playa2 wrote:In a day when most of you judge players by rings. Neither of them made their teammates better and neither of them won rings in the association.
Bernard was very athletic and the players in his day were not like they are today. I heard Jordan say the greatest defender he faced wasn't Bruce Bowen of Gerald Wilkins, but Mitch Richmond!
The more athletic the league the more you tend to be hindered trying to score, so Bernard although great had a lil advantage there.
My question had to do with scoring, both of those players excelled at scoring when their teammates just watched them go to work.
They both had the ability to take over games and put fear in those who tried to defend them.
As far as scoring I see no difference.
Injuries killed Kings career, not the player he played with, and the competition he played against was vastly greater.
Would you seriously compare the 80's Celtics in which King helped force a game 7 as equal to getting knocked out in 6 with HCA by the Pacers?
Players dont fear Melo, they know they have a pretty good shot of holding him to below 45%, he can actually do it on his own ungarded.
Players absolutely feared King because his playoff performances were always BETTER than the regular season.
What amazes me with this convo, is it's obvious who's seen Bernard play and who hasn't.
Melo and Bernard are nothing alike.