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Michael Finley
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Re: Michael Finley
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Next Great White Hope
Re: Michael Finley
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Re: Michael Finley
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
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Re: Michael Finley
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
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Re: Michael Finley
Originally Posted by 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
hall of fame career is a stretch.
to be fair, he joined the Spurs at 32 years old
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Re: Michael Finley
Originally Posted by 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
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
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Re: Michael Finley
Originally Posted by SCdac
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
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Re: Michael Finley
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
Last edited by Rake2204; 07-25-2015 at 12:09 PM.
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Devin Booker MVP
Re: Michael Finley
Originally Posted by QuebecBaller
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Future NBA G.O.A.T
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Re: Michael Finley
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.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Michael Finley
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.
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Re: Michael Finley
Originally Posted by 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.
"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)
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Bran Fam Member
Re: Michael Finley
Originally Posted by IllegalD
"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.
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