He really went to china?
Why.......he's a great backup
But jeremy lin is playing
So much fukking bullshyt in this post.He was 37-years-old and had just been told the previous season to sit his ass on the bench behind Avery fukking Bradley.
That same year the Lakers had Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest, and Antawn Jamison. That's the most stacked squad in NBA history!
Because all that matters is names and not numbers, right?
Steve Kerr is literally the highest % three-point shooter in NBA history. He not only led the NBA in 3pt% multiple times, he won the three-point contest the next year and hit the series-winning three in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. You look up any list of "greatest three-point shooters in NBA history" and he's top-ten. On a lot of lists he's top-five.
Steve Kerr averaged nearly 9ppg on 52% 3pt-shooting that year. He was the NBA's first 50-50-90 shooter ever. What kind of idiot would you have to be to leave a 50% 3pt shooter open under any circumstances?
And the point wasn't that Steve is better than Ray Allen. It's that Steve Kerr was in his prime in 1996 and yet the Bulls were so stacked they were bringing him in as the 7th or 8th man. The teams they faced weren't built like that.
Remember, this was in an era so weak that the 1996 Sonics 7th man off the bench was Vincent Askew, the 1997 Jazz 7th man off the bench was rookie Shandon Anderson, and the 1998 Jazz 7th man off the bench was Chris Morris. Compared to the competition, the Bulls were loaded.
Jud Buechler his 40 threes that year on 44% shooting and he was their ELEVENTH guy off the bench playing just 10 minutes/game. A lot of the teams they were playing only ran 6-7 deep.
He had some big baskets in Game 4 (the turning point of the series) against the Knicks in the ECSF and hit clutch threes in both their close games against the Magic in the ECF. In the 1998 Finals, Buechler hit as many threes as Stockton and one fewer than Hornacek. And the only guy on the Jazz who hit more was freaking Bryon Russell (6-21).
The point wasn't that Jud Buechler was this huge difference maker. He only hit a couple threes a series, four at most. It was that no team in the NBA has the gang of shooters on deck that Chicago had. Kerr at PG hitting 122 threes at a 52% clip, Jordan at SG hitting 111 threes at a 43% clip, Buechler at SG hitting 40 threes at a 44% clip, Pippen at SF hitting 150 threes at a 37% clip, Kukoc at SF hitting 87 threes at a 40% clip. None of their opponents had five shooters putting up numbers like that.
In the 1998 Finals the Jazz only made 13 threes in the whole series. In the 1992 Finals the Blazers only made 10. Both of those teams had only 1 player make more than 3 threes the whole series and only three players make more than 1. That's how weak some of these other teams were shooting compared to the Bulls - the Bulls could double or triple their threes in a game, and it was coming from five different guys.
You're comparing the #3 guys on the Cavs and Heat to the 6th-man on the Bulls, in an expansion year that was so weak that the 6th-men on the other teams they faced were Chris Gatling (1st round), Hubert Davis (ECSF), Anthony Bowie (ECF), and 34-year-old Sam Perkins (Finals).
So the real question is Toni Kukoc or Anthony Bowie?
That's the whole point you're missing. In the 1990s expansion era talent was weak as hell, and most teams, even title contenders, were playing stiffs in their 4-6 slots and had nothing at all beyond that. The Bulls had the perfect fit slotted in at every position AND had shooters for miles coming off the bench in a way no other team did.
The MAJORITY of the NBA All-Defensive 1st Team on one squad.
The best rebounders in the NBA at multiple positions.
The best 3pt-shooter in the NBA and elite shooters running five-deep.
The best coaching staff in the NBA.
Three 1st-ballot Hall of Famers on the same squad AND a 1st-ballot HOF coach.
How the hell is that not a stacked squad? You're the best defensive team in the NBA and at or near the top of the NBA in assists, rebounds, steals, and 3pt-shooting, but supposedly that's all Jordan?
No he's fukking Not.dank givin out that work
Don't forget James Harden
But remember all the negative energy stuck on KD going to golden state
While Lebron
There are actually a lot of examples of sixth men being one of the go to options on teams. Lamar Odom behind Kobe and Gasol is another.
Suave with a good post
He was 37-years-old and had just been told the previous season to sit his ass on the bench behind Avery fukking Bradley.
That same year the Lakers had Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest, and Antawn Jamison. That's the most stacked squad in NBA history!
Because all that matters is names and not numbers, right?
