Hondo's problem was that he peaked in probably the least popular Celtics/NBA era. The 70s was the parity decade. No one really dominated like in every other decade and the NBA was just kind of meh. The ABA and it's history is more interesting to be honest. Havlicek was a great athlete. One of the best in NBA's history. Could run and jump like a deer and play tons of minutes. He was a guard forward at 6'7" (playing height, back then the players were listed without shoes, so you'll see him listed at 6'5" some places), and he had the all around game, he just played in the wrong time.