Thanks for proving my point. He was a power forward.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Karl Malone was nowhere in the class of McHale or Olajuwon as far as post players went. Kareem or Duncan either. Best post players ever. Sure he was.
Malone's post game was probably the weakest part of his game. He ran the floor and pick and roll/popped most of the time.

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Semantics. One of the most versatile players in the history of the NBA offensively. I care less about how you view Malone. He was an awesome player.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

I don't care how you view him either. Think what you want to think but do me a favor and simply leave me out of it. I have no interest in engaging you on anything and I will simply try and avoid responding as you are a waste of time.

This one is on me. Will try and not make the same mistake again.

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He's one of my favorite players. I always like the grindy players.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Funny how he neglected to address the positive comments about McHale.

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If he is popping in it won't be too long before the B.S starts.

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What does McHale have to do with anything? I was commenting on Barkley and Malone. Its a simple difference of opinion. Or are you attempting somehow introduce RACE into the discussion? But since you brought McHale into the discussion, I'll bite. I'd say that he would be maybe the 4th or 5th best power forward in the history of the game.

My top five:

1. Duncan 2. Karl Malone 3. Charles Barkley 4. Kevin McHale 5. Elton Brand

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Elton Brand as #5 oh for fucks sake

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Funny stuff. "weakest part of his game"? Hilarious. YOu fancy yourself as some kind of basketball savant I guess? Once again, your ego and not based on anything factual. Malone was a beast at the low post, especially after he developed a nice spot up jump shot like Michael did as he got older. I get it that you like Barkley a lot. So what? Just don't make Malone somehow not in the cast of other great players. He was. Hell, he scored more points than all but one player in the history of the game.

BTW. I said that Malone was ONE of the best post players ever. I didn't say he was the BEST post player ever and you threw three centers into the discussion. Why?

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Who do you think was better? I threw him in there just threw him in there actually without thinking about it.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

And you fancy yourself as an idiot who has an affinity for saying dumb shit on the internet

A spot up jump shot isn't a post move dumbass.

I never said he wasn't a great player you rambling, ignorant asswipe. I stated that I didn't care for him. I am allowed to have that opinion you fucking idiot.

Because when people reference post players its typically Centers that they are referring to. Now get yourself some business you deranged asshole.

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You certainly didn't think about it.

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First one that comes to mind is Dirk. But I am sure when I can sit down and think about it there are a ton of guys better than Brand.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

That's gotta be the best The Hawk post ever

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

yeah it really is a treasure.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Chris Webber
Kevin Garnett
Elvin Hayes
Dave Debusscher (sp?)
Jerry Lucas

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should probably stick to carving canes and walking sticks for veterans or whatever

Stockton was a very tough player and dirty as hell. He also was a very good three point shooter. He could score when they needed him too but he preferred to pass to a guy who had an easier shot. It is amazing to me how some people knock both Stockton and Malone. As a two-some they were certainly up there as one of the best one two combinations in NBA history. All time assists leader and the guy who is 2nd in all time scoring. Pretty amazing twosome.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

YOu are such an insecure fellow. Now you've really revealed yourself as pretty much a deranged fellow also. Where do I begin to tear you apart? So many choices...

First of all, the jumpshot. Malone, once posted, could back off and hit a spot up jump shot with regularity. Michael did the same as did Barkley. Those two used their quickness to move the opponent back and good ability to elevate to knock the shot down while Malone would basically lean into the defender and knock them back and then shoot over him. His shot was virtually unable to be defended without the guy fouling him which happened often.

Next, people talk all of the time about posting up regardless of position. Michael was a great post player. So was Barkley. I could go on a long time with great two guards and small forwards and power forwards who were good post player. There also were a shit load of centers, dipshit, that were not great post players. Many centers became high post players who could hit jump shots from the perimeter but lacked the foot skills to play the low post. If you knew a damn thing about basketball you'd know that. A ton of big tall people, mensa, are lacking low post moves. The few of them that do are basically legends.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Yeah. Dirk was much better than Brand. Cool. I'm sure I can also. Like I said, I just threw Brand in there because I liked him as a player.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Yep. Those guys were better than Brand also. Particularly Garnett and the Big "E". Thanks for bringing those great players up.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

What have you done for disabled veterans in your lifetime, asshole? I really wish I could have a meet up with assholes like you. The other day I found out that a friend of mine passed a few days ago. Mark was a Marine in Nam. His kid and mine played youth soccer together. He also played lacrosse for Syracuse and entered the Marines after he graduated. A tough as hell guy but a guy who was a great father and friend. Now I can't mourn him properly and I am sad that I can't.

I really really wish that you assholes who mock veterans would go to a local VA hospital and take a look at what some veterans go through after their service is done and I wish that I was around to see what your assessment of them would be.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

What was Scottie Pippin? Was he a small forward? Was he is point forward? All of this shit is semantics which is my point. The guys like Pippin, Barkley, and others like them didn't fit into the finite categories of point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. That actually was the greatness of the Chicago Bulls. A lot of their stars could play multiple positions. Jordan, Harper, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc, and Grant were basically interchangeable offensively and in a lot of cases defensively.

Barkley would have been great fit with those great Bulls teams because he was very versatile. I think that he'd really have loved playing with Jordan and company

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Wtf?

He's not even top 10!

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."