this question got a good response in another sports group.

beginning of kemp's career was awesome but he fell off HARD. he played against Jordan in the Finals. His PG and head coach there are now hall of famers.

Blake. His first 3 years have been awesome, but has he reached his ceiling? Will he be able to keep weight off after he loses his bounce?

who do you want playing PF on your squad today?

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he only had 1 season averaging 20 points, and that was with the Cavs.

Blake's rookie year stats: 22.5 points, 12.1 rbs



OKS this is a very good question. i'm open to hear it all.

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Kemp's frontcourt comp: Barkely, Malone, Olajuwon, Ewing, Robinson

Griffin's frontcourt comp: Dwight Howard, Brooke Lopez, Randolph, Bynum, etc

And Kemp was the best player in the 1996 playoffs
INCLUDING Michael Jordan. One of the more thorough
performances by a power forward I've ever seen





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<---- 5....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlgiritpmfo

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Occupy Big Government..

Fannie, Freddie dole out big bonuses
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67292.html

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He had it locked in from 18 feet man...with his quickness, strength and size, throw in a consistent jumper? Unstoppable.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTPV2r2s1k8

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if that dunk happened today...players would be huffing and puffing acting like they're gonna fight, getting techs and fines.

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The footwork, the positioning

He was a serious, serious, serious MFin ball player

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I love the show of respect after that play too...

He was on that running and trapping and pressing and using his depth....sometimes the minutes and shots weren't there to put up huge stats.

Blake's minutes are down this year into what Kemp would typically get, and his numbers are down a bit too because of that.

Last year and Blake's rookie year he was playing 37-38 mpg.

Kemp actually played his most minutes when he was fat, in Cleveland, and played around 32-33 minutes per during his SEA prime. Average it out per minute and Kemp has way better rebounding and shot blocking numbers, while scoring at a good clip while shooting around in the mid-50s percentage wise, though people should note that Blake is also shooting around 54% the last two seasons.

My general feeling is that Kemp was better because I haven't seen Blake really impose his will on a game that often yet, while I know Kemp did, even if he didn't do it that long. But I don't think people give Blake enough credit for his improvement and work ethic. I don't think he's close to peaking, but until I see him impose his will on the court more consistently, I give peak Kemp the edge.

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Dre makes no apologies for his own eccentricities. “I was young, and searching, trying to find myself,” he says. “Never did.”-- Andre B

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“The other dude after me didn’t help my case. It was just like…crazy nigga factory going on.”
Dre makes no apologies for his own eccentricities. “I was young, and searching, trying to find myself,” he says. “Never did.”-- Andre B

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because the RainMan to me was the best player on the floor back during the 96 finals and his display was scary.

Gary Payton is One of the Greatest Players Ever, however he wasn't the type of PG that CP3 is and it makes a difference.

if Kemp had have played in Lob city he would have been 3 times bigger than Blake at this stage.

remember Kemp was giving a nickname back when it counted to have one, imagine Kemp in Lob city with CP3 as his PG?

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

but Blake's been dope too..

besides sumo wrestling w/Z-bo and getting torched by Boris Diaw

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I take Blake on potential alone. He's more disciplined, so I can't see him Kemping himself out of the league.

But yes, Kemp was better than anything we've seen from Blake.

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I gotta rewatch the tapes cuz i watched it live in middle school...

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WHAT'S GOOD *****? What's REALLY good?!?!????!!! Ha HA!
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thats how ill he was in that series. I liken his performance to Amare vs Spurs in 03 playoffs but BETTER

i'd go as far to say that he was the best foe jordan and the bulls faced in the finals.

imo rodman and the size with the bench beat the sonics. jordan good not great in that finals same with scottie,however rodman imo was the mvp of the bulls in that series,but kemp was the best player on either side for that one series imo

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

Kemp was the best player in that series, Chicago was the better team

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

celtics won the title, however West was picked as MVP of the finals

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpdlstqS6Do

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"The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in." - James Baldwin

... When there's this kinda shit happening all game long:
http://youtu.be/-1Nm4PQLxzA

Good thing Dre Miller knows how real basketball is played.
http://youtu.be/Xkl5I-vbywk

Blake ain't done shit yet, but some crazy dunks. If he develops a consistent shot, some more moves, then it will be a convo.



i do think Blake is steady improving though.

