With Grant gone and a new roster, who will be our leader this coming season?

[You're Fat, Pat! 98]

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Originally posted by HighAngleEd:

boston had bird

bulls had jordan

spurs have duncan (i think he's the leader, anyone wanna chime in?)

suns have nash.....

 

who do we have?

 

you forgot that Vancouver had Bryant Reeves...

[Berto 338]

Of course Pat Garrity...

[Crazyhorse81 246]

well i didn't want the obvious answer! of course garrity, who else? with this being his breakout year and all, why wouldn't he show management he can also LEAD as well as score, rebound, steal, block, assist.....all with the lowest TO ratio ever recorded.....

[I Rasharted 0]

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the lakers had magic (and kobe and shaq and others at different points)

 

boston had bird

bulls had jordan

spurs have duncan (i think he's the leader, anyone wanna chime in?)

suns have nash.....

 

 

I can name the best players on great teams all day, too, but in the end it's still extremely hard to pin down "leadership" as a measurable quantity. All you really proved are that those players were incredibly good at basketball.

 

But I hate splitting hairs, which is what we're doing. Call it leadership or whatever, we just wanna see the Magic win.

[TrueMagicFan07 673]

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Originally posted by I Rasharted:

 

Of course there are leaders and followers in the real world, but when applied to basketball the impact of that dynamic is minimal. Talent, desire and luck come first. Good example: let's say Puerto Rico has the best natural leader in the world playing on its team; they'd still lose to the USA by 30+.

 

Huh?

[TrueMagicFan07 673]

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Originally posted by HighAngleEd:

 

the leader is what brings the desire out of someone, motivates them to become more than they are. i never said those 3 things you mentioned aren't important, but you have to admit the dynamic is more than minimal.

 

the lakers had magic(and kobe and shaq and others at different points)

 

boston had bird

bulls had jordan

spurs have duncan (i think he's the leader, anyone wanna chime in?)

suns have nash.....

 

who do we have?

 

Magic Johnson!!! Now, Magic J was the ULTIMATE team leader. The Lakers were my favorite NBA team back in the day when Magic played for the lakers.

 

I was just mesmerized by the way Magic played and ran his team. I honestly believe that most, if not all of his teammates respected him.

 

Magic J was constantly "running his mouth", letting everyone know that losing that game was unacceptable.

 

Magic J's enthusiasm was contagious on his team.