Im somehow Excited watching this down the stretch. I remember who wins because I know Stockton and Malone shared the MVP and I assume they didn’t give it to the losers but I don’t remember how it happened.
I don’t know how Tim Hardaway ended up taking the shot for the game with this lineup out here. Missed a wild double pump floating jumper and...
The biggest Lebron hater of all time STILL has Lebron ranked 11. That's how you know Lebron is the GOAT. Lebron's so good that his biggest, most deranged hater can't rank him any worse than 11 all time :roll:
Damn, crazy story about the Rwanda thing on ESPN.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41438845/nba-responds-senators-letter-rwanda
Crazy times.
And is Drumpf forcing the NBA to EGREGIOUSLY perpetuate the gender pay gap Democrats have worked so hard to put a stop to!?
Better basketball players.
Period.
Better basketball instinct because they played in a more sophisticated format and weren't raised in today's PNR spam offense, open paint and wide open spacing that yield basic hoops instinct and IQ - today's game is simplified to 3-and-D and dunker spot - beginner-level terms so the media and fans can...
Damn, 2 minutes. You're becoming like Axe when it comes to me. Who, in the past, might have set up a 24/7 computer to detect whenever I mentioned his name to auto respond in exactly two minutes with a generic Axe reply.
1. I very rarely visit the main NBA forum and have only read one or two Neal Romer comments over there.
2. I started this...
I would, but as the previous post shows, there's a lot of people lying out there about Jordan's career and trying to change the history and the narrative, even if it's just here on ISH... So it's my duty to basically fact-check... :confusedshrug:.. that's my role on this site
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Lebron fan, ISH hall of famer. Hated by other members like RRR3 and highwhey. Wrote a book, which I'm still going to read one day.
Lebron has 11 losses before the Finals, compared to only 9 for MJ or Bird, and 3 for Magic.. So based on your own rules, Lebron is behind all three of these guys, which is congruent with my rankings - I guess it's a demonstration that my rankings can cover other people's logic as well - that's how great my rankings are..
My top 10 is based on...
I wouldn't want to do it but right now what choice do they have? Really it would have to be protecting the basket by committee. A lot of just running in front of the basket and hoping to draw a charge.
There is less supply of housing than the demand. The sellers will raise their price $25k and sell to the first time buyers. The (potential) buyers moving from another area/state, upsizing (growing families) or downsizing (seniors) will be left with whatever available housing that has also been raised by $25k.
Hard to say. Even though he has GOAT longevity, it's still secondary as an "accomplishment" in my opinion compared to his peak/prime play. 2009-2020 he has the past per game stats, best advanced stats, best accolades, most winning as the best player (4 FMVPs).
The whole package clearly puts him in his own tier as GOAT of the modern era.
Spacing is better but Randle isn't an elite shooter and he's definitely not a rim protector. Offense would be much smoother but man Randle as the rim protector just is a bad idea. He's small and not a shot blocker at all. You can run it for a few minutes but for a whole game? ehhhh
Hakeem blocked someone I forgot then they went down the other way, and Karl Malone got stripped. They come back down the other way and there is nearly another shot clock violation, but Jordan got a shot off that Dan Majerle blocked. Two plays later Shaq gets his dunk blocked by Malone. Pippen just broke up another attempted full court pass and got...
Could not remember what year Karl Malone reminded everyone why they hate Karl Malone at the end of the game.
Looked it up and that was 1991. I have nothing else to contribute. :lol
Terry Porter Just said “**** outta here son. Bringing that weak shit in here….” to Larry Johnson who he fouled trying to get a soft layup. Among the most 90s things I’ve heard in years.
And Tim Hardaway just speared Isiah Thomas. They seem to have something personal going on.
Barkley put Shaq on his ass going up for a dunk and walked off ignoring him looking up for help. I don’t think there will be any more uncontested dunks inside.
Randle at center is an interesting experiment. Can a spacing advantage make up for not having a room protector? In paper they need to win games 120 to 115 but that doesn't sound like Thibs's style at all. I expect them to get a center from somewhere but right now there's no doubt that none of their best players is a big.
And as I typed that Shaq hit the trademark black tornado spin into a lob, and Isiah got it to him but Kemp and David Robinson both fouled him in the air to stop the dunk. Perhaps Shawn was ashamed he conceded the last one.
Shawn Kemp just made a business decision not contesting Shaq on a dunk. I was probably disgusted the first time I watched this but with my modern sensibilities I understand.
I switched to it for a minute and realize it hasn’t even started. Network love, nothing more than half an hour of filler. I don’t know why Amazon needs to do that when they don’t even have ads.
Back to 1993 for me.
Before the break, the fans were booing the west for bullshitting a little bit and missing a couple easy ones trying to be flashy...