Horace Grant vs. Tristan Thompson

[jlip]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=357166

[LAZERUSS]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=357166

Damn...



That should put to rest these "anti-Grant" topics.

Again, the man was the second best player on an MJ-less Bulls team that went 55-27 (and no doubt would have done better had both he and Pippen not missed 23 combined games)...and then helped take Shaq's 50-32 Magic to a 60-22 record the very next year...and then, as your post reiterates, was the best player in the the '95 ECSF's, when destroyed MJ's Bulls.

And once again, his IMPACT went beyond the pure numbers. Just take a look at both his regular season, and his post-season OTrg's with the Bulls from '91 thru '95, and then with the Magic after that.

WAY Better player than Bosh ever was.

[diamenz]

Is 3ball actually worse than the Kobe and LeBron fanboys?

they're all bad. it just gets worse though as you go from jordan to kobe to lebron because of age.

[LAZERUSS]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=357166

The best player in the '95 ECSF's, without question.

Absolutely DOMINATED the Bulls.

[Nash]

i don't get it, is OP trying to tell us how JR Smith is better 2nd option than Pippen?

[LAZERUSS]

i don't get it, is OP trying to tell us how JR Smith is better 2nd option than Pippen?

Basically claiming that the cast of clowns that Lebron had in this year's Finals, in which he miraculously and single-handedly carried to two wins against a 67-15 Warrior team (and two losses in the closing seconds in two more) were better than the "rag-tag" group of losers that Mj had in the 90's. You know...the same "losers" who went 55-27 and nearly won a title withOUT him?

Of course, the same Cavs roster, with a healthy Kyrie, and Thompson...back-to-back records of 24-58 and 33-49..withOUT Lebron.

[97 bulls]

Thompson may be on his way to being a Horace Grant type player, but hes no where near him yet.

Alos, take into consideration who Grant had to battle for those rebounds. As opposed to Thompson. Grant was going against Ewing, Olajuwan, Robinson, Webber, Barkley, Malone, Daughtery, Rodman, Mutombo, Oakley, Mourning. And im sure im missing a few

[3ball]

How can you only focus on Pippen's 15 ppg on 34% FG in 1996 Finals, and ignore his 8 reb and 3 assists?

Pippen's 8 reb and 3 assists < Mosgov's 8 reb and 2 blocks.

Remember, Mosgov averaged 14/8/2... on 50%.... not 34%... He did this with a big man, rim-protecting defensive presence, which is > perimeter defender.

No question that Mosgov was a better 2nd option in 2015 Finals than Pippen was in 1996... 14/8/2 on 50% is better than 15/8/3 on 34%..

[3ball]

Horace had his career-best series in 1995 playoffs

That's all Horace did... His 18/11 playoffs series was his career-best in his long, 17-year career... Every player has a career-best.

For example, Tristan Thompson's career playoff averages are 10/11, which is already better than Grant's 11/9 career playoff average.

So Tristan will have a career-best series one day like all players do, and it will probably look pretty similar to Horace's career best.

Horace Grant was a WAY Better player than Bosh ever was.

If this is true, than you're saying a 1-time all-star in the 90's is better than a today's 10-time all-star.. That demonstrates the superiority of the 90's era.

Even though I agree that the 90's was the superior era, I still can't say a 1-time all-star and 11/8 career player from the 90's is better than today's 10-time all-star and 19/9 career player.

[dankok8]

There is such a thing as defense... Grant >> Thompson.