Some would say obviously the year 93-94 right? (btw, met him in 93) What would you say other than that...Why?
I think either would work. However, as for your sig: I'm a fan of both, and I see their voices as being somewhat different even though I see why one would think they are very similar.
Dream was an even better defender and rebounder back in the late eighties.Yes,he polished his mind and his game,but Dream was wired tight then.
...and that goes a lot to what I was thinking...It sure seemed as if his dominance on rebounding/shot blocking explosiveness in the late 80's may have overshadowed his MVP year...
'93-'94. He hardly missed any games. He won the MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP awards. And he carried the team to a title. It's almost unheard of winning a championship in the NBA with only one superstar. The Rick Barry-led Warriors were the last ones to do it before the Rockets, and that was 19 years earlier. Ok, the 2004 Pistons didn't even have a single superstar on their team, but they were loaded at every position, so they're that rare exception to the rule.
Damn... Could NOT have said it better myself. Excellent Post. That has been the best description of that event.
93-94 The supporting cast on that team (meaning every other player than numero uno) is the worst in the history of the league. Remove Jordan and you still have Pippen. Remove Duncan and you still have Tony and Manu. It was one superstar. There really was no Robin, there was Batman and the Gotham police force.
I think his best season was the 92/93 season (the year before the first championship). That's the year he took a huge leap forward offensively with the points and assists. Career high in scoring efficiency. Career high in PER. Career high win shares. It was also one of his stronger years in terms of rebounding and blocked shots. It was probably his best all-around campaign. It was also the last season in which he'd play all 82 games.
89-90, 92-93, or 93-94, with the 1995 playoffs being the actual best ball he ever played. in 89-90 he put up 24 points then threw up a dominant 14 rebounds and 4.6 blocks per game to go with 2.1 spg (only drob, in a 72 or so game season, has topped the combined 6.7 blocks and steals per game and the combined 555 blocks and steals is the highest since they have tracked both stats). in 92-93 he was at about 26/13/4 which as durvasa said were still huge rebounding and block years to go with the increased scoring from 22-24 up to 26-27. probably his best statistical year as the PER indicates. 93-94 had numbers comparable to the previous year and of course brought the title and awards. 92-93 was probably his real best year with the 1995 playoffs being the peak of his powers.
It's really tough to get a gauge of Hakeem's prime because his defensive peak was much earlier than his offensive peak. Unfortunately he never had any help after Sampson left in the late 80's, and when he did get some help he was well out of his athletic youth but a much more refined offensive player. Who knows what the Rockets would have done in the 80's had Sampson stayed healthy.
Agreed. I was not expecting Dream's performance in the playoffs in '95, and who was? The combination of illness/injury and the amount of time he had to get back into shape really seemed to create "the perfect storm". It was beautiful.
Thanks Drizno. If the Rockets could have just gotten out of the West, I'm convinced we would have taken out the Bulls with our interior play and with Maxwell guarding Jordan.People(east coast media) would give Dream and the Rockets thier due.
I disagree. MadMax was clutch that year and OT was a monster on the boards as well as competent on offense. Our bench was much shorter in 94-95 after OT got traded and Max pitched his hissy fit.
Damned good question. I like others pointing to the earlier, more fiery Akeem of old. But I gotta go with the obvious choice. The first championship, 93-94. Dream carried that whole season. From the huge start of the season through the tough game 7 finals victory. The story was always Dream and "four other guys" on the floor. Other things of note. Yeah, dismantling David Robinson in 95 was awesome. But what about the 3-pointer he swished at the end of the 4 game sweep of the Magic. Didn't everyone else think to themselves, "Holy **** ... is this a sign of what's in store for next season?!?" Man, I loved those years.
Thorpe was never a 'monster' on the boards. He was a decent rebounder. Maxwell was a 'shooting' guard that couldn't crack 40% from the field those years.
