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i get a feeling were gonna see a "Robert Horry Moment" tonight.....
http://my.nba.com/forum.jspa?forumID=570005125
Robert Horry: Big shots, Hall of Fame chances and Breaking My Playoff Record of Games Played
Robert has been around because he understands how the game evolves over the 48 minutes. He knows how to do the right thing at the right time. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time to help his team win. He has had many standout shots in his career, but the one that stands out for me came against the Kings in Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals because of how fortunate he was on that play. Vlade Divac could have controlled that rebound but he just took it and threw it out of the paint and it went right to Robert Horry. If he tries to control that rebound and smothers it, Robert Horry doesn’t get that chance. So I attribute that one to Vlade Divac not understanding what he needed to do. Some of the other ones like when he was with Houston show that when the game comes to him he does good things with his opportunities. He seems to thrive on rare opportunities. Every time he gets it he does something great with it. He’s got to be a fan favorite for it.
As far as the Hall of Fame goes, you have to look at the whole career. His career in the playoffs has been remarkable. You look at the regular season, you might come to a different conclusion, but you can’t take away his success.
Robert is on the verge of passing my mark for the most games played in the playoffs. But we’re talking about two different eras. When I first started playing, if you won the world championship you only played in three rounds of playoffs. So it was an opportunity for him and he’s made the best of it.
i get a feeling were gonna see a "Robert Horry Moment" tonight.....
Seriously. How necessary was his disclaimer that he only played in three rounds?
Dude, you played until you were 60.
Typical spoiled athlete these days. What ever happened to a handshake and pat on the back? Whatever happened to an "atta boy!"
Attributing Horry's shot against the Kings to Vlade's mistake was a back-handed compliment as well.
classless comments from Kareem specially downplaying Horry's chances of making the HOF because of his regular season numbers... lame
Nice of Kareem to leave out that whole Magic Johnson 5 NBA championships 8 NBA Finals thing...
Come to think of it...nice of him to leave out that whole Oscar Robertson Championship thing as well...
Seriosuly, I normally have a tremendous amount of respect for Kareem and usually rank him as one of the top 3 players in history...but this entire commentary reflects badly of him.
Robert Horry got to play with Hakeem, Shaq and Duncan...
Kareem got to play with Oscar and Magic....
More than likely Kareem's just feeling insecure due to the fact that he played on a couple of teams that missed the playoffs(the only teams he was inarguably the best player on)...while Horry never has.
You ever known a Faker with class (except Worthy and Green)?
Last edited by alamo50; 05-13-2008 at 11:46 AM. Reason: Thought of 2 Fakers with class
He's jealous of Duncan's skyhook.
Horry = 7
Kareem = 6
Aint just the playoff games Kareem.
Regardless, the Spurs should have hired this guy as an assistant when he was begging for work.
I guess we can expect similar comments from Jordan concerning Horry...
Geez, if these guys want to know what that seventh ring feels like they should just ask Rob...niceness is always a better policy than bitterness.
He's still begging for work. FWIW, I agree, but he still comes off as ungracious in this article...as if Horry is some kind of threat to him or something.
Horry > Jordan > Magic > Duncan
You don't think Horry would trade careers with those two guys in a heartbeat?
From what I've heard, Kareem has as much dedication to coaching as Jackie Butler has to playing basketball.
Hmmm...I've seen Horry make contradicting statements on this..
Do you have some kind of insider knowledge? Or merely suggesting I give your unfounded opinion more weight than it deserves?
Please, do clarify...
hey hey...leave jackie butler out of this
Eh...Kareem's a pretty damn good coach from what little evidence exists.
Kareem never seems to be dedicated about anything, and it's been a criticism of him for his entire career..."seems" being they key phrase..
He seems to be disinterested and aloof, and always has...I think that's a case of perception more than actual reality.
I've only seen the one comment where he said he would trade rings to have a hall-of-fame/legendary type career and that most players would do the same. You where implying/joking that MJ and Kareem are jealous or bitter because Horry has more rings and I really don't think that is the case.
You don't think Horry has had a legendary HOF career?
I disagree...I think he's definitely had a legendary career. Definitely...
It's inarguable that he's had a legenday career...his name synonymous with winning championships and clutch shooting...as much as any superstar I can think of.
It it a HOF career?
Sure...
Hall of Fame
He's definitely famous...
#1. I was joking.You where implying/joking that MJ and Kareem are jealous or bitter because Horry has more rings and I really don't think that is the case.
#2. I really wasn't joking.
#3. Kareem definitely comes off as bitter....it's pretty apparent that he actually feels the need to clarify that he was a Superstar and Horry was just a role player. He also says Horry shouldn't be in the HOF and seems to base his opinion on Horry's lack of statistical production...as if it was called the Hall of Stats, and not the Hall of Fame.
All I know? Is if regular season is going to start trumping post season...then some mother ers in these David Robinson arguments are going to be owing me some apologies...they know who they are.
i do think he deserves to be in the hall of fame for his contributions to teams and his clutchness in the games. hes right up there as far as his legend of being clutch with the likes of Jordan, Miller, and Magic.
Jesus Christ guys. It's Kareem Abdul Jabbar for Christ sake. He's not saying anything remotely bad about Horry and you guys are blasting him for being classless. This is beyond homerism.
Just to clarify...
So since the post season is more important than the regular season, you admit that you're wrong with those David Robinson arguments?
You're forgetting Magic. Having met the guy, it's easy to see why he's had so much success off the court since retiring.
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