What is it about Brazilian athletes and their penchant to go by one name?  Whatever the answer might be, one of the best Brazilian basketball players of all-time, Nene Hilario, opted to just go by simply Nene, and that works for us.

Nene made history in 2002 when he became the first player from Brazil to be drafted in the First Round (7^th Overall). Taken by the Knicks but traded to Denver, Nene was an All-Rookie, and although he never developed into a star, he became a highly efficient player.  In 2008-09 and 2009-10, Nene led the NBA in True Shooting Percentage, and in Effective Field Goal Percentage and 2-Point Field Goal Percentage in 2010-11.

Nene’s run as a Nugget ended when he was traded to Washington during the 2011-12 Season, and he played there for four more years before finishing his NBA career as a Rocket for three seasons. 

He would overall appear in 965 Games, averaging 11.3 Points and 6.0 Rebounds per Game.

The son of legendary wrestler, Verne Gagne, Greg Gagne has an intriguing WWE Hall of Fame Case.

Gagne had a very unimposing physique and his lack of size hindered his marketability, but he was legit tough and an underappreciated worker.  As many sons of promoters did at the time, Gagne stayed in Minnesota, but was an upper card wrestlers for years and was a glue guy in the organization who could work with anybody.

Pre-2021-22 Rank: #50, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #33, Pre-2023-24 Rank: #22.

*Positional Notes:  Tatum also plays at Power Forward but has logged more minutes at SF.

*Peak Period:  2017-18 to 2023-24.  Tatum has completed seven seasons, the maximum for our Peak Period metrics.

Last year, he did it.

Jayson Tatum, the newest megastar on the long list of Boston Celtics, was the best player on the NBA Championship team (although Jaylen Brown was the ECF and Finals MVP), and everyone who did that made the Hall of Fame.

Here is the scary part:  Tatum enters this season with the same roster and a chip on his shoulder after feeling disrespected for his lack of playing time in the United States Gold Medal win at the Paris Olympics.  The Celtics could do it again, and he is in line to earn his fourth straight First Team All-NBA and first MVP.

Many Japanese wrestlers learned early in their career in Mexico, but it was Hiroaki Hamada who first embraced Lucha Lubre, and created a unique style all his own.

Hamada wrestled more in Mexico in Japan, and would even marry a Mexican woman, and they had two daughters who would also wrestle professionally, mostly in Mexico.  He won multiple titles in Mexico and Japan, and even ventured into the United States on occasion, winning the NWA Americas Title in Los Angeles in 1981.  

Hamada was a near top guy for decades and although he never wrestled for the WWE, in terms of influence, we will argue that he is the most underrated performer of all-time.