Rod Strickland would eat in this era

[IrateMastermind]

I said that I though Timmy would eat on offense.

But CP3 is a fukking bulldog on defense. Timmy wasn't. IT was 15 pounds heavier than Hardaway and WAY stronger than him and he was still fukking food on defense, to the point that the moment he lost half a step on O he was basically unplayable cause he was so bad at D.

Hardaway would play in this era, and he would be great on offense, I'm just saying that his shortcomings on defense would be a problem.





You mean if they were different players completely.

Why would players who were on competitive teams that kept falling short, who were borderline all-stars who weren't quite making it, who knew they NEEDED to improve but didn't, suddenly decide to start improving just because they were in that era and not this one?

Rod and Nick are the perfect examples of the EXACT players who had all the motivation in the world to improve. They were right at the cusp of doing something, both on the individual level and the team level. And they didn't do it. So I think it's fair to say that what we saw is what they are.

Gloss over or ignore the advances in shooting across the board with this current generation compared to the past generations

I guess the guys today are all naturals our the womb.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Rod Strickland would eat in any era

Threadstarter just wanted to make a thread about a 90s player to get daps

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Gloss over or ignore the advances in shooting across the board with this current generation compared to the past generations

I guess the guys today are all naturals our the womb.

Breh, players are better because the talent pool is MUCH bigger. Basketball is a far more prestigious sport now than when those guys were kids, the population is bigger, recruiting in every hood is better, and a massive international talent pool got added in. Not to mention that there hasn't been an expansion team for almost 20 years so talent ain't diluted like in the 1990s. Bigger talent pool = better talent.

Claiming 90s players would magically gain new skills in this era is like claiming the starting lineup at a small school would suddenly get better at everything if they moved to a big school.

 

[NormanConnors]

KJ couldn't shoot? KJ was all midrange dribble-pull. Young KJ was a slasher but Vet KJ was the midrange. If you want to say wasn't a 3 pt shooter, that's one thing, but he was money inside the arc.

And Rod Strickland didn't need to shoot. He could get to the basket and score playing under the rim. I always said that Derrick rose should've modeled his game after him, and play more under the rim.

Anyone that's says KJ couldnt shoot did not watch him play, period.

 

[IrateMastermind]

Breh, players are better because the talent pool is MUCH bigger. Basketball is a far more prestigious sport now than when those guys were kids, the population is bigger, recruiting in every hood is better, and a massive international talent pool got added in. Not to mention that there hasn't been an expansion team for almost 20 years so talent ain't diluted like in the 1990s. Bigger talent pool = better talent.

Claiming 90s players would magically gain new skills in this era is like claiming the starting lineup at a small school would suddenly get better at everything if they moved to a big school.

I guess we’re talking 2 different things. If OP is saying you pluck Rod out of his era as is and insert him in the game today he’d eat... if still argue he’d be better than most players at his position in the league but not top 5.

If op is saying if Rod Strickland grew up in this era and did all the things these kids do today, I agree. I think he’d be kyrie

 

[The_Third_Man]

one of the few 90s point guards who would be good in this era is Terrell Brandon.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Maybe, he just never seemed to have that fire or passion for being that dude so I don't know if he'd necessarily kill. He was nice but even when I was young he looked the cat who was more interested in kicking it after the game...

 

[ISO]

Tim Hardaway would be the best of the group but his lack of size would be a bigger issue now than it was in the 1990s. His kid got like 5-6 inches on him and still can't play D, imagine how much Tim Sr. would get exposed at 6'0". You gotta be a bulldog to make it at that height today and he wasn't that.

Comparing him to his kid makes no sense at all. Tim Sr. used to push him so hard to the point it strained their relationship.

Tim Sr. would be straight he has one of the best crossovers ever. He could shoot threes and his best season was pretty voluminous especially for the 90’s (38% on 7.2 attempts), he was a 20/10 guard, I mean on defense he’d be food but he would have some impact getting steals. He would probably be in the mid to backend of the top 10 point guards at his best in today’s game.

Also, in Miami he got more built like a bulldog.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Comparing him to his kid makes no sense at all. Tim Sr. used to push him so hard to the point it strained their relationship.

Tim Sr. would be straight he has one of the best crossovers ever. He could shoot threes and his best season was pretty voluminous especially for the 90’s (38% on 7.2 attempts), he was a 20/10 guard, I mean on defense he’d be food but he would have some impact getting steals. He would probably be in the mid to backend of the top 10 point guards at his best in today’s game.

Also, in Miami he got more built like a bulldog.

He got bigger but he still was never that style of defender.

I don't know why folk are replying to me as if I said that Hardaway wouldn't be good on offense in this era. I clearly said, twice, that he'd be good on that end, it's just on the defensive end that he would struggle.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Anyone that's says KJ couldnt shoot did not watch him play, period.

I hate these random claims with no facts or receipts. Back yourself up.

1990 is arguably KJ's peak season. That year he hit 570 two-point shots. You saw him play just like I did - in that 1990 season how many of those 570 shots do you think was at the rim and how many were midrange?

Put some numbers on it. Out of 570, were like 400 at the rim (including pretty much all the fastbreak buckets) and 170 midrange? What do you think?

 

[bobbiewishbone]

 

[#1 pick]

I hate low BBIQ Basketball fans

 

[#1 pick]

Breh, players are better because the talent pool is MUCH bigger. Basketball is a far more prestigious sport now than when those guys were kids, the population is bigger, recruiting in every hood is better, and a massive international talent pool got added in. Not to mention that there hasn't been an expansion team for almost 20 years so talent ain't diluted like in the 1990s. Bigger talent pool = better talent.

Claiming 90s players would magically gain new skills in this era is like claiming the starting lineup at a small school would suddenly get better at everything if they moved to a big school.

They aren't trying to hear this. As I was explaining to a youngin, everything is better Basketball wise in this era and that's the way it's supposed to be. I'll be pissed if the 2020s is worse than the 2010s. I want to see a superior product with each generation. We finally got an era where every starter is competent at professional NBA hoops.

We finally got an era where international hoops is legit.

We finally got an era where even the bad teams got talent.

I hope we get in an era where everyone has a shot at a ring like the NFL. Everyone in the NFL thinks they got a shot

 

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