Blakes jumper is already better...hes already a better passer...he just needs to work on his rebounding..but not much to surpass Kemp...Kemp had maybe two or 3 good years..the rest was ehh...

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RIP GOATs

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As high has he jumps, he'll never be a big shot blocker (short arms), but he's become a good positional defender and is great at blitzing those pick n rolls and getting steals. Weird to think of him as a positional defender like Nick Collison but he's no longer a liability on that side of the floor.

assume that he isn't good at certain things because the media (who also doesn't watch him regularly) makes the same inaccurate statements.

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but the few times i've seen him this season, he posts and takes jumpers more than he dunks or get lobs. not comparing the 2 or saying who's better but the same people that are saying "blake don't have a post game" are the same people who just last year were saying "lebron don't got a post game."

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his game is vastly improved by merely operating from the post and shooting fadeaways over ppl.

you dont see bron with the up and under, dropstep etc.

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“The other dude after me didn’t help my case. It was just like…crazy nigga factory going on.”
Dre makes no apologies for his own eccentricities. “I was young, and searching, trying to find myself,” he says. “Never did.”-- Andre B

It's just that his shot isn't legit yet so, when he make them it really fools gold. Teams will play the percentages all day, everyday. If it was the Reignman, he would find the gap & put someone on a poster or draw a foul but Blake's at the moment his face-up game is laughable.

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It's annoying as shit.

you were like 4 when he lost effectiveness

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“The other dude after me didn’t help my case. It was just like…crazy nigga factory going on.”
Dre makes no apologies for his own eccentricities. “I was young, and searching, trying to find myself,” he says. “Never did.”-- Andre B

That's abundantly clear



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"To Each His Reach"

yall niggas got that revisionist history..ive seen every player youve seen play and prolly about 500 more..

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RIP GOATs

no core group of guys i can remember did less with more

They were that bandwagon team you pick up for no reason at that age other than you like some players or colors or something.

Rocking Starter jackets, writing to Kemp as part of a 6th grade writing project asking for autographs (he never responded). They were like my growing up and being too cool to bandwagon for the Bulls and Jordan anymore team.

and as i surveyed the landscape i saw ORL (the runner up here) and SEA as the only two teams that could fuck up MJ's comeback

uhh...no

making only one NBA finals appearance each and then it was over

worthless

all the kids were bandwagon Bulls fans (i grew up in Phoenix so most of us were still Suns fans since they were successful)

but i would be damned if my mom didnt let me wear anything but my green Kemp jersey and Sonics bball shorts. EVERY. DAY.

Kemp will always be my favorite player ever

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“The other dude after me didn’t help my case. It was just like…crazy nigga factory going on.”
Dre makes no apologies for his own eccentricities. “I was young, and searching, trying to find myself,” he says. “Never did.”-- Andre B

the loss to the nuggets was totally inexcusable. their performance in the finals reeked of being outcoached, they had the offensive spacing of a much shittier team (think losing Nets teams, who had WAY less offensive talent).

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

coulda been another good run

numbers look crooked like king kong shook it - jdilla

i can only go on what i know. no one told him to get fat in his prime.

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

it's his third fucking season you morons.

What had Shawn Kemp done in 1993 that Blake hasn't accomplished yet? besides get kicked out of school for stealing a couple of chains?

i still blame hip-hop.

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he was the OG. when kemp was on the sonics he was unstoppable, fierce on both ends.

in the long run.

he is starting to get some spots on the floor where he can hit and his feet are getting better. he hasn't turned the corner on prime kemp yet but he should in time.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.