[charlotteobserver]Blame Matt Bullard.

DreamShakeFTW · Apr 27, 2010

declan32001 said:

I know Bull was merely a rotational player that sometimes didn't even get into games, but I do sort of get the writer's point.

I'm trying to think of who was the first pf I saw who exclusively hung out on the perimeter. tinman? anyone?

I get that people are saying Horry would be a better argument for devising the offensive strategy, but hanging out on the perimeter wasn't Horry's game in his first 3 years.

He got put at the 4 because Rodman was eating everyone in the '95 playoffs and we had a big hole at that position. Horry played out of his mind in that series (and was great in The Finals) but man he drove, slammed, crashed the boards, blocked shots and ran like a gazelle.

Bullard is a better example of a 3pt-shooting 4 in Orlando's half-court offense.
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Horry became the starter at PF after Thorpe was traded for Drexler. I believe the likes of Chucky Brown/Pete Chilcutt/etc...were all tried there before Horry took over the spot and Elie was promoted to starting SF.

During the playoffs when it counted, the starting lineup was Olajuwon/Horry/Elie/Drexler/Smith.

mrdan · Apr 27, 2010

Sent: Tue 4/27/2010 2:56 PM
To: Bonnell, Rick
Subject: Elie

You misspelled Mario Elie's last name in your article titled 'Magic attacks inside-out'.

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Subject: RE: Elie
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:33:15 -0400
From: "Bonnell, Rick" <RBonnell@charlotteobserver.com>

sorry.

blunto · Apr 27, 2010

Shroopy2 said:

Bullard was like Luther Head for power forwards.
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Whoa. I never thought of it like that. Still digesting.

Shroopy2 said:

Mourning was a blocked shots monster. If he played as many games as OLDER Georgetown teammate Dikembe Mutombo, Mourning would be 2nd all time in total blocks.

Its closer than it looks between prime Mourning and Dwight Howard. Mourning had some semblance of an outside game. He was passable at the line and could hit the occassional 15 footer from the top of the key. So you could play him in games late. Howard, forget about trying that.
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I'm not suggesting that Howard is the second coming of Zo. Like I said, Zo was better. And yeah, the fact that he could face up from 15 ft is part of it. It's just the best single comparison I can come up with.

Kind of reinforces the silliness of the Shaq comparisons, which is the main thing that bugs me. Shaq is a future Hall of Famer, one of the 50 greatest, multiple MVP recipient, and one of the most overwhelmingly dominant offensive big men to ever play. Dwight Howard is a less good Alonzo Mourning.

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