Robert Horry: I don't want to watch the Rockets. Especially James. Thats not fun basketball

Robert Horry speaks and people lose their minds
Clutch City had the greatest personalities of all time.

 

Rockets are not fun? lol one thing you cant say it is they are not fun. They play at a 100 miles per hour.

 

I totally get Horry but it isn't just Harden.

Go back and watch a Grant Hill clip from the mid to late 90s.
One really good one is Hill vs the Lakers in 1997. Game went to double ot.
Hill was unstoppable. He drove to the rack constantly but was never rewarded with the bogus ticky tack foul calls of today. He only got like 10 free throws.

Nowadays you have offensive players initiating contact or even grabbing with the off arm to get to the line. Ridiculous.
Curry had 14 free throws the other night, most of them bogus. Meanwhile Hill was getting hammered and on one play Shaq almost tackled him but no flagrant called and no ticky tack rewards.

Players these days lack old school grit. Yeah it's effective to sell your soul to get to the line but the game isn't as pure anymore.

 

Clutchfans isn't pure anymore.

We have player only fans and fake ass fans here. I remember when it was pure. It was the vision that Clutch dreamed of. A utopian society made of pure Rockets fans.

 

So you're saying that Harden's style of play is pretty much foul baiting?

 

i'm just going to say it. Ever since Kobe retired the NBA has went down the drain. it is much less entertaining. I enjoyed watching the greats like shaq, hakeem, Kobe, Jordan, yao, McGrady, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnet, even tim Duncan.

today's NBA is all about chucking up three pointers. sure Ray Allen and reggie miller chucked up threes, but they had more substance to their game.

i miss the post game. even wings and guards like wade in his heyday, Jordan, McGrady, Kobe, etc. knew how to play in the post and beat their man one on one. You look at guys like LeBron and durant and they dont. Kawai Leonard is probably the best at it, but he rarely goes to it.

 

Robert Horry is probably one of the few guys that gets away saying that. And he is somewhat right about it. Blatantly.

 

Tony brothers is literally hitler

 

I went back and watched the highlights from this game. This is a good illustrative example of what the game looked like between two good, but not elite, teams in that era. You're right - the difference in officiating is stark. Thanks for the flashback.... I enjoyed seeing Otis Thorpe on the court despite being a little sad thinking "what if" about Grant Hill. Who's the modern-day Grant Hill? Is it fair to call him a better passing, worse defending Kawhi?

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I think horry is correct but again it's a league wide problem that the nba created. I thought when the nba neutered clutchfans favorite, kevin martin, that they would stop rewarding ALL players from created contact or make believe contact. Now these guys don't even have to put effort into their theatrics to get a call, which is a shame and a slap to the face to the Divacs, manus and Malones.

 

Not a fan of Horry.

He sucks.

 

if you really think about it, all he did was make open shots in the 4th. why was big shot Bob always open? I don't know ask kobe, hakeem, duncan and shaq.

what if someone like Patrick Beverley became famous because he played with those guys like derek fisher? all he had to do was hit some open threes, The problem is someone like Patrick Beverly isn't given the opportunity because he doesn't have multiple All-Stars on his team.

 

You forget that he makes them in pivotal games in the playoffs.

It aint that easy. You have to shoot well and I think he played good enough Playoff intensity level of Defense as well.

He should have ice in his veins. And the man has been lucky to be on the best teams in 2 decades.

 

I agree, but he was a role player with ice in his veins. How do we know other role players don't have the same ice if they're never presented with the same opportunities that Robert horry was presented with. you put someone like Beverly or ariza on good teams for their entire career with guys like Kobe and Shaq and they might be the next rob horry hitting wide-open shots at the right time.

if you think about it Ariza was the only guy who showed up in game 6 and before he got old he was a big part of that lakers championship run.

horry was a role player Who was fortunate enough to play with The greats which allowed him to showcase his abilities to perform in the clutch,

 

all I am saying is if Robert horry played on the 76ers his entire career he would not be big shot bob....if he played on the Warriors, they blow everyone out… He definitely would not be big shot Bob

 

Beverley and Ariza are not consistent shooters. Ariza was ok with the Lakers and has proven himself. He is streaky at best.

Bev is an enforcer, plays with passion but not a specialist.

They help the team in other ways, Steals in Bev's Case and Defense, Rebounding.

Ariza is the total package of average shooting, Defense, Steals, Rebounds.......

 

Let's be honest here; some of Harden's foul-baiting moves are borderline illegal, and even if they weren't it's just not that fun to watch. And the biggest problem is Harden usually has a bad game when the refs decide to swallow the whistle.

 

I don't think anyone is saying Horry is a first ballot hall-of-famer or anything. He's a good interview because he has an interesting historical perspective. Who else played with that many elite players? He also entered the league at a time that allowed him to see two distinctly different eras in basketball.

 

That's probably a good comparison. Hill would have been better than Leonard mainly because of his superior play making skill. Hill's defense is not shabby. His offense is much better than Kawhi's. (And he didn't travel on post ups. )

 

If Michael Jordan played on the 76ers his entire career, he would not be the GOAT. (I assume you are talking about the 2010s 76ers.)