Shawn Kemp

Kemp entered the NBA at 19 without playing a single college game — yet became a six-time All-Star, defying every conventional expectation about player development pathways.

His partnership with Gary Payton — 'The Glove and The Reign Man' — was one of the defining duos of 1990s basketball, combining elite defense at point guard with explosive athleticism at power forward.

Kemp's nickname was 'The Reign Man' — a play on 'Rain Man' and Seattle's famous rainfall, given to him by the Seattle fanbase that idolized his above-the-rim style.

His 1996 Finals performance against the Chicago Bulls — when he averaged 23.3 points and 10.2 rebounds against the Rodman-Pippen defense — remains one of the great individual playoff runs by a power forward in NBA history.