@ScottKacsmar CM "low-tier" is wild. He was a 5x All-Star, 4x All-NBA, and a literal Dream Team member. If Kemp/Mullin played in today’s high-pace, high-volume era, their modern analytic profiles would look completely different. You can't use 2026 mathematical models to discredit 90s reality.
@ScottKacsmar@BrownstoneSteve Calling Brunson & KAT better than Payton/Kemp or Miller/Mullin already is wild recency bias. Payton and Kemp made the Finals in '96 and pushed the 72-10 Bulls to 6 games. Let’s see this NYK duo win a couple of conference titles before we start erasing Hall of Famers
@ScottKacsmar@BrownstoneSteve Classic goalpost moving. First it was semantics about predictions, now it’s "weak competition" because the data doesn't fit the narrative. Elite teams do what they’re supposed to do against weaker opponents: destroy them. What's next, the weather?
@ScottKacsmar@BrownstoneSteve Predicting future HOFers doesn't change the facts of the debate. But I get why you'd rather argue about semantics than the actual point.