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Originally Posted by Seadood228
Barkley's defensive rating is better than McHales. He had more defensive win shares, and played on more up tempo teams. McHale averaged 30mpg, Barkley averaged 36, that's 20% less time on the floor. What good is having a great player when he's not on the floor?
Oh but wait, he had ONE SEASON where he averaged 40 MPG!! Extrapolate that and he's da best playa evaaaaaaaa!
And yes I'm old and I have seen them both play in their primes and at the end of their careers. McHale was the beneficiary of a lot of great teammates. There's absolutely zero chance he's this effective as the #1 option. zero. zip. zilch. nada. none.
Ok I'm done with this, should have been a long time ago.
lol so u think Barkley was a better defender than McHale, or even close to McHale in defense? How did McHale make the all nba defensive team 3 times, and the all nba defensive 2nd team 3 times, and Barkley is always regarded as a below average/poor defender? You must have been pretty freakin blind to have seen McHale and make comments like he was near Barkley on defense.
Also it is common knowledge that McHale is one of those 2nd banana superstars who would be fine being the #1 option.
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.c...he_lottery.php
"Bird was the leading scorer on his Celts teams, but the #1 option was to pound it into the post to Parrish and McHale. You work it from high-percentage to low-percentage; as great as Bird was, he never shot 57% from the field. "
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58734
"however, maybe if he were forced into it by being "the man," McHale would have learned how to be an effective #1 option and creator for others. so that's another reason you go with him over Dirk. consider how Dirk, post-Nash, developed point forward abilities. perhaps McHale would too."
Yes these are quotes from message boards, but they clearly show that people share the same ideas I do (plus there aren't many articles out there on McHale as he played in the 80's).
The 40mpg shows he can play serious minutes (he played 37 mpg the next 2 years after while playing hurt too).