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Originally Posted by tbach24
In his peak, Kemp was as good as any of those guys IMO (except Timmy and KG.) As good as Dirk, Barkley and McHale IMO. D12 is a center, not sure why you listed him. Also, for my team, there's no way that any of those guys except Timmy and KG are better fits.
No way on earth that Kemp was as god as Barkley in his prime. Look at it any way you want:
Barkley's career highs:
PPG: 28.3(87-88)
RPG: 14.6(86-97)
APG: 5.1(92-93)
TS%: 66.5(87-88)
Kemp's career highs:
PPG: 20.5(98-99)
RPG: 11.4(95-96)
APG: 2.6(93-94)
TS%: 63.1(95-96)
Barkley was insanely efficient even as a bulk scorer. He led the league in TS% 4 years in a row, all of which were higher than Kemp's career high of 63.1%. During those 4 years Barkley's PPG were 23.0, 28.3, 25.8, and 25.2, all of which are also better than Kemp's career high. He also dominates Kemp in rebounds and assists.
Kemp has 3 ALL NBA 2nd Teams.
Barkley has 5 ALL NBA 1st Teams, 5 2nd Teams, and one 3rd Team.
Kemp never finished higher than #7 in MVP voting.
Barkley won MVP once, finished 2nd once, finished 4th twice, and finished 6th four times.
Barkley's career PER is 24.6. Kemp's highest single season PER is 23.6 in 98-99.
I could go on and on, but really whats the point? Its not even close. I don't think Kemp was as good as Dirk or McHale either, but Barkley was the obvious disagreement that I had with your statement so I'll just focus on that one for now.