Great "What If" sports question

N162Collector

This was in today's Bill Simmons column. Pretty interesting debate......

Would you rather have a sports career like Karl Malone/Charles Barkley/Patrick Ewing or Bob Horry? Hall of Famer with obscene amounts of cash or a clutch performer with five rings who's rich?

Axtell

<< <i>This was in today's Bill Simmons column. Pretty interesting debate......

Would you rather have a sports career like Karl Malone/Charles Barkley/Patrick Ewing or Bob Horry? Hall of Famer with obscene amounts of cash or a clutch performer with five rings who's rich? >>



I would rather have Barkley's career than any of them. Well-liked and respected by my peers, dominant player...he can't help it if his team wasn't fortunate to have put together the right pieces.

Horry's not the reason his team's won any championships...more a matter of being at the right place at the right time.

KOBEcollector

Horry's not the reason his team's won any championships...

If Horry dosen't hit that 3 against Sac-Town at the buzzer , the Lakers don't reach the Finals that year. The Lakers go down 3-1 with little chance of coming back IMO .

He might not be the reason the Lakers won any championships ( which i believe can be up for debate ), but he sure is a good reason why they got to the championships

Not sure what type of career i'd rather have but i've personally been on winning teams before and it's an absolutely terrific feeling.

Horry will go down as one of the most clutch shooters in NBA Playoff history

I'll never forget what horry said in the press conference after the game when told that Divac had called his winning shot a " lucky shot " .

Horry replied " Man, if he dosen' know i've been doing this my whole career, you better go tell him to go read a paper or something "

Axtell

<< <i> but he sure is a good reason why they got to the championships

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Shaq and Kobe are why they got there.

KOBEcollector

<< Shaq and Kobe are the reason that they got there >>

I agree BUT