2022 NBA Offseason Thread
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BlackAx410
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Where they considered a stretch 4 at the time? Fuck no that term came with KG and dirk. Mentioning guys 6’6 and under that barely shot 3’s ain’t moving me
DMorgan
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Not 100% on the box when they showed they had to skills to sometimes play on the perimeter like the 4's people have listed did before KG came around.
BlackAx410
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Did the term stretch 4 exist before KG and Dirk yes or no? Mentioning 5 niggaz that weren’t technically a stretch 4’s cuz they shot a few jumpers is some bullshit
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King Freeman
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Sabonis, Divac off the top of my head but lemme guess you gonna move the goal posts back in the other direction now and tell me they centers so they don't qualify.
I already mentioned kukoc and shrempf
Shut the fuck up man.
DMorgan
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Did America exist before Columbus "discovered" it?
Think about what you saying for real. Just cause the term "stretch 4" wasn't used doesn't mean that type of player didn't exist already.
southsil4lil
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Rockets Legends Matt Bullard and Robert Horry were essentially stretch 4s for us
BlackAx410
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No YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP. I didn’t say everyone big played in the paint I’ve listed the players KG influenced and who created the term stretch 4. We’re not talking about centers that can pass, KG PIONEERED THE STRETCH 4 nobody called themselves that no matter who front court player you bring up
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BlackAx410
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So who was consistent a stretch 4 outside of cliff Robinson? Niggaz mentioning Barkley like he didn’t have a 5 second back to the basket rule named after him
BlackAx410
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They could shoot but why bring centers into a stretch 4 convo?You think sabonis and Divac were just centers who could pass well?
Say less man.
BlackAx410
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KG revolutionized the power forward position I named the players he influenced let alone the fact he skipped college when it wasn’t popular giving access to the Kobe and Bron’s of the world
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King Freeman
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You brought up 7footers trying to move the goal post and now you're proceeding to try and move them back like I said you would.
You should just stop replying at this point.
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King Freeman
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Unbelievable.
You're probably at home yelling at the screen too.
You're probably at home yelling at the screen too.
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During the 1995 Western Conference semifinals, Houston Rockets Coach Rudy Tomjanovich had never heard the term “stretch-4,” because it had not entered the basketball vernacular. The phrase “pace and space” did not exist. Tomjanovich only sought a means to guard Phoenix Suns forward Charles Barkley without double-teaming him, to prevent passes to open three-point shooters. And so Tomjanovich tried something new. He played usual small forward Robert Horry at power forward.
The 'Stretch 4s' of the '90s speak on today's perimeter-oriented big men
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The 'Stretch 4s' of the '90s speak on today's perimeter-oriented big men
The evolution of the 'Stretch 4'
It's common to see big men shooting perimeter jumpers in today's NBA, but that wasn't the case 20 years ago. We spoke to some of the pioneers of the "Stretch 4" position that paved the way for today's shooting big men.
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BlackAx410
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It’s not moving goal post it’s a genuine question, YOU couldn’t think of any power forwards that’s legit stretch 4’s so you had to bring up 2 foreign big men because you KNOW there weren’t a lot of big men shooting jumpers
BlackAx410
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Not at all I disagree with y’all but I don’t need to get disrespectful like u doUnbelievable.
You're probably at home yelling at the screen too.
BlackAx410
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Lmao y’all can think Barkley was a stretch 4 all u want man he wouldn’t even call himself that , it started and thrived with KG I have u a list of guys he influencedDuring the 1995 Western Conference semifinals, Houston Rockets Coach Rudy Tomjanovich had never heard the term “stretch-4,” because it had not entered the basketball vernacular. The phrase “pace and space” did not exist. Tomjanovich only sought a means to guard Phoenix Suns forward Charles Barkley without double-teaming him, to prevent passes to open three-point shooters. And so Tomjanovich tried something new. He played usual small forward Robert Horry at power forward.
The 'Stretch 4s' of the '90s speak on today's perimeter-oriented big men
The evolution of the 'Stretch 4'
It's common to see big men shooting perimeter jumpers in today's NBA, but that wasn't the case 20 years ago. We spoke to some of the pioneers of the "Stretch 4" position that paved the way for today's shooting big men.
BlackAx410
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Yeah y’all were calling em that back then u got it
How something start with somebody when players was doing it about a decade before. That's like saying Steph pioneered the three point shot
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