Michael Finley

[StrongLurk]

Discuss.

[GreatHILL]

[QuebecBaller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIoS9ZUupI

[SCdac]

Like any player, he had his good and bad qualities. Was a shooter mostly. was streaky but could light it up when need be, had some vicious tomahawk jams. not the ideal franchise player or second option but a good player nonetheless. He helped Mavs get to 50 wins in some of Dirk's formative years. Mavs fans may have soured on him over time and during periods of losses (lots of finger-pointing happens during losses, it happens), but he was generally a professional. was solid for the Spurs in his tenure. in the 2007 playoffs he hit like 8 or 9 three's in one game and holds the Spurs record unless danny green has surpassed him. Glad Fin dog retired with a ring

[kennethgriffin]

dude threw away a hall of fame career to ring chase as a role player


before he got to sanantonio his career average was 19.0ppg, 5rpg, 4apg

multiple allstar games

if he made a few more he might have made it to the HOF


but he went to sanantonio and averaged 9/3/1 the rest of his career.

dipping his career average to 15/4/3





the same of a nation

might aswell change his name to jeffery butler. takin short cuts in taxi's n shit

[SCdac]

dude threw away a hall of fame career to ring chase as a role player


before he got to sanantonio his career average was 19.0ppg, 5rpg, 4apg

multiple allstar games

if he made a few more he might have made it to the HOF


but he went to sanantonio and averaged 9/3/1 the rest of his career.

dipping his career average to 15/4/3





the same of a nation

might aswell change his name to jeffery butler. takin short cuts in taxi's n shit

hall of fame career is a stretch.

to be fair, he joined the Spurs at 32 years old

[toxicxr6]

dude threw away a hall of fame career to ring chase as a role player


before he got to sanantonio his career average was 19.0ppg, 5rpg, 4apg

multiple allstar games

if he made a few more he might have made it to the HOF


but he went to sanantonio and averaged 9/3/1 the rest of his career.

dipping his career average to 15/4/3





the same of a nation

might aswell change his name to jeffery butler. takin short cuts in taxi's n shit

And you know what I would make a bet that Finley wouldn't regret his decision for even one second... There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he did.. He sacrificed some personal accomplishments to play more a team focused game.. Sure he didn't get as much glamor... But he was he a key part in winning a championship.. And that championship would be the highlight of his career by a long shot.. He wouldn't regret it for a second and I would be willing to bet most NBA players who don't win a ring.. If given that option would be happy to take the path he did...

Not suprised you disagree Kenneth.. Your a stan of one of the most selfish players in history... And that suits you perfectly

[kennethgriffin]

hall of fame career is a stretch.

to be fair, he joined the Spurs at 32 years old

1 more allstar game and 2-3 more years of legit averages. he makes it


basically 20/5/5 and 3-4 asg = HOF lock

he should have ring chased at age 35 or 36


32 is still prime

[Rake2204]

I remember Finley for his dunking prowess. I used to try to imitate his super jump stop gathers on his dunks but I could never get it right. Always felt like I was stomping the ground, but he made it work. Great dunk style.

On Dean Garrett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywY5cz42ik

On David Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bkNiVo8yw

On David Robinson again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQlb6blzLZc

On Karl Malone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgWYiOZiI_I

Random rare clip of him breaking the rim on a tip dunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xqRDFn6pdo

And here's what it looked like to watch a nerdy guy dunk with Finley on DreamCast with a "BooYah!" to top things off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phoQc6JGWac

[Prime_Shaq]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIoS9ZUupI

[inclinerator]

empty stats

[WorldWarriors]

Finley, Nash and Dirk put Dallas on the map. Made them a very entertaining team to watch playing Nellieball. He went to San Antonio and got himself a ring. Above average shooting guard but not a superstar.

[Smoke117]

Overrated on the Mavs while Dirk was getting better is my opinion. He was easily the worst of the three scoring options when Nash was there. When he averaged a career high 22.6 points in 2000...he was taking 20 shots to do it. Nuff said.

[IllegalD]

Overrated on the Mavs while Dirk was getting better is my opinion. He was easily the worst of the three scoring options when Nash was there. When he averaged a career high 22.6 points in 2000...he was taking 20 shots to do it. Nuff said.

"Overrated", yet it took the Mavs getting rid of both Finley AND Nash (more alpha and tough-minded players than Dirk), in order for meek Dirk to finally feel comfortable enough to take over the reigns as the "go to guy". And even then it still took him another 7 years to finally be the go to guy his team needed to win a chip.

Dirk couldn't even get it done with a Superstar/Multi Allstar stacked team of: Dirk, Nash, Finley, Antwan Jamison, Antoine Walker, all in their relative primes.

That's 5 Allstar Level players. (2 HOFs, 2 MVPs, three 20 & 10 Allstars)

[ImKobe]

"Overrated", yet it took the Mavs getting rid of both Finley AND Nash (more alpha and tough-minded players than Dirk), in order for meek Dirk to finally feel comfortable enough to take over the reigns as the "go to guy". And even then it still took him another 7 years to finally be the go to guy his team needed to win a chip.

Dirk couldn't even get it done with a Superstar/Multi Allstar stacked team of: Dirk, Nash, Finley, Antwan Jamison, Antoine Walker, all in their relative primes.

That's 5 Allstar Level players. (2 HOFs, 2 MVPs, three 20 & 10 Allstars)

yeah, all-stars on the OFFENSIVE end

Nash can't play D
Antoine is a black hole unless he's hot
no legit rim protector a la Tyson Chandler 2011
no veteran leadership

easy to see why they didn't win anything while there was Shaq & Kobe, Duncan & D-Rob, stacked Kings team, Portland with Pippen, Sabonis and Rasheed...

They had great teams on offense but Nash couldn't run a half court offense, he thrived in a fast-pace no defense system in PHX.