With your logic, why couldn't Phil Jackson turn himself into a Hall of Famer. I mean, he was good at motivating great players and winning championships as a coach, but how come he couldn't be a great player in his own time?
That's wack ass logic. Oakley's game wasn't being a great scorer. He was a tough guy. He could be an enforcer and motivate somebody with talent, but who didn't have the toughness and mental state to use it.
Oakley and Jordan TOGETHER motivated Pippen & Grant to be players they would've never become had they never played with those guys simple as that.
And once again, you keep saying that I said Charles Oakley and Oakley alone motivated Pippen.
You seem to be missing the fact that the other guy (Jordan), that Pippen had to guard everyday and get guarded by in practice everyday, just so happened to be the greatest player in NBA history (arguably).
Yeah, I'm sure that had no effect, right?
Please, if Pippen goes to who drafted him (Seattle) in '87, he's not in the Hall of Fame or even an All-Star.
Jordan, on the other hand was all of those things before he even met Pippen.
But back to Drexler.
Drexler's best year he averaged 28 ppg and 8 boards again, in a Western Conference that still had Magic's Lakers dominating it.
And he's only one of 3 players to score 20,000 and have over 6,000 boards and assists.
I'll take Clyde.
stop it !!
