JVG was good, but Jerry Sloan is arguably top 5 EVER. Belichek outchea winnin' championships with CFL running backs and receivers, that's what a GOAT type coach does, which makes the base for McGrady's argument, OVERALL the league is watered down, sh*tty coaching, sh*tty refereering, sh*tty athletes. Hell the league is basically the Western Conference at this point. IMHO opinion the league may as well scrap the first round these days, it's not competitive anymore. I respect Curry for what he's doing in this era, but let's not get carried away here, CJ McCollum isn't Scottie Pippen, Gary Payton, or Jason Kidd, and the Blazers aren't sending out enforcers to handle Curry like they would have in the 80s/90s. The league isn't the same, it is what it is, now go on![]()
Why you talking about Handegg in a thread about basketball? Why you coppin pleas bruh, what do Scottie Pippen, Gary Payton and Jason Kidd gotta do with a Tracy McGrady led team losing to the equivalent of the Blazers of their day? You implied that McGrady was losing to HOFers, meanwhile he choked time and time again and lost a series with homecourt to an untested young team, now you trying to say it was cause of Sloan
If those Rockets were in the league today, the first round virgin would have dropped the series against the Blazers, it's not like he didn't lose to young ass teams before. Your other point doesn't even make sense, the Western conference has won the majority of the titles the last 20 years

Think I was like 13 when that happened 


