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Some props for DL from SI - NBA free agency: Winners and losers

SCS said:
I'll be here. 45% on threes, 50% FG, 88% FT on high volume shooting, with defenses focusing solely on him. That's rare. And highly translatable.
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Just want to point out Hield, with 1:38 left in 4th quarter has 13 points on 5-20 shooting, 4 turnovers, he's been blocked 4 times, 1-8 from 3 and -18. I know how you'll respond to this, but at least I win this battle.
 
cowhide said:
I think this team has more individually talented players but the S&M team was a better team. So there is some true in both statements. People don't realize how the 90s S&M teams had great role players but without S&M those teams would have been lottery teams. Sloan had everyone buy into his system and that was the main reason(along with two HOF) for their success.
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Don't underestimate Sloan and Johnson. Snyder is good, but those two were legendary.
 
Tom Pitt said:
Just want to point out Hield, with 1:38 left in 4th quarter has 13 points on 5-20 shooting, 4 turnovers, he's been blocked 4 times, 1-8 from 3 and -18. I know how you'll respond to this, but at least I win this battle.
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Lol... You can have this Summer League W.
 
I highly disagree. The 98 bench doesn't touch this team. This year's team has height advantage on all positions too. Also younger and quicker. Stockton horny and Malone aren't enough to take it.
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nateboz: I agree. Speed and athleticism is way up from even 5 years ago. The speed the game is played at today is astounding. Even though I could be expected to defend the old timey players as superior I just don't see it that way. Karl would in my opinion not be as great as he was, Stock on the other hand might just find a way to compete, he always did. Sometimes I think that Gordo fits the mold of those "old timey" players more than the mold of todays players. Ouch, that hurt to say that.
 
Tom Pitt said:
Just want to point out Hield, with 1:38 left in 4th quarter has 13 points on 5-20 shooting, 4 turnovers, he's been blocked 4 times, 1-8 from 3 and -18. I know how you'll respond to this, but at least I win this battle.
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Yup. NBA length is a different animal. He looked hurried and uncomfortable. Ingram looked the opposite.

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King Cy said:
Yup. NBA length is a different animal. He looked hurried and uncomfortable. Ingram looked the opposite.

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He'll adapt. It's not like he doesn't have NBA length himself (6'9 1/4). He's good enough athlete and he showed flashes of getting to the hoop and creating his own shot. He's a gym rat and hard worker, he'll be fine. Summer league doesn't mean much.
 
Grandpa Jazz said:
nateboz: I agree. Speed and athleticism is way up from even 5 years ago. The speed the game is played at today is astounding. Even though I could be expected to defend the old timey players as superior I just don't see it that way. Karl would in my opinion not be as great as he was, Stock on the other hand might just find a way to compete, he always did. Sometimes I think that Gordo fits the mold of those "old timey" players more than the mold of todays players. Ouch, that hurt to say that.
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Malone was a freaking work horse and an athlete. We forget that. He'd be great today, but as a completely different player. He'd be able to shoot the three and handle the ball. He might be even better if he grew up today.
 
green said:
Malone was a freaking work horse and an athlete. We forget that. He'd be great today, but as a completely different player. He'd be able to shoot the three and handle the ball. He might be even better if he grew up today.
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Yeah. Have to think that both Malone and Stockton are transcendent players who could function in the modern game. Malone might even be better than he was. He's a guy who you realistically could pair with Gobert as a 4, or move to the 5 and make Draymond Green look like an amateur in the death lineup.
 
Karl Malone redefined what being a big was in the NBA with his speed and athleticism. But sure, let's just lean on this cliche that he wouldn't cut it in today's NBA on nothing more than that he played in the past.

Absolute ****ing garbage.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Karl Malone redefined what being a big was in the NBA with his speed and athleticism. But sure, let's just lean on this cliche that he wouldn't cut it in today's NBA on nothing more than that he played in the past.

Absolute ****ing garbage.
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Prime Karl would dominate anytime anywhere. He could have probably been a hall of famer in a few different sports if he had set his mind to it.
 
Gameface said:
Prime Karl would dominate anytime anywhere. He could have probably been a hall of famer in a few different sports if he had set his mind to it.
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As mentioned earlier, he would've been monstrous in today's NBA as a 5. Frankly, I don't understand why they didn't play him as one earlier as he often guarded centers and did a damn fine job.
 
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