If by "saved the nba" you mean "saved the East," I guess. Timmy, Shaq, and Kobe were doing fine in the West.
if that’s true, i’m not sure his mindset didn’t actually help him be such a winning player. imo, scoring is somewhat overrated l (while at the same time, i think the ability to get buckets is important). watching some old games, i think sheeds willingness to pass and spread the floor / shoot 3s was ahead of his time along his his great defense.
somewhat related, the kobe laker teams were masterfully assembled, imo. pau is so good as a 2nd player and fisher and artest are really good supplemental players. 2nd unit was a bit weaker with shannon brown and farmar but still competent.
yeah i wonder if it’s casuals (finals are paramount) vs fans thinking bout the conference finals epics - the kings and blazers vs lakers.
@ph i still think sheed is underrated though. he was the most valuable on that pistons squad i think. i suppose i think he’s have a kg like reputation while kg would be known as the best in the league
These are some donk takes bruh, look at the box scores of these games. Sheed averaged like 15 MPG less than the starters, and put up 3 points in game 3. He had a good game 4, and played 21 minutes in game 5.