Denver Nuggets: How Fat Lever compared to Mark Price

Back in the day, the NBA saw two of the best point guards ever in Mark Price of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Fat Lever of the Denver Nuggets.

Both players were All Stars and relatively overlooked. Price simply did not get the deserving recognition since he was on a Cleveland Cavaliers team pre LeBron James and Fat Lever was overshadowed by his star counter part, Alex English.

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However, they were both vital to their team’s success and found plenty of key opportunities during their primes. So, how do these two players compare to each other. Without further adieu, let’s take a look.

All stats were verified via basketball reference.com. Throughout their careers, both players had relatively similar scoring averages. Lever averaged 13.9 points per game and Price averaged 15.2 points per game.

Where they made their living though, is in the passing game. Lever averaged 6.2 assists per game and Price averaged 6.7 per game. For their post season assist numbers, Lever had an assist percentage of 27.3% and Price possessed one of 32.1%. Solid numbers that you want to see from your starting point guard, who is supposed to be the facilitator of the offense.

In the defensive department is where they were separated in terms of production. Lever finished with a defensive win share of 31.7 and Price finished with a defensive win share of 19.2. Fat Lever was a stingy defender and also racked up the triple doubles as well. Lever averaged 2.2 steals per game whereas Price averaged only 1.2 per game.

This does not take away from Mark Price’s greatness though. Price was considered a savior for the Cleveland Cavaliers way before LeBron James ever came into the picture.

Both players were great in their own right and for those who did get a chance to watch them play, they were truly blessed ( I am too young to have seen either one of them play.) All in all, these point guards deserve a lot more credit.