Rip Hamilton on 2004 Pistons vs 2016 Warriors "It would be no comparison"

[42 Monks]

rip would torch curry

rip wouldn't win the battle though

like curry wouldn't shyt on that nikka sideways

 

[Supercoolmayo]

Warriors ain't just a bunch of 3 point chuckers They have a high powered offense. The Defense tops in the league. Pistons can defend but aren't going to score enough points to close the gap. Warriors in 5.

 

[AFRAM GLORY]

rip wouldn't win the battle though

like curry wouldn't shyt on that nikka sideways

Rip was averaging damn near 39 minutes per game. Plus dude was running through screens non stop on the offensive end and was a crafty defender on the defensive side. Rip was in peak condition for YEARS. Ninja used to just run in circles thru screens for the hell of it just to wear his defender down. Then turn around and have energy to play some defense. Ain't no way steph would chase rip through those screens and have the legs to shoot or finish games. Klay would put up a good fight but not steph, dude has been exposed.

 

[Never Broke Again]

Fluke ass championship team.

Low Key I see this as a side diss to LeBron to dismiss what they just pulled off.

Never forget it rip, never forget it:

This team... I heard Eric snow Atleast 6 times in the first video

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

When locked on, Rasheed can look like he's a hall of famer. He had the talent but he didn't have the discipline. He matched pretty well against the likes of Shaq, KG and Duncan on some occasions. Green never had defended anyone over 6'9" in the playoffs with the skills equivalent to Sheed. Rasheed can do what Draymond can with much more efficiency.

Even if not efficient on scoring, Big Ben is a beast on boards. None on the Warriors roster can outrebound him even if they wanted. Not even Shaq can contain him in the glass. Plus the new anti hack-a-shaq rule would only give Ben more benefits.

Sheed never hit over 34% from deep and was a terrible rebounder. He averaged under 10 rebounds per 48 minutes. You'd see a similar strategy as when the Warriors played the Grizzlies or in 2011 when Miami and Dallas played. Ben could largely be left alone or put at the foul line when Detroit had the ball. You can't play someone as limited on offense as him 40 minutes per game anymore.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

I agree with Rip. They did shut down Shaq, Kobe, Payton, and Malone brehs You know, the future HOFers Let's not act like they couldn't do the same to the Warriors.

Shaq went off for 27/11 on 63% shooting . Payton was completely washed at that point too. Kobe on the other hand...

 

[Larry Lambo]

That Pistons team was overrated, real talk.

They obviously played great in the Laker series, but Miami took them to 7 the next year, and then they lost in the finals to SAS. Then the year after that (when they were supposed to be one of the GOATS), Miami ended their reign.

And nobody puts that Miami team in the conversation in terms of best teams ever but the team they almost beat one year, and came back to beat the next year is supposed to be?

 

[TheNig]

For 3 games and the last 4 minutes of the 4th yeah right

The man said he was hurt. What reason is there to not believe him?

 

[Originalman]

Whose going to guard Durant though, he's 7 foot

Their 6-10 small forward who had a 7 foot plus wingspan.

I have no dog in this fight. But let's not forget that Prince was a elite defender.

 

[YaFingerDealMe]

Whose going to guard Durant though, he's 7 foot

Rasheed Wallace nikka

 

[keepemup]

Pistons in 6.

 

[DrexlersFade]

The man said he was hurt. What reason is there to not believe him?

It was fine against Portland and game 4 when he showed out now it was he was hurt was he injured and did Love stop him?

 

[Originalman]

It was at the time. Only after it actually happened did everybody look back with all of the "They had chemistry issues, they had this, they had that" shyt. Not a lot different than how nobody fathomed the Cavaliers coming back from 3-1 but after it happened everybody seems to be able to rationalize it and so many people allegedly predicted it/knew it would happen.

Yep and Malone's knee injury was the biggest blow to the lakers. That meant Rasheed could do whatever he wanted.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Rasheed Wallace nikka

The same Rasheed Wallace who never made an all defensive team and was a traditional big man is gonna defend an MVP winner who's a 50-40-90 type efficient scorer with either the 3rd or 4th highest scoring average in league history? :lolsheed: That's a terrible matchup for sheed.

 

[Originalman]

Rip was averaging damn near 39 minutes per game. Plus dude was running through screens non stop on the offensive end and was a crafty defender on the defensive side. Rip was in peak condition for YEARS. Ninja used to just run in circles thru screens for the hell of it just to wear his defender down. Then turn around and have energy to play some defense. Ain't no way steph would chase rip through those screens and have the legs to shoot or finish games. Klay would put up a good fight but not steph, dude has been exposed.

Exactly.....curry would wear down if the pistons could extend the series. Curry would have to chase rip through screens set by Rasheed and Big Ben. The be guarded by Billups.

Also it depends are we playing by 2004 rules or 2016 rules. The stuff the pistons got away with then they could not do now.