Would you also take pride in being looked back on as a career loser whose most memorable play is a turnover that directly leads to your second Finals loss in two years?
That has more to do with people's dumb perceptions. Malone was a fantastic player with nothing to be ashamed of. Horry was the 11th overall pick in a draft and averaged 7 ppg for his career. He probably underachieved for his career. Yet he's looked at as a winner. Oh well. Sports gonna sport.
Malone won a lot of games, took his team to the finals twice. You can have an amazing career and not win a championship. Especially in an era where the greatest player of all time pretty much had the title on lock. I hate the "championship or you're a failure" mentality. Of course it's the goal of every player, but people act like unless you were Jordan or Olajuwon in 90's you were a complete failure.Would you also take pride in being looked back on as a career loser whose most memorable play is a turnover that directly leads to your second Finals loss in two years?
He's looked back on as a winner because he regularly stepped up in the most important moments more often than not. Karl missed free throws and turned the ball over when the game was on the line. Even a legend like Isiah Thomas (biased he may be :lol) shits on him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRoAJ-LbwI
Biased cuz isiah got up close and personal with those bows. He got a concussion and needed stitches. I doubt he got much sympathy being a Bad Boy and all, known for cheapshotsHe's looked back on as a winner because he regularly stepped up in the most important moments more often than not. Karl missed free throws and turned the ball over when the game was on the line. Even a legend like Isiah Thomas (biased he may be :lol) shits on him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRoAJ-LbwI
I'm shocked so many picked Horry instead the hall of famer Malone. The mailman was the guy(Stockton too) who got the Jazz to finals. Went toe to toe with the Bulls dynasty. Horry was kind of clutch hitting game winners but it was the big stars around him who got Robert into situations to hit the game winners.
Horry was a big man role player and the Mailman was one of the best to play his position.
That's because he'd sleepwalk through most of the regular season and the first 30 minutes of most playoff games. Karl Malone didn't have that luxury. Don't get me wrong, I will forever love Big Shot Bob for his Laker days, but It's sort of an absurd comparison. It's like comparing David Eckstein to Alex Rodriguez or something. Or saying Matt Viniatierri had a better football career than Peyton Manning.
So he missed free throws and turned the ball over in the biggest games of his life because he was tired? He shouldn't be ashamed of not winning a championship. He should be ashamed for the way he lost.
Where did I say that? I said Malone didn't have the luxury of just coming in as a sub, or taking half the season off, because he was expected (and able) to do much more than that. I'm not advocating for Malone to be considered GOAT, or top 5 or anything, I'm saying though that he was a fantastic basketball player and much, much, much (by a lot) better basketball player than Robert Horry. I get the Horry love, I just think people are getting carried away.
I don't think anyone is saying Horry is the better basketball player, dude. This thread is about whose career you would rather have.
The question is who would you rather be, right? What regrets could Horry possibly have for his career? "Wish I was better, I could have won 10."
Are people seriously debating over who was a better player? Malone is top 20 all time. Horry was barely a starter at his best. He had the opportunity to hit big shots because he played with great players, and if Horry took their minutes he wouldn't be able to take those clutch shots because his teams wouldn't be in the playoffs.
I thought the question was whose career you would prefer to have. I've been a good player on underperforming teams and a mediocre one on successful teams. I'd rather win.
Would you also take pride in being looked back on as a career loser whose most memorable play is a turnover that directly leads to your second Finals loss in two years?
You aren't, but some are.No one is debating over the better player.
"The Mailman doesn't deliver on a Sunday" #etherAre you a disgruntled Jazz fan or something? Because honestly, I don't think many people remember the play on that end of the floor. Everyone remembers Jordan at the other end, and they remember Byron Russell getting brushed off. Malone getting stripped? It's basketball, it happens, and it's not the defining play of his career.
No one is debating over the better player.
I just don't like the dude and think he's overrated. His off the court life doesn't help his case either.Are you a disgruntled Jazz fan or something? Because honestly, I don't think many people remember the play on that end of the floor. Everyone remembers Jordan at the other end, and they remember Byron Russell getting brushed off. Malone getting stripped? It's basketball, it happens, and it's not the defining play of his career.
Now that's crazy.People have advocated taking Horry or Kerr over Malone and Barkley. As if that makes any sense at all.
The question is who would you rather be, right?
Yup.
Mindboggled at anyone who would rather be Karl Malone. He's a redneck dipshit.
How does being a redneck have anything to do with that term?Oh really you know him?
Why not just say what you really want and call him an "Uncle Tom"?
Oh really you know him?
Why not just say what you really want and call him an "Uncle Tom"?
Oh really you know him?
Why not just say what you really want and call him an "Uncle Tom"?
