Fat Lever: The Best NBA Point Guard you’ve NEVER HEARD OF

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Күн бұрын

He’s become one of the most under the radar players in NBA history; one that’s never talked about when it comes to the best 80s point guards, or the greatest stat sheet stuffers in NBA history. Lafayette “Fat” Lever retired with the 5th most triple doubles of all time and had one of the best, yet least talked about 4 year stretches of any player in NBA history. He was an Arizona basketball legend starting at Pueblo High School to spending 4 years with the Arizona State Sun Devils; playing alongside future NBA Players like Alton Lister and Byron Scott. He started in the NBA with the Post Bill Walton Portland Trailblazers and was a promising young player alongside Clyde Drexler. But in the summer of 1984, the Nuggets would trade Kiki Vandeweghe to the Blazers and in return the Blazers received Fat Lever among others. So Lever would spend the next 6 years alongside Alex English as one of the Leaders of the 80s run n gun Denver Nuggets. But as Michael Adams emerged, the Nuggets decided to go in another direction in the early 90s. They would trade Lever to Dallas where he would join forces with Rolando Blackman and Derek Harper. But Chronic knee issues caught up to him, and he could barely stay on the court in Dallas; and when he was on the court, he was not the same player. His career ended quietly in 1994 at the age of 33, and do this day, his career is largely overlooked, which is baffling, as Fat Lever did everything on offense, and was one of the best defenders in the league, as he would even finish top 10 in MVP and Defensive Player of the year voting on multiple occasions, and that’s deserves some recognition.
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@jaidamann8365 Ай бұрын

Fat Lever visited my college basketball team when I was a young freshman. First thing we notice is how short he was. But, he was an outstanding guard for Denver.

@DanMarin-lf7fe Ай бұрын

7:38 please do a video on Kiki Vandeweghe

@lrod2004 Ай бұрын

Byron Scott would be cool to highlight. Great vids!!!

@iceill3425 Ай бұрын

He's another one of those guys that were decent in his era but would be great in today's game

@Ballinbmac Ай бұрын

Great is a stretch

@kenw2225 28 күн бұрын

Nah, not a stretch.

@Ballinbmac 27 күн бұрын

@@kenw2225 it’s a stretch he would be exactly what he was during his own era

@Carpediembasketball Ай бұрын

He look like Skip To My Lou honestly

@CLIFFORDHENRY2012 Ай бұрын

Facts

@handsomeX Ай бұрын

Yup!

@devanterowe Ай бұрын

The old school Westbrook

@andrewtesmer7021 Ай бұрын

Perfect description

@dsp_91 Ай бұрын

You beat me to it

@dionysise5008 Ай бұрын

I always have Lever as my starting point guard when I assemble the all time Denver squad.

@DanMarin-lf7fe Ай бұрын

U better have Abdul Rauf in there somewhere too

@rajiemseabrook347 Ай бұрын

Nice work on a great forgotten player. Love your work!! My son is getting his nba history lesson on this channel and I get a nostalgic look back at my youth!! Please consider Robert Parrish Lisa Leslie Rony Seikly Rik Smits Antonio or dale Davis

@edhuff2087 Ай бұрын

I'm glad the nuggets put his number and name in Retirement in team history. As a nuggets fan and a kid the 80 nuggets were fun to watch. The nugget needs to do Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf next

@cedricscaggs1409 Ай бұрын

Fat Lever was the man in Denver in the 80 s 20 th st Gym was famous for great hooping not anybody could get in and play there you had to be good to play thanks for the memories Fat blessings man

@markjackson6431 Ай бұрын

Bob Lanier NEEDS a video

@17thN.O Ай бұрын

I remember seeing Fat Lever advance kid and saying to myself "he doesn't look fat to me". Hahahahaha I'm glad to learn the story behind the name. I was sure it had something to do with his name Lafayette (being from Louisiana a lot of schools and places and things are named Lafayette).

