He had a lot of similarities to the great Michael Jordan, as he was a North Carolina Shooting guard with incredible athleticism who would eventually go on to play for the Tar Heels and be drafted 3rd overall. He started his career at Kinston high school where he dominated until transferring to Oak Hill Academy where he would be a member of one of the best Oak Hill teams of all time. At UNC, Stackhouse was a freshman bench player who still found a way to be a top scorer on the team. Then in his sophomore year, he along with Rasheed Wallace and Jeff McInnis led the Tar Heels to a Final Four appearance.
He was drafted to a Philadelphia 76ers team still recovering from the loss of Charles Barkley, and after a stellar rookie season, Stackhouse looked to be their new franchise player. But In the 1996 draft, they selected Allen Iverson and although he and Stackhouse would each average over 20 points, and get solid contributions from Derrick Coleman, Iverson became the star almost instantly leading to Stackhouse being traded midway through his third year. He joined a Pistons team led by Grant Hill and Joe Dumars and would be a top bench player for his first two seasons. But in 2000 he got his chance to start and him and Hill averaged nearly 50 points combined and created one of the most exciting duos in the league. Hill left the following offseason for Orlando and Stackhouse responded by averaging nearly 30 points in 2001 and finishing second in the league in scoring. He would have another solid year in 2002, before being traded to Washington to play alongside the man he was often compared to in Michael Jordan; but this ended up being a forgettable experience for Stackhouse and after two seasons he was a Dallas Maverick where he would join Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry. Injuries had caught up to him and he would never be the superstar scorer he once was, but he altered his game to become one of the best sixth men in the league in the mid to late 2000s; even helping Dallas ton NBA Finals appearance in 2006.
After his time in Dallas he was a veteran journeyman for the final four years of his career, but would be still be serviceable with every team he played on. And for as good as Stackhouse once was, he is a bit of a what if as his situations never favoured him when he was young and healthy and by the time he was on a good organization, injuries had stolen some of his athleticism, leaving to re-invent his game; but no matter where he went, Stackhouse would fill it up, yet still seems to be left out when talking about the great scorers of the 21st century.
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