Two of the greatest clutch players of all time... Reggie Miller and Robert Horry but who do you think is the better clutch player of the two... In my opinion it is Reggie Miller but tell me what you think
I think it's Horry, most of those clutch plays he made in the playoffs led to seven rings.. Reggie, on the hand.. didn't get one.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jul 24 2007, 05:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think it's Horry, most of those clutch plays he made in the playoffs led to seven rings.. Reggie, on the hand.. didn't get one.</div>Yes, Horry does have rings, but look at all the teams he's been surrounded by compared to Reggie Miller.A lot of Horry's clutch shots are hit in the rythym of the offense, and he's open most of the time, while a lot of Miller's clutch shots were hit with a man in his face, going out of bounds, or off-balance, sometimes all 3 together. I think I have to go with Miller here.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Yes, Horry does have rings, but look at all the teams he's been surrounded by compared to Reggie Miller.A lot of Horry's clutch shots are hit in the rythym of the offense, and he's open most of the time, while a lot of Miller's clutch shots were hit with a man in his face, going out of bounds, or off-balance, sometimes all 3 together. I think I have to go with Miller here.</div>Couldn't of said that better myself... I mean look at the shot reggie took against the bulls... he pushed MJ off him but MJ was still only inches before him and Reggie hit a huge leaning 3 pointer... I don't think I've ever seen an off balance shot as it... and like you said a lot of Horry's shots have been open looks...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GrizzFanTaylor @ Jul 24 2007, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes, Horry does have rings, but look at all the teams he's been surrounded by compared to Reggie Miller.A lot of Horry's clutch shots are hit in the rythym of the offense, and he's open most of the time, while a lot of Miller's clutch shots were hit with a man in his face, going out of bounds, or off-balance, sometimes all 3 together. I think I have to go with Miller here.</div>Okay? Reggie Miller's teammates throughout his career in Indiana: Chuck Person, Detlef Schrempf, Dale Davis, Chris Mullin, Rik Smits, Jalen Rose, Brad Miller, Jermaine O'Neal, Al Harrington, Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jamaal Tinsley. Not a bad group of guys at all. He was the number one option on a lot of those teams but it wasn't like those teams didn't have a balanced attack on offense. Horry was surrounded by possibly even better teammates, but he always played a significant role on all of those teams.. so it wasn't like 'he was just along for the ride' his entire NBA career playing with those great teams. Miller obviously attained more attention than Horry because Horry was/is simply a role player, and it's obvious he'll be left wide open on some occasions. Miller was usually the go-to-guy the entire game, especially in the clutch. Fact is, Horry won seven titles and never was the last guy on the bench his entire career.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jul 24 2007, 06:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Okay? Reggie Miller's teammates throughout his career in Indiana: Chuck Person, Detlef Schrempf, Dale Davis, Chris Mullin, Rik Smits, Jalen Rose, Brad Miller, Jermaine O'Neal, Al Harrington, Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson, and Jamaal Tinsley. Not a bad group of guys at all. He was the number one option on a lot of those teams but it wasn't like those teams didn't have a balanced attack on offense. Horry was surrounded by possibly even better teammates, but he always played a significant role on all of those teams.. so it wasn't like 'he was just along for the ride' his entire NBA career playing with those great teams. Miller obviously attained more attention than Horry because Horry was/is simply a role player, and it's obvious he'll be left wide open on some occasions. Miller was usually the go-to-guy the entire game, especially in the clutch. Fact is, Horry won seven titles and never was the last guy on the bench his entire career.</div>I was never trying to say Horry didn't play a roll on his team, because I know he always got a lot of minutes. All I was trying to say was you can't use the 7 rings as the whole argument because Horry was on better teams than Miller. Horry played with Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, Shaq and Kobe, and the dominate Duncan led Spurs. Yes, Reggie has had some good teammates, but they aren't anywhere as good as the teams Horry has been on. And what I'm leading to with that is, Horry has had an easier time making his way to the Finals, because he hasn't had to lead teams, but he's had Hall of Famers lead him to the Finals. Reggie Miller had to lead his teams. So, you can't really use rings in this argument.
I'll go with Reggie Miller. When Miller was knocking down tons of big shots, the defense was completely focused on him. Everyone knew that at the buzzer, Reggie Miller would be taking that final shot. However, on Los Angeles, Houston, and San Antonio, Robert Horry was never the #1 scoring option in the clutch. The defense wouldn't give Horry more than normal attention because it was more likely that a guy like Kobe Bryant would take that final jumper. Big Shot Bob always shows up huge in the clutch when the offense comes to him rather than creating for himself. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I think it's Horry, most of those clutch plays he made in the playoffs led to seven rings.. Reggie, on the hand.. didn't get one.</div> Although Horry did win 7 more rings than Miller, you have to realize that Horry was never a franhcise player. He was always a key-role player but never a go to guy. You can't compare the two through rings.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jul 24 2007, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'll go with Reggie Miller. When Miller was knocking down tons of big shots, the defense was completely focused on him. Everyone knew that at the buzzer, Reggie Miller would be taking that final shot. However, on Los Angeles, Houston, and San Antonio, Robert Horry was never the #1 scoring option in the clutch. The defense wouldn't give Horry more than normal attention because it was more likely that a guy like Kobe Bryant would take that final jumper. Big Shot Bob always shows up huge in the clutch when the offense comes to him rather than creating for himself.Although Horry did win 7 more rings than Miller, you have to realize that Horry was never a franhcise player. He was always a key-role player but never a go to guy. You can't compare the two through rings.</div>Thanks for clarifying my point. I agree with you 100%.
Reggie Mille,r not even a discussion in my mind. Robert Horry is a role player with a reliable shot who's reputation has been aided by the good luck to play on good teams. Reggie Miller built a hall of fame career on being clutch.
reggie miller. he played the whole game, made clutch play after clutch play. he didn't just play sparingly, or not big minutes, and then come in and hit a shot being wide open, with barely any pressure. reggie played practically the whole game, had to help keep his team ahead the whole game in order for those clutch plays to happen.</p> meanwhile, horry lets other players carry the team throughout games, and then makes 1 or 2 clutch plays at the end of the game. no doubt he's clutch, but not as clutch as reggie.</p> IMO, the only player post-90s more clutch than reggie was mj, but that's OT.</p>
