward to Amaze the Utah jazz fans, with the amout of minutes he was able to put in. It wasn't amazing because it was abnormally high for the NBA. It wasn't amazing because it was because he was a younger player. It was abnormal because it was a younger player playing a lot of minutes on the Jazz. Hayward, for all his faults, is amazing right now on the Jazz. Andrei Kirilenko is amazing, period. Andrei is, at the NBA level (this doesn't include all his international stats) on the precipice of joining a super elite club - a club of players who have at least 4000 rebounds, 2000 assists, 1000 steals, and 1000 blocks. There are only 14 players ALL-TIME who have done it. Andrei, if he returns and plays one season in the NBA, will be the 15th. The 4000/2000/1000/1000 Club: We look at points. We look at assists. We look at rebounds. And we look at championships. There's more to winning than just points, assists, and rebounds. It's easy to overlook the guys who help you win - but don't dominate the boxscore in the ways we're conditioned to read them. Though, the people in this club are all dominant players (or guys who played very long). Some of them are overt Hall of Famers, while others always helped their team win. This is a group of guys - some overrated, and some under - who you'd always want to have on your team. Over the course of their careers they also put up a lot of numbers. Some of the star players were great scorers who chipped in elsewhere; while some of the role players did a lot of different things. In fact, you clearly see this in this elite group of 14 players -- half of them are in the Hall of Fame, and half of them are exactly the type of guy you would find being a key rotation guy on a legit contender. Let's look at the numbers, and see where Andrei is. So as the free agency of 2012 really heat up, let's not forget about the best free agent that's available. There is no one player out there who carry a resume such as the one 'Drei can put on the table. In the game of basketball we admire the flash, big dunks, and big names, we're unappreciative to the guys who remain humble, quiet, stay dedicated and perform night in and night out, this is who Andrei Kirilenko is, an amazing basketball player whose numbers are right up there with Hall of Famers. who ever can land him, if he can be landed, Got the best man out there!