[QUOTE=Mitch;10361943]Mi hombre Ricardo Vincente Carlos Hernandez II ( LkrFan) telling it like it is[/QUOTE]
Speaking of choking
ol how did Duncan choke in that sequence?
The entire Spurs team choked. Jim was the Alpha
Unlike Kobe :-)
Loved Starks as a player.. All heart. But hot and cold.. I agree Pat did NOT have a lot of help..
Ewing could barely move by 99.. He was taking ice baths instead of practicing.
That was the most cruel loss I have ever seen Pop was usually pretty stoic, but I saw him celebrating after Tim hit that impossibe shot. Damn that Fish shot must have hurt
I have tried to block that loss out of my mind forever in the memories of that Spurs era... What a cluster .. But TBH 2006 was just as bad.. Best Spurs team to never win a championship..
Games 6 and 7 vs Houston are a perfect example of his hot and cold streaks
I agree, more talented players didn't have his heart
But again, perhaps John was like that because he had to earn a spot in the NBA so he always played with a chip on his shoulder
I missed that game and saw the final score on a ticker
Then I watched highlights later that night and my reaction was THATS HOW WE LOST ARE YOU ING KIDDING ME
That is exactly right. Undrafted out of college. After a brief stint with the Warriors as a FA he was out of the league. He was bagging groceries and playing in the CBA..
He made the Knicks after a try out...
CROFL Jordan's opposition at the sg spot
And could play good D..
Would love to see Harden check Mike.. What would Mike go for? 120 on 70%?
Stark was an overrated defender, a lot of average SG's dropped dimes on his ass
Stark, Majerle, Ehlo etc were propped up by ESPN and NBC as great defenders to make Jordan look better than he really was
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Made an all D team in 1993.. Not a great defender because of lack of size, but like we discussed he made up for a lot with grit, and effort. Starks would NOT quit.. Something in this era we have very little of.. You don't have to earn it. The refs just send you to the line.. The game is so wide open today man with the refs blowing the whistle to protect stars at a record level. Jordan would shoot 16 FT's a game easy..
2006 was pretty tough to swallow for SA fans, but I think that's just because of the cir stances, GM7, at home, down 3-1 on verge of coming back. The ending of that 04 game was like some sh1t scripted out of hollywood.
So you may have missed Shaq's famous quote afterwards..."One lucky shot deserves another" He looked so damn deflated after Tim sunk that leaner...there's no way they come back if they lose that game and go down 3-2. After Fish hit that shot he looked about as surprised as OJ Simpsons attorneys when the verdict came back.
34% from distance back then. Back when they could play physical ball. He's probably a 20ppg scorer and shooting 40% from distance in this era of inflated stats.
Starks would probably play on 4 or 5 teams today, with so much player movement.. But contenders would be tripping themselves to sign him. A tough as nails compe or that can defend, and shoot the 3.. He also could hit the mid-range jumper especially when hot..
I have always hated Shaq. Shaq was lucky Fisher hit that bs shot or he would have been in therapy for many years. That shot Duncan hit on him was even better than Jordan's Ehlo shot and would have been replayed over and over again for years. Shaq's pride would not have been able to handle it and he knows it that's why he was so relieved when Fisher's bs shot went in.
“Physical” lol
Those myths smh
Jordan already got food stamps , he is to this day the most ref protected player in the history of the NBA
And all D team in the 90s is not a good argument, the 90s defense is overrated by nostalgic old heads, it was ing
If Harden had to play a game under 90s rules against the 1993 New York Knicks how do you think he would do? I think he would miss about 25 shots, and get ejected from the game for complaining to the refs that he wants a foul every time he takes a three point shot.
Worse have him play one of the early Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls le teams. Have Scottie Pippen and Jordan chasing him around 40 minutes pushing him off his spots, hand checking him. Yeah I’m sure he would dominate LOL.
I'm in my late 30's so I would say you are older than me. I'm not nostalgic for the dirty play I want to go back to the early to mid '00s when the Spurs could have juggernaut defense and were allowed to handcheck. Handchecking makes a huge difference when it comes to guarding perimeter players. Without it they are nearly impossible to guard.
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