But Kobe is CLUTCH in the highest stage. Who is considered the best freaking player in the NBA? Not Tmac.. EVER
Hell, you'd have to be crazy to think Tmac was anywhere close to Dream as far as playing wise...I know that. Also, how do you know how hard any NBA player or athlete works?? As far as the similarities, I meant their management and team situations where they had to do it all in order for them to even compete. Doesn't Ralph Samson's injuries sound a little bit like Yao being chronically injured in the same area of his body?? The drug thing was unfortunate...This all happened a year before I was born...can't help when I was born, but I do know my NBA history, so I did know about that. I'm as big a Olajuwon fan out there, so I do know a lot about Dream especially. He's the reason why I started watching basketball in the first place (95 Finals as a 6 year old) You see, Dream didn't take them to the finals by himself though...Sampson was a great player taht year...the Twin Towers, McCray, Levell, and others were all good role players too, and Bill Fitch wasn't a bad coach either. and they were a horrible matchup for the Lakers, kinda like the Magic were to the Cavs this year or the Pistons to the Lakers in 04. Ohh yaa, when did Matt Harpring ever shut down Tmac?? The combination of Harpring, AK47, Giricek, and Fisher gave up 27 ppg to him, 3 points highers than his 2007 regular season numbers. Also, he averaged 8 apg that series, and 7 rpg. Who shut Tmac down in the playoffs? Also, Dream never took 3 pointers period...he's a center with a post up game! and a top 10 all time player. and I don't remember Tmac pulling up for many fast break 3's in the playoffs either...regular season, sure, but I don't remember seeing many in the playoffs.
WTF?? one post you talk about Tmac's apparent selfishness, then you go and talk about clutchness out of nowhere?? I swear, You have the attention span of a 5 year old! Of course I know Kobe is more clutch than Tmac, what idiot doesn't know that?? I never said Tmac was better than Kobe in the last 3 years, damn. All I said was Kobe was a pretty damn selfish player until he lost a lot,even though he was avearaging 35 ppg, then Phil Jackson taught him how to play team ball, and when they got Gasol, they took off. At worst, Kobe is the 3rd best player in the NBA today...I think he's the 2nd best right behind Lebron and right in front of Wade. Just my opinion. Back in 03, I felt Tmac was right there with Kobe, but that was 6 years ago...not now.
Kobe had won championships and had many clutch moments, so you can understand how he could be selfish. Tmac hasn't won anything but a scoring title, yet somehow you and all these blind people think the deserves the same sentence as Kobe. 5 year olds are probably smarter than tmac fans.
EVERYBODY shut Tmac down in the playoffs, this year it was himself. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2XxT0zI2W7Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2XxT0zI2W7Y&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Let me give you a Houston Rocket example... NOBODY shut Hakeem down in 95, therefore he won another NBA Title. See the difference?
T-mac even quit on the press conference. He can't finish anything. I'm so looking forward to the day this giant douche gets traded just to watch the cockroach Tracy fans scurry under the rug. T-mac only cares about one thing and that's making kids with everyone but his wife. I truly am ashamed to have him wear a Rockets jersey.
Don't need cred when talking about a worthless human being. And what the hell are you talking about but my worthless rambling. Jackass.
Kobe only had the MOST DOMINATING PLAYER in the modern era, and Shaq won All 3 Finals MVP's. Not to mention Horry, Fisher, Rice, Ron Harper, Rick Fox etc. This year, he had Gasol, Odom, Fisher, Ariza, and Bynum. That surrounding talent makes it A LOT easier for you to win titles. I agree Kobe did do his part playmaking and scoring, BUT when you lose with Shaq, Malone and Payton, because KOBE jacked up shot after shot, (37%) for the series. The seasons after that, he won 2 scoring titles, but he didn't get out of the 1st round either? Whats your excuse for him then? Once Shaq was gone and before Gasol came in and Bynum developed, the Lakers were trash and Kobe was the biggest ballhog the game had ever seen. Part of it was because he had to, but Tmac was in the same boat in Orlando and in 2008 playoffs without Yao. But you are setting a double standard now...its okay for Kobe to be selfish, but you call Tmac selfish, even though he's not (averaged more apg than Kobe, Pierce, Roy and Dwade for his career). Whats your logic on that?
Okay, but you JUST claimed that Matt Harpring shut him down...I gave you stats, and now ALL OF A SUDDEN, Tmac shuts himself down? Either way, he raised every statstical category in the playoffs, yet he shut himself down??? Please make sense of that?? Did Jordan shut himself in 86 when he scored 49.5 ppg, (including a 63 point game), but his team still got swept...Just because he didn't win, did he shut himself down?? Dream had one of the best playoff runs in the history of the NBA...he was the best player in the NBA in 1995. What do you expect from the best NBA player at the time? Lebron put up simlar #'s to dream this year, but he didn't win...did he shut himself down? The difference is Tmac was a top 10 player til 2007, not a top 3 player like Hakeem was for many years.
This worthless human being is only helping people who are dying everyday...what the hell do you do?? Get a life and realize there is a bigger world than basketball out there...what a douche
Jordan lost to a much better team, the Boston Celtics with Larry Bird. Plus after 12 years in Jordan's career, did he fail to make the 2nd round every year? If Tmac is this basketball god that people here claim him to be, then he must have shut himself down cause no way anybody could stop him! you could go on and on on your defense of the queen, black knight, but the patience of the rocket fans have gone thin on this dude. it's time to storm the bastille and get out the guillotine!
Artest is tough in comparison but has his own issues and thinks too highly of himself. He simply aint talented enough
we do need talent, we need alot of talent...and 23 million dollars could bring lots of talent, young talent , not coming off of injury talent, etc I hope Morey pulls a rabbit out of his hat.
true, but we lost some toughness when he left. he had some bad moments as a player, but he had some strong ones too. The guy wasn't suppose to be Tmac's replacement that some people are trying to paint him as. He was the compliment to Yao and boost to the defense that we needed. I'll miss the Artest/Shane duo, that was fun.
I was stating the obvious. At the end of the day we, fans , are doomed to wait until morey pulls his next move. Regardless what Tracy did, do and will do in future. Man, it just saddens me that the career of our once beloved superstars could be over.
