I Hope Karl Malone and John Stockton Were Watching That

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Originally Posted by lefty

Well, it has been a well known fact that Lakaluva = Timvp

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pretty much. timvp outed himself out once again

Malone is most definitely overrated. He was good, but 2nd best PF of all time? No way.

Barkley was better, KG was better, and McHale was better. You can make an argument that even Nowitzki's better.

Malone has unbelievable longevity to his career, and props to him for that by keeping himself in absolute the best shape of anyone who ever played in the NBA, but let's face it, his offense was largely predicated on Stockton created plays. He was a fine mid-range jumper with a decent post up game. His offensive numbers were inflated. Look at him when he had any decent pressure and attention. When guarded by Dennis Rodman and the Bulls in the Finals, he withered. And it's not like the Bulls were collapsing on him, because he had great perimeter players to help him out (Stockton/Hornacek).

On defense, it was simply a case of him getting away with murder. I can personally never understand why and how he could get away with so much, but the league allowed it, and he had his share of victims throughout his career (actually going all the way to college).

Malone is probably one of the top 10 PF of all time, arguable top 5, but the 2nd best, and even in the same conversation with Duncan? You've got to be joking me.

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Originally Posted by ambchang

Malone is most definitely overrated. He was good, but 2nd best PF of all time? No way.

Barkley was better, KG was better, and McHale was better. You can make an argument that even Nowitzki's better.

Malone has unbelievable longevity to his career, and props to him for that by keeping himself in absolute the best shape of anyone who ever played in the NBA, but let's face it, his offense was largely predicated on Stockton created plays. He was a fine mid-range jumper with a decent post up game. His offensive numbers were inflated. Look at him when he had any decent pressure and attention. When guarded by Dennis Rodman and the Bulls in the Finals, he withered. And it's not like the Bulls were collapsing on him, because he had great perimeter players to help him out (Stockton/Hornacek).

On defense, it was simply a case of him getting away with murder. I can personally never understand why and how he could get away with so much, but the league allowed it, and he had his share of victims throughout his career (actually going all the way to college).

Malone is probably one of the top 10 PF of all time, arguable top 5, but the 2nd best, and even in the same conversation with Duncan? You've got to be joking me.

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Ambchang on point here. Malone reminds me of Stoudemire, both had MVP caliber point guards spoon feeding them easy baskets, inflating their stats and egos, and once those point guards were no longer part of the equation they really struggled.