2 paragraphs telling me I shouldnt base my opinion on highlights when I didnt.
That is how I post. Does it upset you?
Actually I was
asking if you based your opinion on the highlights. Then I was suggesting this is not the best evidence on which to base your opinion or argument. Why? This is not the first time you brought up these highlights as evidence of his having played defense in 99 (And no other year.).
You will see he drove more to hoop than he did the following years. This is most probably the reason his FG% was so much higher than any other year. Same with his defense. He just didnt try as much on defense the other years. You will also have a lot of fun watching games from 1999. That was the last time the Knick team was good.
If you are telling me he played best in 99 I'll accept that. There could be many reasons including that 99 may have been his peak. Perhaps it was because the entire team was good that year and not solely because he was 'trying harder'. Which brings me to the crux: Why do you think he was trying harder in 99-00? Just the numbers? The contract, what?
I already said he was a good player. Even at his best though, the offense should never have run around him.
Yes you did say he was good, and you are right about the offense.
He is not the type of player that can help a team while being the focus of the offense.
I would not go that far. Especially when they traded Sprewell he had to be the focus and I think he helped the team. Who else was going to score? But in essence I agree he should not be the main option.
Yea, he put the ball in the basket but all he did was shoot which does not help your teammates.
I disagree. Scoring, especially when you are not a chucker, helps your entire team. That is "the goal".
Fans of Allan Houston insist that all he needed was a little support. Thats false. He should have been the guy providing that little support to a better offensive player.
I don't think all AH fans insist he just needed support. I assert that
he should have been the support.
Not his fault and I never said it was.
You did say that exactly that, in another thread where we discussed this issue. I don't know how to find past threads in this forum without manually going through them, and I am not going to do that. What you wrote was to the effect of: "If you accept the $100,000,000 contract then you have an obligation to be a franchise player.".
Allan Houston reminds me of Glen Robinson who was better than him at putting the ball in the basketball.
Glenn Robinson is a pretty good comparison to AH, and I think Big Dog is actually a poorly judged player by many. Kendall Gill by all rights should have been as good as Ray Allen, but he is a true A-hole and he was inconsistent, unlike Houston.
All role players.
None of those guys are/were "role players" (Except Big Dog this year on SA.). They were full time players whose main "role" was to score. Big Dog is way more rounded than people give him credit for, he is however, a poor defensive player.
Glen "Big Dog" Robinson
Career
688 668 36.8 .459 .340 .820 1.5 4.6 6.1 2.7 1.20 .50 3.12 2.70 20.7
He was a shooting specialist and should have been used that way. This has been my stand from day 1 and yes, its not his fault.
I can't comment on your stand before this summer, but from what I have seen, you have considered it to be his fault.
One more thing, you keep harping on me taking "personal shots" at him. Well I dont do and I dont like doing that and if I did I am ready to take them back. Give me an example.
This would be easy with a search feature, my kingdom for a search feature!
http://ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=11080
He wont retire. Houston has already said he is healthy to play next season. Look at articles a week before and after the new CBA. They are littered with Houston quotes that he is going to play net season. Either he was a lair then or he is not going to retire now.
Huh? Why is he liar? So is it if he can't play he is a liar or is it if he retires he is a liar? Why are you trying to characterize him as a liar at all? That is what I am talking about. The last time we discussed this topic is when you said he was stealing money from the Knicks. Why are you even denying it?
I am certainly not asking you to take them back, these are your feelings and you are entitled to them, I just disagree. I've learned in the past that taking things back is impossible, it can't be done. There is apologizing, but I am not asking you for that either. I just wanted to know why you feel so strongly negative about Houston. That's all.
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