Guarding point guards back then versus the lead guards we see with the ball now. Come on. He was also a hand check god. He’d be hand checking like hell just to try and keep these guys in front of him today. Who’s saying he’s a “schlub”? He would get cooked in this era.
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Which is why saying he “cooked Prime Kidd” is a stretch.this era of basketball is so god damn ugly
dudes going under every screen and a bunch of guards scared to shoot perimeter shots.
Dudes were playing him like he was TJ McConnell in that clip.
. I think Stockton understood Positional defense. He wasn’t slow. He was strong. And had crazy hands and timing.
Which is why saying he “cooked Prime Kidd” is a stretch.
. Byron Scott, J Kidd, RJ...Whoever was responsible for going under on Stock was on them. They got cooked by a 40 year old pg.
How am I pretending he couldn’t guard? I’m saying he can’t guard these guys today. That’s not the same and you know it. If you have to hide him on the worst offensive guy, then you’re proving my point that he can’t guard the PGs today. That’s all I’m saying.
Dudes in here talking absolutely reckless about Stockton. He would basically be Chris Paul in the modern era.He could move his feet Really well
You pretending like he couldn’t guard the perimeter is wild. Worse come to worse...throw him on the worst offensive threat.
Trae Young is my guy and I’m a big fan...but he might be one of the worst defenders I’ve ever seen at PG. Hes doing fine. John Stockton isn’t beholden to an era in basketball. Especially when we seen him play from super fast to super slow and have success. He played 20 years.
In a clip where he’s shooting mostly wide open jumpshots, I’m not selling it to anyone as him cooking anyoneA 40 year old PG...dropping 25 against his matchup (an mvp caliber PG in his prime)....and the best defense in basketball at that time....is cooked in my book.
Idk how you’d define it
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So you’re saying he’d be a perfect fit for today
Yeah I'm saying. Not sure whatD StaXX was getting at.
Prime CP3? Nope, not going for that one.
What are we considering prime Chris Paul? What seasons?
Of course. You literally have dudes comparing him to TJ McConnell in here.If Stockton wasn't white would people respect his game more?
Going under PnRs on him like TJ McConnell =/= comparing him to TJ McConnell.
Funny when counting stats matter and they don’t
. But counting stats and analytics both will show CP3’s peak as being better.
So what you're saying is that there is no way that one of the best playmakers of all time could have adapted to a spread PnR system like we are seeing a ton of in today's game? That's fine if you want to call his assist numbers inflated. You don't think he could do 9-11 per game though like today's assist leaders?this is the hill you want to die on? that stockton would be clamping modern day guards, and they'd struggle to guard him?
i think you're fundamentally misunderstanding the help defense rules of the 90s. that 14 assists is funny in the light when you realize you could run PnR on one side of the floor, and defenders on the opposite side were literally not allowed to stray from their man. bill ****ing cartwright shot 2 threes in his career, and the bulls legit ran sets where he was in the weakside corner just so his man couldn't help
