Rick Adelman has incorporated his players pretty well, with the exception of everyone wanting steve francis to play. you got Aaron Brooks, Landry, and Wafer getting great minutes. plus Rafer is playing ALOT BETTER than when he was JVG. Rafer was pretty much a spot up shooter under JVG, which he really is not good at. Rafer seems to flow better now. This is similar to D'Antoni and Quentin Richardson. That guy without D'Antoni was horrible. Now he's dropping 30points etc.
tinman why is this in the GARM? isn't this the same as tmac fans posting stuff about tmac's orlando days?
Good players, no doubt. But, nothing special beyond Drexler. During those Portland hay days, Drexler was 24/7/6 or so. Those are superstar numbers. For perspective, Lebron is about 27/7/7. Lebron averages 21 shots per game. Drexler was about 16 shots a game career, but more during the Portland finals days. T-mac is about 18 per game career and I'm sure less with Houston. So, T-mac giving 4 more shots to Wafer or AB or Landry is the key to a championship? I'm not buying it. I'm giving tangible examples of HOF/star players leading the way to championships. I still haven't seen anyone show an example (outside of Detroit '04) where balanced scoring and spreading around the touches made a champion. Instead of throwing out unsubtantiated drivle it would be nice to see some real-life cases to back up statements.
The Showtime Lakers had some extremely balanced scoring in the '80's, even better than Adelman's Kings as a matter of face.
Sure. They also had 3 out of 5 HOF starters (including 2 among the best at position all time). The other 2 players were very solid. Byron Scott >>> Alston. T-mac shouldn't be deferring shots to him. Battier or A.C. Green? Who's better? I'm all for balanced touches as soon as we put 3 hall of famers on the court at the same time. Currently we have zero with two possibles.
Well some people here think Rick Adelman is some dude we picked up on the street and threw in the back of the truck. some people need to know his resume.
From what I recall in one of those championship years Byron Scott led the team in PPG. Yup, he scored more than Kareem, Magic or Worthy. It wasn't just AC Green. They had a defensive specialist, Michael Cooper and his super high socks, who could also drain the three. I just looked it up. In the back to back championships of 86-87 and 87-88 the Lakers had 7 players who averaged double figures in ppg for both seasons. In both seasons they only had one players who averaged more than 20 ppg--Magic for 86-87 and Byron Scott for 87-88. I'd say that's a pretty good argument for team ball considering that the Showtime Lakers were one of the best teams to every play.
