Hakeem Olajuwon or David Robinson???

[ambchang]

Hakeem's team dominated when he had great three point shooters around him.

Robinson's best PG couldn't even make it as a third string PG with the Rockets.

True story.

[Muser]

I love DRob, but you gotta be a got to vote for him against Hakeem

[Mugen]

Hakeem, easily. Though it didn't hurt that he had a much clutcher supporting cast than the Admiral did.

[Greg Oden]

lol a guy "with only a 2 year prime" averaging 22 and 11 for his career.

[Kyle Orton]

lol David "I swear me running up my stats against the Clippers to steal the scoring le has nothing to do a grudge Shaq says I have against him " Robinson

[Greg Oden]

that was a pretty classy stat padding, tbh.

[Kyle Orton]

It's also beyond a stretch to say David Robinson's 1995 supporting cast was bad.

[jjktkk]

It's also beyond a stretch to say David Robinson's 1995 supporting cast was bad.

Back then DROB was very similar to Dirk right now, as far as their respective teams supporting casts. Good teams, but not great.

[ambchang]

in the 93-94 championship season cassell, maxwell, horry, and elie shot 29, 29, 32, and 33% from 3, and that's with wide open attempts off hakeem double teams. who are these GREAT 3 point shooters you speak of

lol jackass with a gorilla avatar, you should change it to a donkey

Oops.

http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19941995.html

Yes, I agree, but I think it was because of this team, the style of play. We're playing team basketball, aggressive defense, hitting more outside shots which opened the floor and gave me more room to operate inside. And also, we played with more experience after what we had done last year.

Oops 2.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...55C0A963958260

It's a daily thing that we live by, there is not a guy on this team that won't get into a situation where they are shooting some 3-pointers in practice. That is just the way we live. That's a part of the Rockets' system.

lol moron with a fake player name leaving out players like Kenny Smith and Scott Brooks who shot 40% and 37.7% from three, or even Matt Bullard, a backup power forward who shot 32.5% from 3, making 50 3pters in 65 games.

lol moron with no knowledge of basketball not realizing that Rockets were #1 in 3PMs, by far, that season.

[Nick Manning]

Hakeem's team dominated when he had great three point shooters around him.

Robinson's best PG couldn't even make it as a third string PG with the Rockets.

True story.

jesus tapdancing christ you're ing stupid.

but congrats on your first post without mentioning Kobe...I see the healing has begun

[Nick Manning]

lol 6th seed crushing a one seed. No one-on-one matchup in a playoff series has ever been so dominant.

lol ambchang

lol butthurt homer

lol ROBINson

[Riddler]

lol thinking hakeems supporting cast was that much better than robinson's in 1995

Plus the spurs were the #1 seed in 95, winning 62 games

[Nick Manning]

"but but but it was Bob Hill's fault that Robinson was helpless against Hakeem."

[ambchang]

tbh in 1995, chuck person, vinny del negro, and sean Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ who shot 39, 41, and 41% were all much better 3 point shooters than anything hakeem ever had as well.

Of course, in 95, Kenny Smith, Tracy Murray, Chilcutt, Mario Elie, Robert Horry and Clyde Drexler shot, 43, 42, 40, 40, 38 and 36% from 3 pt land.

To top it off, the Rockets made 646 3-pters. the Spurs made 434 3 pters, a total exceeded by the Rockets top 4 3-pt shooters (by volume).

[Nick Manning]

Rockets (47-35) crush Spurs (62-20)

Spurs lose all 3 of their home games in the series.

crofl.

great ing leader

[ambchang]

in 1994 maxwell, cassell, horry, elie all shot less than good percentages from 3..i listed the percentages earlier (lol leading 3 point attempter by far only shooting 29%) the only one who hit at a high rate that year was kenny smith. scott ing brookes made a whopping 23 3's that whole year, don't give me that . how do you explain the 1993-1994 championship?

ps- those guys get open 3's because of hakeem, not the other way around

The year the Rockets made the most 3 pters out of all the teams in the league? The year Hakeem had Otis Thorpe doing the dirty work for him? The year where Kenny Smith, Robert Horry and Sam Cassell shot 44, 38 and 38 % in the playoffs? That year?

[ambchang]

Rockets (47-35) crush Spurs (62-20)

Spurs lose all 3 of their home games in the series.

crofl.

great ing leader

Rockets lose 2 of their 3 home games in the series.

The year where Rockets players Hakeem and Horry missed significant parts of the season, had to deal with all the turmoil with Maxwell acting up, and Drexler joining mid-season, thus having a misrepresentative record.

The year where the Rockets simply collapsed on Robinson and dare the outside shooters to beat them.

Yeah, memorable year.

[ambchang]

the 1994 rockets only hit 429 3's for the year on 33%...the 95 spurs hit 434 on .375

lol thinking those awesome 3 point shooters are the reason for at least the first of hakeems back to back!

The 94 Rockets played against the 95 Spurs? How, they travelled through time?

[Muser]

Hakeem is arguably the best C of all time, probably behind Kareem.

[ambchang]

jesus tapdancing christ you're ing stupid.

but congrats on your first post without mentioning Kobe...I see the healing has begun

If you are so smart, tell me where I was wrong.

And congrants on your millionth post mentioning me always mentions Kobe...I see that you have not started your healing.

[ambchang]

you said hakeems success was due to having great 3 point shooters...show me how the 94 rockets (the first team hakeem lead to a ring) who shot only 33% from 3, hitting 429 for the year were a GREAT 3 point shooting team..

i'll tell you who WAS great that year, hakeem olajuwon who put together one of the finest performances in nba history

You mean the team that finished #1 in 3PM that year? That one?

Of course Hakeem was great that year, you heard me argue otherwise? How else could he have won the MVP?

[stretch]

Hakeem

no doubt about it

[ambchang]

tbh don't you find it funny that smith, horry and cassel went from shooting 40, 32, and 29% from 3 in the regular season 45, 38, and 38? hmm lets see who beasted in those playoffs, making teams have to double team at all costs and getting those guys a ton of open looks?

lol grey named spur fan

don't you find it funny that smith, horry and cassell couldn't shoot those numbers in the regular season playing with the same Hakeem Olajuwon?

I admire your intelligence in how you can attribute the performance improvement of three players solely on Hakeem despite those same three players playing with Hakeem throughout the whole year.

[Kyle Orton]

So gorilla dude, what exactly are you trying to say? Do you actually believe Robinson > Olajuwon

[Kyle Orton]

I'm surprised no one has used the "But Rodman wouldn't read the bible like Robinson told him to " argument yet