T-MAC: “BEING MODEST, I WOULD AVERAGE AT LEAST 35 PPG IN THIS ERA”

[Art Barr]

& with all the extra running & superficial pace he'd end his career faster too*

there is no physical duress as a threat playing in this era of intramural style professional basketball.
basketball now is not even the real pro game, it is like playing pickup at the gym now.


art barr

 

[Art Barr]

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYIN THIS? KD PLAYS ON A STACKED TEAM AND HAS A PASSIVE MENTALITY

this.

nikka was incapable of telling a nikka almost a foot shorter than him, that nikka this my team get in line, nikka.
i like durant, but on no day should westbrook have been doing that undermining bullshyt he was on when kd was there.
if kd heart actually matched his height and shoe size.

even jimmy butler bossed up on the shorter derrick rose on some i'm bigger than you shyt.
when he was a ramp up discovery zone meets applied knowledge player compared to drose number one draft pedigree.

what was durant's problem.
nikka soft as hell, and i am a durant fan, but it is what it is.


art barr

 

[010101]

there is no physical duress as a threat playing in this era of intramural style professional basketball.
basketball now is not even the real pro game, it is like playing pickup at the gym now.


art barr

contact ain't take mac out

every stride every cut every takeoff & landing is his bodyweight multiplied by multiple ×'s

mac was always playing on borrowed time & playing in an era where cats do more running than a kenyan marthon medallist it'd be over faster

that walk it up & iso style is for him

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[MurderToCassette]

"Do you fools watch games or just skim basketball-reference.com?"

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2000-2004 is a tough time to defend.
Its in that weird post MJ/post lockout but pre-Lebron,/Wade/Melo Nash Suns era where the Eastern Conference was dire and you has slow plodding games.

Dont get me wrong, there's a lot of greatness from that era I appreciate (The Kings, Shaq/Kobe, KG, AI, Mac, Pierce, The 04 Pistons and 03 Spurs) but overall its kind of a lull period compared to the era before it and after, thats all.

I agree, it was tough watching those 91-86 score type of games at times, but that's what made you appreciate a cat like T-Mac just going off for 40 or something. Now the pace and style of the game has cats breaking scoring records every other night and we all

 

[Swagnificent]

That siccit dude is the worst poster on the coli

Only because of his ALL CAPS posting style. His content is actually on point.

 

[Swagnificent]

Breh Im well over 30, Im not kid. Im actually a T-Mac/Penny stan defending him in this thread


I just think there's more talent especially in terms of perimeter players and the game evolved. 2000-2004 is a tough time to defend.
Its in that weird post MJ/post lockout but pre-Lebron,/Wade/Melo Nash Suns era where the Eastern Conference was dire and you has slow plodding games.

Dont get me wrong, there's a lot of greatness from that era I appreciate (The Kings, Shaq/Kobe, KG, AI, Mac, Pierce, The 04 Pistons and 03 Spurs) but overall its kind of a lull period compared to the era before it and after, thats all.

Then you're either an idiot or a crakkka. Cause only a fool or white person could think such a way.

2000-2004 is the golden era in NBA history. It was the height of isolation era basketball which is basketball at its purest form. Mano y mano.

That era also included the greatest collection of wing talent during that era. Kobe, T-Mac, Vince, Pierce, Iverson, Allen, etc. You also had the greatest collection of post players in NBA history. Shaq, Duncan, Garnett, Dirk, Rasheed, Webber, etc. Practically the only position that wasn't strong was PG.

I don't know about but I prefer watching athletic skilled wing players like Kobe and T-Mac destroying teams in isolation rather than the pathetic heaving up of 3s we see in this era.

 

[Swagnificent]

Nah..he did great numbers for a minute. He definitely matched Kobe's with ease but he wasn't playing with Shaq..so there was a ceiling for all of that.

What made T-Mac Kobe's equal wasn't numbers. It was his skill level combined with his size and athleticism. Stat nerds honestly disgust me cause they don't appreciate basketball. They're fukkin fantasy football nerds.

Tracy McGrady is alongside Kobe and Jordan as the best combination of skill and athleticism this league has ever seen. The only reason he isn't mentioned with them is because he lacked their motor, killer instinct, and durability. Give T-Mac Kobe/Jordan's mindset and some durability and he would easily be the greatest player in NBA history.

 

[prophecypro]

Then you're either an idiot or a crakkka. Cause only a fool or white person could think such a way.

2000-2004 is the golden era in NBA history. It was the height of isolation era basketball which is basketball at its purest form. Mano y mano.

That era also included the greatest collection of wing talent during that era. Kobe, T-Mac, Vince, Pierce, Iverson, Allen, etc. You also had the greatest collection of post players in NBA history. Shaq, Duncan, Garnett, Dirk, Rasheed, Webber, etc. Practically the only position that wasn't strong was PG.

I don't know about but I prefer watching athletic skilled wing players like Kobe and T-Mac destroying teams in isolation rather than the pathetic heaving up of 3s we see in this era.

Who gets this personally worked up over a bygone era unless you still got XXXL mitchell and ness?

How'd iso ball workout? Wade and James came through a couple of years later on that level too

Also most of those post players you named aside from Shaq and Duncan played away from the 5 and started the trend of the passing shooting big man anyway so

 

[Swagnificent]

"Do you fools watch games or just skim basketball-reference.com?"

I don't think they watch basketball bro. I mean when the first thing you do in a discussion about players is talk stats rather than their skill set that lets me know you don't know shyt about the game.

When I saw this thread title, the first thing that came to my mind was remembering how T-Mac played. His skill, athleticism, grace, elegance. The fact he had every move in the book and could do it in a 6'9" body. That's what came to my mind. I didn't have to go to basketball-reference and look up his numbers. That shyt is tangential.

But now we got dudes that never watched the game coming in here thinking they can talk about players simply because they can look up their stats on a website.

Basketball discussion has definitely died. Its not the same as the era we grew up in when nikkas would actually be breaking down skill sets at the lunch table.

 

[R=G]

What made T-Mac Kobe's equal wasn't numbers. It was his skill level combined with his size and athleticism. Stat nerds honestly disgust me cause they don't appreciate basketball. They're fukkin fantasy football nerds.

Tracy McGrady is alongside Kobe and Jordan as the best combination of skill and athleticism this league has ever seen. The only reason he isn't mentioned with them is because he lacked their motor, killer instinct, and durability. Give T-Mac Kobe/Jordan's mindset and some durability and he would easily be the greatest player in NBA history.

Nah..he lacked proper help. Nothing mental about it.

 

[Swagnificent]

Nah..he lacked proper help. Nothing mental about it.

Nah. You could see it in his eyes. He ain't have that fire like Kobe and Mike.

 

[Bilz]

These idiots make the same fukking threads every day

 

[Shadow King]

T-Mac took 24.2 FGs, 6.0 3PT and 9.7 FT a game in his 32 PPG season. This is why brehs not buying the 35 PPG today shyt. There's not one player shooting with that much volume oustide of Westbrook and Harden.