did anyone know about john starks? no. not until the '92 playoffs when he played great basketball against the bulls. in the '94 playoffs, robert horry was just as hyped up. it is the playoffs. whoever is the hero of the game will get hyped. someone mentioned bibby. i remember two years ago, bibby had a great playoff run and he was hyped as much as anyone in the playoffs at that time.
Nah man they were respected more. It's not like there careers have been followed since they got into the league. Bibby won a national championship and led the team and was a star coming into the league. People forgot about him on the Grizz and they just saw him as a better fit in Sac. When he stepped up that year he got resect. People weren't saying all the stuff they say about Tony Parker.
Starks got respect too because of his heart. Starks was never hyped by the NBA. If anything Starks was the underdog...the bad guy. But he had the respect.
Horry is another guy that just steps up in big games. That's out of show and prove respect. Horry isn't hyped everyone just knows what to expect from him. Everyone is gonna remember him as a guy that was clutch.
Tony Parker is a good player and he was playing well until the last game. Fine and dandy, but the league and media have been talking about his potential even before he started showing the game he is now. Parker how do you get fame before respect? Not even the great ones get that? You have to prove you can actually play the game first.
Parker choked last year and people still bring up his 5 years of professional experience. That experience means nothing. You gotta play the game to get respect. Ginobilli played alot of years professional but at least the guy showed and proved that he did. Mano is the man.
I just can't praise a guy that has done nothing but get's all this attention. Alot of moves he does now he just learned. He had no concept of running a team from day one. His shot was one of the ugliest in history when he was drafted. It looks more fluid now. Everything he does now is attributed to what he's learned since he's gotten drafted.
I bring up guys like Marbury and Iverson cuz they came over around the same age and they automatically get killed by the media but their games never needed such drastic help as Tony did. Why weren't they in the media getting the praise they deserved?
People are stuck in their ways. That's why we are on 71.
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