Comments on: Chris Paul overtaking Isiah Thomas

By: Rodman4Life

Rodman4Life — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:44:33 +0000

Pretty accurate assessment of the two.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:56:55 +0000

That’s true, and even though Chandler wasn’t a big name at the time, he was great at finishing lobs.

By: G

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:25:12 +0000

I suppose I could go with that. Certainly there is more parity now.

By: G

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:41:53 +0000

First, it’s true. There was no 1&1, bonus, whatever. Non-shooting foul was 1 shot, then the other team got the ball. Second, watch some old games. You don’t see guys TRYING to draw contact. They’re trying to make a shot. A shot fake that gets a defender in the air didn’t mean you were shooting free throws, it meant you had a wide open shot. So yeah, the FT was less of a weapon back in the day. Don’t be a dismissive ass, at least have the courtesy to provide some evidence to support your point.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:14:53 +0000

It’s possible. I only started watching the NBA in the 90s. But I have watched many of his 80s games. I’d like to think my distance makes me more objective. Who knows.

But from what I’ve seen, Thomas could take over a game like Paul cannot. But Paul consistently controls games like Thomas did not. The former is more viscerally appealing. The latter results in more wins.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:12:12 +0000

That’s why I didn’t use Horry. I used Finals MVPs. I was very deliberate about that.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:10:19 +0000

So I guess you could argue that it is now about equally easy to win a championship as it was back in the day. But that back then it was way easier to win a bunch of championships.

Either way, that makes exactly 1 championship now a more impressive feat than it was then.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:08:31 +0000

I agreed with you that there is more parity. But on average, each franchise wins fewer championships when there are more franchises around. Do you not agree with this. Because it really is as simple as the 1/n relationship I described.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:05:47 +0000

But that’s untrue because more condensed talent means your teammates get just as much of an average talent boost as everyone else’s.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:02:44 +0000

You are severely underselling Isiah’s teammates.