@unappealingundesirable2826 Ай бұрын

I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. Could Fat Levy dunk? I was a STIFF, who didn't have cable TV growing up, so I was relegated to Sonics road games, and national TV games. Blazers fans rue the Kiki Vandeweghe trade, and Lever is the key reason why.

@usmc29er44 Ай бұрын

Fat Lever was automatic from 3 on Sega Genesis Lakers Vs. Celtics!

@sostdm617 Ай бұрын

Lol that's throwback he sure was

@jayjohnson7646 Ай бұрын

Fat dope and really good on nba 2k as well.

@dennisjones9670 Ай бұрын

Best channel out !!!!!!!!!

@j-mac7401 Ай бұрын

Charles Oakley and Michael Cage would be 2 players to make a episode on..

@RM--- Ай бұрын

Love the channel bro, can you please do a video on Travis Outlaw or Maurice Cheeks?

@stluka1 Ай бұрын

You do such a great job with these vids man. Love the content you provide!

@Rockhead84 7 күн бұрын

Finally learned the origins of his name. Thank you. Wild he was a triple double machine!

@WVF112469 20 күн бұрын

Lafayette and Alton Lister were a force to be reconned with at ASU.

@kennygreen6673 Ай бұрын

keep these vids coming first heard of fat lever he was a beast at point guard love watching players I never heard of

@zeke3388 28 күн бұрын

The man almost had a quadruple double on MJ's head in '88...💪

@marcusleary8571 Ай бұрын

Been waiting for this one

@hubertsumlin9697 Ай бұрын

Your channel is awesome

@darrylnelson05 Ай бұрын

Lafayette "Fat" Lever. He played with Byron Scott at ASU.

@deontae777 Ай бұрын

so I’m a Phoenix Arizona resident. I’m at the gym where i work/workout and see someone on their phone in the empty basketball courts. I wanted to shoot some free pillows, but didn’t want to be too loud as he was on his phone shortly. He and I spoke and I had no idea who he was for our whole conversation. we started talking about Arizona basketball legends ( which are so little) I said multiple people except FAT LEVER to his face ! he tells me to look up number 12 in the rafters . i didn’t find his info or even put 2 and 2 together. im watching a mavs and nuggets game then outta nowhere he joins there broadcast team ! he looked so different from his playing days . the guy is so lowkey but a true nice guy. AZ in the house !!

@justinbevins203 Ай бұрын

This man should have been the starter of the team that faced the Suns. That season, HE alone in that first round could have won the match up.

@kincamell2 Ай бұрын

Hall of Fame stats.

@1roundleft821 Ай бұрын

Imagine Prime Lever and Drexler 😮

@lashgoshotwheels1127 Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@CliffPierson777 Ай бұрын

Lever and English went from Denver to Dallas and just kinda disappeared in Dallas.

@DONTOURAGETV Ай бұрын

He was a beast

@Syzygy88 Ай бұрын

Pueblo high finest!! 🔥🔥

@ljerns2167 Ай бұрын

He and Adam’s together was a problem! You could say his play helped Adam’s become a big time scorer

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

WTF it’s going on with modern society? It’s ADAMS, not ADAM’S. Plural, not possessive! WHY ARE YOU PUTTING THAT IN A LAST NAME?! That’s even worse. Stop being mentally lazy, ignorant and uneducated! IT’S NOT A FCUKING FLEX! People are writing NOBODY’S instead of NOBODIES. CANDY’S instead of CANDIES. Etc. Michael ADAMS is his name. Not ADAM’S, which would be brainless to think. EDUCATE YOURSELF.. Be better.

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

ADAMS, not ADAM’S. It’s a last name. You’re not describing something using the possessive form of APOSTROPHE PLUS S

@zztv15 12 күн бұрын

Yes them Nuggets used to put up big numbers

@kenyontucker6469 Ай бұрын

I know Fat Lever!

@timhall5382 Ай бұрын

Not only have I heard of fat, he was one of my favorites.

@lanceparker4796 Ай бұрын

He was a solid player.

@eugenedantzler4485 Ай бұрын

I never heard of him at all!!!! This shall be good!!!

@user-gl2pc2jc1v Ай бұрын

Great player!

