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Rack! from SoCal and SacTown!!!! Dingdingding! Errrrrrrrrrrrr. WAR!
Who gives a what that old geizer says.
you mean that guy that stomped the out of the mavs?
Nellie is never going to give up a chance to make Mark Cuban look like a dumbass for letting Nash go.
And fortunately for Nash, it's politically incorrect to bring Tim Hardaway's name up.
tim hardaway couldn't hold Nash's nuts with a forklift, ing .
nelson never coached tp
nelson had nash at the mavs, where did it take him and his team to? = jack
So the great head coach who will never be able to win a le because he doesn't give a about defense thought that the best player he ever coached was the great point guard who will never be able to win a le because he doesn't give a about defense. what a shocker.
In his prime, Hardaway gave you 23 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals on 46% shooting, and he could play a little d, unlike Nash.
Nash at his best gives you 19 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds and no steals on 53% shooting, and he can't guard an empty gym. Nash is a better shooter than Hardaway in his prime and has a bit better court vision, but Hardaway could play d.
Nash is a fine player, and he's elevated his game to that of a franchise player, but he's not much ahead of Hardaway, if at all. Nash has been hyped and talked about so long he's become overrated. That's probably due to some combination of him being white, a conscientious character guy in a league full of thugs, and playing in a system that is aesthetically pleasing to watch for casual fans.
he'd be too busy blowing right by him for another layup.
Maybe not, but he's a much better point guard. Prove me wrong. annnnnddd...GO!
Nelson didn't do jack with Nash. It was D'antoni that was the coach when Nash was at his best. Nelson didn't know how to get the best out of Nash. Nelson.
I agree; I've always thought that Nash was the best of the big 3
They all have their flaws. Finley to me doesn't really deserve to be considered a top 3 player. Really it was the top 2. Nash had great point guard skills and outside shooting but got destroyed by other point guards.Nowitzki wasn't a good defender either but it is easier to mask at the 4 than the point guard position. He definitely is a big scoring threat but can choke as we've seen. Having 2 defensive liabilities on one team spells doom in the playoffs.
You must not have been a fan during the years that he was the best player on the team. Oh wait, most of them were before Mark Cuban became the owner. Why would you have been a fan then?
Finley was traded at the exact moment when he began to decline his game. And now we have young players in his place and Mike is a NBAchampions. Square deal.You must not have been a fan during the years that he was the best player on the team. Oh wait, most of them were before Mark Cuban became the owner. Why would you have been a fan then?
Yeah and that team was one of the worst teams of all-time as I remember. Nash and Dirk were clearly better than Finley when they were here.You must not have been a fan during the years that he was the best player on the team. Oh wait, most of them were before Mark Cuban became the owner. Why would you have been a fan then?
Without Michael Finley the Dallas Mavericks never become what they are today. He was the one player that was able to give that team some glimpse of hope during the dark years of the 90's. He stuck with this team and fought his ass off 82 times a year despite everyone else giving up. Sure, he might have been surpassed by Dirk & Nash somewhere along the line, but even then, he never let his ego get in the way and he always conducted himself with absolute class. His leadership and dedication are the reason Dirk and Nash developed into the players they are. The example he set paved the way for Dirk. Unfortunately, the grit and balls Finley played with every night didn't rub off on Dirk (no pun intended).
If I see another bandwagon ass Mavs fan undermining the contributions of Michael Finley I'm gonna lose my ing mind. He was the most important player we had in a decade, he stuck with this team through everything, and his belief in young guys like Dirk & Nash that they would become something special despite completely sucking their first couple years......that's the reason why the Mavericks have made it this far.
So what if he contributed a lot in the 90's. The team wasn't any good. He gave them zero chance of winning a championship or even getting to the playoffs. Btw when the mavs were championship threats Finley was way past his prime and Dirk and Nash were what the made the mavs great. Now it's Dirk and Howard imo. Never was a big three. If there was in the right position than the Mavs could be with a ring right now considering the mavs played decent defense.
If the team wasn't any good, why are you blaming Finley for that?
The Mavs of the past 3 seasons with only Dirk left of the Big 3 is probably the biggest threat for a championship in the teams' history. Unfortunately, with all that talent Finley never had in his prime, all Dirk has done up to this point in the playoffs is choke.
Yeah but at least he gives the mavs a chance. Of course he needs to stop choking or struggling with athletic long 3's which he has a history of problems with. I admire Finley for giving his all in the dark days but like I say Championship or Bust. This team didn't lose anything with Finley leaving. They actually got better.
They got better with Nash leaving, too. An alleged 2-time MVP.
Finley's years as part of the Big 3
1999 41 MPG 20.2 PPG 5.3 RPG 4.4 APG
2000 42 MPG 22.6 PPG 6.3 RPG 5.3 APG
2001 42 MPG 22.5 PPG 5.2 RPG 4.4 APG
2002 40 MPG 20.6 PPG 5.2 RPG 3.3 APG
2003 38 MPG 19.3 PPG 3.5 RPG 3.0 APG
2004 39 MPG 18.6 PPG 4.5 RPG 2.9 APG
Yeah, what a scrub.
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