Youre comparing Pierce and Tatum’s careers tho as if there’s any parallel whatsoever in the team they had around them the majority of the time.
When they both had finals caliber squads, they both played in two and Pierce was known as a strong finals performer and tough shot maker/clutch moment guy, and Tatum is known as the opposite.
Yes it would mean they never would have a title. I mean Malone and Stockton never won why would two Pippen's win when Pippen never won league nor finals nor DPOY?
Pippen wasn't a guy that could come out and start dominating like Brown and obviously not like Tatum - these guys drop 30 all the time, while it was a complete shock when Pippen did - a real rarity.
It's night and day - Pippen was just a dunker and transition player or system player with low peak capability (not on scouting report according to...
Can only imagine the shit that dude went through.
RIP
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-willie-mays-dies-say-hey-kid-considered-one-of-greatest-mlb-players-in-history-was-93/
I agree to an extent. I think Tatum is a greater floor raiser but Pierce is a better cherry on top. Pierce went toe to toe with Lebron and Kobe. Verdict is still out on Tatum. He is by impact alone equal.
1. Celtics
2. Raptors
3. Nuggets
4. Lakers
5. Bucks
6. Warriors
I'm trying to decide this strictly in terms of power rankings rather than their title runs, but it's hard. For the most part they didn't face particularly strong opponents on average, so they're not as battle-tested as I'd like.
As much as people asterisk the Raptors' title...
Pierce wasn't a franchise guy, if you are at your peak, but only lead your team to 33 wins in a shitty conference you simply aren't that guy, regardless of cast. Pierce was a #2 option type of player on a championship squad.
Most people picking him in this thread are simply going with him because he's an OG.
Horford was low key the most important player for Celtics.
He straight up dominated Gafford at age 38 and hit all the important 3 pointers.
Horford is probably the most impactful 38 year old I've seen play since Duncan.
I see Horford intends to play one more season for Celtics. I think that's good for Celtics. To me he is their clear...
Yea these metrics are supposed to not be affected by teammates and do decently at assigning credit to each guy. There’s a lot of math that goes into that I’m no expert in but this is what I read. Also kawhi, lebron, Giannis also played with elite defenders
As a player Mazzulla led West Virginia past John Wall and Demarcus Cousins in the NCAA tournament. He scored 17 points and on a few possessions even defended Cousins.
I have to look more into it. But even if it’s “accounting” for it, it’s not perfect. And if Steph is on the floor with elite defenders he’s naturally gonna play better individual defense, it makes it easier for him.