EPTNBA Offseason 2012 - Page 41
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Zorkmid
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On July 13 2012 05:03 XaI)CyRiC wrote: Barkeley was certainly an athletic freak, but it's not like he would be the only one on the floor in such a matchup. Lebron is arguably everything he was but better. Melo is at least physically capable of guarding Barkeley due to his size and strength (underrated IMO), and would just as tough a cover on the other end for Barkeley (who was no defensive ace himself either). This paragraph made me laugh so hard, I spit coffee onto my keyboard  .I agree that Melo is a tough check 1-on-1 (for anyone, as many NBA players are), but Barkley and Melo don't belong in the same conversation. | ||
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On July 14 2012 00:12 Zorkmid wrote: This paragraph made me laugh so hard, I spit coffee onto my keyboard .I agree that Melo is a tough check 1-on-1 (for anyone, as many NBA players are), but Barkley and Melo don't belong in the same conversation. Just for the sake of argument, care to explain why? | ||
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Zorkmid
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On July 14 2012 01:52 XaI)CyRiC wrote: Just for the sake of argument, care to explain why? The idea that Melo could stop anyone, let alone Charles freaking Barkley was the main thing that activated my LOL valve. I was listening to some sports talk radio yesterday. Apparently someone asked MJ about Kobe's statements re: 1992 dream team. MJ's response, much like mine, was to double over in laughter. HUFF PO article on MJ's rxn | ||
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MassHysteria
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haha. Too bad it is a year from now (if they even do it at all). | ||
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XaI)CyRiC
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On July 14 2012 02:00 Zorkmid wrote: The idea that Melo could stop anyone, let alone Charles freaking Barkley was the main thing that activated my LOL valve. I was listening to some sports talk radio yesterday. Apparently someone asked MJ about Kobe's statements re: 1992 dream team. MJ's response, much like mine, was to double over in laughter. I never said that Melo would stop Barkley, only that he was physically capable of guarding him. Melo is big and strong enough to bang with Barkley in the post, and quick enough to stay in front of him if Barkley faced up on him. It's not like Barkley would be running circles around Melo or overpowering him in the post. Add in the fact that the 1992 team had no one to spread the floor, and anyone guarding Barkley would have lots of help defense backing them up. On the other end, Barkley was not that different from Melo when it comes to defense, i.e. usually focused his energy on offense and took it easy on defense. Barkeley never had to guard someone with the handle and offensive versatility of Melo. Melo is a bit of a physical freak himself in that he has the agility and speed of a SF in a PF's body. Nothing like Lebron of course, but it poses some of the same problems for defenders. Was Barkley physically capable of guarding someone like Melo in 1992? Probably, but he had never demonstrated any desire to play consistent defense or ability to do so at that point in his career (or ever really). If you want to go back to what even brought this up, i.e. 1992 team vs. 2008/12 teams, Barkley being an athletic freak would not have any sort of significant advantage for the 1992 team. Both the 2008 and 2012 teams have plenty of athletic freaks, and have several players who were/are physically capable of guarding Barkley while also being tough covers for him on the other end. | ||
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Zorkmid
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On July 14 2012 02:33 XaI)CyRiC wrote: If you want to go back to what even brought this up, i.e. 1992 team vs. 2008/12 teams, Barkley being an athletic freak would not have any sort of significant advantage for the 1992 team. Both the 2008 and 2012 teams have plenty of athletic freaks, and have several players who were/are physically capable of guarding Barkley while also being tough covers for him on the other end. If you think these teams have anyone beyond LBJ that could come close to stopping Charles in 1992, there's no point in us arguing. | ||
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