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LOL just because Isiah Thomas = Career 45% shooter doesn't mean he is slower than Tony Parker.
Again, what are you on and how old are you? I doubt you have watched much 80's ball if you honestly think Parker is a harder cover than KJ, Payton, Isiah or Magic.
So I guess this means the ref's slob on Duncan due to his FT attempts? It has nothing to do with his ability to get to the line?
Parkers jumper is the most inconsistent part of his game offensively.
Uh, yes..considering Dirk is a 25-27 ppg scorer on a very high %, all while being the #1 option. Parker plays off Tim.
LOL just because Isiah Thomas = Career 45% shooter doesn't mean he is slower than Tony Parker.
The 1998 Bulls team was the most beatable of the 6 le teams. The Pacers were up 13 in that game 7 and controlled the tempo most of the way. That team was the Bulls biggest threat. The 1998 Bulls were the 2002 Lakers....A team standing on their last legs before they get taken off the hill. The 99 Spurs were going to win it all even if that Bulls team stayed together, they would have lost in the playoffs that year.
Yeah, I think the 99 team had the best shot mainly because they had 2 superstars and bigs gave the Bulls trouble. They went 7 with the Knicks and Pacers. Shaq beat them (although they had no PF that year) and the Rockets used to spank them. However, I don't think any other le team had enough talent to match all the firepower on those Bulls teams, similar to how 90's teams didn't have 3 HOF type players plus depth like the le teams in the 80's had. Especially considering the other 3 le teams secondary and third scorers were perimiter players, and Chicago had the best defensive SG and SF in league history (not to mention Harper on the 2nd 3-peat squads).
Um. Tony Parker could blow past any of them. Parker is easily one of the fastest guards in NBA history. There is absolutely no way to cover him without backing off 2 steps and giving him an open J. Even then, he's fast enough to get around you. There isn't a player in the league that can guard Parker right now.
And Isiah Thomas and KJ aren't? Were they not routinely blowing past people even though defenders were allowed to handcheck them? This is all without a dominant post player to draw defenders away when you drive and clear space for you.
Just for a comparison to today's players, it is clear that Parker and Barbosa are probably the fastest players in the league. Does that mean they are harder to stop than Kobe, T-Mac, Arenas, wade, etc just because they are faster with the ball? What about a jumpshot, a bigger body to absorb more contact, etc? Being faster than someone doesn't maean you are harder to stop. Last I checked Duncan isn't the fastest or most athletic pivot in the game, right?
The amount of bias from Spurs fans is just plain embarrassing. Parker tougher to cover than Thomas, KJ, Magic and Stockton? Magic having no jumpshot despite shooting > 30% in his last 4 years and for his career? You guys are absolutely dellusional.
You guys seen how fast KJ was? Not saying that Parker is necessary slower than KJ in his prime, but KJ would at least be on the same level as Parker in terms of quickness, and the Bulls took that team out, even with Barkley in the mix.
Thomas is the godfather of scoring point guards (well, Nate Archibald) and opened the game up for little scorers like Tim Hardaway, KJ, AI, and now Parker.
Learn your history.
The handcheck rule would have totally killed Parker. Players like Parker who rely totally on speed would be screwed, as would Barbosa.
Current Spurs would not beat the 96 Bulls.
Bulls bench has way more depth.
Also,
Manu n Duncan could not play for than 40 mins but Pipen and Jordan can
The 1998 Bulls were an aging team on their last legs. That team was the most beatable out of the 6 le runs. That Bulls team I honestly felt didnt have another run left in them if they had stayed together for the 99 season. The 99 Spurs were a team that went for the kill when they were in position to go for it. That was something Indiana and Utah couldnt do when they were in position. The other years 91-97 forget about it. Spurs would have fallen to them.
I think as long as Jordan was playing no one would have stopped him. He probably could have played another year or two and had a great shot at more rings, but by the time he came back at like 43 it was too late. Too hard to get back into shape at that point.
Scratch that he made his comeback at age 39-40, still too late to get back in the kind of shape he was in before he retired.
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