OFFENSIVELY the Cavs now have their own version of Klay Thompson

[the cool]

why isn't this dude banned yet?

 

[madness]

Jordan won his last title with two 35-year-old 6'2" White dudes as the #2 and #3 guys on the opposing team, and some say that's irrelevant to evaluating how good his era's competition was.

not too long ago a 6'2 skinny, unathletic 30-something year old white dude won 2 MVPs

 

[Reggie]

Nah Korver aint that good but he's a huge pickup for the Cavs and will win a game or 2 for them with his shooting in the playoffs.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Wasn't Jordan also in his mid 30s

How is that an argument against the weakness of that era?

Not to mention that Jordan had taken 2 years off, was 6'6" tall, and was FAR more athletic than Stockton or Hornacek ever were, before even getting into skill.


Since MJ is the GOAT and has been mythologized into something even higher than the GOAT, it's hard to talk about him on any level as meaning anything. But when you say, "Didn't the Jazz have a 6'1" 36-year-old White American point guard and a 6'3" 35-year-old White American shooting guard as the #2 and #3 stars on that team with NOBODY good below them", it really brings out how weak the era was.

Where did all the talented 6'1" White ballers go? Did taking the lead out of the gasoline somehow make them disappear?

There were far more young White American kids trying to ball their way up to an NBA career in the 1990s-2000s than there were in the 1970s. It's just that the newer generation has to go up against far, far more competition. It's not like all the 6'+ White American bball talent migrated to boxing or some shyt.

Comparing Stockton and Hornacheck to Korver

Especially Stockton

I didn't say anything about Stockton and Hornacek being the equivalent of Korver.

I wasn't the one who reduced it down to "36-year-old White guy" in the first place.


The point is, you take a guy who is 6'7" and has an absolutely deadly shooting stroke AND amazing off-ball movement AND strong NBA-quality play across the board on both ends, it bears pointing out that by the age of 36 he ain't going to be all that, especially when his athleticism was only so-so to begin with.

If that's true for him, what magic made it not true for little 6'2", 180lb guys who were just as old, not to mention matched up against three Bulls starters on the perimeter who were all 6'6" or taller?

not too long ago a 6'2 skinny, unathletic 30-something year old white dude won 2 MVPs

30-31 is NOT 35-36 in terms of career dropoff. And regardless of what the media decided to bestow on Nash, he didn't get anywhere those years or any other, nor would he have been able to defend, say, Kobe or Lebron effectively at that age.

 

[MJ Truth]

I've started calling people "casuals" in real life when they disagree with any of my opinions.

 

[NatiboyB]

is that Kyle Korver or Klay Thompson???

They play almost EXACTLY alike on offense, just Klay is more aggressive and has better handles.

The crazy thing is Korver won't even have to play a lot of minutes to have a huge impact on the game. He will be a volume shooter throwing up shots upon shots in limited minutes. A volume shooter with DEADLY accuracy, because of the increased spacing you get on shots when you play with Lebron James.

The Casuals don't realize it, but this trade makes the Cavs LITERALLY unbeatable.

No it doesn't my G

I hate all this 3 PT shooting BS bring back the dominant bigs the athletic cutters the beat downs on defense. I bet you Steph Curry and Draymond wouldn't of made it thru Mason and Oakley or The Davis bros.

 

[ManBearPig]

korver can create offense like Klay.

korver is not even JJ Redikk

 

[NYC Rebel]

If I see the word casuals thrown around in the coli again....smh

 

[NYC Rebel]

No it doesn't my G

I hate all this 3 PT shooting BS bring back the dominant bigs the athletic cutters the beat downs on defense. I bet you Steph Curry and Draymond wouldn't of made it thru Mason and Oakley or The Davis bros.

But MarkPrice made it through Mason, Oakley and the Davis boys.

The Davis boys weren't even mean defenders. They just defended other big men well in the paint.

Why are you guys such shytty posters?

 

[CHERUB]

Nah Korver aint that good but he's a huge pickup for the Cavs and will win a game or 2 for them with his shooting in the playoffs.

Bingo thats all you need. One of those nights JR is 2 for 8....here comes korver 3-5..shyt Mike Miller won one with a bad back

 

[Taadow]

They play almost EXACTLY alike on offense, just Klay is more aggressive and has better handles.

So you're saying, they don't play almost exactly alike.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

If I see the word casuals thrown around in the coli again....smh

You think that shyt going away?

Lmaooo

 

[ryderldb]

They've LITERALLY lost twice already since the trade.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

How is that an argument against the weakness of that era?

Not to mention that Jordan had taken 2 years off, was 6'6" tall, and was FAR more athletic than Stockton or Hornacek ever were, before even getting into skill.


Since MJ is the GOAT and has been mythologized into something even higher than the GOAT, it's hard to talk about him on any level as meaning anything. But when you say, "Didn't the Jazz have a 6'1" 36-year-old White American point guard and a 6'3" 35-year-old White American shooting guard as the #2 and #3 stars on that team with NOBODY good below them", it really brings out how weak the era was.

Where did all the talented 6'1" White ballers go? Did taking the lead out of the gasoline somehow make them disappear?

There were far more young White American kids trying to ball their way up to an NBA career in the 1990s-2000s than there were in the 1970s. It's just that the newer generation has to go up against far, far more competition. It's not like all the 6'+ White American bball talent migrated to boxing or some shyt.






I didn't say anything about Stockton and Hornacek being the equivalent of Korver.

I wasn't the one who reduced it down to "36-year-old White guy" in the first place.


The point is, you take a guy who is 6'7" and has an absolutely deadly shooting stroke AND amazing off-ball movement AND strong NBA-quality play across the board on both ends, it bears pointing out that by the age of 36 he ain't going to be all that, especially when his athleticism was only so-so to begin with.

If that's true for him, what magic made it not true for little 6'2", 180lb guys who were just as old, not to mention matched up against three Bulls starters on the perimeter who were all 6'6" or taller?






30-31 is NOT 35-36 in terms of career dropoff. And regardless of what the media decided to bestow on Nash, he didn't get anywhere those years or any other, nor would he have been able to defend, say, Kobe or Lebron effectively at that age.

The 90s era was not weak no matter how the fukk you want to spin it.

You implied that Stockton wasn't that good which is just retarded.

Not getting into a back and forth

 

[Thegospel]

So if kd beats them is he elevated to top 10 status all time? Bron fans put him over mj after beating the all time great warriors last year. Would it not be hypocritical to not give kd the same boost?