Following another Golden State Warriors double-digit win in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, overreaction Monday was due and the guests on the set of ESPN's The Jump with Rachel Nichols didn't disappoint.
First Paul Pierce doubled down on his assessment of Kevin Durant being the best player in the NBA right now after outperforming LeBron James.
Next, was seven-time NBA champion Robert Horry, who was comparing some of the NBA's best duos after ABC commentator Jeff Van Gundy put Stephen Curry and Durant in the conversation after two scoring flurries in the first two games of the playoffs.
Horry offered that back in the day, his Houston Rockets could have beaten the mid-90s Chicago Bulls, even if Jordan was playing because no one in their roster could match up with Hakeem Olajuwon.
The Alabama alum went as far as to say that The Dream was 20 times better than The Big Fundamental.
Here's Horry's bit during the panel's conversation:
“I played with Phil [Jackson], and Phil doesn’t like to double team,” he said. “They had nobody that could guard Dream. They had nobody that could guard Dream. I’ma say that twice because Dream was just that dominant.”
“When we played San Antonio one time, and Tim [Duncan] was killing in the block, and Phil refused to double team Tim to get the ball out of his hands — and Dream was 20 times better than Tim Duncan.”
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Horry's answer was so shocking than even Pierce had to do a double take to make sure that was really what was said on air.
The 6-foot-10 forward spent time in both organizations and played alongside both big men, but has grown overly fond of Olajuwon's work ethic and his revolutionary footwork.
Olajuwon (21.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.1 blocks per game) leads Duncan (19 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.2 blocks) in every statistical category but assists and turnovers — even in percentages. But to say he is 20 times better than Duncan is quite the outlandish statement.
The Dream is often underrated in the eyes of many basketball fans and historians, but his virtues at both sides of the floor makes him one of the most feared 7-footers in history with his ability to be a dominant game-changer at both ends.
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