Steve Kerr is literally the highest % three-point shooter in NBA history. He not only led the NBA in 3pt% multiple times, he won the three-point contest the next year and hit the series-winning three in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. You look up any list of "greatest three-point shooters in NBA history" and he's top-ten. On a lot of lists he's top-five.
Steve Kerr averaged nearly 9ppg on 52% 3pt-shooting that year. He was the NBA's first 50-50-90 shooter ever. What kind of idiot would you have to be to leave a 50% 3pt shooter open under any circumstances?
And the point wasn't that Steve is better than Ray Allen. It's that Steve Kerr was in his prime in 1996 and yet the Bulls were so stacked they were bringing him in as the 7th or 8th man. The teams they faced weren't built like that.
Remember, this was in an era so weak that the 1996 Sonics 7th man off the bench was Vincent Askew, the 1997 Jazz 7th man off the bench was rookie Shandon Anderson, and the 1998 Jazz 7th man off the bench was Chris Morris. Compared to the competition, the Bulls were loaded.
Jud Buechler his 40 threes that year on 44% shooting and he was their ELEVENTH guy off the bench playing just 10 minutes/game. A lot of the teams they were playing only ran 6-7 deep.
He had some big baskets in Game 4 (the turning point of the series) against the Knicks in the ECSF and hit clutch threes in both their close games against the Magic in the ECF. In the 1998 Finals, Buechler hit as many threes as Stockton and one fewer than Hornacek. And the only guy on the Jazz who hit more was freaking Bryon Russell (6-21).
The point wasn't that Jud Buechler was this huge difference maker. He only hit a couple threes a series, four at most. It was that no team in the NBA has the gang of shooters on deck that Chicago had. Kerr at PG hitting 122 threes at a 52% clip, Jordan at SG hitting 111 threes at a 43% clip, Buechler at SG hitting 40 threes at a 44% clip, Pippen at SF hitting 150 threes at a 37% clip, Kukoc at SF hitting 87 threes at a 40% clip. None of their opponents had five shooters putting up numbers like that.
In the 1998 Finals the Jazz only made 13 threes in the whole series. In the 1992 Finals the Blazers only made 10. Both of those teams had only 1 player make more than 3 threes the whole series and only three players make more than 1. That's how weak some of these other teams were shooting compared to the Bulls - the Bulls could double or triple their threes in a game, and it was coming from five different guys.
You're comparing the #3 guys on the Cavs and Heat to the 6th-man on the Bulls, in an expansion year that was so weak that the 6th-men on the other teams they faced were Chris Gatling (1st round), Hubert Davis (ECSF), Anthony Bowie (ECF), and 34-year-old Sam Perkins (Finals).
So the real question is Toni Kukoc or Anthony Bowie?
That's the whole point you're missing. In the 1990s expansion era talent was weak as hell, and most teams, even title contenders, were playing stiffs in their 4-6 slots and had nothing at all beyond that. The Bulls had the perfect fit slotted in at every position AND had shooters for miles coming off the bench in a way no other team did.
The MAJORITY of the NBA All-Defensive 1st Team on one squad.
The best rebounders in the NBA at multiple positions.
The best 3pt-shooter in the NBA and elite shooters running five-deep.
The best coaching staff in the NBA.
Three 1st-ballot Hall of Famers on the same squad AND a 1st-ballot HOF coach.
How the hell is that not a stacked squad? You're the best defensive team in the NBA and at or near the top of the NBA in assists, rebounds, steals, and 3pt-shooting, but supposedly that's all Jordan?
Rep. What an excellent post.
Which is why I hated that entire team
No it isnt breh
But remember all the negative energy stuck on KD going to golden state
While Lebron
he's not rotting away like they hoped he would 
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I think thats the biggest point they wanted him to rot in cleveland the first go around and have him sit back and see the other teams improve and his FO could notNo actually I don't. We two months into the season a trade for Kyle fukking Korver is bigger news than his chokejob the other night. Folks stay trying to act like KD is catching heat (which would actually be warranted based on the standard set 7 years ago) even though he is not and nobody is really even tripping off him anymore just to bring shyt back to Bron because they are so
Kyle Korver....Kyle fukking Korver
He has a point about the Bulls being the most versatile team and deepest team in their era with the best shooters, coaches, defenders, and rebounders.
The first thing the man said is Kukoc was the 6th otion
Y'all reall confuse smart with long
