NBA legends on how good Shawn Kemp was

DerekJohnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg3jF--jxsA

BleachedAnusDawg

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

DerekJohnson

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

BleachedAnusDawg

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

DerekJohnson

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

2001400ex

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

RaceBannon

2001400ex said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

@WilburHooksHands

2001400ex

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

@WilburHooksHands

Yet they never faced the Bulls in the playoffs during the Bulls run.

RaceBannon

2001400ex said:

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

@WilburHooksHands

Yet they never faced the Bulls in the playoffs during the Bulls run.

And?

HillsboroDuck

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

@WilburHooksHands

The Sonics owned them.

WilburHooksHands

Sonics did own the Rockets, but Rockets were the only team that could have beaten the Bulls.

HillsboroDuck

WilburHooksHands said:

Sonics did own the Rockets, but Rockets were the only team that could have beaten the Bulls.

Nobody was beating the Bulls at full strength.

WilburHooksHands

HillsboroDuck said:

WilburHooksHands said:

Sonics did own the Rockets, but Rockets were the only team that could have beaten the Bulls.

Nobody was beating the Bulls at full strength.

respectfully disagree

HillsboroDuck

WilburHooksHands said:

HillsboroDuck said:

WilburHooksHands said:

Sonics did own the Rockets, but Rockets were the only team that could have beaten the Bulls.

Nobody was beating the Bulls at full strength.

respectfully disagree

Not the 91-93 or 96 Bulls anyway. 98, sure.

RaceBannon

HillsboroDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

@WilburHooksHands

The Sonics owned them.

And Houston owned everyone else

The point is they were cocky and confident. Watch the show on them. They owned Chicago regular season and they knew it

And they didn't do this

WilburHooksHands

https://youtu.be/17T30S22Szg
https://youtu.be/eywwdbDB1hE

hth

edit: Maxwell an x factor, he was an assassin and had zero fear of Jordan

RaceBannon

WilburHooksHands said:

https://youtu.be/17T30S22Szg
https://youtu.be/eywwdbDB1hE

hth

edit: Maxwell an x factor, he was an assassin and had zero fear of Jordan

And Maxwell was the weak link against Seattle. The Glove could get him to lose all focus.

Those were great times and interesting match ups.

As Houston went for the three peat they got swept out by the Sonics

Peyton is probably under rated even though players of his era know how good he was

And to the OP

Barkley tortured Kemp when Shawn was a baby in the league. He get three fouls on him in about 2 minutes holding up a finger for each one

Barkley had to use his wits because Kemp was so talented. By the 96 playoffs Barkley was on the Houston team the Sonics swept

WilburHooksHands

That 96 Rockets team was weird. Man the 90s were fucking awesome.

2001400ex

RaceBannon said:

HillsboroDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

I went to a game in that era. It was the first year back in key arena after being in Tacoma. Bulls were up with under a minute to go and had the ball. Jordan was dribbling up by half court, Gary was on him. Gary straight went at Jordan and took the ball and went down and made the layup. Was the craziest shit I've seen in key arena.

I don't know that we would have taken them to 7, but we were the only team that decade that had the cockiness and confidence to beat the Bulls.

@WilburHooksHands

The Sonics owned them.

Too soon.

ToddTurnerLIVES

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth youf, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

creepycoug

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

DerekJohnson said:

BleachedAnusDawg said:

My favorite NBA player of all tim. As a youth, I used to see him driving through Magnolia with the top down in his all-white Mustang GT convertible. Fuck Wally Walker. Ruined Kemp's career and the Sonics franchise, and it all started with the horrendous McIlvaine contract.

That McIlvaine thing might have cost Seattle a NBA title

100% agree. By 1998, the Bulls were running on fumes. Lucky for them they faced an old Jazz team that couldn't run in the Finals.

Some people have looked at me like I'm crazy, but if George Karl put Gary on MJ the entire series (in '96), the Sonics would have taken that to 7 games.

Don't be an idiot.