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It already happened with Mark Eaton, whom I only saw mentioned once in this thread. He started for the Utah Jazz in the late 80's...for a team that took the dynasty team of the decade Lakers to a 7th game in the second round of the 1988 Western Conference semifinals....a Laker team that had won the championship the year before and would go onto win the championship in 88 also.

Mark Eaton was 7'4 and very unathletic and a near zero offensively. Basically he could catch the ball under the basket and make a 1 ft shot once or twice a game. But he learned the fundamentals of rebounding and especially defense. He was such a monster defensively that he started despite his offensive shortcommings and is one of the few players that was able to alter how the opponent handled their offense. His highlight(to me) was blocking an aging Kareem Abdul Jabbars hook shot. FWIW, I think his contributions to the Jazz are underrated.

Eaton was an auto mechanic when discovered by the Jazz.