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What former star turned ring chaser did a better job....

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  1. Chronz

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    of getting his new team back into Championship contention;

    Charles Barkley signing with Houston
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    Karl Malone to the Lakers?
     
    #1 Chronz, Nov 17, 2009
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    Neither one of them turned their team into a championship contender. Barkley would have if he'd stayed healthy. Malone was a role player on a Lakers team where Kobe hadn't learned that he couldn't win a championship by himself.
     
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    Shaq.....
     
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    Depends if you really consider him a former "star". He put up big numbers on bad teams that never did anything in the postseason.
     
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    Robert Horry.
     
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    Barkley technically didn't ring chase since he was traded here, although he did re-sign with us once he became a free agent. But the threshold for re-signing is much lower than it would be for someone like Horry or Fisher of the past five years to just go out and be a hired gun for the frontrunning team out there.

    When I think of ringchasers today I think of the Boston Celtics' bench.
     
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    the celtics did go to the ECF when he was there with pierce
     
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    well, they have the same amount of rings...so it's a tie
     
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    The San Antonio Spurs minus Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili
     
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    Moses Malone

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    Why moses twice?
     
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    Barkley. The Lakers were already a solid team before he signed.
     
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    http://www.nba.com/playerfile/charles_barkley/bio.html

    1996-1997 REGULAR SEASON

    Barkley played in 53 games, missing 14 because of a laceration and bruise on his left pelvis, 11 because of a sprained right ankle and four due to a trio of suspensions. It was the fewest number of games played (and minutes, 2,009) of his 13-year career, and the Rockets were just 16-13 in games Barkley missed. On a team with two more of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History," Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, Barkley's scored less but tried to focus on rebounding. He averaged 19.2 ppg, the first time since his rookie year he has been below the 20-point mark, although it was still second only to Olajuwon on the Rockets. But he grabbed 13.5 rpg, which would have ranked second in the league if he had played enough to qualify, and he was battling league leader Dennis Rodman for the top spot for much of the early part of the season. Barkley also averaged 4.7 assists per game to rank second on the Rockets, and 1.30 steals to rank third. In his second game he passed 3,500 career assists and joined Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Elgin Baylor as the only players in NBA history with 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 3,500 assists. Barkley scored 20 points or more 27 times, including a season-high 33 points in a 126-115 double overtime loss to the Lakers on Nov. 12, and grabbed double-figure rebound 40 times, including four games of 20 or more. He hauled down a career-high 33 boards in a 110-95 win at Phoenix on Nov. 2 and came back with 20 rebounds in the next game, a 75-72 win at Utah on Nov. 4. Barkley had 35 double-doubles and one triple-double, posting 27 points, 17 rebounds and a season-high 12 assists in a 120-115 overtime win at Golden State on Nov. 23. Starting all 16 of Houston's playoff games, Barkley averaged 17.9 points and 12.0 rebounds per game, the latter ranking third among all playoff performers.
     
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    Because Moses is badass...
     
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    Ultimately neither...

    To me Barkley will forever be seen as the ANTI-championship move for this franchise! He helped fill a lot of seats but ultimately helped ruin the chemistry of the team. Hakeem should never have been the second post option to Barkley in Houston!!!!!!! Why did Clyde retire again? While I respect his intentions, Les blew it on that one.
     
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