One-Time NBA All-Stars

Dana Barros

Dana Barros is the ultimate One-Timer, right?

Signed a below-market deal for 1994-95, a one-year contract on a 76ers team expected to lose darn near every game scheduled. The Sixers lost darn near every game scheduled but Dana works his tail off, makes every other shot. Barros accepts a 1995 All-Star selection in winter, earns a giant contract that summer with his hometown team (the Celtics, if you’re into that), where his All-Star opportunities parch even as his shot remains true.

Yet the 5-11 Barros was more than yer archetype chucker, our man was sixth in the NBA in Win Shares his All-Star season, ahead of 6-7 Scottie Pippen (No. 7) and 7-foot Hakeem Olajuwon (No. 12) and 5-3 Muggsy Bogues (No. 27).

Most importantly, Barros wiped the floor with the relatively lacking outputs of Kendall Gill and Hersey Hawkins, two guards effectively traded for Barros in rotating deals a season prior, delighting Kelly Dwyer some three decades later as he breaks down every transaction leading to the lining of Dana Barros’ pockets, and the assurance of a 1995 NBA All-Star Game appearance.

Join me. You’ve waited too long.