Manu vs. McGrady revisited

[spursdynasty420]

Why?

well first off lets look at the starters match up

tony vs jameer - tony wins that matchup easily
tim duncan vs dwight howard - close but giving it to timmy all day
richard jefferson vs matt barnes - lol jefferson
rashard lewis vs dejuan blair - rashard has that matchup
keith bogans vs vince carter - carter has this matchup

alright so basically this is just the starters and still would take them over the magic. now lets get to the bench.

by the way the spurs have the best bench in the nba.. first in every category and orlandos bench barely has any category in the top 10 for there bench. so the spurs win that to.


ginobili > any player on that bench

[ShaqAttack3234]

well first off lets look at the starters match up

3-2 in favor of Orlando.

tony vs jameer - tony wins that matchup easily

Correct

tim duncan vs dwight howard - close but giving it to timmy all day

Nope, Howard surpassed Duncan last season and he's outplayed him head to head since the 2006-2007 season.

richard jefferson vs matt barnes - lol jefferson

Correct, but Pietrus is the starter

rashard lewis vs dejuan blair - rashard has that matchup

Correct

keith bogans vs vince carter - carter has this matchup

Correct

alright so basically this is just the starters and still would take them over the magic.

Orlando has the better starting lineup.

now lets get to the bench.

by the way the spurs have the best bench in the nba.. first in every category and orlandos bench barely has any category in the top 10 for there bench. so the spurs win that to.


ginobili > any player on that bench

The Spurs have the better bench, but orlando also has a great bench including Ryan Anderson, Jason Williams, JJ Redick, Matt Barnes, Marcin Gortat, Anthony Johnson and Brandon Bass.

[Bigsmoke]

ginobili just out played dwayne wade tonight. manu is a top 3 SG STILL

Stephen Jackson just outplayed Wade a few hours ago so he's up there with too right?

Stephen Jackson had 35

[WeaponX2024]

Howard was better than Duncan last season, but this season? He's regressed and he's not better than Duncan. He hasn't surpassed him at all. You could just call it a tease.

[L.Kizzle]

Stephen Jackson just outplayed Wade a few hours ago so he's up there with too right?

Stephen Jackson had 35

He also has a championship, BAM!

[spursdynasty420]

definately dont think howard is better then duncan at this point. i would salivate at a cavs or a magic finals vs spurs. SALIVATE

[el_locoteee]

how many points did mcgrady score tonight?

Hayes Score 6points.

Yao did not score last night.

Hayes > Yao

[EricForman]

My fault, he had 10.

so how can you accidentally mistake 7 points for 10? i mean that's a hard mistake to make if you're checking box score or watching highlights. what gives?

[robertshaw_1]

I would take Manu 1000 times over before Mcgrady or Carter....

[Bigsmoke]

so how can you accidentally mistake 7 points for 10? i mean that's a hard mistake to make if you're checking box score or watching highlights. what gives?

i guess u didnt see the point

[TheBigAristotle1]

Manu w/the spurs was a better player then T-Mac with the rockets. T-Mac with the rockets was extremely inneffecient, and hurt them in a lot of ways (took to many shots, burned to much clock, killed ball movement, etc.).

T-Mac was the kind of guy who NEEDED, to play in a run and gun offense like Phoenix has right now. T-Mac in Orlando was a beast, way better then Kobe. The problem is he never had the kindof polished game that Kobe, Wade or even Lebron have. T-Mac wasn't a spectacular ball handler, shooter, or scorer in the half court, he just wasn't.

What made him unstoppable on Orlando was his transition game. Imagine gaurding an athletic 6'8"+ guy with super long arms and unlimited range. In Orlando you couldn't get your feet set against him. If you tried to gaurd his shot he would drive right past you and either dunk or splash a midrange J, if you gave him space he would drain a three, from basically anywhere.

He comes to Houston and they try and turn him into some kind of post up sf/sg, which is just dumb. He is decent in the post, but not really what you want as a first option. In the half court his average handles and weak left hand get exposed, along with his being a good but not great shooter.

Lebron is basically ambidextrous, and can finish like no other, he also has a tremendous post up and power drive game. Wade is a great ball handler, finisher, and also has a great left hand. Kobe has a nasty postup game, and midrange game, to create his own shot.

[The_Yearning]

Manu w/the spurs was a better player then T-Mac with the rockets. T-Mac with the rockets was extremely inneffecient, and hurt them in a lot of ways (took to many shots, burned to much clock, killed ball movement, etc.).

T-Mac was the kind of guy who NEEDED, to play in a run and gun offense like Phoenix has right now. T-Mac in Orlando was a beast, way better then Kobe. The problem is he never had the kindof polished game that Kobe, Wade or even Lebron have. T-Mac wasn't a spectacular ball handler, shooter, or scorer in the half court, he just wasn't.

What made him unstoppable on Orlando was his transition game. Imagine gaurding an athletic 6'8"+ guy with super long arms and unlimited range. In Orlando you couldn't get your feet set against him. If you tried to gaurd his shot he would drive right past you and either dunk or splash a midrange J, if you gave him space he would drain a three, from basically anywhere.

He comes to Houston and they try and turn him into some kind of post up sf/sg, which is just dumb. He is decent in the post, but not really what you want as a first option. In the half court his average handles and weak left hand get exposed, along with his being a good but not great shooter.

Lebron is basically ambidextrous, and can finish like no other, he also has a tremendous post up and power drive game. Wade is a great ball handler, finisher, and also has a great left hand. Kobe has a nasty postup game, and midrange game, to create his own shot.

eh?

edit your post.

[Bigsmoke]

Manu w/the spurs was a better player then T-Mac with the rockets. T-Mac with the rockets was extremely inneffecient, and hurt them in a lot of ways (took to many shots, burned to much clock, killed ball movement, etc.).

T-Mac was the kind of guy who NEEDED, to play in a run and gun offense like Phoenix has right now. T-Mac in Orlando was a beast, way better then Kobe. The problem is he never had the kindof polished game that Kobe, Wade or even Lebron have. T-Mac wasn't a spectacular ball handler, shooter, or scorer in the half court, he just wasn't.

What made him unstoppable on Orlando was his transition game. Imagine gaurding an athletic 6'8"+ guy with super long arms and unlimited range. In Orlando you couldn't get your feet set against him. If you tried to gaurd his shot he would drive right past you and either dunk or splash a midrange J, if you gave him space he would drain a three, from basically anywhere.

He comes to Houston and they try and turn him into some kind of post up sf/sg, which is just dumb. He is decent in the post, but not really what you want as a first option. In the half court his average handles and weak left hand get exposed, along with his being a good but not great shooter.

Lebron is basically ambidextrous, and can finish like no other, he also has a tremendous post up and power drive game. Wade is a great ball handler, finisher, and also has a great left hand. Kobe has a nasty postup game, and midrange game, to create his own shot.

Stop educating us with stupidity.

didnt u just say Tmac wasn't a spectacular ball handler, shooter, or scorer in the half court?

that is the most outrageous thing i have ever heard in this site.

[elementally morale]

Let's bump this.

Back in 2004-2005 it was a travesty saying I'd rather have Manu. Well the dust has settled.

[Lebron23]

Tracy Mcgrady was the better individual player while Manu was a good NBA player, but he played with Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich.

This is like comparing James Worthy and Paul Pierce. Piece > Worthy despite worthy winning more than 2 NBA titles than him.