All Time NBA Players Thread - No Jordan vs. Lebron Debate Allowed

[YankeeVol]

Kevin Durant tore his achilles at 31 and was 95% of the player he was pre-injury. It was a minor miracle

AP tore his ACL and had his best season of his career 8 months later

 

[YankeeVol]

Thurl Bailey was just a good 6th man. Manu Ginobili kinda changed the league. His dribble drive stuff and layup package were a revelation.

He wasn't a legit 6th man. He was legitimately the 2nd or 3rd best player on the team. Phil Jackson and Popovich won a bunch of titles in part because they figured out offsetting a 3rd star's minutes was smart. He was the 3rd star because he could make something out of nothing on every possession, without TD or TP on the floor.

He is a legit hall of famer, and most likely would be had he been drafted by the Jazz, or whomever. He doesn't just have the titles, he has Olympic gold.

I bet Jokic would trade his NBA title for Olympic gold.

Maybe, but I doubt it.

 

[zjcvols]

Thurl Bailey was just a good 6th man. Manu Ginobili kinda changed the league. His dribble drive stuff and layup package were a revelation.

He wasn't a legit 6th man. He was legitimately the 2nd or 3rd best player on the team. Phil Jackson and Popovich won a bunch of titles in part because they figured out offsetting a 3rd star's minutes was smart. He was the 3rd star because he could make something out of nothing on every possession, without TD or TP on the floor.

He is a legit hall of famer, and most likely would be had he been drafted by the Jazz, or whomever. He doesn't just have the titles, he has Olympic gold.

I bet Jokic would trade his NBA title for Olympic gold.

Manu, against maybe the best defensive team of the last 25 years, put up 19/6/4 on 49/39/85 on 41 FTA over 7 games in the 2005 NBA Finals. He dropped 23 on 13 shots in game 7 where they scored 81. He was that dude.

 

[n_huffhines]

Manu, against maybe the best defensive team of the last 25 years, put up 19/6/4 on 49/39/85 on 41 FTA over 7 games in the 2005 NBA Finals. He dropped 23 on 13 shots in game 7 where they scored 81. He was that dude.

He could shoot, run the offense, be the offense, he had good size, and he hustled on D, and more than anything he was crafty. That's the label you'd put on his game is crafty. There was no weakness, there were only problems for the other team.

 

[zjcvols]

Manu 2005 playoffs: 21/6/4 on 51/44/80 splits, 8 FTA per game with 4 3PA, the guy was awesome.

 

[n_huffhines]

Manu 2005 playoffs: 21/6/4 on 51/44/80 splits, 8 FTA per game with 4 3PA, the guy was awesome.

I had a friend from Argentina circa 2001 who was telling me about Ginobili. The kid could hoop, so he knew ball, but I was thinking he was just hyping the best Argentine because of national pride. No foreign guard had really done anything up to that point. My guy was totally right about him.

 

[chuckiepoo]

I had a friend from Argentina circa 2001 who was telling me about Ginobili. The kid could hoop, so he knew ball, but I was thinking he was just hyping the best Argentine because of national pride. No foreign guard had really done anything up to that point. My guy was totally right about him.

I got an entirely too close of a look at Manu. Always forced to respect his game. Him and effing Pop…

 

[apevol]

I got an entirely too close of a look at Manu. Always forced to respect his game. Him and effing Pop…

it feels like all of those guys are a tad overrated because everyone has a favorite guy from those teams and they glaze that guy with ferocity, but they were all very good and all played their roles to perfection

 

[n_huffhines]