Site Rules Revisited #2: Championships
by Michael Levin on Jul 30, 2010 6:00 AM PDT
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Sorry cavern-dwellers, no heavy stuff today as news continues to be guarded by an ogre with gigantic, moth-laden testicles. Here's the All-Star rule from Monday if you missed it. Based on the suggestion of dweebowitz, the second new site rule will be as follows:
No Liberty Ballers commenter, moderator, parent or guardian shall use a previously won championship to justify why a player is good or better than another player.
Robert Horry isn't good. Did he help out on a few Lakers/Bulls/Spurs teams over his career? Sure he did. But Matt Bonner could have just as easily hit those jump shots if he was put in the position, and if he did, it wouldn't make him a good basketball player either. No offense Matt, you know I got mad love for you -- I'll see you at poker tonight.
This isn't to say that we can't discuss championships and building towards them like reasonable people (although if I had my druthers, I'd disallow talking about the '04 Pistons, then I'd punch druthers in his fat face), but I just don't want the fact that Melvin Ely has won a title to cloud how poor of a signing he would be at this point in his career. Simply because he was on a championship team, or even a number of them for some, does not make him a winner. If a guy is the 9th or 10th man off the bench for his whole career, he sucks regardless of how many championships he tripped and fell into.
First person to say we should trade for Horry then start him in the front court alongside Tony Battie gets a free trip to meet the President on Derek. I can see it now: "A winning attitude and veteran presence with toughness! Knows how to win! BASKETBALL SENSE! I'M TWEAKING OUT! HOW DID I GET IN THIS TRASH CAN?!" -- Future Ed Stefanski.
Good on everybody so far for abiding by the ASG rule and I hope this aids in consistently cogent debates. Suggestions on rule number 3? "Killing of your first born" is tops on the list right now, so it'll take some pretty persuasive prose (Triple P) to sway me.
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Truth, but I think Horry’s a bad example. I don’t think it’s fair to say someone like Matt Bonner would’ve hit all those shots. Horry contributed in other ways as well, besides just hitting big shot after big shot.
Nice post
Who would be a good example? I am trying to think of people off the top of my head who have won multiple titles. Steve Kerr? Derek Fisher?
Adam Morrison.
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by Speedingtime on Jul 30, 2010 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I completely agree with not saying “Player A is better than Player B because Player A has more rings”, but Horry is much better than his career 7 points per game. Comparing him to Bonner just because they have similar career regular season numbers is just as flawed IMO. Horry has historically stepped his game up in the playoffs, and Bonner has not. You can’t completely ignore that.
Don't forget about Darko.
And we all know how that ends.
I can see that rule applying for a player who doesn’t get into the game often, but starters on a Championship team deserve some recognition for that, and so do reserves who play a significant role.
Horry stepped up in the playoffs and made some amazing, critical shots. I’ll remember him as a cheapshot artist, but he always came through in the playoffs (until the last season he played) and knocked down threes when the pressure was highest. Derrick Fisher too, someone I always criticize as being the Lakers weak link, deserves credit for being the starting point guard for the NBA Champions multiple times. Fisher impressed me with having the stones to take shots at the end of the game, when everyone else was dumping the ball to Kobe.
No one’s saying these guys are all-stars, but they played significant minutes and got it done like they were all-stars for those pressure-filled moments, and that counts for something.
Anyone who plays a significant role for a championship team deserves some recognition for that, over another player who hasn’t done it. Players who perform well when it counts, are better than those who just show up in the regular season only to become small in the playoffs- Rashard Lewis comes to mind for one.
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by Michael Levin on Jul 30, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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by Tanner Steidel on Jul 30, 2010 12:59 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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