@OnlyBuilt4FinancialContracts Ай бұрын

Real Hittaz Know Lafayette

@perfectblue8443 27 күн бұрын

Imagine what Fat Lever would do today

@JoshDin4Real Ай бұрын

First comment! Great video! First viewer too

@BigGameJames2288 Ай бұрын

Walking triple double, its crazy I was gonna ask you to do a video of him because nooooo one knows how good he was

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

I AM NOT NO ONE. Many of us aren’t no one. Real ones know. Casuals do not.

@natureboy1313 Ай бұрын

Great channel. Recently subscribed. Here is a great forgotten player.....Dan Roundfield.

@micdagreat1 27 күн бұрын

I wonder if Rafer "Skip To My Lou" Alston was influenced by Fat Lever. They have a similar style and he has the same jersey number.

@lilpenny1982 Ай бұрын

Underrated player

@afterhighschoolshow3369 Ай бұрын

This was a great video! also could we get a new football forgetten player video?

@perfectblue8443 27 күн бұрын

Wow to think that Fat Lever and Clyde the Glide were on the same team at some point, they could have gone far

@sk1b-m244 Ай бұрын

Danny Ainge is a real shady player on this channel. A sort of main character in the background in many videos. :)

@MrBez007 Ай бұрын

Great player and with jason kid one of best rebounding guards. Playing in an era when a triple double actualy meant something. Not taking away from westbrook but getting a triple in the days of bigs was way way tougher.

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

Jason KIDD, not *Kid

@EricKoonitsky-bd3hl Ай бұрын

Yes and no. Playing for those Nuggets teams kind of cancels out the era adjustment. There were insane amounts of possessions and numbers to go around.

@mikea2138 13 күн бұрын

He Reminds me of rafer alston

@handsomeX Ай бұрын

I didn't realize he retired that young.

@jasonic-ks2tm Ай бұрын

Blue edwards, Rick fox

@perfectblue8443 27 күн бұрын

Can you make a video on Michael Adams please

@WSNight- 26 күн бұрын

Hall of fame

@leonzaduncan2438 Ай бұрын

What if the Rockets traded Sampson to Portland for Lever, Drexler and no.2 pick( Jordan)

@Renegade-jk4ux Ай бұрын

Drexler was drafted in 1983.

@CraigGinJ Ай бұрын

💯

@DanMarin-lf7fe Ай бұрын

2:01 lmao howd he get both of them to bite that hard

@shellztalk Ай бұрын

A good player for you to do next is Marcus Thorton dude averaged 20 ppg one year 18 ppg the next then fell off

@callmekobe..4onmeeee862 Ай бұрын

Josh smith ..Joe dumars ..Kiki vandewghe

@callmekobe..4onmeeee862 Ай бұрын

Mark price to

@Nerdsplayingcards7 6 күн бұрын

Oh yeah i know about Lafayette Lever

@justinbevins203 Ай бұрын

1 more thing! Ask Russ if he doesn't know how this MAN is?

@justinbevins203 Ай бұрын

Let me just say."Nash and Kidd" are in this same conversation.

@justinbevins203 Ай бұрын

All three know West. O, and Havlicek.

@justinbevins203 Ай бұрын

#Underrated!

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

HOW this man is? You mean WHO this man is. Learn to proofread

@jasonic-ks2tm Ай бұрын

Lamond murray?

@jonathanscrutchensYT Ай бұрын

Did you do Sean Eliott

@MrJustind886 Ай бұрын

Yea they did

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

ELLIOTT. Double L, double T

@jonathanscrutchensYT Ай бұрын

@@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp 😂 it’s not that serious but thanks

@danwellington4214 Ай бұрын

only player to avg 14 6 6 & 2 steals for a career

@briizy300 Ай бұрын

Who allowed the most points his 1st season in Denver

@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp Ай бұрын

Denver improved their defense after some offense heavy years ‼️ 13:45- YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE not one, not two, but THREE Nuggets candidates for DPOY‼️ And Lever was THIRD out of the 3‼️