By however you define a role player, who would you say is the best:
in today's game?
and all time?
Best Role Players: Current and All-Time
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wow..thats hard:
four come to mind:
rodman as a defender/rebounder
schrempf as a defender/shooter (but he made the allstargame which could speek against him beeing an allstar)
eric snow as a defender/playmaker
bruce bowen as a lockdowndefender/shooter (corner-3)
I'd say rodman for alltime and uhm...bowen right now (still)
four come to mind:
rodman as a defender/rebounder
schrempf as a defender/shooter (but he made the allstargame which could speek against him beeing an allstar)
eric snow as a defender/playmaker
bruce bowen as a lockdowndefender/shooter (corner-3)
I'd say rodman for alltime and uhm...bowen right now (still)
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I'd say Bobby Jones too if you define him as a role player . . . . which since he rarely played more than 30 minutes a game he probably should be . . . the thing with Jones is that he did everything well and some definitions of role player are a player who only does one thing (maybe one and a half) like a Michael Redd or a Bruce Bowen.
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Phil Jackson wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Kobe Bryant lead them. Shaq was his sidekick.
From NBA.com
shaq 2000 stats
29.7 Points Per Game
13.6 Rebounds Per Game
3.8 Assists Per Game
3.0 Blocks Per Game
57.4% Field Goal Percentage
40.0 Minutes (Yes. forty)
Kobe 2000 states
22.5 Points Per Game
6.3 Rebounds
4.9 Assists
0.9 Blocks
46.8% Field Goal Percentage
38.2 Minutes
Homerism at its finest.
Shaq was the MVP. He lead that team. Kobe was his robin. Sorry to break the news to you.
You must be Kobe's mother.
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Some of them have already been mentioned: Cooper, Rodman, Bobby Jones, Schrempf, Horry... I'd add DeBusschere, McAdoo while in Lakers, Walton and D. Johnson while in Celtics, KC Jones, Paul Silas, JoJo White, Ricky Pierce, Vinnie Johnson, Lovellette while backing up respectively Mikan and Russell, Hornacek, Byron Scott, Terry Porter, Ainge, Cliff Robinson, Maurice Lucas, Bob Dandridge, Bobby Jackson, Sabonis and Kukoc in their weaker NBA versions, Jamaal Wilkes, Frank Ramsey, Satch Sanders, Horace Grant, Oakley (though I despise this thug), Eddie Johnson, Jayson Williams, Aaron McKie, Dick Barnett, Antonio and Dale Davis, Slater Martin, aging Nate McMillan, Alonzo as Shaq's backup...
But best of them all was Havlicek when still coming off the bench for the Celtics: this man could really do everything!
For now we have (no order) Bowen, Fisher, Terry, Rondo, Anthony Johnson, Andre Miller, Anthony Parker, Dampier and Diop (even though Damp is paid like a star), Scola, Biedrins (might become a star), Cassell, maybe Navarro, M. Miller, Steve Blake... Interesting: I see far more candidates on the perimeter than among big men.
But best of them all was Havlicek when still coming off the bench for the Celtics: this man could really do everything!
For now we have (no order) Bowen, Fisher, Terry, Rondo, Anthony Johnson, Andre Miller, Anthony Parker, Dampier and Diop (even though Damp is paid like a star), Scola, Biedrins (might become a star), Cassell, maybe Navarro, M. Miller, Steve Blake... Interesting: I see far more candidates on the perimeter than among big men.
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BirdIsDaKing wrote:Phil Jackson wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Kobe Bryant lead them. Shaq was his sidekick.
From NBA.com
shaq 2000 stats
29.7 Points Per Game
13.6 Rebounds Per Game
3.8 Assists Per Game
3.0 Blocks Per Game
57.4% Field Goal Percentage
40.0 Minutes (Yes. forty)
Kobe 2000 states
22.5 Points Per Game
6.3 Rebounds
4.9 Assists
0.9 Blocks
46.8% Field Goal Percentage
38.2 Minutes
Homerism at its finest.
Shaq was the MVP. He lead that team. Kobe was his robin. Sorry to break the news to you.
You must be Kobe's mother.
Haterism at it's finest.
Kobe Bryant carried Shaq on his back. He brought home the title. I'm not sorry to break it to you.
