{"id":1542701,"date":"2022-12-17T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1542701"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:30:15","slug":"how-good-was-david-thompson-the-prolific-scorer-for-the-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/how-good-was-david-thompson-the-prolific-scorer-for-the-denver-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"How Good Was David Thompson, the Prolific Scorer for the Denver Nuggets?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
David Thompson could score<\/a> with the best of them. After leading North Carolina State to a national championship in 1974, he showed off his scoring prowess in the ABA and the NBA with the Denver Nuggets. <\/a>The 6-foot-4 guard with incredible leaping ability quickly became one of the most prolific scorers in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thompson's career was derailed by an injury and then substance-abuse issues. He played nine professional seasons, but how good was the man known as “Skywalker?” Better yet, how good could he have been?<\/p>\n\n\n\nDavid Thompson put up 73 points in a game against the Detroit Pistons in 1978<\/h2>\n\n\n\n