It's OK to disagree!! My point is this: just because their stat-lines have similarities in a few areas doesn't mean that Van Exel and Blaylock are similar players--because they arent'. Van Exel is a guy who can score enough to put into the 2 spot. Blaylock was nothing but a pure point guard. Blaylock played hard D. NVE? well......
Arite man, we're not going anywhere with this argument, I was a fan of both players and I think they play a similar OFFENSIVE GAME. But a comparision is always subjective... btw, you say that Blaylock isn't like nick because Blaylock was a "pure" pg, but then u compared him to darrell armstrong....
I said that his game reminds me of Armstrong, but more controlled, and yes, I'll stand by that. Armstrong has always been a point guard.
Maybe he compared Blaylock to Van Exel because they both played in Golden State, lol, though that is where the comparisons end.
Someone may have mentioned this already, so please take no offense if you have. A couple of other notable Mookie stats- 9th all time in steals and 8th all time in 3pt field goals made. So basically only 8 players in the entire history of the NBA had more steals than Mookie and only 7 made more 3's. But what people always forget about Blaylock is that he was tough as all hell. He was listed at 6'1 185 for most of his career. Yeah right, maybe he'd measure up to that if he was standing on his tip-toes and carrying a bowling ball. He was built about like A.I. but didn't pack quite as much muscle. 5'11, 175-180 is closer to the truth. In other words he was basically a stick of gum for an NBA player but was fearless and took an absolute beating when he penetrated. He even had one of the greatest games by a PG of all time when he dropped 23 assists on Utah early in his carer. He also managed to pull down over 4 rebounds a game for his career, so he wasn't afraid to mix it up with the big fella's during the nineties, an era when Bigs dominated. Ewing, Robinson, Duncan, Webber, Rodman, Shaq, and Webber were all in rare form. Hell, Juwan Howard made an All-NBA team and even Tom Gugliotta was an All-star during that decade. Bottom line: Mookie's certainly not one of the all-time greats but if one his games is on ESPN Classic, I'm watching and you should too because he played the game right.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sandman:</div><div class="quote_post">Maybe he compared Blaylock to Van Exel because they both played in Golden State, lol, though that is where the comparisons end.</div> Nope, you're wrong on that. When I think Blaylock, I think ATL.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">Nope, you're wrong on that. When I think Blaylock, I think ATL.</div> So what, those 2 are different styles of point guards!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sandman:</div><div class="quote_post">So what, those 2 are different styles of point guards!</div> Like I said, comparing players is subjective, you don't have to agree with me. I think their OFFENSIVE game is similar. Blaylock shot a lot of threes, and many of them were transition threes, his shot selection was sometimes poor, but he was a good clucth shooter. Those are pretty much indisputable. Whatever is your opinion is just that, your opinion. I have mine. That should just be the end of discussion.
I knew where you were coming from, but Van Exel is a streetball/show off silky smooth type player. Blaylock was not a showman, sure he would make the highlight, but only by hitting the clutch 3 to tie/win the game. I know where you are coming from, and by that you could compare a lot of players, it just could have been broke down a a few more levels.
wow poor man he is almost forgotten ..even I forgot of him as if he disappeared...he was a great player when he was in Atlanta, one of my favorites when i was a kid..but i forgot abt him until this thread..haha..poor guy i'm pretty sure everyone has forgotten him
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting drm2dnk:</div><div class="quote_post">wow poor man he is almost forgotten ..even I forgot of him as if he disappeared...he was a great player when he was in Atlanta, one of my favorites when i was a kid..but i forgot abt him until this thread..haha..poor guy i'm pretty sure everyone has forgotten him</div> Say what? And <font color="Red">remove your sig</font>, you have been warned in countless pm's about it.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting drm2dnk:</div><div class="quote_post">hey sand what's wrong with my sig..and no i received no pm's abt it</div> yeah ok... You can only have one image that is 468x100 in your sig.
Mookie was always of the role player sort. He thrived as the second or third option on offense but was a great defensive little man. I would say that Earl Boykins is a smaller clone of him.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting drm2dnk:</div><div class="quote_post">wow poor man he is almost forgotten ..even I forgot of him as if he disappeared...he was a great player when he was in Atlanta, one of my favorites when i was a kid..but i forgot abt him until this thread..haha..poor guy i'm pretty sure everyone has forgotten him</div> If everyone forgot about him this thread wouldn't be here. I haven't forgot about him,great player. In fact I think I've got a picture of him and my brother somewhere in my room hanging up somewhere.
Its a shame that the Nets chose to purposely sleep on him. I think they would have been better off with him than with Kenny A. He sure played better D than Kenny, and Chris Morris(I bet everyone's forgot about him) would have kept developing.
