Replace Kemp with Prime Garnett on 96 Sonics

[Papaya Petee]

Hold up, let me get this shit straight.....someone mentioned Celtics Garnett that anchored that D

Kemp in 96 put up 19 ppg/11 reb/56%
in playoffs 20 ppg/10 reb/57%, with 40 blocked shots

is somehow worse than

Garnett in 08 put up 20 ppg/10 reb/49%, with 41 block shots

He said PRIME KG, not 2008 KG, learn to read.

[miles berg]

I'm not even sure I can finish my breakfast after reading someone say LeBron fn James is in the same league of defensive forwards as Duncan, KG, Pippen, etc...

Absolute insult to a Sidney Moncrief, Dennis Rodman, Bruce Bowen, Ron Artest, etc...all far superior defenders.

[schism206]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQbUastCD5E I love KG's game and intensity, but Shawn Kemp was a beast and I can't say that it would change things a whole lot for that particular Sonic's team. I believe there's a few clips in there of Kemp abusing Barkley, Mutombo, and a few other high caliber players. I don't remember a lot of him, aside from that season they went to the finals, but the dude was obviously a freight train coming through, and could handle the ball. I do think KG is probably the smarter player, and better passer.

Like a few have said, the good PF's back then were bruisers, I'm not sure if KG's style of play would have fared as well as Kemp's. But to be fair, prime KG and Payton would have been a pretty amazing duo.

[Wally450]

A prime KG makes them worse? Really?

Haha, don't hear that often, even if its not true....

[Rasheed1]

Wouldnt have made a difference... Shawn Kemp was a monster especially against Chicago in that series..... He did his part..

Also the Bulls were up 3-1 (i think) so fast that it was anticlimactic...

Kg is a hall of famer, but he wouldnt have improved that team, because Kemp was on an equal playing level at that point in his career..

I remember him getting fat and going to cleveland or something like that


that was a totally different rain man from the guy who played in seattle

[Linspired]

one of the 3 greatest team in the history of NBA will not lose to sonics + KG.
MJ & co. will just elevate their game. it will be a hard fought battle, but betting against MJ is retarded.

[Mach_3]

Wouldnt have made a difference... Shawn Kemp was a monster especially against Chicago in that series..... He did his part..

Also the Bulls were up 3-1 (i think) so fast that it was anticlimactic...

Kg is a hall of famer, but he wouldnt have improved that team, because Kemp was on an equal playing level at that point in his career..

I remember him getting fat and going to cleveland or something like that


that was a totally different rain man from the guy who played in seattle

Yea...at no point in his career was Shawn Kemp better than prime Garnett. Kemp was a god damn beast though.

They'd definitely be a better squad defensively but i still don't think there's enough fire power there to beat the Bulls. Maybeee they could take em in 7

[Smoke117]

Wouldnt have made a difference... Shawn Kemp was a monster especially against Chicago in that series..... He did his part..

Also the Bulls were up 3-1 (i think) so fast that it was anticlimactic...

Kg is a hall of famer, but he wouldnt have improved that team, because Kemp was on an equal playing level at that point in his career..

I remember him getting fat and going to cleveland or something like that


that was a totally different rain man from the guy who played in seattle

The Bulls were up 3-0 and then lost the next 2. The only reason the Sonics weren't swept or at least lost in 5 is that Jordan was missing a lot of shots he normally makes and Scottie was dealing with a variety of injuries, the key one being a bad ankle sprain that forced him into being a jump shooter. The Sonics never had a chance. If you put a 2003-04 Garnett on the Sonics they absolutely get better obviously, but if we are going to play the if game (if ifs and buts were candies and nuts we'd all have a merry christmas) than lets say Scottie Pippen is fully healthy. They still have no chance then. It wasn't like Scottie played bad against the Sonics in general. In a january crushing win of 113-87 when he was still healthy he dropped 29 points on them on 9/15fg 5/9 3pt shooting. Jordan 35 pts on 14/25. So much for the DPOY Gary Payton. So if the Sonics get Garnett in his prime, then the Bulls get a fully healthy Pippen.

[L.Kizzle]

Would not beat Utah.

[Calabis]

He said PRIME KG, not 2008 KG, learn to read.

Or maybe you should, I wasn't talking to the OP, the guy who mentioned Celtics Garnett

KG was the anchor on one of the greatest defensive teams in NBA history, 2008 Celtics

[AAckley1]

This. Love KG but seriously he couldn't cut it at the 4 back then. Just not strong enough.

You do realize that upper body strength has very little to do with basketball strength right?

I suppose Duncan would have got bodied by all of the 4s back then too huh?

[Smoke117]

Wouldnt have made a difference... Shawn Kemp was a monster especially against Chicago in that series..... He did his part..

Also the Bulls were up 3-1 (i think) so fast that it was anticlimactic...

Kg is a hall of famer, but he wouldnt have improved that team, because Kemp was on an equal playing level at that point in his career..

I remember him getting fat and going to cleveland or something like that


that was a totally different rain man from the guy who played in seattle

Kemp was never equal to a PRIME GARNETT. Don't be a clown or maybe learn a little bit about the players you are speaking about and have watched them play?

[CelticBaller]

Or maybe you should, I wasn't talking to the OP, the guy who mentioned Celtics Garnett

KG was the anchor on one of the greatest defensive teams in NBA history, 2008 Celtics

Prime KG would've propelled that Celtics team to THE BEST defensive team of all time

[Odinn]

Prime KG would've propelled that Celtics team to THE BEST defensive team of all time

A team lost 10 games in the playoffs to get that title?
A team allowed 100+ points 7 times in the playoffs?



Great joke.

[Odinn]

I'm not so sure about KG producing 23.3 ppg against that Bulls on .551fg (.633ts)...