OUT THE TIME MACHINE ; WHAT IF: A HEALTHY DREXLER on la vs the ghostzone of o8

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hey, joe!!

what if we could have plugged in..

a healthy 89 drexler out the time machine, for kobe.

on the lakers with phil/gasol/ariza,......

versus,...the boston three party ghost zone in the o8 finals.

would the celts still win?


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Yeah they still win

That zone would have given clyde problems
 

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Yeah they still win

That zone would have given clyde problems


Based on what exactly? Drexler has faced a true zone playing with the dream in college. This Hybird "zone" ran by the celtics really would not of bothered him. He would've shytted on ray, allen, pierce whomever.

The lakers win with drexler, he isn't a volume scorer/shooter like kobe is and would've utilied Gasol and Bynum more.

I guess for Art's argument he's giving the 08 lakers a healthy ariza and bynum
 

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Based on what exactly? Drexler has faced a true zone playing with the dream in college. This Hybird "zone" ran by the celtics really would not of bothered him. He would've shytted on ray, allen, pierce whomever.

The lakers win with drexler, he isn't a volume scorer/shooter like kobe is and would've utilied Gasol and Bynum more.

I guess for Art's argument he's giving the 08 lakers a healthy ariza and bynum

exactly,...drexler was an original unstoppable above the rim zonebuster.

i know drexler would have abused the ghostzone,...as a lone catalyst.

plus with a wounded ariza, and bynum with gasol.

plus,..gasol would have had more confidence to hurt the three-party.

as he would not have had to deal with kobe's destructive personality as well.

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Boston still wins.


i don't see that as the reason why boston won.

was kobe's inability to break down a zone and convert.

if you go re-watch kobe on any ghsot zone footage.

you can see where his was the reason for failure.

drexler never failed against a zone like kobe did.

plus this would have been an even more effectice drexler on the nba as well.

from a harder nosed tougher era as well, with higher execution levels of bball iq.



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I'm disappointed by this stupid thread and stupid assessment you gave Art. Cmon, you actually gave thought to this nonsense? Then you have a duck in JPlaya co-signing on some higher level of stupid. :stopitslime:
Drexler couldn't lead his team past Detroit or the Bulls, he was an underachieving superstar/HOF player. No leadership capabilities. He wasn't the leader of any team, he had a HOF game with a supporting cast mentality. He wouldn't have lead LA to over there Nuggets to meet Boston that year:stopitslime: He won in Houston because he was under the wing of Akeem.

Also Drexler didn't face zones in the NBA. Zones were illegal defense back then. Stop with the lies.
 

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Lol at facing the zone in college equating to that Boston D of 08. nikkas say anything on the net
 

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I'm disappointed by this stupid thread and stupid assessment you gave Art. Cmon, you actually gave thought to this nonsense? Then you have a duck in JPlaya co-signing on some higher level of stupid. :stopitslime:
Drexler couldn't lead his team past Detroit or the Bulls, he was an underachieving superstar/HOF player. No leadership capabilities. He wasn't the leader of any team, he had a HOF game with a supporting cast mentality. He wouldn't have lead LA to over there Nuggets to meet Boston that year:stopitslime: He won in Houston because he was under the wing of Akeem.

Also Drexler didn't face zones in the NBA. Zones were illegal defense back then. Stop with the lies.


first off,...

i and jplaya have said he was a college zonebuster.

in phi slamma jamma, with the dream.

we both never said the nba played zone in that era.

so you out those words into play on your own misinterpretation.

next,...this gen has a lower bball iq.

plus does not execute higher than what drexler faced in his era at all.

against detroit, that was an inexperienced portland hapoy to be there bunch.

going against a much higher pedigree tested championship level pistons team.

that defeated the elite guard to advance over years of failure.

against, the bulls, chicago had a higher level player in mj.

who instilled his team with the will to win. hence the comeback, to close houston out when they had a crazy lead.

so,..that was the complexion of the circumstances.

i think clyde given the low bball iq of the era.

plus, zone defense being instilled would have converted and beat the three-party.


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put kobe on those 80s bulls teams and theyd destroy Detroit :win:



kobe could not handle or beat the real healthy incarnation of the ghostzone.

he would have gotten beat up and embarrased by the jordan rules the pistons invoked.

plus he will not pass effectively...whereas mj was argueably one of the best pg's of all time.

kobe can never do what mj did.

he doesn't even have mj's ball iq, leaping ability or hangtimez
nor the ability to execute under duress,..to supercede jordan.


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