Jordan picks top pickup team

[lutha]

You're an idiot if you think being one of the 50 greatest players means anything. That list was made way too early. So James Worthy is one of the 50est greats but LeBron, Garnett, Duncan aren't?
Dude said Worthy was better mid range

list made too early?...lol how you figure?...bball has been around for a long time...the league been around for a long time....it's a lot of people that have played ball, and he was one of the 50 greats when the list was made...as for the others: who said they werent?...when they do 100 greatest, bron, Duncan, and kg will be added....

yea I did, cause it was

 

[GreatestLaker]

i'm not the others, I watched pierce...have watched him since that hs all American game (which I think had the best collection of talent ever, but that's another topic).....and like i said: before the big 3 formed, he wasnt looked at as being that good....he was just looked at as a chucker...you even just said so yourself comparing him to kobe/tmac...

anyway, to me worthy was a better player...he wasn't a rebounder? that cat rebounded his ass off...he didn't put up those numbers cause of the teams he was on...those laker teams were stacked with talent...and a lot of those cats rebounded the ball: kareem, cooper, magic, rambis....he was only gonna get so many boards....also, worthy was the better overall scorer...just cause pierce got more shots doesn't mean he was a better scorer....again, those laker teams were loaded, worthy was only gonna get so many shots...

as for who kobe could guard or not: he had more trouble guarding people than just pierce....but that's another topic...

Because he wasn't on Kobe and McGrady's level that means he wasn't good? James Worthy wouldn't be looked at as on their level either. So whats your point? Pierce didn't just magically get good in 08. He was always a fantastic player.

Pierce in 02

 

[BigE214]

LOL @ Kobe being on a team with Bron and Bird.

LOL @ Bird and Bron being on the same team.

Nigggas just think good players and automatically think domination.

 

[lutha]

You're obviously a casual nba fan then. Paul Pierce has always been regarded as one of the best wing players in the game. If LeBron didn't exist, Pierce would've went down as the best SF of the 00s. Put that in perspective for a minute, the best SF of his era. He made 5 all star teams before the Big 3 as well.

lol if you say so....pierce was looked at as a chucker till the big 3 formed...there was no difference between him and vince, who was actually looked at in a better light than pierce....but, winning a ring does amazing things and makes people view you differently...

 

[GreatestLaker]

You're obviously a casual nba fan then. Paul Pierce has always been regarded as one of the best wing players in the game. If LeBron didn't exist, Pierce would've went down as the best SF of the 00s. Put that in perspective for a minute, the best SF of his era. He made 5 all star teams before the Big 3 as well.

Only Lebron and prime Tracy were better small forwards than Pierce during the 2000's.

 

[GreatestLaker]

lol if you say so....pierce was looked at as a chucker till the big 3 formed...there was no difference between him and vince, who was actually looked at in a better light than pierce....but, winning a ring does amazing things and makes people view you differently...

Pierce was always better than Carter. Carter was more popular because he played a more exciting brand of basketball, but he wasn't better.

 

[lutha]

Because he wasn't on Kobe and McGrady's level that means he wasn't good? James Worthy wouldn't be looked at as on their level either. So whats your point? Pierce didn't just magically get good in 08. He was always a fantastic player.

Pierce in 02

naw, didn't say he wasn't good...I said he wasn't looked at as THAT good...as in being mentioned with kobe, mj, bron, magic, etc. good....actually worthy would be looked at as being better than tmac...who is one of the most overrated players ever and I dug his game, but that's another topic for another day...

never said he magically got good, but until they formed and won a ring, he wasn't looked at how yall looking at him now...winning the ring has changed people's perspective of him....again: there was no difference between him and vince carter

 

[lutha]

Pierce was always better than Carter. Carter was more popular because he played a more exciting brand of basketball, but he wasn't better.

lol how you figure?...fukk the brand of basketball, i'm just talking about balling....carter was looked at as better then...

 

[GreatestLaker]

naw, didn't say he wasn't good...I said he wasn't looked at as THAT good...as in being mentioned with kobe, mj, bron, magic, etc. good....actually worthy would be looked at as being better than tmac...who is one of the most overrated players ever and I dug his game, but that's another topic for another day...

never said he magically got good, but until they formed and won a ring, he wasn't looked at how yall looking at him now...winning the ring has changed people's perspective of him....again: there was no difference between him and vince carter

 

[stepbackj34spud]

list made too early?...lol how you figure?...bball has been around for a long time...the league been around for a long time....it's a lot of people that have played ball, and he was one of the 50 greats when the list was made...as for the others: who said they werent?...when they do 100 greatest, bron, Duncan, and kg will be added....

yea I did, cause it was

Baseball and the NFL have been around longer, but they don't have one of these stupid lists that exclude some of the greatest players that have played in their leagues. You can't use that list to compare players or say one is better than the other. By your logic, Worthy is better than LeBron because Worthy is on that list.

And stop this nonsense about worthy being a better scorer. Worthy never averaged over 21ppg a game despite having the FGA to do so. Worthy's highest scoring ppg was 21.4ppg, he took about 18 FGA to get that numbers. Pierce's best scoring season, he took 18fga to score 27ppg.

Pierce was a better shooter and scorer, better driver, better passer, better rebounder, better ball handler, yet Worthy was better?

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

"I dunked it on him so hard it was unbelievable. Every time I see him, that's the first thing I remind him of."

This nikka Jordan man

 

[lutha]

tmac is one of the most overrated players ever....was the cat good? yes...could he ball? yes...is he highly overrated cause of a couple years he had? yes

 

[Torrential]

I'd like to see coli posters come up with a 5 man team using any players Jordan didnt pick to try and beat his squad

PG Gary Payton
SG Kobe
SF Bron
PF Charles Barkley
C Shaq

 

[nieman]

You're obviously a casual nba fan then. Paul Pierce has always been regarded as one of the best wing players in the game. If LeBron didn't exist, Pierce would've went down as the best SF of the 00s. Put that in perspective for a minute, the best SF of his era. He made 5 all star teams before the Big 3 as well.

Not true, because 1/2 of Pierce career was played at the SG. But still, I think Pierce was better than James Worthy.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

Pierce was always better than Carter. Carter was more popular because he played a more exciting brand of basketball, but he wasn't better.

If you ever had doubts that Pierce was better than Carter, the 09-10 Magic vs Celts playoff series put an end to that.
Man Pierce killed that boy... His best playoff series ever IMO.
That spinning fadeaway jumper he hit against Carter.
How many players can hit that type of shot??


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