90s/2000s player that would be better in todays game

LakersLegacy · Post #61 » by **LakersLegacy** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:22 am

Jordan, Kobe, Allen, Miller, SAR, Sheed, Pippen, Peja, Webber, Sabinis, Bowen, Hill, Penny…

Players with work ethic would focus more on shooting and would have higher 3 point % today than they did

Courtside · Post #62 » by **Courtside** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:35 am

Drazen Petrovic... the guy was a 44% 3 pt shooter

Donyell Marshall
Shane Battier
Stacey Augmon

Alonzo Mourning. I watched him nail about 10 threes in a charity game and when asked why he didn't shoot threes in games, he said that centers just don't in the NBA. Imagine 6'11 mobile Zo who also shot from distance.

Big J · Post #63 » by **Big J** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:41 am

Pre back injury Sabonis would basically be Jokic on offense and Timelord on defense in todays game.

Zerostatic · Post #64 » by **Zerostatic** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:51 am

A lot of the "tweener" busts could have made it today. The Forward tweeners like Keith Van Horns and Tim Thomas's who could shoot, had handle but just couldn't bang down low the way NBA front courts used to back in the day. Those two guys were actually decent but today I think they'd be all-star caliber guys.

Then you have all of those combo guard busts who where shooting guards in point guard bodies (Dajuan Wagner, Juan Dixon, Joseph Forte, etc.). Dwayne Wade began the blueprint for how to play those guys and paved the way for guys like Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell.

Heej · Post #65 » by **Heej** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:09 am

zimpy27 wrote:Rasheed

Rasheed could've been a Hall of Famer in any era. I don't think it was the era moreso his mentality that held him back. Dunno if he'd fare much better in today's social media age tbh lol

Ritzo · Post #66 » by **Ritzo** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:21 am

This league has load management and probably have better and more advanced medical teams. Players like Penny Hardaway would be the face of the NBA today.

dc · Post #67 » by dc » Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:27 am

Big J wrote:Pre back injury Sabonis would basically be Jokic on offense and Timelord on defense in todays game.

True, tho that’s more 80s Sabonis than 90s Sabonis.

jehosafats · Post #68 » by **jehosafats** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:57 am

Since this is a weird inside-out finesse era... I have to go with Big Dog Glenn Robinson.

Antinomy · Post #69 » by **Antinomy** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:57 am

Andrei Kirlenko.

Dude would’ve been pulling in max contracts if he played today.

Topofthekey · Post #70 » by **Topofthekey** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:13 am

xBulletproof wrote:I would like to say Reggie Miller. In a world where shooting 10-12 threes a game is considered normal, sounds fun.

That said he was unselfish about getting shots (until the playoffs) so I don't think he would have just chucked up a ton more just because he could. Also, he still can't dribble, so it would be a lot of screening and fast break 3's

Nazrmohamed · Post #71 » by **Nazrmohamed** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:59 am

Catchall wrote:Chris Gatling would have been amazing tearing the rim down without massive centers in his way.
Cliff Robinson would probably have been a stretch-5.
Shawn Kemp would have basically been Giannis.

Watch on YouTube

I like your Cliff Robinson take but not Kemp. He doesn't have the handle like that but I can see sortve a Blake Griffin, Amare who's game himself would probably be alittle dated.

Nazrmohamed · Post #72 » by **Nazrmohamed** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:05 am

There's a whole thread on it but I think Toni Kukoc would've bee a great player and mightve fit in better than any other of his teammates.

I think Reggie Miller although he took allot of 2s, the question implied they get to grow up in this era? So he would've valued floor spacing and I think would've been lethal

I wouldve loved to see players like Arvidas Sabonis

I think allot of the PFs of the early 2000s during the time where it seemed every team needed a skilled 7ft PF many times even taller than the C. Duncan, KG, Webber. I know during thier time they represent the worst era and isoball and guys who didn't take 3s but ya know today most of those guys would be Cs. So Garnett would've been some teams C while that team STILL have a John Collins or some level of lesser stretch 4. I actually think if many of those PF I've described played today we would've called this era the era of the skilled C.

