Yup, again, Cooper went to "I'm better than you, you're not that good, and I can lock you up".
Remember earlier you said, Stephen A has class. Stephen A, "I never liked Blake Griffin, I am on record, the Clippers gave him an outrageous albatross of a contract". Guy has been saying stuff like that and similar and is thriving, and you're saying he has "class". Come on!
...did Cooper address the point? Nope. The point that Mad Dog made was that Bird's three's were more difficult than Curry's because of the physicality of the 80's. The undeniable reality is that in the 80's when teams were taking around 3-5 3PA/G total, guys weren't even guarding the 3PT line. Yes, Cooper could lock up Redick, but maybe he doesn't, who knows, the Spurs had Green and Kawhi and didn't lock up Redick in 14-15, just depends, but yes, 1v1 Cooper would lock up Redick, Redick has never claimed to be a good 1v1 player. Guy openly admits and talks about his shortcomings as a player, which is why it is hilarious when other NBA type guys respond with stuff like, "you're not that good" as if he's ever claimed he was.
Bird's three's were wide open and generally uncontested. So yes, an argument of physicality is not only untrue, it was nonsensical because Mad Dog was just trying to find anything to support his point. The 80's was more physical in the paint, sure, but what does that have to do with three's and who is a better 3PT shooter? Nothing!
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All of them are just falling for the same trap, attack how good the person is at basketball vs actually addressing their content, or respond to a strawman of what is being said. For example, DREAMSPORTSPRO was talking about JJ and then in his commentary says, "he (JJ) said Larry Bird couldn't shoot", is that what he said? Or did he say Larry Bird is not a better shooter than Curry. You see how this stuff actually goes?
It's like someone saying, "late 90's and early 00's offenses in general with some exceptions were bad and spacing was horrible", and you retort with, "oh so you're saying there were no good offenses at all", "oh how do they know, they didn't even play then, they would never be able to survive that era". It's like, okay? So what does that have to do with anything?
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I don't care about JJ stepping on people because they can't address actual points, that's his own problem, and he knew that coming into this media world. I'm not disagreeing that he is stepping on people, I'm simply saying that the responses to what he's saying are at times not even in line with the discussion.
Maybe he thought he could come in and bring in a world of nuanced discussion and all that stuff, but that's not reality, and that's simply not what people want. It's not limited to sports, people (majority) don't ACTUALLY want nuanced discussion and all that, they want the hot takes, they want drama, they want sound bytes out of context, they want reactions and responses. Basketball for the vast majority of people is ENTERTAINMENT, something that a lot of RealGM, more hardcore fans also still don't get. JJ is also seemingly trying to fight a losing battle against the fact that people don't really care about a lot of the nuance, they just want entertainment, so he keeps attacking stuff that doesn't have nuance like discussions about eras and the actual nuances of physicality in this era vs that, and all this stuff.
If he doesn't make it, sucks for him, but he's already rich and he's managed his money well. He's not in it to make a living, so I'm not going to feel bad for him or something. He's doing his thing and so far he's successful enough, good for him. His wife did tell him not to yell anymore after that Doc rant, but that might be a struggle being on a show with Stephen A.
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Blake on Doc:
https://youtube.com/shorts/7faFDiKpJAo?si=2f4DXJb7w1DB7-eX"Obviously Doc make that game plan, they didn't adjust, which has been sort of a thing, no disrespect though"
Jamal on Doc:
"We would have never come out and said 'it's Doc fault that we lost', we're not saying that, but we at least all come together as far as why we lost, and everybody kind of owning their **** of why we lost".
That is the accountability that JJ is talking about, and all the Clippers guys have agreed about that in regards to Doc. Jamal is one of the most mild mannered guys you'll find
Rasheed Wallace:
"Doc Rivers can't adjust", "You gotta be more than a locker room manager"
Shaq: "Doc has championship experience, I hope they get along, but Doc has blown a lot of 3-1, 3-2 leads, and he's living off his championship from, what, 2009?"
Jamal: "Doc is a great coach, well in that first year"
Yes, it's somewhat personal because all the guys that were part of Lob City, they've talked, they've owned up to their faults and what they did wrong, and what they could have done better. They do that, but then Doc, every time he talks about the team, he never owns up to doing anything wrong, and it's all about how the circumstances were hard and the players didn't do this or that, didn't get along, etc, and then revising history. It's not just JJ, all the guys feel this, except for probably Austin for obvious reasons, and of course since Doc did help save his career. If everyone who was with you then feels it, then it's not just imaginary, it's not just some JJ vendetta.
. Can't help it, just like Doc can't help it 
