Kobe/Nash>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>frenchie/baldie
Dwight Howard and Gasol completely annihilate a spur frontcourt composed of old and done jim, scalabrine's twin brother, brozillian mvp and a couple of fat albert stunt doubles![]()
Its not that simple... these are "semi-troll" threads .. where they like to pretend they know basketball and thereby present their true opinion while always having the fall-back card of trolling ... but it is hilarious to see DD so riled up .. whatever happened to the cool-laid back image...![]()
Kobe/Nash>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>frenchie/baldie
Dwight Howard and Gasol completely annihilate a spur frontcourt composed of old and done jim, scalabrine's twin brother, brozillian mvp and a couple of fat albert stunt doubles![]()
First of all, Howard is a great player...elite defensively. Saying that, Robinson was better than Howard not only offensively (not close), but better defensively as well. Don't give me Howard's dpoy awards, as he won those almost by default...unless you consider an anciet Garnett, Josh Smith, or Gerald Wallace as worthy compe ion.
Robinson's had to split votes with Jordan, Pippen, Olajuwon, Ewing, Rodman, Mutombo, Dumars, Payton, and even Alvin Robertson. Quite abit a different level of defenders....and yet Robinson won the award, was second twice, and 4th twice before his injury.
Robinson's rim protection was also on a different level compared to Howard's. His first seven years blocks - 3.9, 3.9, 4.5, 3.2, 3.3, 3.2, 3.3 Howard - 1.7, 1.4, 1.9, 2.1, 2.9, 2.8, 2.4, and 2.1.
Howard is a great rebounder no doubt... We'll see if his numbers go down playing with Gasol. Robinson averaged right at 11 playing with Rodman, whom averaged 17 per game (almost 12 and half before him).
I think it is somewhat fair to nit pick some of Robinson's playoff series, and I would have like to have seen Robinson play with more of a chip on his shoulder. But he came into the league as a rookie turning the Spurs from crapola to contenders right off the bat. 21 wins to 56, 55, 47, 49, 55, 62, and 59 wins. It took Howard until the 82nd game of year 4 to get to .500!
Robinson's first 6 trips to the playoffs: 24.0 pts 11.8 rbs 3.1 blks 2.9 asts 1.3 stls .488 fg% .728 ft%
NBA is tough and only one team ends the season with a win and a championship. That does not make all other teams and players losers. I would say that Robinson played a greater role in helping SA win its first championship in 99 then Kobe did in 00.
Again, Howard is a great player and he may pass Robinson up all time (iffy) because of greater longevity, but Robinson simply was better. You can have the egomaniac, knuckhead that was too stupid to get into college....I'll take the kid that scored a 1320 on his SAT's, went to the academy, graduated as an officer, served two more years serving his country, before going to a military town (perfect fit).
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