CallMeKahn · Post #73 » by **CallMeKahn** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:27 pm

Kirilenko and Marion immediately come to mind. Mehmet Okur would have thrived even more in the current era, as well as Gordon Giricek.

JulesWinnfield · Post #74 » by **JulesWinnfield** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:33 pm

Heej wrote:
zimpy27 wrote:Rasheed

Rasheed could've been a Hall of Famer in any era. I don't think it was the era moreso his mentality that held him back. Dunno if he'd fare much better in today's social media age tbh lol

Sheeds mentality definitely held him back. And I don’t mean the fact that he was overly emotional and couldn’t shut up with the refs. Sheed didn’t have a big time scorers appetite. He wanted to blend in and be one of the guys. That’s always been his personality according to everyone who played with him. He didn’t have it in him to be the go to guy outside of brief stretches, it was just never his mentality. He was never going to be a guy who averaged 26-28 ppg even though he had the skill to do it. That’s why he fit those deep Portland and Detroit teams like a glove.

I heard igoudala say the other day that sheed today would be better than Giannis, and I find that utterly absurd. No chance. He didn’t have the mindset to be a volume scorer. Never even averaged 20 ppg and it’s not because he lacked the skill

Boardbreaker · Post #75 » by **Boardbreaker** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:20 pm

Keon Clark would thrive as a small ball C. He had an underrated mid range jumper I feel like he could extend his range to the 3 point line. Assuming he could stay off the booze I could see him being something similar to a less foul prone JJJ.

Post #76 » by **Prez** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:10 pm

Garnett as a 3PT shooting, playmaking full time 5 would be outrageous in today’s game. Just a total cheat code.

leolozon · Post #77 » by **leolozon** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:17 pm

Topofthekey wrote:
xBulletproof wrote:I would like to say Reggie Miller. In a world where shooting 10-12 threes a game is considered normal, sounds fun.

That said he was unselfish about getting shots (until the playoffs) so I don't think he would have just chucked up a ton more just because he could. Also, he still can't dribble, so it would be a lot of screening and fast break 3's

Are you trying to say that taking two dribbles in a straight line is showing great ballhandling abilities? I don't get it. The defense was really bad too.

Anyway, everyone knows that 50 players from the 90s-00s would be top 20 today.

Topofthekey · Post #78 » by **Topofthekey** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:36 pm

leolozon wrote:
Topofthekey wrote:
xBulletproof wrote:I would like to say Reggie Miller. In a world where shooting 10-12 threes a game is considered normal, sounds fun.

That said he was unselfish about getting shots (until the playoffs) so I don't think he would have just chucked up a ton more just because he could. Also, he still can't dribble, so it would be a lot of screening and fast break 3's

Are you trying to say that taking two dribbles in a straight line is showing great ballhandling abilities? I don't get it.

Me disagreeing with the statement that Reggie Miller "still can't dribble" doesn't equate to me saying he showed great ball handling abilities

The defense was really bad too.

Lakers defense actually ranked #1 in the league in the 1999-2000 season, the season when Miller battled them in the playoffs

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/2000-nba-team-defensive-rating-rankings

leolozon · Post #79 » by **leolozon** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:46 pm

Topofthekey wrote:
leolozon wrote:
Topofthekey wrote:

Are you trying to say that taking two dribbles in a straight line is showing great ballhandling abilities? I don't get it.

Me disagreeing with the statement that Reggie Miller "still can't dribble" doesn't equate to me saying he showed great ball handling abilities

The defense was really bad too.

Lakers defense actually ranked #1 in the league in the 1999-2000 season, the season when Miller battled them in the playoffs

I was talking about the defense in this clip.

dolphinatik · Post #80 » by **dolphinatik** » Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:46 pm

Iverson