gold star for USAHOF
 

23. Keith Van Horn

Next up is the much-maligned Keith Van Horn (mainly because he was overhyped), who arrived in New Jersey via a draft-day trade after he was chosen second overall in 1997.  Van Horn proved immediately that he was a more than capable scorer with a 19.8 points per Game Average, and he would exceed that the following season with a career-high 21.8 PPG, which led the Nets and ranked fifth overall.  He would also have 8.5 Rebounds per Game, a number he equaled the following season.  While his numbers would recede following the arrival of Jason Kidd in the 2001/02 season, he was a large part of why the Nets reached the Finals, and it was his bucket that was the game-winner in their Conference Final against the Boston Celtics.  He would be traded after that year to the team that drafted him, the Philadelphia 76ers.