[businessmirror]‘Big Shot Rob’ shoots straight on ‘The Dream’

Horry knows.

 

He's still one of my favorite players all-time. It says he's still lean and in game shape. Why did we sign Pops? If were in the playoff hunt, we should scoop him up around early March!

 

I loved his 1 dribble from behind the arc go go gadget arm super dunk.

 

he said the same thing on CP's show a couple months back.

 

Of course Hakeem was better than Shaq and Duncan. It is not even a debate.




Hakeem would make Tim Duncan look worse than David Robinson. He is a better player in EVERY aspect of the game...

 

Hakeem is the best of 3, I just wish his span of dominance lasted longer than 5 years. It should have been 10.

Duncan has been great for 10 years. 1999-2008. I thought he dipped a little last year, but I expect a bounceback year next year from Duncan.

 

Dream was EASILY dominant for 10 years...

His second year he was averaging 24-12-3.

Ten years later he was averaging 27-11-3.

 

Anyone who doesn't say Olajuwon is either too young to have seen Dream play or doesn't know much about the game.

Period.

 

Agreed although I'll go a step further and say David Robinson in his prime was actually better than Duncan in his prime. He certainly didn't win as much but the individual numbers Robinson was putting up for many years before the back injury were as good as any Center in the modern era. He was Hakeem's equal until Dream flat out became a big game monster once the supporting cast was put around him.

 

agreed

 

In before the haterz.

 

I'll give Hakeem 8 years ------ 86-88, 93-97.

He was not dominant from 89-92, and that puzzles me to this day. A fan can clearly see a difference in his quality of play starting in the middle of the 92-93 season.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's the best center ever. But from 89-92, it was like he was going through the motions.

 

My big hope from all this is that people finally stop referring to Tim Duncan as the "best power forward of all time".

It's semantics, at the end of the day, but I always felt that Tim Duncan was more center than power forward. Both positions can be interchangable at the NBA level, of course, so there's nothing wrong with calling Duncan a power forward instead of a center....

....but he's always been a better post man than anybody else on the Spurs. He and David Robinson kind of split time and roles between the 4 and 5 spots.

But I've always laughed at the idea that people rated players by the media guide.

If you wanted, you could make a case for Hakeem being just as great a power forward (at least offensively) as he was a center....

....but a lot of that is just me gushing over the Dream.....

 

Horry not only just gets the job done he knows his stuff!

 

89-90? You mean the year he averaged 24 ppg, 14 rpg, and 4.6 bpg... leading the league in both rebounds and blocked shots and finishing in the top 10 in steals while being named to the All defensive team and 2nd team All-NBA?

A fan would know he didn't play a full season in 90-91 (56 games) because Bill Cartwright broke his eyesocket. Still, he averaged 20ppg, 13 rbg, and 4 bpg (which led the league)... not bad for someone going through the motions.

91-92? The year they sucked and Chaney was fired and interim coach Rudy T came into an uncertain situation? Dream still averaged 21.6, 12, and 4.3.

 

NiiiiiiCcccceee

 

Horry definitely knows what's up. It's funny reading the spurs fan website and seeing their comments. It's like they can't accept the fact that the Dream is better than Timmy. One of them even said Hakeem was only dominant for 2 years. The delusion is beyond ridiculous in that website.

 

YEA!

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