Adrian Dantley alltime offensively and vs Durant

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Re: Adrian Dantley alltime offensively and vs Durant 

Post#41 » by migya » Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:27 am

tsherkin wrote:
migya wrote:
He is on here. His efficiency was good but as said, his volume was nowhere near the top scorers of his era.


No, but volume isn't a be-all, end-all sort of thing. There are guys who scored more, but not all of them were actually superior offensive players.


Many were. Reggie had a team built right for him. Mark Jackson was among the best floor generals of his era and the Pacers never got out of the first round until the Davises and then MJack got there, which was Reggie's seventh season at age 28, that's compelling. He had teams that were more talented than most, having bigs in Smits (among the best Centers in the 90s), Person was a good high volume shooter, Schrempf was very good, McKey was also good two way player, Mitchell likewise, the Davises were very good defenders and rebounders, Micheal Williams was a solid PG and then Mark Jackson.

The way things were going before 1994 Reggie was looking like he was going to be known as a total non riser, unable to be on a winner. Jackson, the Davises and coaches Larry Brown and then Bird were the additions that coincided with better winning.
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Re: Adrian Dantley alltime offensively and vs Durant 

Post#42 » by tsherkin » Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:37 am

migya wrote:Many were. Reggie had a team built right for him. Mark Jackson was among the best floor generals of his era and the Pacers never got out of the first round until the Davises and then MJack got there,


Mark Jackson was a ball-stopper, though, and an overrated playmaker. He also wasn't any kind of real scoring threat, by volume or efficiency. Reggie already had a 4-year stretch prior to Jackson's arrival of team offense efficacy that was as good or better than with Jackson. Their spike in relative efficacy in the lockout year has more to do with everyone sucking and their basic offense being about the same as it had been the year prior. And Jackson was playing 28 mpg that year. Dale Davis and old Chris Mullin, plus obviously Reggie, had a larger impact on their offense. Sensible coaching made a major difference, for sure. Having a team of any real quality is important to any player when winning is concerned. Witness Jordan's first few seasons.

Also no, that's wrong. The Pacers made the Conference Finals the year before Mark Jackson got there. He started in 94-95. They made the ECFs in 93-94 and lost in 7 to Ewing's Knicks, who took the eventual-champ Rockets to 7.

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