NBA legends on how good Shawn Kemp was

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• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 11,146

  March 2019

  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.

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• DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 62,337

  March 2019

  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

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• BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 11,146

  March 2019

  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.

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• DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 62,337

  March 2019 edited March 2019

  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.

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• 2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

  March 2019

  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.

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• RaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,448

  March 2019

  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
  

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• 2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

  March 2019

  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.

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• RaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,448

  March 2019

  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?

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• HillsboroDuck Member Posts: 9,186

  March 2019

  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.

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• WilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,792

  March 2019

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

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• HillsboroDuck Member Posts: 9,186

  March 2019

  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.

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• WilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,792

  March 2019

  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

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• HillsboroDuck Member Posts: 9,186

  March 2019

  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.
  

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• RaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,448

  March 2019

  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
  
  
  

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• WilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,792

  March 2019 edited March 2019

  https://youtu.be/17T30S22Szg
  https://youtu.be/eywwdbDB1hE
  
  hth
  
  edit: Maxwell an x factor, he was an assassin and had zero fear of Jordan

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• RaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 104,448

  March 2019

  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

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• WilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,792

  March 2019

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

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• 2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

  March 2019

  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.

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• ToddTurnerLIVES Member Posts: 438

  March 2019

  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.

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• creepycoug Member Posts: 22,942

  March 2019

  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.

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