Horry: "Hakeem was 20 times better than Duncan and I'd have 10 rings if Manu would...

[Brazil]

I'm not even mad tbh... dude is a moron, his comments are so trumpish that he discredited himself... 85%, 20 times better, Manu... dat some pretty stupid almost as bad as Climate change is chinese invention or cigarets don't kill

[jag]

Hakeem had a higher ceiling. The problem is that it didn't last very long.

[Ice009]

Hakeem had a higher ceiling. The problem is that it didn't last very long.

What good is a higher ceiling if it caves in quite quickly? That higher ceiling didn't last for very long after it was reached. I'd much rather a solid structure that stands the test of time.

Horry is acting like a tool. I have no idea why he's sprouting off like this.

[Venti Quattro]

Hakeem had a higher ceiling. The problem is that it didn't last very long.

He coincided in an era when four powers ruled the league - the Showtime Lakers, the Celtics, the Pistons, and the Bulls.

Granted, he got his rings in 94 and 95 but when Jordan came back, it was over. The West had them figured out by then as well.

[peacemaker885]

Meh, he's en led to his own opinion.

[clambake]

20 times


ridiculous

[tmtcsc]

I'll always be grateful for Game 5 but Horry's comments were astonishingly disrespectful. His remarks were so over-the-top comment and blatantly false that people won't interpret it as "Wow, Hakeem must have been really great", but rather " , that is one bitter dude. What the happened to him while with the Spurs?"

If that wasn't enough, he throws Manu's name in there too? Got damn. Horry never committed himself to being great but played great at crucial moments. Talking like that will hurt his legacy and reputation if he doesn't come correct.

[rjv]

Hakeem was damn good and in his prime, probably better than Duncan, but my memory is he aged poorly and dropped off significantly. End of the day, people look at rings and Duncan has more and as many accolades.

i would argue that hakeem, in his prime, was better than duncan in his prime but that duncan had a far more consistent career and was thus a better player overall. hakeem was still a work in progress for several years out of college and, as you mentioned, tailed off towards the end much, much more than duncan did. in fact, it was sad to watch duncan, as a pup, just dismantle hakeem, in his twilight.

[poop]

Horry is forever immune to criticism due to his 2005 game 5 performance.

That said, hakeem is one of only 3-4 players id take over Duncan. As great as duncan was, hakeem was a little bit better

[Horse]

sucker has a lot of nerve if they don't double Manu he doesn't get his biggest moment with the Spurs.

[Phenomanul]

Horry is forever immune to criticism due to his 2005 game 5 performance.

That said, hakeem is one of only 3-4 players id take over Duncan. As great as duncan was, hakeem was a little bit better

I guess people forget the playoff years where Olajuwon simply mailed it in... Duncan's professionalism to the sport and his compe ive fire would never let him do something as low as that.

[rjv]

also, duncan's only convenience store faux pas is his penchant to shoot the bird at people filming him with their cell phones, wheres hakeem (sorry, akeem) had a problem with punching 7-Eleven clerks.

[DJR210]

Fake news

Exactly my thoughts

[DarrinS]

Says that and proceeds to get on by Pierce and SJax.

[cd98]

Says that and proceeds to get on by Pierce and SJax.

Pierce is actually a pretty smart and funny commentator from what I've seen. Interesting how ESPN likes S Jackson. He's getting the microphone a lot.

[dbreiden83080]

Cocaine is a of a drug. It's amazing the things kids will do these days..

[dbreiden83080]

Hakeem is one of the most overrated players of the 80's and 90's. Was he the best center of that era? Yes. But he was leagues and leagues better than Ewing and Robinson? No way.

[urunobili]

While humor was made of the comment thanks to P.Pierce and SJax, it's pretty incendiary how he backed it up and used the FT % thing to claim he was clutcher than TD.

Hurts a lot as well to take into consideration that yes, Manu could have passed him the ball at the end of regulation in "the foul" game as he was wide open when Manu tried to redeem himself and go for the win, I'm not sure he could blame him for 04 and 08 TBH

I loved this dude big time... now I'm not really sure what to feel about him...

[TheGreatYacht]

Horry is forever immune to criticism due to his 2005 game 5 performance.

That said, hakeem is one of only 3-4 players id take over Duncan. As great as duncan was, hakeem was a little bit better

What a ing re you are

[Budkin]

"20x better" is utterly laughable. Prime Timmy was practicality unguardable. He would totally have held his own.

[poop]

What a ing re you are

Im right

[SASdynasty!]

Hakeem wasn't even 20 times better than Horry, tbh

[hitmanyr2k]

Nah... he could have been a better player, but he actually liked to laze around on great teams and show up in the playoffs for s and giggles.
The OG ring chaser and he was doing it in his youth and prime.

He'd have less if teams had to really rely on him full time.

Yep, the Horry mindset...

"If I hit it we win, if I miss y'all are going to blame the stars for losing the game anyway. There's no pressure on me. The pressure is on the megastars."

He's criticizing stars and talking about work ethic when he never wanted the pressure of being a star himself. That lazy MF came back with the same game every year and didn't even think about improving his game.

[dbreiden83080]

This was totally unprompted by Horry. What a sack of tbh. Thank for Game 5, but off otherwise.

Stephen Jackson went on Undisputed today and basically said he was bat crazy for saying that..

[dbreiden83080]

Yep, the Horry mindset...

"If I hit it we win, if I miss y'all are going to blame the stars for losing the game anyway. There's no pressure on me. The pressure is on the megastars."

He's criticizing stars and talking about work ethic when he never wanted the pressure of being a star himself. That lazy MF came back with the same game every year and didn't even think about improving his game.

He actually was questioning Duncan's work ethic. There are so many stories from team mates, coaches you name it that his work ethic was insane. A gym rat. And then he takes a shot at Manu too. WTF Rob???